What years did Travis Wood play?

Travis Wood played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2017.

Was Travis Wood a pitcher?

Yes. Travis Wood pitched in the major leagues, recording 47 wins and 801 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Travis Wood hit?

Travis Wood hit 11 career home runs with 55 hits.

What teams did Travis Wood play for?

Travis Wood played for 4 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (2010–2011), the Chicago Cubs (2012–2016), the Kansas City Royals (2017), and the San Diego Padres (2017).

Did Travis Wood win a Cy Young Award?

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

What awards did Travis Wood win?

Travis Wood was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Travis Wood's career stats?

In 298 games, Travis Wood went 47-59 with a 4.26 ERA, 801 strikeouts, 994.0 innings pitched, and 4 saves. At the plate he had 55 hits and 11 home runs.

What was Travis Wood's salary?

Travis Wood's last recorded salary was $6,170,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,170,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $422,500, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2016.

What position did Travis Wood play?

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

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

Travis Wood was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 175 pounds.

What was Travis Wood's career ERA?

Travis Wood finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 47-59 with 801 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Travis Wood have?

Travis Wood recorded 801 career strikeouts.

Is Travis Wood in the Hall of Fame?

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

Travis Wood

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2017)

Travis Wood was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2017 for 4 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 8 seasons. Across 298 career appearances, he went 47-59 with a 4.26 ERA and 801 strikeouts. He also batted .185 with 11 home runs. Travis Wood was an All-Star.

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 24, 2026

W–L 47–59

ERA 4.26

WHIP 1.32

SO 801

Pitcher PIV -7448.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 175 lb
Born: 2/6/1987 in Little Rock, AR, USA
MLB Debut: 2010-07-01
Last Game: 2017-09-25
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Travis Alan Wood

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Career Pitching Statistics

Travis Wood — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
47	59	298	147	0	0	4	994.0	938	471	120	370	801	4.26	-7448.7

Career ERA 4.26 vs. league average 4.02 across their career seasons — 6.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Travis Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2010	CIN	NL	5	4	17	17	0	102.2	85	40	26	86	3.51	4.08 (+14%)	1729.4
2011	CIN	NL	6	6	22	18	0	106.0	118	57	40	76	4.84	3.94 (-23%)	-319.9
2012	CHN	NL	6	13	26	26	0	156.0	133	74	54	119	4.27	4.01 (-6%)	-3237.3
2013	CHN	NL	9	12	32	32	0	200.0	163	69	66	144	3.10	3.87 (+20%)	-111.9
2014	CHN	NL	8	13	31	31	0	173.2	190	97	76	146	5.03	3.74 (-34%)	-2783.6
2015	CHN	NL	5	4	54	9	4	100.2	86	43	39	118	3.84	3.96 (+3%)	1437.7
2016	CHN	NL	4	0	77	0	0	61.0	45	20	24	47	2.95	4.19 (+30%)	-533.9
2017	KCA	AL	1	3	28	3	0	41.2	56	32	20	29	6.91	4.36 (-59%)	-174.6
2017	SDN	NL	3	4	11	11	0	52.1	62	39	25	36	6.71	4.36 (-54%)	-3454.5
Career · 9 seasons			47	59	298	147	4	994.0	938	471	370	801	4.26	—	-7,449

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

Travis Wood — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
330	298	28	55	8	1	11	37	1	7	115	.185	.208	.329	.537	-408

Career AVG .185 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 27.5% below league average.

Career OBP .208 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — 34.8% below league average.

Career SLG .329 vs. league average .405 across their career seasons — 18.7% below league average.

Career OPS .537 vs. league average .725 across their career seasons — 25.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Travis Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2010	CIN	NL	17	37	1	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	15	.189	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CIN	NL	26	30	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	14	.067	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CHN	NL	28	53	5	10	3	0	1	4	0	0	20	.189	.254 (-26%)	.318 (-41%)	.405 (-26%)	.724 (-32%)	-284.0
2013	CHN	NL	37	63	8	14	1	0	3	8	1	3	21	.222	.253 (-12%)	.317 (-19%)	.396 (-4%)	.714 (-11%)	-113.7
2014	CHN	NL	41	56	9	13	2	0	3	10	0	1	17	.232	.251 (-8%)	.313 (-14%)	.386 (+11%)	.700 (avg)	-10.3
2015	CHN	NL	60	30	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	16	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	CHN	NL	81	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	KCA	AL	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	SDN	NL	12	17	3	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	7	.235	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			330	298	28	55	8	1	11	37	1	7	115	.185	—	—	—	—	-408

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

Travis Wood — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
16	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	.200

Playoff Batting by Year

Travis Wood — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
2016	NLCS	CHN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2016	NLDS1	CHN	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000
2016	WS	CHN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2015	NLCS	CHN	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2015	NLDS1	CHN	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2010	NLDS1	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Travis Wood — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	16	0	0	17.1	12	6	4	22	3.12

Playoff Pitching by Year

Travis Wood — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	NLCS	CHN	0	3	1.1	1	0	2	1	0.00
2016	NLDS1	CHN	1	3	3.1	2	1	0	4	2.70
2016	WS	CHN	0	3	1.2	2	1	0	2	5.40
2015	NLCS	CHN	0	3	4.0	4	3	1	8	6.75
2015	NLDS1	CHN	1	3	3.2	2	1	0	4	2.45
2010	NLDS1	CIN	0	1	3.1	1	0	1	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Travis Wood — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	164	147	14	31	8	24	.211
Away	166	151	14	24	3	13	.159

