Joe Wood (infielder)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Joe Wood
position=Infielder


bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1919|10|3|mf=y
city-state|Houston|Texas
deathdate=death date and age|1985|3|25|1919|10|3
city-state|Houston|Texas
debutdate=May 2
debutyear=by|1943
debutteam=Detroit Tigers
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=by|1943
finalteam=Detroit Tigers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.323
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=1
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=17
teams=
*Detroit Tigers (1943)

Joseph Perry Wood ["J.P. or Little Joe"] (October 3, 1919 - March 25, 1985) was a second baseman/third baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Detroit Tigers during the by|1943 season. A native of Houston, Texas, Wood batted and threw right-handed. He attended Rice University.

In one season career, Wood was a .323 hitter (53-for-164) with one home run and 17 RBI in 60 games, including four doubles, four triples and two stolen bases.

Wood died in an accidental fire his hometown of Houston, Texas, at the age of 65.

ee also

*1943 Detroit Tigers season

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/woodjo03.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwoodj101.htm Retrosheet]