MLB / Players

Kerry Wood

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 5 in · 210 lb

BornJune 16, 1977 · Irving, TX, USA

MLB debutApril 12, 1998

Final gameMay 18, 2012

Seasons14 (1998–2012)

Chicago Cubs 1998; Chicago Cubs 2000–2008; Cleveland Indians 2009–2010; New York Yankees 2010; Chicago Cubs 2011–2012

Percentile snapshot

2003 season — qualified pitchers

27.5

41.8

87.9

SHO

85.7

152

95.6

84.6

100

2.2

266

100

31.9

211.0

71.4

ERA

3.20

86.8

WHIP

1.194

82.4

K/9

11.35

100

FIP

3.65

81.3

FIP-

85.2

ERA+

134.1

84.6

sWAR

4.9

86.8

of 92 qualified 2003 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

116.0

sWAR

23.5

94.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1998	26	63	54	3	7	0	2	8	1	16	.130	.145	.241	.386	-17.0	-2.1	.169	3.5
2000	25	46	40	6	10	0	1	4	2	10	.250	.286	.325	.611	55.6	56.8	.276	1.2
2001	29	62	48	3	9	1	0	2	1	15	.188	.204	.208	.412	4.1	10.4	.187	3.3
2002	33	81	72	5	12	0	1	5	3	28	.167	.200	.208	.408	1.2	9.8	.190	3.0
2003	32	70	61	4	10	1	2	6	1	26	.164	.177	.279	.456	5.3	16.7	.199	4.9
2004	22	53	45	2	6	1	1	3	2	11	.133	.167	.222	.389	-12.1	-0.1	.174	2.3
2005	21	21	18	0	2	2	0	2	1	6	.111	.158	.222	.380	-16.1	-2.6	.173	0.7
2006	4	6	6	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167	206.7	192.2	.510	0.4
2007	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-132.3	-100.0	.000	0.6
2008	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
2009	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
2010	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
2011	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
2012	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-133.0	-100.0	.000	-0.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1998	26	26	13	6	0	1	1	117	63	85	233	14	166.7	3.40	1.212	12.58	3.09	70.5	128.8	3.5
2000	23	23	8	7	0	1	0	112	73	87	132	17	137.0	4.80	1.453	8.67	4.84	107.8	93.7	1.2
2001	28	28	12	6	0	1	1	127	65	92	217	16	174.3	3.36	1.256	11.20	3.47	83.8	123.2	3.3
2002	33	33	12	11	0	4	1	169	87	97	217	22	213.7	3.66	1.245	9.14	3.77	94.4	109.0	3.0
2003	32	32	14	11	0	4	2	152	75	100	266	24	211.0	3.20	1.194	11.35	3.65	85.2	134.1	4.9
2004	22	22	8	9	0	0	0	127	58	51	144	16	140.3	3.72	1.268	9.24	3.71	86.3	115.6	2.3
2005	21	10	3	4	0	0	0	52	31	26	77	14	66.0	4.23	1.182	10.50	4.69	108.3	102.4	0.7
2006	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	19	9	8	13	5	19.7	4.12	1.373	5.95	6.47	139.6	112.4	0.4
2007	22	0	1	1	0	0	0	18	9	13	24	0	24.3	3.33	1.274	8.88	2.81	60.8	138.7	0.6
2008	65	0	5	4	34	0	0	54	24	18	84	3	66.3	3.26	1.085	11.40	2.29	50.8	138.4	1.6
2009	58	0	3	3	20	0	0	48	26	28	63	7	55.0	4.25	1.382	10.31	4.20	97.0	101.7	0.6
2010	47	0	3	4	8	0	0	35	16	29	49	4	46.0	3.13	1.391	9.59	4.13	100.7	132.3	1.0
2011	55	0	3	5	1	0	0	45	19	21	57	5	51.0	3.35	1.294	10.06	3.56	91.8	115.7	0.8
2012	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	8	11	6	1	8.7	8.31	2.192	6.23	7.06	175.7	48.4	-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

449

404

346

RBI

114

.1705

OBP

.1955

SLG

.2486

OPS

.4441

Pitching

G (P)

446

178

288th-most career SV

SHO

1,380

SO (P)

1,582

208th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

666

442nd-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.672

WHIP

1.2674

415th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

10.32

11th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	TB
2002-09-02	MIL @ CHC Gameday	4	1	2	1	3	5
1998-08-31	CIN @ CHC Gameday	2	1	1	1	2	4
2000-05-02	HOU @ CHC Gameday	3	1	1	1	2	4
2003-04-17	CIN @ CHC Gameday	3	1	1	1	2	4
2003-10-15	MIA @ CHC Gameday	2	1	1	1	2	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1998-05-06	HOU @ CHC Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	0	20	0
1998-08-26	CHC @ CIN Gameday	8.0	3	2	1	3	16	1
2001-05-25	MIL @ CHC Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	2	14	0
2001-04-27	CHC @ SF Gameday	6.0	2	3	3	3	14	1
1998-07-01	AZ @ CHC Gameday	8.0	3	2	2	4	13	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Rookie of the Year2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.