What years did Woodie Fryman play?

Woodie Fryman played in Major League Baseball from 1966 to 1983.

Was Woodie Fryman a pitcher?

Yes. Woodie Fryman pitched in the major leagues, recording 141 wins and 1587 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Woodie Fryman hit?

Woodie Fryman hit 2 career home runs with 84 hits.

What teams did Woodie Fryman play for?

Woodie Fryman played for 6 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1966–1967), the Philadelphia Phillies (1968–1972), the Detroit Tigers (1972–1974), the Montreal Expos (1975–1976, 1978–1983), the Cincinnati Reds (1977), and the Chicago Cubs (1978).

Did Woodie Fryman win a Cy Young Award?

No. Woodie Fryman did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Woodie Fryman win?

Woodie Fryman was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Woodie Fryman's career stats?

In 625 games, Woodie Fryman went 141-155 with a 3.77 ERA, 1,587 strikeouts, 2,411.1 innings pitched, and 58 saves. At the plate he had 84 hits and 2 home runs.

What position did Woodie Fryman play?

Woodie Fryman played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Woodie Fryman and how much did he weigh?

Woodie Fryman was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 197 pounds.

What was Woodie Fryman's career ERA?

Woodie Fryman finished with a 3.77 career ERA, going 141-155 with 1,587 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Woodie Fryman have?

Woodie Fryman recorded 1,587 career strikeouts.

Is Woodie Fryman in the Hall of Fame?

No. Woodie Fryman has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Woodie Fryman make?

Woodie Fryman was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Woodie Fryman

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1966-1983)

Woodie Fryman was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1966 to 1983 for 6 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 18 seasons. Across 625 career appearances, he went 141-155 with a 3.77 ERA, 1,587 strikeouts, and 58 saves. He also batted .138 with 2 home runs. Woodie Fryman was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7961.5.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 141–155

ERA 3.77

WHIP 1.35

SO 1,587

Pitcher PIV 7961.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 197 lb
Born: 4/12/1940 in Ewing, KY, USA
Died: 2/4/2011 in Lexington, KY, USA
MLB Debut: 1966-04-15
Last Game: 1983-07-28
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Woodrow Thompson Fryman

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Career Pitching Statistics

Woodie Fryman — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
141	155	625	322	68	27	58	2411.1	2,367	1,010	187	890	1,587	3.77	7961.5

Career ERA 3.77 vs. league average 3.66 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Woodie Fryman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1966	PIT	NL	12	9	36	28	9	3	1	181.2	182	77	47	105	3.81	3.52 (-8%)	1879.9
1967	PIT	NL	3	8	28	18	3	1	1	113.1	121	51	44	74	4.05	3.30 (-23%)	-1634.2
1968	PHI	NL	12	14	34	32	10	5	0	213.2	198	66	64	151	2.78	2.98 (+7%)	1658.5
1969	PHI	NL	12	15	36	35	10	1	0	228.1	243	112	89	150	4.41	3.61 (-22%)	1495.5
1970	PHI	NL	8	6	27	20	4	3	0	127.2	122	58	43	97	4.09	3.89 (-5%)	2007.9
1971	PHI	NL	10	7	37	17	3	2	2	149.1	133	56	46	104	3.38	3.47 (+3%)	3142.6
1972	PHI	NL	4	10	23	17	3	2	1	119.2	131	58	39	69	4.36	3.26 (-34%)	-1912.3
1972	DET	AL	10	3	16	14	6	1	0	113.2	93	26	31	72	2.06	3.26 (+37%)	1287.4
1973	DET	AL	6	13	34	29	1	0	0	169.2	200	101	64	119	5.36	3.75 (-43%)	-1543.3
1974	DET	AL	6	9	27	22	4	1	0	141.2	120	68	67	92	4.32	3.63 (-19%)	-2209.4
1975	MON	NL	9	12	38	20	7	3	3	157.0	141	58	68	118	3.32	3.71 (+10%)	1636.3
1976	MON	NL	13	13	34	32	4	2	2	216.1	218	81	76	123	3.37	3.51 (+4%)	-7.1
1977	CIN	NL	5	5	17	12	0	0	1	75.1	83	45	45	57	5.38	4.00 (-34%)	-2526.1
1978	CHN	NL	2	4	13	9	0	0	0	55.2	64	32	37	28	5.17	3.69 (-40%)	-1791.2
1978	MON	NL	5	7	19	17	4	3	1	94.2	93	38	37	53	3.61	3.69 (+2%)	977.0
1979	MON	NL	3	6	44	0	0	0	10	58.0	52	18	22	44	2.79	4.00 (+30%)	876.6
1980	MON	NL	7	4	61	0	0	0	17	80.0	61	20	30	59	2.25	3.84 (+41%)	2443.5
1981	MON	NL	5	3	35	0	0	0	7	43.0	38	9	14	25	1.88	3.58 (+47%)	864.6
1982	MON	NL	9	4	60	0	0	0	12	69.2	66	29	26	46	3.75	3.86 (+3%)	1315.2
1983	MON	NL	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	7	1	1	21.00	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			141	155	625	322	68	27	58	2,411.1	2,367	1,010	890	1,587	3.77	—	7,961

