What years did Alex Wood play?

Alex Wood played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2024.

Was Alex Wood a pitcher?

Yes. Alex Wood pitched in the major leagues, recording 77 wins and 1173 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Alex Wood hit?

Alex Wood hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.

What teams did Alex Wood play for?

Alex Wood played for 5 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2013–2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015–2018, 2020), the Cincinnati Reds (2019), the San Francisco Giants (2021–2023), and the Oakland Athletics (2024).

Did Alex Wood win a Cy Young Award?

No. Alex Wood did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Alex Wood win?

Alex Wood was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Alex Wood's career stats?

In 278 games, Alex Wood went 77-68 with a 3.78 ERA, 1,173 strikeouts, and 1,258.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 23 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Alex Wood's salary?

Alex Wood's last recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $506,250, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position did Alex Wood play?

Alex Wood played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Alex Wood and how much did he weigh?

Alex Wood was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 215 pounds.

What was Alex Wood's career ERA?

Alex Wood finished with a 3.78 career ERA, going 77-68 with 1,173 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Alex Wood have?

Alex Wood recorded 1,173 career strikeouts.

Is Alex Wood in the Hall of Fame?

No. Alex Wood has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Alex Wood

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2024)

Alex Wood was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2024 for 5 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 12 seasons. Across 278 career appearances, he went 77-68 with a 3.78 ERA and 1,173 strikeouts. He also batted .083 with 0 home runs. Alex Wood was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13996.2.

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 77–68

ERA 3.78

WHIP 1.26

SO 1,173

Pitcher PIV 13996.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 215 lb
Born: 1/12/1991 in Charlotte, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-05-30
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Robert Alexander Wood

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Career Pitching Statistics

Alex Wood — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
77	68	278	211	1	0	0	1258.0	1,211	529	127	374	1,173	3.78	13996.2

Career ERA 3.78 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 8.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Alex Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2013	ATL	NL	3	3	31	11	0	77.2	76	27	27	77	3.13	3.87 (+19%)	2400.3
2014	ATL	NL	11	11	35	24	1	171.2	151	53	45	170	2.78	3.74 (+26%)	2159.7
2015	ATL	NL	7	6	20	20	0	119.1	132	47	36	90	3.54	3.96 (+11%)	1557.2
2015	LAN	NL	5	6	12	12	0	70.1	66	34	23	49	4.35	3.96 (-10%)	-244.3
2016	LAN	NL	1	4	14	10	0	60.1	56	25	20	66	3.73	4.19 (+11%)	1542.6
2017	LAN	NL	16	3	27	25	0	152.1	123	46	38	151	2.72	4.36 (+38%)	4070.1
2018	LAN	NL	9	7	33	27	0	151.2	143	62	40	135	3.68	4.15 (+11%)	2420.3
2019	CIN	NL	1	3	7	7	0	35.2	41	23	9	30	5.80	4.51 (-29%)	-1673.9
2020	LAN	NL	0	1	9	2	0	12.2	17	9	6	15	6.39	4.45 (-44%)	-175.4
2021	SFN	NL	10	4	26	26	0	138.2	125	59	39	152	3.83	4.27 (+10%)	2800.4
2022	SFN	NL	8	12	26	26	0	130.2	132	74	30	131	5.10	3.97 (-28%)	689.0
2023	SFN	NL	5	5	29	12	0	97.2	98	47	42	74	4.33	4.33 (avg)	-346.1
2024	OAK	AL	1	3	9	9	0	39.1	51	23	19	33	5.26	4.08 (-29%)	-1203.6
Career · 13 seasons			77	68	278	211	1	1,258.0	1,211	529	374	1,173	3.78	—	13,996

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

Alex Wood — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
279	276	8	23	2	0	0	12	1	14	171	.083	.128	.091	.218	-681

Career AVG .083 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 66.6% below league average.

Career OBP .128 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 59.9% below league average.

Career SLG .091 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 77.8% below league average.

Career OPS .218 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — 70.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Alex Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	ATL	NL	31	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	ATL	NL	35	41	1	3	0	2	0	2	28	.073	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	ATL	NL	20	33	1	5	1	4	0	3	21	.152	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	LAN	NL	12	22	1	4	1	0	0	1	13	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	15	16	2	4	0	2	0	1	9	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	27	52	1	3	0	4	0	2	29	.058	.254 (-77%)	.324 (-71%)	.425 (-86%)	.750 (-80%)	-681.2
2018	LAN	NL	33	44	1	2	0	0	1	0	25	.045	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CIN	NL	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	LAN	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SFN	NL	26	38	0	0	0	0	0	5	26	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	SFN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SFN	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	OAK	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			279	276	8	23	2	12	1	14	171	.083	—	—	—	—	-681

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

Alex Wood — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Alex Wood — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2021	NLDS2	SFN	1	2	0	.000
2020	NLCS	LAN	2	0	0	.000
2020	WS	LAN	2	0	0	.000
2018	NLCS	LAN	4	0	0	.000
2018	NLDS2	LAN	2	0	0	.000
2018	WS	LAN	3	0	0	.000
2017	NLCS	LAN	1	2	1	.000
2017	WS	LAN	2	0	0	.000
2016	NLCS	LAN	1	0	0	.000
2015	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	0	.000
2013	NLDS2	ATL	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Alex Wood — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	2	21	3	0	37.2	29	13	13	40	3.11

