What years did Kerry Wood play?

Kerry Wood played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2012.

Was Kerry Wood a pitcher?

Yes. Kerry Wood pitched in the major leagues, recording 86 wins and 1582 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Kerry Wood hit?

Kerry Wood hit 7 career home runs with 59 hits.

What teams did Kerry Wood play for?

Kerry Wood played for 3 teams: the Chicago Cubs (1998, 2000–2008, 2011–2012), the Cleveland Indians (2009–2010), and the New York Yankees (2010).

Did Kerry Wood win a Cy Young Award?

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

What awards did Kerry Wood win?

Kerry Wood won the Rookie of the Year award (1998). He was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Kerry Wood's career stats?

In 446 games, Kerry Wood went 86-75 with a 3.67 ERA, 1,582 strikeouts, 1,380.0 innings pitched, and 63 saves. At the plate he had 59 hits and 7 home runs.

What was Kerry Wood's salary?

Kerry Wood's last recorded salary was $3,000,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $12,000,000, in 2006, and his lowest was $170,000, in 1998. The Salary History table lists each season from 1998 to 2012.

What position did Kerry Wood play?

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

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

Kerry Wood was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 210 pounds.

What was Kerry Wood's career ERA?

Kerry Wood finished with a 3.67 career ERA, going 86-75 with 1,582 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Kerry Wood have?

Kerry Wood recorded 1,582 career strikeouts.

Is Kerry Wood in the Hall of Fame?

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

Kerry Wood

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1998-2012)

Kerry Wood was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2012 for the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Guardians, and the New York Yankees, a span of 15 seasons. Across 446 career appearances, he went 86-75 with a 3.67 ERA, 1,582 strikeouts, and 63 saves. He also batted .171 with 7 home runs. Kerry Wood was a 2-time All-Star and a Rookie of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 20851.9.

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 86–75

ERA 3.67

WHIP 1.27

SO 1,582

Pitcher PIV 20851.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 210 lb
Born: 6/16/1977 in Irving, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1998-04-12
Last Game: 2012-05-18
Awards: 2× All-Star · Rookie of the Year

Full name: Kerry Lee Wood

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Career Pitching Statistics

Kerry Wood — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
86	75	446	178	11	5	63	1380.0	1,083	563	148	666	1,582	3.67	20851.9

Career ERA 3.67 vs. league average 4.34 across their career seasons — 15.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Kerry Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1998	CHN	NL	13	6	26	26	1	1	0	166.2	117	63	85	233	3.40	4.43 (+23%)	5466.6
2000	CHN	NL	8	7	23	23	1	0	0	137.0	112	73	87	132	4.80	4.77 (-1%)	-523.8
2001	CHN	NL	12	6	28	28	1	1	0	174.1	127	65	92	217	3.36	4.42 (+24%)	4106.1
2002	CHN	NL	12	11	33	33	4	1	0	213.2	169	87	97	217	3.66	4.28 (+14%)	2353.8
2003	CHN	NL	14	11	32	32	4	2	0	211.0	152	75	100	266	3.20	4.40 (+27%)	3800.3
2004	CHN	NL	8	9	22	22	0	0	0	140.1	127	58	51	144	3.72	4.46 (+17%)	2382.6
2005	CHN	NL	3	4	21	10	0	0	0	66.0	52	31	26	77	4.23	4.29 (+1%)	-703.0
2006	CHN	NL	1	2	4	4	0	0	0	19.2	19	9	8	13	4.12	4.53 (+9%)	-971.5
2007	CHN	NL	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	24.1	18	9	13	24	3.33	4.47 (+26%)	980.2
2008	CHN	NL	5	4	65	0	0	0	34	66.1	54	24	18	84	3.26	4.32 (+25%)	3371.8
2009	CLE	AL	3	3	58	0	0	0	20	55.0	48	26	28	63	4.25	4.32 (+2%)	236.6
2010	CLE	AL	1	4	23	0	0	0	8	20.0	21	14	11	18	6.30	4.08 (-54%)	-549.6
2010	NYA	AL	2	0	24	0	0	0	0	26.0	14	2	18	31	0.69	4.08 (+83%)	452.9
2011	CHN	NL	3	5	55	0	0	0	1	51.0	45	19	21	57	3.35	3.94 (+15%)	448.9
2012	CHN	NL	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	8.2	8	8	11	6	8.31	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			86	75	446	178	11	5	63	1,380.0	1,083	563	666	1,582	3.67	—	20,852

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

Kerry Wood — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
449	346	23	59	6	0	7	32	0	11	114	.171	.196	.249	.444	-1,384

Career AVG .171 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 35.3% below league average.

