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Woody English

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Full name Elwood George English
Born March 2, 1906, Fredonia, Ohio
Died September 26, 1997, Newark, Ohio
Buried at Fredonia Cemetery, Fredonia, Ohio
First Game: April 26, 1927; Final Game: July 1, 1938
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 10" Weight: 155
Ejections: 1927 (1), 1928 (3), 1930 (3), 1931 (2), 1932 (1), 1934 (2), 1935 (1), 1936 (1), 1937 (2). Total: 16
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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1927 CHI N Daily Splits 87 334 46 97 14 4 1 28 16 0 26 1 23 0 6 6 1 3 .290 .325 .365 0.6 1927 CHI N 1928 CHI N Daily Splits 116 475 68 142 22 4 2 34 30 0 28 2 15 0 13 7 4 7 .299 .343 .375 1.6 1928 CHI N 1929 CHI N Daily Splits 144 608 131 168 29 3 1 52 68 1 50 3 21 0 11 11 13 6 .276 .352 .339 0.3 1929 CHI N 1930 CHI N Daily Splits 156 638 152 214 36 17 14 59 100 0 72 6 11 0 9 15 3 2 .335 .430 .511 3.3 1930 CHI N 1931 CHI N Daily Splits 156 634 117 202 38 8 2 53 68 1 80 7 18 0 18 5 12 11 .319 .391 .413 3.0 1931 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 127 522 70 142 23 7 3 47 55 2 73 2 12 0 11 10 5 4 .272 .344 .360 0.4 1932 CHI N 1933 CHI N Daily Splits 105 398 54 104 19 2 3 41 53 0 44 0 6 0 14 7 5 6 .261 .348 .342 -0.6 1933 CHI N 1934 CHI N Daily Splits 109 421 65 117 26 5 3 31 48 0 65 1 5 0 9 6 6 4 .278 .353 .385 -0.1 1934 CHI N 1935 CHI N Daily Splits 34 84 11 17 2 0 2 8 20 1 4 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 .202 .368 .298 -0.3 1935 CHI N 1936 CHI N Daily Splits 64 182 33 45 9 0 0 20 40 0 28 4 6 0 3 3 1 0 .247 .394 .297 0.7 1936 CHI N 1937 BRO N Daily Splits 129 378 45 90 16 2 1 42 65 3 55 0 3 0 11 14 4 8 .238 .350 .299 -1.3 1937 BRO N 1938 BRO N Daily Splits 34 72 9 18 2 0 0 7 8 2 11 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 .250 .333 .278 -0.3 1938 BRO N Total (12 Years) Splits 1261 4746 801 1356 236 52 32 422 571 10 536 29 123 0 108 86 57 52 .286 .366 .378 7.3 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1929 CHI N Daily Splits 5 21 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .190 .227 .286 1929 CHI N 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 4 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .176 .263 .176 1932 CHI N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 9 38 3 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .184 .244 .237 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1933 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1933 NL 

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1927 CHI N Daily Splits SS 84 81 79 719.2 177 281 29 47 0 .940 1927 CHI N 3B 1 1 1 12 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1928 CHI N Daily Splits SS 114 113 105 989.2 245 382 36 85 0 .946 1928 CHI N 3B 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 1929 CHI N Daily Splits SS 144 144 142 1290 332 497 39 107 0 .955 1930 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 83 83 74 719 83 135 6 19 0 .973 1930 CHI N SS 79 73 73 676.2 173 251 16 57 0 .964 1931 CHI N Daily Splits SS 138 138 134 1206.1 322 441 28 75 0 .965 1931 CHI N 3B 18 18 18 159.1 18 41 1 3 0 .983 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 103 103 95 921.1 96 173 12 13 0 .957 1932 CHI N SS 29 23 23 221 66 102 8 17 0 .955 1933 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 103 101 100 891.2 80 173 7 9 0 .973 1933 CHI N SS 1 0 0 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1934 CHI N Daily Splits SS 56 54 53 477 61 109 5 22 0 .971 1934 CHI N 3B 46 43 40 386.2 74 132 5 5 0 .976 1934 CHI N 2B 7 6 4 54.2 10 19 4 4 0 .879 1935 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 16 14 13 136.2 8 25 5 2 0 .868 1935 CHI N SS 12 9 8 86.1 21 29 1 4 0 .980 1936 CHI N Daily Splits SS 42 37 34 332.2 75 127 5 27 0 .976 1936 CHI N 3B 17 14 12 135.2 14 21 0 3 0 1.000 1936 CHI N 2B 1 1 1 9 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1937 BRO N Daily Splits SS 115 111 88 922 220 303 24 51 0 .956 1937 BRO N 2B 12 11 5 80 19 21 2 3 0 .952 1938 BRO N Daily Splits 3B 21 14 14 144 16 30 2 4 0 .958 1938 BRO N SS 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1938 BRO N 2B 3 2 2 19 7 7 0 1 0 1.000 Total (12 Years) Splits SS 817 783 739 6927.2 1693 2523 191 492 0 .957 Total (10 Years) 3B 410 392 367 3509.1 391 734 38 58 0 .967 Total ( 4 Years) 2B 23 20 12 162.2 39 51 6 8 0 .938 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1929 CHI N Daily Splits SS 5 5 5 43.2 8 12 4 3 0 .833 1932 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 4 4 4 34 3 4 1 0 0 .875 Total ( 1 Year ) Splits SS 5 5 5 43.2 8 12 4 3 0 .833 Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 4 4 4 34 3 4 1 0 0 .875 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1933 NL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 9- 7-1927(1) BOX CHI N Beans Reardon Call at 1B 6- 3-1928 BOX CHI N Dolly Stark Call at HP 7-25-1928 BOX CHI N Dolly Stark Call at 1B 8- 6-1928(1) BOX CHI N Sherry Magee Call at HP 6-14-1930 BOX CHI N Bob Clarke Call at 2B 6-23-1930 BOX CHI N Lou Jorda Called third strike 8-20-1930 BOX CHI N Jim Scott Balls and strikes (from bench) 5- 7-1931 BOX CHI N Lou Jorda Called third strike 7- 4-1931(2) BOX CHI N Beans Reardon Called third strike (Threw bat) 8-20-1932 BOX CHI N George Barr Bench jockeying 5-20-1934 BOX CHI N Charlie Moran Balls and strikes 7-24-1934 BOX CHI N Bill Stewart Mimicked umpire 10- 4-1935 BOX CHI N George Moriarty Bench jockeying 5-28-1936 BOX CHI N Bill Stewart Fighting 8-21-1937 BOX BRO N Charlie Moran Called third strike 9-12-1937(2) BOX BRO N George Barr Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Traded by Chicago Cubs with Roy Henshaw to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Lonny Frey (December 5, 1936).

Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Brooklyn Dodgers (July 8, 1938).

Returned to Brooklyn Dodgers (February 23, 1939).

Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs (February 23, 1939).

Sold by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals (May 16, 1939).

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