Gene Woodling
Gene Woodling
Full name: Eugene Richard Woodling
Born: August 16, 1922, Akron, Ohio
Died June 2, 2001, Barberton, Ohio
Buried at Fairview Park Cemetery, Granger, Ohio
First Game: September 23, 1943; Final Game: September 15, 1962
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9.5" Weight: 195
Minor League Player of the Year (1948)
Gene Woodling
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1943 CLE A 8 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 .320 .346 .600 0.2 1943 CLE A
1946 CLE A 61 133 8 25 1 4 0 9 16 13 1 5 1 1 2 .188 .280 .256 -1.2 1946 CLE A
1947 PIT N 22 79 7 21 2 2 0 10 7 5 0 1 1 0 .266 .326 .342 -0.3 1947 PIT N
1949 NY A 112 296 60 80 13 7 5 44 52 21 1 7 6 2 2 .270 .381 .412 -0.3 1949 NY A
1950 NY A 122 449 81 127 20 10 6 60 70 31 1 3 10 5 3 .283 .381 .412 0.8 1950 NY A
1951 NY A 120 420 65 118 15 8 15 71 62 37 0 3 8 0 4 .281 .373 .462 0.7 1951 NY A
1952 NY A 122 408 58 126 19 6 12 63 59 31 1 3 5 1 4 .309 .397 .473 2.6 1952 NY A
1953 NY A 125 395 64 121 26 4 10 58 82 29 3 2 14 2 7 .306 .429 .468 2.4 1953 NY A
1954 NY A 97 304 33 76 12 5 3 40 53 35 0 0 3 3 3 4 .250 .358 .352 -0.6 1954 NY A
1955 BAL A 47 145 22 32 6 2 3 18 24 4 18 1 0 3 2 1 1 .221 .329 .352 -0.5 1955 BAL A
1955 CLE A 79 259 33 72 15 1 5 35 36 2 15 3 1 4 8 2 4 .278 .368 .402 -0.3 1955 CLE A
1955 TOT A 126 404 55 104 21 3 8 53 60 6 33 4 1 7 10 3 5 .257 .354 .384 -0.8 1955 TOT A
1956 CLE A 100 317 56 83 17 0 8 38 69 2 29 3 7 3 6 2 6 .262 .395 .391 -0.3 1956 CLE A
1957 CLE A 133 430 74 138 25 2 19 78 64 2 35 3 4 5 6 0 5 .321 .408 .521 3.4 1957 CLE A
1958 BAL A 133 413 57 114 16 1 15 65 66 3 49 2 3 1 14 4 2 .276 .378 .429 1.2 1958 BAL A
1959 BAL A 140 440 63 132 22 2 14 77 78 4 35 0 1 5 5 1 1 .300 .402 .455 1.6 1959 BAL A
1960 BAL A Daily Splits 140 435 68 123 18 3 11 62 84 7 40 4 3 3 0 5 5 3 0 .283 .401 .414 1.3 1960 BAL A
1961 WAS A Daily Splits 110 342 39 107 16 4 10 57 50 3 24 2 1 1 0 3 10 1 0 .313 .403 .471 1.3 1961 WAS A
1962 WAS A Daily Splits 44 107 19 30 4 0 5 16 24 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 .280 .421 .458 0.3 1962 WAS A
1962 NY N Daily Splits 81 190 18 52 8 1 5 24 24 3 22 1 0 3 0 4 5 0 0 .274 .353 .405 -0.4 1962 NY N
1962 Total 125 297 37 82 12 1 10 40 48 7 27 3 1 3 1 6 6 1 0 .276 .379 .424 -0.1 1962 Total
Total NL 103 269 25 73 10 3 5 34 31 3i 27 1 1 3i 0i 4i 6 0 0i .271 .345 .387 -0.7 Total NL
Total AL 1693 5318 805 1512 247 60 142 796 890 31i 452 27 45 28i 1i 10i104 29 45 .284 .388 .433 12.6 Total AL
Total Splits 1796 5587 830 1585 257 63 147 830 921 34i 479 28 46 31i 1i 14i110 29 45i .284 .386 .431 11.9 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1949 NY A Daily Splits 3 10 4 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .538 .700 1949 NY A
1950 NY A Daily Splits 4 14 2 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .429 .500 .429 1950 NY A
1951 NY A Daily Splits 6 18 6 3 1 1 1 1 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .348 .500 1951 NY A
1952 NY A Daily Splits 7 23 4 8 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .423 .609 1952 NY A
1953 NY A Daily Splits 6 20 5 6 0 0 1 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .462 .450 1953 NY A
Total Splits 26 85 21 27 5 2 3 6 19 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .318 .442 .529 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1959 AL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1943 CLE A OF 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 5
1946 CLE A OF 37 81 0 0 0 1.000 6 31 0
1947 PIT N OF 21 59 1 2 0 .968 1 20 0
1949 NY A OF 98 163 5 3 1 .982 82 12 5
1950 NY A OF 118 263 16 2 3 .993 117 2 0
1951 NY A OF 116 265 5 2 0 .993 101 17 0
1952 NY A OF 118 241 12 1 4 .996 112 6 0
1953 NY A OF 119 240 6 1 2 .996 119 0 0
1954 NY A OF 89 164 5 3 1 .983 89 0 0
