Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1998
- Draft
- 1995Rd 1, Pk 4
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1998
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1998
- Draft
- 1995Rd 1, Pk 4
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1998
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 446
- W
- 86
- L
- 75
- ERA
- 3.67
- IP
- 1380.0
- K
- 1,582
- BB
- 666
- WHIP
- 1.27
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | CHC | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3.40 | 166.2 | 233 | 85 | 1.21 |
| 2000 | CHC | 23 | 8 | 7 | 4.80 | 137.0 | 132 | 87 | 1.45 |
| 2001 | CHC | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3.36 | 174.1 | 217 | 92 | 1.26 |
| 2002 | CHC | 33 | 12 | 11 | 3.66 | 213.2 | 217 | 97 | 1.24 |
| 2003 | CHC | 32 | 14 | 11 | 3.20 | 211.0 | 266 | 100 | 1.19 |
| 2004 | CHC | 22 | 8 | 9 | 3.72 | 140.1 | 144 | 51 | 1.27 |
| 2005 | CHC | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4.23 | 66.0 | 77 | 26 | 1.18 |
| 2006 | CHC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4.12 | 19.2 | 13 | 8 | 1.37 |
| 2007 | CHC | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3.33 | 24.1 | 24 | 13 | 1.27 |
| 2008 | CHC | 65 | 5 | 4 | 3.26 | 66.1 | 84 | 18 | 1.09 |
| 2009 | CLE | 58 | 3 | 3 | 4.25 | 55.0 | 63 | 28 | 1.38 |
| 2010 |  CLE/NYY | 47 | 3 | 4 | 3.13 | 46.0 | 49 | 29 | 1.39 |
| 2011 | CHC | 55 | 3 | 5 | 3.35 | 51.0 | 57 | 21 | 1.29 |
| 2012 | CHC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8.31 | 8.2 | 6 | 11 | 2.19 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- W
- 2
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 3.43
- IP
- 44.2
- K
- 45
- BB
- 23
- WHIP
- 1.30
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 111
- CG
- 11
- SHO
- 5
- K/9
- 10.3
- GB
- 540
- FB
- 741
- G/F
- 0.70
- WP
- 64
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | CHC | 18 | 1 | 1 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | CHC | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2001 | CHC | 20 | 1 | 1 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2002 | CHC | 22 | 4 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2003 | CHC | 22 | 4 | 2 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2004 | CHC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 185 | 204 | 0.9 | 7 |
| 2005 | CHC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 62 | 106 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2006 | CHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 27 | 37 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2007 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 23 | 41 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2008 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 72 | 95 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2009 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 60 | 86 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | CLE/NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 48 | 72 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2011 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 53 | 86 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2012 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 10 | 14 | 0.7 | 1 |
What were Kerry Wood's career stats?
Kerry Wood played 14 seasons for the Cubs and the Guardians. He had 86 wins and 1,582 strikeouts with a 3.67 ERA over 1,380.0 innings. His best season was 2003: 14 wins, a 3.20 ERA and 266 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1998 to 2012
Kerry Wood led MLB in strikeouts (pitching) (2003); finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 207th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,582)
- 289th in saves (63)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Kerry Wood
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