Playoff Pitching by Year

Alex Wood — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2021	NLDS2	SFN	0	0	1	1	4.2	2	0	2	4	0.00
2020	NLCS	LAN	0	0	2	0	2.2	3	1	2	3	3.38
2020	WS	LAN	0	0	2	0	4.0	2	0	1	5	0.00
2018	NLCS	LAN	0	0	4	0	3.1	2	1	3	6	2.70
2018	NLDS2	LAN	0	1	2	0	1.0	3	1	0	1	9.00
2018	WS	LAN	1	0	3	0	2.1	3	2	1	2	7.71
2017	NLCS	LAN	0	1	1	1	4.2	4	3	0	7	5.79
2017	WS	LAN	0	0	2	1	7.2	1	1	2	6	1.17
2016	NLCS	LAN	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	1	0.00
2015	NLDS2	LAN	0	0	1	0	2.0	4	4	2	2	18.00
2013	NLDS2	ATL	0	0	2	0	3.1	3	0	0	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Alex Wood — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	134	134	3	8	0	2	.060
Away	145	142	5	15	0	10	.106

Pitching — Home / Away

Alex Wood — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	134	618.2	580	250	171	607	3.64
Away	144	639.1	631	279	203	566	3.93

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Alex Wood — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2024-05-12	OAK	SEA	L	2.0	4	5	1	1	1	1
2024-05-06	OAK	TEX	—	6.0	2	0	0	1	3	0
2024-04-30	OAK	PIT	—	4.0	4	2	2	4	4	1
2024-04-25	OAK	NYY	W	5.2	8	1	1	2	5	1
2024-04-20	OAK	CLE	L	5.0	8	4	4	1	4	1
2024-04-14	OAK	WAS	—	4.1	7	4	4	4	4	1
2024-04-09	OAK	TEX	—	4.0	5	2	2	3	2	1
2024-04-02	OAK	BOS	—	5.0	6	3	3	2	7	0
2024-03-28	OAK	CLE	L	3.1	7	6	6	1	3	0
2023-09-26	SFG	SDP	—	4.2	4	1	0	3	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Alex Wood — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	278	211	38	154	13	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Alex Wood — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	ATL	P	31	11	0	13	0	0
2014	ATL	P	35	24	3	25	2	2
2015	ATL	P	20	20	2	14	2	2
2015	LAN	P	12	12	2	13	0	1
2016	LAN	P	14	10	1	7	0	0
2017	LAN	P	27	25	3	22	4	1
2018	LAN	P	33	27	3	14	3	1
2019	CIN	P	7	7	2	3	0	0
2020	LAN	P	9	2	0	1	0	0
2021	SFN	P	26	26	7	11	0	1
2022	SFN	P	26	26	3	14	1	1
2023	SFN	P	29	12	10	10	1	1
2024	OAK	P	9	9	2	7	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Alex Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	278

Awards & Honors

Alex Wood — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2017	Pitcher of the Month	May
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-05-13

Salary History

Alex Wood's recorded salaries total $1,556,250 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Wood's career ran from 2013 to 2024. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.

Alex Wood — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	LAN	NL	$530,000
2015	ATL	NL	$520,000
2014	ATL	NL	$506,250
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,556,250

College History

Alex Wood — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Georgia	Athens	GA	2010, 2011, 2012

Award Voting History

Alex Wood — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2017	Cy Young Award	NL	9th	1.0	210	0

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Alex Wood: the record in brief

The bio dates Alex Wood's major league debut to May 30, 2013. The season rows list, in order, the Atlanta Braves (2013 through 2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015 through 2020), the Cincinnati Reds (2019), the San Francisco Giants (2021 through 2023), and the Oakland Athletics (2024). Wood is listed as a pitcher at 6 feet, 4 inches and 215 pounds. The bio says Wood threw left-handed and batted right-handed. Wood was born on January 12, 1991, in Charlotte, NC, USA. The given name on file is Robert Alexander Wood.

Wood went 77-68 with a 3.78 ERA in 278 games, 211 of them starts. The totals include 1,173 strikeouts. The leagues Wood pitched in allowed 4.14 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.5% better than average. No season topped the 16 wins of 2017. Wood struck out 170 batters in 2014, a career high. In 2017, one of the busiest seasons, Wood posted a 2.72 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.36.

Frequently Asked Questions about Alex Wood

What years did Alex Wood play?: Alex Wood played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2024.
Was Alex Wood a pitcher?: Yes. Alex Wood pitched in the major leagues, recording 77 wins and 1173 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Alex Wood hit?: Alex Wood hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.
What teams did Alex Wood play for?: Alex Wood played for 5 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2013–2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015–2018, 2020), the Cincinnati Reds (2019), the San Francisco Giants (2021–2023), and the Oakland Athletics (2024).
Did Alex Wood win a Cy Young Award?: No. Alex Wood did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Alex Wood win?: Alex Wood was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Alex Wood's career stats?: In 278 games, Alex Wood went 77-68 with a 3.78 ERA, 1,173 strikeouts, and 1,258.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 23 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Alex Wood earn in his career?: Alex Wood's recorded salaries total $1,556,250 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Wood's career ran from 2013 to 2024. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.
What was Alex Wood's salary?: Alex Wood's last recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $530,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $506,250, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position did Alex Wood play?: Alex Wood played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Alex Wood and how much did he weigh?: Alex Wood was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 215 pounds.
What was Alex Wood's career ERA?: Alex Wood finished with a 3.78 career ERA, going 77-68 with 1,173 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Alex Wood have?: Alex Wood recorded 1,173 career strikeouts.
Is Alex Wood in the Hall of Fame?: No. Alex Wood has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.