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Woodie Fryman — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
625	609	22	84	6	0	2	25	1	14	177	.138	.158	.158	.316	-2,654

Career AVG .138 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 45.9% below league average.

Career OBP .158 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 50.7% below league average.

Career SLG .158 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — 58.0% below league average.

Career OPS .316 vs. league average .697 across their career seasons — 54.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Woodie Fryman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1966	PIT	NL	36	63	1	10	0	0	2	0	2	25	.159	.248 (-36%)	.309 (-40%)	.376 (-58%)	.685 (-50%)	-469.7
1967	PIT	NL	28	34	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	13	.118	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	PHI	NL	34	71	4	6	1	0	2	0	3	25	.085	.236 (-64%)	.298 (-59%)	.340 (-71%)	.638 (-66%)	-661.6
1969	PHI	NL	36	76	3	9	0	1	3	1	1	26	.118	.248 (-52%)	.320 (-59%)	.369 (-57%)	.689 (-58%)	-682.4
1970	PHI	NL	27	39	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	12	.128	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	PHI	NL	37	37	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	9	.189	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	PHI	NL	23	33	3	5	0	1	5	0	2	6	.152	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	DET	AL	16	40	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	7	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	DET	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	DET	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	MON	NL	38	49	4	10	2	0	2	0	2	12	.204	—	—	—	—	-223.4
1976	MON	NL	34	64	1	7	1	0	2	0	1	17	.109	.255 (-57%)	.320 (-62%)	.360 (-65%)	.681 (-64%)	-616.7
1977	CIN	NL	17	22	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	.318	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	CHN	NL	13	16	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	MON	NL	19	34	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	7	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	MON	NL	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	MON	NL	61	12	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	MON	NL	35	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	MON	NL	60	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	MON	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			625	609	22	84	6	2	25	1	14	177	.138	—	—	—	—	-2,654

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Woodie Fryman — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Woodie Fryman — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
1981	NEDIV	MON	1	0	.000
1981	NLCS	MON	1	0	.000
1972	ALCS	DET	2	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Woodie Fryman — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	4	2	0	14.2	17	10	4	9	6.14

Playoff Pitching by Year

Woodie Fryman — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1981	NEDIV	MON	0	1	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	6.75
1981	NLCS	MON	0	1	0	1.0	3	4	1	1	36.00
1972	ALCS	DET	2	2	2	12.1	11	5	2	8	3.65

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Woodie Fryman — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	310	305	12	35	1	15	.115
Away	315	304	10	49	1	10	.161

Pitching — Home / Away

Woodie Fryman — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	310	1229.2	1197	513	472	799	3.75
Away	315	1181.2	1170	497	418	788	3.79

Last 10 Games — Batting

Woodie Fryman — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
1983-07-28	WSN	STL	L	0
1983-07-22	WSN	HOU	L	0
1983-07-15	WSN	ATL	L	0
1983-07-12	WSN	HOU	L	0
1983-07-11	WSN	ATL	L	0
1983-04-10	WSN	LAD	L	0
1982-10-01	WSN	PIT	W	0
1982-09-27	WSN	STL	L	0
1982-09-24	WSN	PIT	W	1
1982-09-21	WSN	NYN	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Woodie Fryman — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1983-07-28	WSN	STL	L	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0
1983-07-22	WSN	HOU	L	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0
1983-07-15	WSN	ATL	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1983-07-12	WSN	HOU	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1983-07-11	WSN	ATL	L	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1
1983-04-10	WSN	LAD	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982-10-01	WSN	PIT	W	3.0	2	0	0	3	4	0
1982-09-27	WSN	STL	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1982-09-24	WSN	PIT	SV	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0
1982-09-21	WSN	NYN	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Woodie Fryman — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	625	322	97	389	6	25

