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  #34 Kerry Wood   Chicago Cubs | Roster ESPN



W
12		 L
11		 ERA
3.66


Height: 6-5
Weight:  230 lbs.
Bats:  Right
Throws: Right
Pos:  SP

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Age: 25
Born: June 16, 1977, Irving, TX
College: None
2002 Salary: $3,695,000.
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  SEASON STATS | CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L Sv P/GS BAA ERA
2002 33 33 4 1 213.2 169 92 87 22 97 217 12 11 0 102.5 .221 3.66
  STAT BREAKDOWN
CAREER 110 110 7 3 691.2 525 308 288 69 361 799 45 30 0 105.7 .211 3.75
  Through December 25, 2002 - Current stats updated real-time, Career stats updated nightly.
Fantasy
Percent Owned:
MLB: 95.5%
NL Only: 99.1%

Avg. Draft Position:
MLB: 46.7
NL Only: 26.0

FLB Ranking
Pre-season SP: #12

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  LEAGUE LEADERS - 2002
• Ranks 3rd in NL in SO (217)• Ranks 3rd in NL in BB (97)
• Ranks 6th in NL in CG (4)• Ranks 6th in NL in BAA (.221)
  10 START LOG | COMPLETE GAME LOGYEAR TO DATE
DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB BF #Pit GSc Dec. Rel. ERA*
8/12 HOU L 6-9 5.2 9 5 5 2 0 10 6 6 26 94 41 L(9-6) -- 4.01
8/17 ARI L 2-6 6.0 5 1 1 0 3 5 8 2 24 90 60 -- -- 3.91
8/23 @ARI L 2-3 8.0 3 3 3 1 3 12 8 3 30 125 73 L(9-7) -- 3.89
8/28 @MIL L 1-5 5.0 6 3 2 1 3 8 5 3 23 106 50 L(9-8) -- 3.88
9/2 MIL W 17-4 7.0 5 1 1 1 2 8 9 8 30 107 69 W(10-8) -- 3.78
9/8 @STL L 1-3 7.0 8 2 2 1 2 10 3 7 31 102 61 L(10-9) -- 3.73
9/13 @CIN W 7-6 7.0 7 6 6 2 4 8 6 9 32 114 43 W(11-9) -- 3.88
9/18 @NYM L 1-2 8.0 6 2 2 1 3 4 5 13 32 112 63 L(11-10) -- 3.81
9/24 CIN L 0-1 7.0 6 1 1 1 2 8 8 6 28 111 67 L(11-11) -- 3.73
9/29 PIT W 7-3 6.0 4 1 1 1 3 9 3 7 24 99 66 W(12-11) -- 3.67
  AWARDS
• 1998: National League Rookie of the Year

Scouting Report

Pitching
With a mid-to upper-90s fastball, Wood throws just as hard as he did before surgery. His curve is hard to lay off, though he occasionally lacks command of it. When he's getting the pitch over, he'll rarely need to go to his slider. His third pitch is a cutter that he busts in on the hands of lefthanded hitters. In 2000, the Cubs had him lay off the curve and work on using a fosh as his second pitch, but he hasn't developed much confidence in it.


Defense & Hitting
Wood uses his legs to help generate velocity, so rather than abbreviate his stretch delivery, he has developed an excellent pickoff move. Baserunners still run on him, and many of them make it, but he picked off seven of them last year the most of any righthanded pitcher in baseball. He's also a smooth fielder, making just one error in 33 chances in 2001. He's one of the better-hitting pitchers in the game, with respectable power and excellent bunting skills.



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