1955 BAL A OF 44 76 1 0 1 1.000 26 4 25
1955 CLE A OF 70 129 4 1 0 .993 64 0 16
1955 TOT A LF -
1955 TOT A RF -
1955 TOT A OF 114 205 5 1 1 .995 90 4 41
1956 CLE A OF 85 154 3 3 0 .981 85 0 2
1957 CLE A OF 113 225 10 2 0 .992 113 0 0
1958 BAL A OF 116 181 7 5 1 .974 61 0 68
1959 BAL A OF 124 210 2 4 0 .981 85 0 57
1960 BAL A Daily OF 124 117 56 937.2 202 7 1 0 0 .995 124 0 1
1960 BAL A LF 124 117 56 936.2 207 8 1 0 0 .995
1960 BAL A RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1961 WAS A Daily OF 90 89 47 720.2 154 8 2 0 0 .988 16 0 76
1961 WAS A RF 76 75 40 613.2 126 5 2 0 0 .985
1961 WAS A LF 16 14 7 107 28 2 0 0 0 1.000
1962 WAS A Daily OF 30 29 17 233 41 0 2 0 0 .953 3 0 27
1962 WAS A RF 27 26 14 209 41 0 2 0 0 .953
1962 WAS A LF 3 3 3 24 0 0 0 0 0 -
1962 NY N Daily OF 48 41 19 335.1 68 0 1 0 0 .986 27 0 21
1962 NY N LF 27 26 11 203.1 44 0 1 0 0 .978
1962 NY N RF 21 15 8 132 26 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 Total LF 30 29 14 227.1 44 0 1 0 0 .978
1962 Total RF 48 41 22 341 67 0 2 0 0 .971
1962 Total OF 78 70 36 568.1 109 0 3 0 0 .973 30 0 48
Total OF 1566 276i 139i 2226.2i 2924 93 35 13 0i .989 1231 93 303
Total LF 170i 160i 77i 1271 i 279i 10i 2i 0i 0i .993
Total RF 125i 116i 62i 955.2i 193i 5i 4i 0i 0i .980
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1949 NY A Daily OF 3 3 3 27 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0
1949 NY A LF 3 3 3 27 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 NY A Daily OF 4 3 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 0 0
1950 NY A LF 4 3 3 29 7 0 1 0 0 .875
1951 NY A Daily OF 5 5 5 44 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 0 0
1951 NY A LF 5 5 5 44 18 0 1 0 0 .947
1952 NY A Daily OF 6 6 6 56 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 0 0
1952 NY A LF 6 6 6 56 18 0 1 0 0 .947
1953 NY A Daily OF 6 6 6 52 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 0 0
1953 NY A LF 6 6 6 52 9 1 0 1 0 1.000
Total OF 24 23 23 208 0 0 0 0 0 - 24 0 0
Total LF 24 23 23 208 59 1 3 1 0 .952
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1940).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Al Lopez (December
7, 1946 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ken Gables and Manuel Perez to San Francisco (PCL)
(September 30, 1947 ) as part of trade in which Pittsburgh Pirates traded $100000 and
4 players to be named later to San Francisco (PCL) in exchange for Bob Chesnes
(September 20, 1947 ); San Francisco (PCL) received Dixie Howell (January 15, 1948 ).
Sold by San Francisco (PCL) to New York Yankees (September 30, 1948 ).
Traded by New York Yankees with Harry Byrd , Jim McDonald , Hal Smith , Gus Triandos ,
Willie Miranda and 4 players to be named later to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for
Bob Turley , Don Larsen , Billy Hunter and 4 players to be named later (November 17,
1954 ); Baltimore Orioles received Bill Miller , Kal Segrist , Don Leppert and Ted Del
Guercio (December 1, 1954 ) and New York Yankees received Mike Blyzka , Darrell
Johnson , Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954 ).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Billy Cox to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Dave
Pope and Wally Westlake (June 15, 1955 ); Billy Cox refused to report to Cleveland
Indians and Baltimore Orioles sent $15000 (June 15, 1955 ) to complete trade.
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dick Williams and Bud Daley to Baltimore Orioles in
exchange for Larry Doby and Don Ferrarese (April 1, 1958 ).
Selected by Washington Senators from Baltimore Orioles in the expansion draft
(December 14, 1960 ).
Sold by Washington Senators to New York Mets (June 15, 1962 ).
Released by New York Mets (March 8, 1963 ).
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