Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Bio
- Debut
- 1961
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 651
- W
- 164
- L
- 156
- ERA
- 3.24
- IP
- 2684.0
- K
- 1,411
- BB
- 724
- WHIP
- 1.23
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | BOS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 13.0 | 7 | 7 | 1.62 |
| 1962 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 7.2 | 3 | 3 | 1.17 |
| 1963 | BOS | 25 | 0 | 5 | 3.76 | 64.2 | 28 | 13 | 1.24 |
| 1964 |  BOS/PIT | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7.04 | 23.0 | 12 | 14 | 1.87 |
| 1965 | PIT | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3.16 | 51.1 | 29 | 16 | 1.17 |
| 1967 | CHW | 51 | 4 | 2 | 2.45 | 95.1 | 47 | 28 | 1.29 |
| 1968 | CHW | 88 | 13 | 12 | 1.87 | 159.0 | 74 | 33 | 1.01 |
| 1969 | CHW | 76 | 10 | 11 | 3.01 | 119.2 | 73 | 40 | 1.28 |
| 1970 | CHW | 77 | 9 | 13 | 2.81 | 121.2 | 85 | 36 | 1.27 |
| 1971 | CHW | 44 | 22 | 13 | 1.91 | 334.0 | 210 | 62 | 1.00 |
| 1972 | CHW | 49 | 24 | 17 | 2.51 | 376.2 | 193 | 74 | 1.06 |
| 1973 | CHW | 49 | 24 | 20 | 3.46 | 359.1 | 199 | 91 | 1.31 |
| 1974 | CHW | 42 | 20 | 19 | 3.60 | 320.1 | 169 | 80 | 1.20 |
| 1975 | CHW | 43 | 16 | 20 | 4.11 | 291.1 | 140 | 92 | 1.38 |
| 1976 | CHW | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2.24 | 56.1 | 31 | 11 | 1.10 |
| 1977 | CHW | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4.99 | 122.2 | 42 | 50 | 1.54 |
| 1978 | CHW | 28 | 10 | 10 | 5.20 | 168.0 | 69 | 74 | 1.55 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 114
- SHO
- 24
- K/9
- 4.7
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | BOS/PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | CHW | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | CHW | 0 | 20 | 8 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | CHW | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CHW | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CHW | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CHW | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | CHW | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CHW | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Wilbur Wood's career stats?
Wilbur Wood played 17 seasons for the Red Sox, the Pirates and the White Sox. He had 164 wins and 1,411 strikeouts with a 3.24 ERA over 2,684.0 innings. His best season was 1972: 24 wins, a 2.51 ERA and 193 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 1961 to 1978
Wilbur Wood led MLB in wins (1973); finished top 10 in a stat 10 times.
All-time career rank
- 274th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,411)
- 207th in wins (pitching) (164)
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
- Wins: 1971 (4th), 1972 (2nd), 1973 (1st), 1974 (9th)
- ERA: 1968 (5th), 1971 (4th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1971 (9th)
- Saves: 1968 (5th)
- WHIP: 1968 (10th), 1971 (4th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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