Woodie Fryman

HandednessBats Right · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 197 lb

BornApril 12, 1940 · Ewing, KY, USA

MLB debutApril 15, 1966

Final gameJuly 28, 1983

Seasons18 (1966–1983)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1966–1967; Philadelphia Phillies 1968–1971; Detroit Tigers 1972; Philadelphia Phillies 1972; Detroit Tigers 1973–1974; Montreal Expos 1975–1976; Cincinnati Reds 1977; Chicago Cubs 1978; Montreal Expos 1978–1983

Percentile snapshot

1976 season — qualified pitchers

41.4

44.8

40.2

28.7

93.1

9.2

SHO

27.6

218

41.4

123

64.4

43.7

216.3

47.1

ERA

3.37

37.9

WHIP

1.359

14.9

K/9

5.12

65.5

FIP

3.53

33.3

FIP-

98.5

41.4

ERA+

106.4

44.8

sWAR

2.4

36.8

of 88 qualified 1976 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

95.2

18.4

sWAR

17.4

92.4

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	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1966	36	69	63	1	10	0	0	2	2	25	0	.159	.185	.159	.343	-12.2	-3.0	.163	1.2
1967	28	37	34	1	4	0	0	1	1	13	0	.118	.139	.118	.257	-40.2	-25.8	.124	0.1
1968	34	81	71	4	6	1	0	2	3	25	0	.085	.122	.099	.220	-52.2	-33.3	.112	2.4
1969	36	85	76	3	9	0	1	3	1	26	1	.118	.130	.158	.288	-33.8	-18.9	.134	-0.4
1970	27	42	39	2	5	0	0	1	0	12	0	.128	.128	.128	.256	-44.4	-30.8	.119	1.0
1971	37	43	37	0	7	0	0	0	1	9	0	.189	.211	.189	.400	4.8	14.8	.192	1.6
1972	39	81	73	3	10	0	1	8	2	13	0	.137	.160	.178	.338	-19.5	-2.6	.161	2.6
1973	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0
1974	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1975	38	57	49	4	10	2	0	2	2	12	0	.204	.250	.245	.495	30.5	35.6	.241	2.6
1976	34	76	64	1	7	1	0	2	1	17	0	.109	.123	.125	.248	-48.3	-30.0	.119	2.4
1977	17	26	22	1	7	0	0	0	1	5	0	.318	.348	.318	.666	82.1	79.8	.312	-0.3
1978	32	56	50	1	3	2	0	2	0	12	0	.060	.059	.100	.159	-83.0	-56.7	.071	0.2
1979	44	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-125.9	-100.0	.000	1.1
1980	61	14	12	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-20.5	-6.0	.155	2.1
1981	35	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	311.3	279.8	.627	1.4
1982	60	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	15.3	24.5	.207	0.6
1983	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1966	36	28	12	9	1	9	3	182	77	47	105	13	181.7	3.81	1.261	5.20	3.24	90.0	94.4	1.2
1967	28	18	3	8	1	3	1	121	51	44	74	12	113.3	4.05	1.456	5.88	4.00	117.9	83.8	0.1
1968	34	32	12	14	0	10	5	198	66	64	151	12	213.7	2.78	1.226	6.36	2.85	94.6	108.1	2.4
1969	36	35	12	15	0	10	1	243	112	89	150	15	228.3	4.41	1.454	5.91	3.51	99.0	80.3	-0.4
1970	27	20	8	6	0	4	3	122	58	43	97	11	127.7	4.09	1.292	6.84	3.48	86.1	99.0	1.0
1971	37	17	10	7	2	3	2	133	56	46	104	7	149.3	3.38	1.199	6.27	2.74	79.7	102.0	1.6
1972	39	31	14	13	1	9	3	224	84	70	141	21	233.3	3.24	1.260	5.44	3.38	100.3	103.1	2.6
1973	34	29	6	13	0	1	0	200	101	64	119	23	169.7	5.36	1.556	6.31	4.12	102.8	74.9	-1.0
1974	27	22	6	9	0	4	1	120	68	67	92	16	141.7	4.32	1.320	5.84	4.24	113.0	86.9	0.4
1975	38	20	9	12	3	7	3	141	58	68	118	10	157.0	3.32	1.331	6.76	3.34	88.3	113.7	2.6
1976	34	32	13	13	2	4	2	218	81	76	123	14	216.3	3.37	1.359	5.12	3.53	98.5	106.4	2.4
1977	17	12	5	5	1	0	0	83	45	45	57	13	75.3	5.38	1.699	6.81	5.34	134.7	73.6	-0.3
1978	32	26	7	11	1	4	3	157	70	74	81	10	150.3	4.19	1.537	4.85	3.95	106.3	87.9	0.2
1979	44	0	3	6	10	0	0	52	18	22	44	4	58.0	2.79	1.276	6.83	3.36	91.4	131.8	1.1
1980	61	0	7	4	17	0	0	61	20	30	59	1	80.0	2.25	1.138	6.64	2.63	73.5	159.3	2.1
1981	35	0	5	3	7	0	0	38	9	14	25	1	43.0	1.88	1.209	5.23	2.86	81.4	186.2	1.4
1982	60	0	9	4	12	0	0	66	29	26	46	3	69.7	3.75	1.321	5.94	3.15	86.2	97.5	0.6
1983	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	7	1	1	1	3.0	21.00	3.000	3.00	7.34	204.2	17.1	-0.6

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

625

689

609

RBI

177

.1379

OBP

.1581

SLG

.1576

OPS

.3157

Pitching

G (P)

625

203rd-most career G (P)

322

288th-most career GS

141

308th-most career W

155

149th-most career L

315th-most career SV

SHO

148th-most career SHO

2,411

277th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,587

205th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

890

170th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.770

WHIP

1.3507

K/9

5.92

398th-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	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1969-08-14	PHI @ ATL Gameday	4	2	2	0	1	1	5
1972-04-17	STL @ PHI Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	2	4
1978-07-30	WSH @ ATL Gameday	5	1	2	1	0	1	3
1972-09-20	DET @ CLE Gameday	4	0	2	0	0	2	2
1976-08-11	SF @ WSH Gameday	4	0	2	0	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1967-09-01	PHI @ PIT Gameday	9.0	3	0	0	1	15	0
1969-06-15	PHI @ SD Gameday	9.2	6	4	3	3	12	1
1973-09-11	DET @ MIL Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	1	11	1
1974-08-01	DET @ MIL Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	3	10	0
1973-08-08	ATH @ DET Gameday	8.2	5	2	1	3	10	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

2× 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.