Season-by-Season Fielding

Woodie Fryman — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1966	PIT	P	36	28	6	21	0	1
1967	PIT	P	28	18	6	26	0	3
1968	PHI	P	34	32	3	31	1	2
1969	PHI	P	36	35	3	38	0	1
1970	PHI	P	27	20	5	17	0	1
1971	PHI	P	37	17	6	35	1	1
1972	PHI	P	23	17	5	22	0	0
1972	DET	P	16	14	6	12	1	0
1973	DET	P	34	29	11	28	1	2
1974	DET	P	27	22	8	15	0	1
1975	MON	P	38	20	6	26	0	4
1976	MON	P	34	32	9	30	0	2
1977	CIN	P	17	12	3	14	0	0
1978	CHN	P	13	9	5	13	0	2
1978	MON	P	19	17	3	14	0	0
1979	MON	P	44	0	3	11	0	1
1980	MON	P	61	0	1	10	1	1
1981	MON	P	35	0	2	8	0	1
1982	MON	P	60	0	6	16	1	2
1983	MON	P	6	0	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Woodie Fryman Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	625

Awards & Honors

Woodie Fryman — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-05-02

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Woodie Fryman: the record in brief

According to the bio, Woodie Fryman debuted on April 15, 1966 and played a final game on July 28, 1983. Fryman played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1966 to 1967), the Philadelphia Phillies (1968 to 1972), the Detroit Tigers (1972 through 1974), the Montreal Expos (1975 through 1983), the Cincinnati Reds (1977), and the Chicago Cubs (1978). The bio lists Fryman as a pitcher who hit right-handed while throwing left-handed. Fryman is listed at 197 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame. Fryman was born on April 12, 1940, in Ewing, KY, USA. The bio records the death on February 4, 2011, in Lexington, KY, USA. Fryman's full given name, per the bio, is Woodrow Thompson Fryman.

Fryman pitched in 625 games, starting 322, and finished with a 141-155 record and 3.77 ERA. The totals include 1,587 strikeouts, 68 complete games, 27 shutouts, and 58 saves. Fryman's 3.77 ERA was close to the 3.66 league figure for those seasons. Fryman won 13 games in 1976, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Woodie Fryman

What years did Woodie Fryman play?: Woodie Fryman played in Major League Baseball from 1966 to 1983.
Was Woodie Fryman a pitcher?: Yes. Woodie Fryman pitched in the major leagues, recording 141 wins and 1587 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Woodie Fryman hit?: Woodie Fryman hit 2 career home runs with 84 hits.
What teams did Woodie Fryman play for?: Woodie Fryman played for 6 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1966–1967), the Philadelphia Phillies (1968–1972), the Detroit Tigers (1972–1974), the Montreal Expos (1975–1976, 1978–1983), the Cincinnati Reds (1977), and the Chicago Cubs (1978).
Did Woodie Fryman win a Cy Young Award?: No. Woodie Fryman did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Woodie Fryman win?: Woodie Fryman was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Woodie Fryman's career stats?: In 625 games, Woodie Fryman went 141-155 with a 3.77 ERA, 1,587 strikeouts, 2,411.1 innings pitched, and 58 saves. At the plate he had 84 hits and 2 home runs.
What position did Woodie Fryman play?: Woodie Fryman played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Woodie Fryman and how much did he weigh?: Woodie Fryman was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 197 pounds.
What was Woodie Fryman's career ERA?: Woodie Fryman finished with a 3.77 career ERA, going 141-155 with 1,587 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Woodie Fryman have?: Woodie Fryman recorded 1,587 career strikeouts.
Is Woodie Fryman in the Hall of Fame?: No. Woodie Fryman has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Woodie Fryman make?: Woodie Fryman was selected to 2 All-Star Games.