Ken Wood (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1924
Place of Birth: Lincolnton, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 22-Nov-2007
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Ken Wood (baseball)
- Kenneth Lanier Wood (July 1, 1924 – November 22, 2007) was an American professional baseball player.
- He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the St.
- Louis Browns (1948–51), Boston Red Sox (1952) and Washington Senators (1952–53), mostly as a right or left fielder.
- He batted and threw right-handed. Wood was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
- An outfielder with a strong arm, in 1949 he threw 2 runners out at home plate in the same inning.
- The first runner attempted to score from second base on a right field single.
- Woods threw to Sherm Lollar the catcher who tagged the runner out.
- The next hitter hit a fly ball to right field where Woods caught it with a runner on third base.
- Woods also threw a perfect strike to Sherman Lollar who again tagged the runner out.
- He began his professional career in 1941.
- He made his major league debut with the St.
- Louis Browns in 1948.
- In 1950 he hit 13 home runs and posted career numbers with 42 runs scored, 24 doubles, 62 runs batted in and 128 games played, and in 1951 hit a career-high 15 home runs with 40 runs and 44 RBI in 109 games.
- He also appeared in part of two seasons with the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators and played his final major league game in 1953.
- He continued to play in the minor leagues until 1956. In a six-season career, Wood was a .224 hitter with 34 home runs and 143 RBI in 342 games.
- He never batted higher than .237 in a season. Wood died at age 83 in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
- According to his obituary, after his baseball career he worked for 28 years for Prudential Insurance Company.
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