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Kerry Lee Wood (born June 16, 1977) is an American former baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first came to prominence as a 20-year-old rookie, when he recorded 20 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against the Houston Astros, which some have ...
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Kerry Wood. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
May 5, 2020 · Twenty-two years ago today, 20-year-old Kerry Wood scraped the ceiling of pitching performance with a record-tying 20-strikeout, one-hit masterpiece against the Astros at Wrigley Field. It was the fifth start of Wood’s career, and he woke up that day with a 5.89 ERA and 12 walks over his first 18 1/3 innings as a big leaguer.
Kerry, the Cubs' Opening Day starter and a member of the 2003 National League All-Star team, went 14-11 with a major league-high 266 strikeouts, 4 complete games and a 3.20 ERA in 32 starts ...his ERA was 8th in the National League...was the first Cub to lead the N.L. in strikeouts since Fergie Jenkins in 1969 (273)...his 14 victories were a ...
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kerry Wood baseball stats page.
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Apr 16, 2020 · That pitch on May 6, 1998, completed Wood's historic 20-strikeout showing against an impressive Houston Astros lineup. It was arguably one of the greatest pitching performance not only in Cubs history, but in the history of baseball itself.
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Kerry Wood became the second pitcher in history to record 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. (Brad Mangin/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
May 6, 2024 · Young pitcher Kerry Wood struck out 20 Houston Astros hitters on May 6, 1998. The hard-throwing right-hander was making just his fifth career start, and he had the magic working...
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