Career OBP .196 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career SLG .249 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — 40.7% below league average.

Career OPS .444 vs. league average .751 across their career seasons — 40.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Kerry Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1998	CHN	NL	26	54	3	7	0	2	8	1	16	.130	.266 (-51%)	.335 (-57%)	.420 (-43%)	.755 (-49%)	-443.7
2000	CHN	NL	25	40	6	10	0	1	4	2	10	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CHN	NL	29	48	3	9	1	0	2	1	15	.188	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	CHN	NL	33	72	5	12	0	1	5	3	28	.167	.261 (-36%)	.331 (-40%)	.416 (-50%)	.747 (-45%)	-532.5
2003	CHN	NL	32	61	4	10	1	2	6	1	26	.164	.264 (-38%)	.332 (-47%)	.422 (-34%)	.754 (-40%)	-407.3
2004	CHN	NL	22	45	2	6	1	1	3	2	11	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	CHN	NL	21	18	0	2	2	0	2	1	6	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CHN	NL	4	6	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	CHN	NL	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CHN	NL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CLE	AL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CLE	AL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	NYA	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CHN	NL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CHN	NL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			449	346	23	59	6	7	32	11	114	.171	—	—	—	—	-1,384

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

Kerry Wood — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	11	2	3	1	0	1	5	0	2	.273

Playoff Batting by Year

Kerry Wood — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
2010	ALCS	NYA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2010	ALDS2	NYA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2008	NLDS1	CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	NLDS1	CHN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	NLCS	CHN	2	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	.333
2003	NLDS2	CHN	2	7	1	2	1	0	2	2	.286
1998	NLDS1	CHN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Kerry Wood — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	15	5	0	44.2	35	17	23	45	3.43

Playoff Pitching by Year

Kerry Wood — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2010	ALCS	NYA	0	0	4	0	6.0	2	1	3	4	1.50
2010	ALDS2	NYA	0	0	3	0	2.0	4	1	2	3	4.50
2008	NLDS1	CHN	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0.00
2007	NLDS1	CHN	0	0	2	0	3.0	3	1	0	2	3.00
2003	NLCS	CHN	0	1	2	2	12.1	14	10	7	13	7.30
2003	NLDS2	CHN	2	0	2	2	15.1	7	3	7	18	1.76
1998	NLDS1	CHN	0	1	1	1	5.0	3	1	4	5	1.80

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Kerry Wood — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	227	164	14	31	7	20	.189
Away	222	182	9	28	0	12	.154

Pitching — Home / Away

Kerry Wood — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	226	684.0	525	263	328	813	3.46
Away	220	696.0	558	300	338	769	3.88

Last 10 Games — Batting

Kerry Wood — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2012-05-18	CHC	CHW	L	0	0
2012-05-15	CHC	STL	L	0	0
2012-05-13	CHC	MIL	W	0	0
2012-05-11	CHC	MIL	L	1	1
2012-05-08	CHC	ATL	L	0	0
2012-05-04	CHC	LAD	W	0	0
2012-04-13	CHC	STL	W	0	0
2012-04-11	CHC	MIL	L	0	0
2012-04-07	CHC	WAS	L	0	0
2012-04-05	CHC	WAS	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Kerry Wood — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-05-18	CHC	CHW	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2012-05-15	CHC	STL	—	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0
2012-05-13	CHC	MIL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012-05-11	CHC	MIL	—	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0
2012-05-08	CHC	ATL	L	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0
2012-05-04	CHC	LAD	—	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	0
2012-04-13	CHC	STL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2012-04-11	CHC	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2012-04-07	CHC	WAS	L	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1
2012-04-05	CHC	WAS	—	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Kerry Wood — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	446	178	73	123	9	13

