What years did Smoky Joe Wood play?

Smoky Joe Wood played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922.

Was Smoky Joe Wood a pitcher?

Both. Smoky Joe Wood pitched in 225 games, going 117-57 with a 2.03 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.

How many home runs did Smoky Joe Wood hit?

Smoky Joe Wood hit 23 career home runs with 553 hits.

Smoky Joe Wood

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1908-1922)

AVG .283

HR 23

RBI 325

H 553

OPS .768

PIV 4,543

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 180 lb
Born: 10/25/1889 in Kansas City, MO, USA
Died: 7/27/1985 in West Haven, CT, USA
MLB Debut: 1908-08-24
Last Game: 1922-09-24

Full name: Joe Wood

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
696	1,952	266	553	118	31	23	325	23	208	265	.283	.357	.411	.768	4,543

Career AVG .283 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — +8.6% above league average.

Career OBP .357 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — +10.0% above league average.

Career SLG .411 vs. league average .347 across their career seasons — +18.5% above league average.

Career OPS .768 vs. league average .671 across their career seasons — +14.4% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1908	BOS	AL	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1909	BOS	AL	24	55	4	9	0	1	0	3	0	2	8	.164	.244 (-33%)	.306 (-32%)	.312 (-36%)	.618 (-34%)	-267.6
1910	BOS	AL	35	69	9	18	2	1	1	5	0	5	16	.261	.249 (+4%)	.317 (-2%)	.326 (+11%)	.644 (+4%)	31.7
1911	BOS	AL	44	88	15	23	4	2	2	11	1	10	23	.261	.266 (-2%)	.336 (+2%)	.356 (+18%)	.693 (+10%)	142.7
1912	BOS	AL	43	124	16	36	13	1	1	13	0	11	26	.290	.268 (+8%)	.335 (+4%)	.358 (+21%)	.694 (+13%)	234.5
1913	BOS	AL	24	56	10	15	5	0	0	10	1	4	7	.268	.259 (+3%)	.325 (-3%)	.345 (+3%)	.670 (avg)	-5.7
1914	BOS	AL	21	43	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	3	14	.140	—	—	—	—	0.0
1915	BOS	AL	29	54	6	14	1	1	1	7	1	5	10	.259	.250 (+3%)	.318 (+1%)	.332 (+11%)	.651 (+6%)	47.1
1917	CLE	AL	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1918	CLE	AL	119	422	41	125	22	4	5	66	8	36	38	.296	.255 (+16%)	.318 (+12%)	.326 (+23%)	.645 (+18%)	1313.2
1919	CLE	AL	72	192	30	49	10	6	0	27	3	32	21	.255	.262 (-3%)	.322 (+14%)	.347 (+6%)	.670 (+10%)	413.8
1920	CLE	AL	61	137	25	37	11	2	1	30	1	25	16	.270	.271 (-1%)	.331 (+18%)	.363 (+11%)	.694 (+14%)	416.0
1921	CLE	AL	66	194	32	71	16	5	4	60	2	25	17	.366	.286 (+28%)	.344 (+27%)	.395 (+42%)	.739 (+35%)	1277.3
1922	CLE	AL	142	505	74	150	33	8	8	92	5	50	63	.297	.285 (+4%)	.345 (+6%)	.397 (+11%)	.743 (+9%)	940.0
Career · 14 seasons			696	1,952	266	553	118	31	23	325	23	208	265	.283	—	—	—	—	4,543

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 Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
117	57	225	158	121	28	11	1434.3	1,138	324	10	421	989	2.03	29606.4