Pitching — Home / Away

Travis Wood — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	151	506.1	484	239	180	423	4.25
Away	147	487.2	454	232	190	378	4.28

Last 10 Games — Batting

Travis Wood — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO
2017-09-25	SDP	LAD	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-19	SDP	AZ	W	2	0	1	0	2	1
2017-09-12	SDP	MIN	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-05	SDP	STL	L	1	1	1	1	2	0
2017-08-30	SDP	SFG	W	1	1	1	1	1	0
2017-08-25	SDP	MIA	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
2017-08-19	SDP	WAS	W	2	0	0	0	0	1
2017-08-14	SDP	PHI	W	2	0	0	0	0	2
2017-08-09	SDP	CIN	L	2	0	0	0	0	2
2017-08-06	SDP	PIT	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Travis Wood — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-09-25	SDP	LAD	L	4.2	5	6	6	4	2	1
2017-09-19	SDP	AZ	W	6.0	3	2	2	2	3	2
2017-09-12	SDP	MIN	L	2.1	9	9	9	1	2	3
2017-09-05	SDP	STL	L	2.0	7	7	6	1	1	2
2017-08-30	SDP	SFG	—	4.1	6	0	0	4	1	0
2017-08-25	SDP	MIA	—	5.0	8	5	3	2	3	2
2017-08-19	SDP	WAS	W	7.0	3	1	0	2	2	0
2017-08-14	SDP	PHI	—	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	1
2017-08-09	SDP	CIN	L	5.0	7	6	5	4	7	2
2017-08-04	SDP	PIT	—	5.0	6	4	4	2	5	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Travis Wood — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	3	0	1	0	0	0
P	298	147	54	105	7	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Travis Wood — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2010	CIN	P	17	17	2	8	3	1
2011	CIN	P	22	18	5	14	0	0
2012	CHN	P	26	26	10	22	2	1
2013	CHN	P	32	32	20	14	1	0
2014	CHN	P	31	31	6	18	0	3
2015	CHN	P	54	9	3	7	0	1
2016	CHN	OF	3	0	1	0	0	0
2016	CHN	P	77	0	4	11	0	1
2017	KCA	P	28	3	1	4	0	0
2017	SDN	P	11	11	3	7	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Travis Wood Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	298
Left Field	3

Salary History

Travis Wood's recorded salaries total $16,706,000 over 5 seasons, 2011 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Wood's career ran from 2010 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010 and 2012.

Travis Wood — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHN	NL	$6,170,000
2015	CHN	NL	$5,686,000
2014	CHN	NL	$3,900,000
2013	CHN	NL	$527,500
2011	CIN	NL	$422,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$16,706,000

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Travis Wood: the record in brief

Travis Wood played a first major league game on July 1, 2010 and a last one on September 25, 2017. The season rows list, in order, the Cincinnati Reds (2010 to 2011), the Chicago Cubs (2012 through 2016), the Kansas City Royals (2017), and the San Diego Padres (2017). Wood, born on February 6, 1987, in Little Rock, AR, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Wood's listed size is 5'11" and 175 pounds. The bio lists the given name Travis Alan.

Wood pitched in 298 games, starting 147, and finished with a 47-59 record and 4.26 ERA. The totals include 801 strikeouts. Against a 4.02 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.26 mark was 6.1% worse. 2013 brought Wood a season-high 9 wins. Wood struck out 146 batters in 2014, a career high. 2013 was Wood's sharpest full season, a 3.10 ERA against the league's 3.87.

Wood's All-Star record, per the bio, is All-Star.

Frequently Asked Questions about Travis Wood

What years did Travis Wood play?: Travis Wood played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2017.
Was Travis Wood a pitcher?: Yes. Travis Wood pitched in the major leagues, recording 47 wins and 801 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Travis Wood hit?: Travis Wood hit 11 career home runs with 55 hits.
What teams did Travis Wood play for?: Travis Wood played for 4 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (2010–2011), the Chicago Cubs (2012–2016), the Kansas City Royals (2017), and the San Diego Padres (2017).
Did Travis Wood win a Cy Young Award?: No. Travis Wood did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Travis Wood win?: Travis Wood was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Travis Wood's career stats?: In 298 games, Travis Wood went 47-59 with a 4.26 ERA, 801 strikeouts, 994.0 innings pitched, and 4 saves. At the plate he had 55 hits and 11 home runs.
How much did Travis Wood earn in his career?: Travis Wood's recorded salaries total $16,706,000 over 5 seasons, 2011 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Wood's career ran from 2010 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2010 and 2012.
What was Travis Wood's salary?: Travis Wood's last recorded salary was $6,170,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,170,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $422,500, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2016.
What position did Travis Wood play?: Travis Wood played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Travis Wood and how much did he weigh?: Travis Wood was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 175 pounds.
What was Travis Wood's career ERA?: Travis Wood finished with a 4.26 career ERA, going 47-59 with 801 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Travis Wood have?: Travis Wood recorded 801 career strikeouts.
Is Travis Wood in the Hall of Fame?: No. Travis Wood has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.