Catching Distinguished Pitchers


Smokey Joe Wood Battery Mates


30-Game Winner (1912) Joe Wood pitched for Boston (AL) 1908-1915; and Cleveland (AL) 1917, 1919-1920. He pitched in 225 games, made 158 starts, had 121 complete games and pitched 28 shutouts. All of Wood's shutouts were with one catcher.


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CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT WOOD's STARTS

Hick Cady 52   Red Kleinow 6
Les Nunamaker 39   Lou Criger 2
Bill Carrigan 33   Tubby Spencer 2
Pinch Thomas 13   Steve O'Neill 1
Pat Donahue 10      

 

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT WOOD's SHUTOUTS

Hick Cady 12   Pinch Thomas 2
Bill Carrigan **5   Lou Criger 1
Les Nunamaker 5   Red Kleinow 1
Pat Donahue 2      


** Indicates 1 Shutout was a NO-HITTER - Boston (AL) vs. St. Louis (AL) on 7/29/1911.



Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR



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