Career ERA 2.03 vs. league average 2.96 across their career seasons — 31.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1908	BOS	AL	1	1	6	2	1	1	0	22.7	14	6	16	11	2.38	2.40 (+1%)	-572.4
1909	BOS	AL	11	7	24	19	13	4	0	160.7	121	39	43	88	2.18	2.55 (+14%)	1687.9
1910	BOS	AL	12	13	35	17	14	3	0	196.7	155	37	56	145	1.69	2.79 (+39%)	3633.9
1911	BOS	AL	23	17	44	33	25	5	3	275.7	226	62	76	231	2.02	3.37 (+40%)	8865.8
1912	BOS	AL	34	5	43	38	35	10	1	344.0	267	73	82	258	1.91	3.36 (+43%)	10225.7
1913	BOS	AL	11	5	23	18	12	1	2	145.7	120	37	61	123	2.29	3.07 (+25%)	2800.8
1914	BOS	AL	10	3	18	14	11	1	1	113.3	94	33	34	67	2.62	2.93 (+10%)	1844.4
1915	BOS	AL	15	5	25	16	10	3	2	157.3	120	26	44	63	1.49	2.90 (+49%)	1385.0
1917	CLE	AL	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	15.7	17	6	7	2	3.45	2.69 (-28%)	-264.9
1919	CLE	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.7	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
1920	CLE	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	5	2	1	22.50	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			117	57	225	158	121	28	11	1,434.1	1,138	324	421	989	2.03	—	29,606

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	17	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	.235

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1920	WS	CLE	4	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	.200
1912	WS	BOS	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	4	3	0	22.0	27	11	3	21	4.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1912	WS	BOS	3	1	4	3	0	22.0	27	11	3	21	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	331	870	124	246	6	158	.283
Away	373	1079	145	307	17	166	.285

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	103	695.2	507	134	186	495	1.73
Away	122	740.2	627	191	237	513	2.32

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1922-09-24	CLE	NYY	W	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
1922-09-23	CLE	NYY	L	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
1922-09-18	CLE	PHA	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1922-09-17	CLE	PHA	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-09-16	CLE	PHA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1922-09-15	CLE	MIN	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1922-09-14	CLE	MIN	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1922-09-13	CLE	MIN	L	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
1922-09-12	CLE	CHW	W	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1922-09-09	CLE	CHW	W	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1920-08-04	CLE	MIN	—	2.0	4	5	5	2	1
1919-06-17	CLE	BOS	SV	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
1917-09-15	CLE	SLA	SV	2.0	4	2	2	4	1
1917-09-08	CLE	CHW	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	1
1917-08-12	CLE	CHW	—	2.2	1	0	0	0	2
1917-08-08	CLE	NYY	—	2.0	2	1	1	2	1
1917-05-26	CLE	NYY	L	8.0	11	4	3	1	1
1915-10-06	BOS	NYY	—	3.0	2	0	0	0	3
1915-10-02	BOS	MIN	L	6.0	7	3	2	2	1
1915-09-23	BOS	CLE	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	4	0	33	0	1	0
2B	19	0	47	67	8	3
OF	419	0	708	42	30	11
P	225	38	123	409	17	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1908	BOS	P	6	2	3	5	1	1
1909	BOS	P	24	19	7	27	1	0
1910	BOS	P	35	17	17	62	2	3
1911	BOS	P	44	0	23	67	5	3
1912	BOS	P	43	0	41	110	4	2
1913	BOS	P	23	0	9	55	3	1
1914	BOS	P	18	0	13	28	0	0
1915	BOS	P	25	0	8	48	1	6
1917	CLE	P	5	0	2	5	0	0
1918	CLE	1B	4	0	33	0	1	0
1918	CLE	2B	19	0	47	67	8	3
1918	CLE	OF	95	0	193	10	8	4
1919	CLE	OF	64	0	90	6	7	1
1919	CLE	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1920	CLE	OF	55	0	71	5	1	0
1920	CLE	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1921	CLE	OF	64	0	105	3	3	1
1922	CLE	OF	141	0	249	18	11	5

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	225
First Base	4
Second Base	19
Left Field	104
Center Field	26
Right Field	297

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P2
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P1
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P5

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1912	Most Valuable Player	AL	5th	22.0	64	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Smoky Joe Wood

What years did Smoky Joe Wood play?: Smoky Joe Wood played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922.
Was Smoky Joe Wood a pitcher?: Both. Smoky Joe Wood pitched in 225 games, going 117-57 with a 2.03 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.
How many home runs did Smoky Joe Wood hit?: Smoky Joe Wood hit 23 career home runs with 553 hits.