John Woods (baseball)

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John Woods
Pitcher
Born: (1898-01-18)January 18, 1898
Princeton, West Virginia
Died: October 4, 1946(1946-10-04) (aged 48)
Norfolk, Virginia
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 16, 1924, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 16, 1924, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Earned run average0.00
Innings pitched1
Walks3
Teams

John Fulton Woods (January 18, 1898 – October 4, 1946) was a professional baseball pitcher and police officer. He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox during the 1924 season. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m), 175 lb (79 kg). During his career, Woods batted and threw right-handed.

Born in

minor league baseball before joining the Norfolk Police Department in 1929. He became the chief
of the department in 1939, serving in that capacity for the rest of his life until he was killed while responding to an auto accident in 1946.

Early life

John Fulton Woods was born to Judge John Hugh Gordon Woods and Margaret Peck Woods on January 18, 1898, in

Cleveland Plain Dealer that Woods starred in baseball, basketball, and track and field while in high school.[2]

College

After completing high school, Woods worked as a timekeeper for the Virginian Railway while living in Princeton in 1918, then served briefly in the United States Army through a collaboration with Washington and Lee University.[2] Woods enrolled at West Virginia University in 1920, playing college baseball for the Mountaineers from his freshman year through the 1923 season.[2][3] His father wanted him to study law, and he began law school but stopped in 1924 in order to pursue a professional baseball career by attending spring training with the Boston Red Sox.[2]

According to Russo, Woods spent most of 1924 pitching for

minor league baseball team at this time, so the team was likely a semipro team.[2][4] The Red Sox purchased his contract that September.[2][1]

Boston Red Sox

Comiskey Park was the site of Woods's only MLB appearance on September 16, 1924.

Woods's only

foul territory. He issued his third walk of the inning to Harry Hooper, loading the bases, before he induced Eddie Collins to fly out to center fielder Ira Flagstead to end the inning. The Red Sox failed to score in the ninth, losing 8–4.[2][5] Though Woods allowed three base runners to reach in the game, he never allowed a run, giving him a lifetime earned run average of 0.00. Woods kept a baseball from the game as a souvenir; it was autographed by all of his teammates.[2]

Minor league career

After the 1924 season, the

Easton Farmers of the Eastern Shore League in 1927. After tearing tendons and ligaments in his left shoulder while helping move a car out of a ditch, he retired.[1][2]

Norfolk Police Department

Following his retirement, Woods became a policeman in 1927 and joined the

International Chiefs of Police Association, he was in line to take over as the organization's president in 1947.[2]

On October 4, 1946, Woods was responding to a car crash on Cottage Toll Road (now known as Tidewater Drive). When he arrived at the scene at 12:20 AM, he crashed into a parked tow truck. Suffering a broken neck and crushed right side of his chest, he died instantly.[1][2] Only 48 years old, Woods was buried in Block 9, Lot 19, Space W of the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk on October 6.[1]

Personal life

Woods married Sarah Elizabeth Charlton, a North Carolina resident, on July 12, 1922. They lived with Sarah's sister, M. Kathleen Wickers, and her children in Norfolk. The Woodses had three children: John Jr., George, and Robert. According to his widow, Woods was "a very capable person, and a fine Christian gentleman".[2] Though Woods was listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m), 175 pounds (79 kg) during his career, his widow said that he weighed just 150 pounds (68 kg) in later years.[2]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 9781442236400
    . Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Nowlin, Bill. "John Woods". SABR. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Charleston, West Virginia Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox Box Score, September 16, 1924". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "John Woods Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

External links

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