Season-by-Season Fielding

Kerry Wood — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1998	CHN	P	26	26	4	9	0	1
2000	CHN	P	23	23	8	14	2	1
2001	CHN	P	28	28	11	22	1	1
2002	CHN	P	33	33	14	20	0	3
2003	CHN	P	32	32	18	18	1	3
2004	CHN	P	22	22	4	13	1	2
2005	CHN	P	21	10	3	3	2	0
2006	CHN	P	4	4	1	1	1	0
2007	CHN	P	22	0	0	0	0	0
2008	CHN	P	65	0	4	3	0	0
2009	CLE	P	58	0	1	7	0	0
2010	CLE	P	23	0	0	3	0	0
2010	NYA	P	24	0	3	3	0	0
2011	CHN	P	55	0	1	6	1	2
2012	CHN	P	10	0	1	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Kerry Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	446

Awards & Honors

Kerry Wood — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1998	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Rookie
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-05-09
1998	Rookie of the Year
1998	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Kerry Wood's recorded salaries total $73,825,000 over 15 seasons, 1998 to 2012. Wood's career, 1998 to 2012, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Kerry Wood — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	CHN	NL	$3,000,000
2011	CHN	NL	$1,500,000
2010	CLE	AL	$10,500,000
2009	CLE	AL	$10,000,000
2008	CHN	NL	$4,200,000
2007	CHN	NL	$1,750,000
2006	CHN	NL	$12,000,000
2005	CHN	NL	$9,500,000
2004	CHN	NL	$8,000,000
2003	CHN	NL	$6,190,000
2002	CHN	NL	$3,695,000
2001	CHN	NL	$1,940,000
2000	CHN	NL	$690,000
1999	CHN	NL	$690,000
1998	CHN	NL	$170,000
Total recorded salary			$73,825,000

Award Voting History

Kerry Wood — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1998	Rookie of the Year	NL	1st	128.0	160	16

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Kerry Wood: the record in brief

Kerry Wood played a first major league game on April 12, 1998 and a last one on May 18, 2012. The team column moves through the Chicago Cubs (1998 to 2012), the Cleveland Indians (2009 through 2010), and the New York Yankees (2010). Born on June 16, 1977, in Irving, TX, USA, Wood is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Wood's listed size is 6 feet, 5 inches and 210 pounds. Wood's full given name, per the bio, is Kerry Lee Wood.

Wood went 86-75 with a 3.67 ERA in 446 games, 178 of them starts. The totals include 1,582 strikeouts, 11 complete games, 5 shutouts, and 63 saves. The leagues Wood pitched in allowed 4.34 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 15.4% better than average. Wood won 14 games in 2003, the most of any season listed. The most saves in one season was 34, in 2008.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kerry Wood

What years did Kerry Wood play?: Kerry Wood played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2012.
Was Kerry Wood a pitcher?: Yes. Kerry Wood pitched in the major leagues, recording 86 wins and 1582 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Kerry Wood hit?: Kerry Wood hit 7 career home runs with 59 hits.
What teams did Kerry Wood play for?: Kerry Wood played for 3 teams: the Chicago Cubs (1998, 2000–2008, 2011–2012), the Cleveland Indians (2009–2010), and the New York Yankees (2010).
Did Kerry Wood win a Cy Young Award?: No. Kerry Wood did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Kerry Wood win?: Kerry Wood won the Rookie of the Year award (1998). He was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Kerry Wood's career stats?: In 446 games, Kerry Wood went 86-75 with a 3.67 ERA, 1,582 strikeouts, 1,380.0 innings pitched, and 63 saves. At the plate he had 59 hits and 7 home runs.
How much did Kerry Wood earn in his career?: Kerry Wood's recorded salaries total $73,825,000 over 15 seasons, 1998 to 2012. Wood's career, 1998 to 2012, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Kerry Wood's salary?: Kerry Wood's last recorded salary was $3,000,000, in 2012. His highest recorded salary was $12,000,000, in 2006, and his lowest was $170,000, in 1998. The Salary History table lists each season from 1998 to 2012.
What position did Kerry Wood play?: Kerry Wood played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Kerry Wood and how much did he weigh?: Kerry Wood was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 210 pounds.
What was Kerry Wood's career ERA?: Kerry Wood finished with a 3.67 career ERA, going 86-75 with 1,582 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Kerry Wood have?: Kerry Wood recorded 1,582 career strikeouts.
Is Kerry Wood in the Hall of Fame?: No. Kerry Wood has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.