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Woodie Fryman

Birthdate:

4/15/1940

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 205 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Ewing, KY, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A resounding mound master, Woodrow Fryman came from a tobacco farming family out of the Ewing, Kentucky area. Noted for his ability to throw a mid-90s fastball among the local community he didn’t start pitching professionally in the minors until age 25 and then worked just 12 games, striking out 74 in 64 innings, prior to joining the majors with Pittsburgh in 1966. He immediately caught the attention of fans and media by beginning his rookie season by hurling three straight shutouts, and for the year went 12-9 with a 3.81 ERA.

On December 16 1967 Pittsburgh traded Woodie Fryman, and pitchers Harold Clem and Bill Laxton along with shortstop Don Money to the Philadelphia Phillies for future Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning.

Woodie Fryman pitched 18 seasons, rang up at least 10 victories in six seasons and worked over 140 innings eight times, including three times pitching over 200 innings. Woodie Fryman started his career as a flame thrower and later adjusted his pitching arsenal to include a great change up and a curve and if his pitches were elevated or his trajectory was flat, he knew how to fix it because he was pitching smart.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1966	PIT (NL)	36	28	12	9	1	9	3	181.2	182	86	77	13	47	9	105	2	1	1	3.81
1967	PIT (NL)	28	18	3	8	1	3	1	113.1	121	67	51	12	44	3	74	3	4	0	4.05
1968	PHI (NL)	34	32	12	14	0	10	5	213.2	198	78	66	12	64	2	151	7	6	2	2.78
1969	PHI (NL)	36	35	12	15	0	10	1	228.1	243	123	112	15	89	3	150	12	11	1	4.41
1970	PHI (NL)	27	20	8	6	0	4	3	127.2	122	61	58	11	43	2	97	5	1	3	4.09
1971	PHI (NL)	37	17	10	7	2	3	2	149.1	133	61	56	7	46	1	104	6	3	0	3.38
1972	DET (AL)	16	14	10	3	0	6	1	113.2	93	31	26	6	31	3	72	5	7	0	2.06
1972	PHI (NL)	23	17	4	10	1	3	2	119.2	131	64	58	15	39	9	69	2	2	2	4.36
1973	DET (AL)	34	29	6	13	0	1	0	169.2	200	106	101	23	64	5	119	5	3	1	5.36
1974	DET (AL)	27	22	6	9	0	4	1	141.2	120	73	68	16	67	2	92	0	4	1	4.32
1975	MON (NL)	38	20	9	12	3	7	3	157.0	141	69	58	10	68	7	118	7	5	1	3.32
1976	MON (NL)	34	32	13	13	2	4	2	216.1	218	89	81	14	76	7	123	1	9	1	3.37
1977	CIN (NL)	17	12	5	5	1	0	0	75.1	83	45	45	13	45	2	57	3	2	0	5.38
1978	CHC (NL)	13	9	2	4	0	0	0	55.2	64	37	32	6	37	5	28	3	0	2	5.17
1978	MON (NL)	19	17	5	7	1	4	3	94.2	93	39	38	4	37	1	53	2	3	0	3.61
1979	MON (NL)	44	0	3	6	10	0	0	58.0	52	25	18	4	22	4	44	2	3	0	2.79
1980	MON (NL)	61	0	7	4	17	0	0	80.0	61	23	20	1	30	9	59	1	2	1	2.25
1981	MON (NL)	35	0	5	3	7	0	0	43.0	38	16	9	1	14	1	25	0	1	0	1.88
1982	MON (NL)	60	0	9	4	12	0	0	69.2	66	36	29	3	26	4	46	2	1	0	3.75
1983	MON (NL)	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	8	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	21.00
20 years		625	322	141	155	58	68	27	2411.1	2367	1136	1010	187	890	79	1587	68	68	16	3.77

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1966	PIT (NL)	36	63	1	10	0	0	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0	4	0	.159	.185	SLG
1967	PIT (NL)	28	34	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	.118	.139	SLG
1968	PHI (NL)	34	71	4	6	1	0	0	2	3	25	0	0	0	0	7	0	.85	.122	SLG
1969	PHI (NL)	36	76	3	9	0	0	1	3	1	26	1	0	0	0	8	0	.118	.130	SLG
1970	PHI (NL)	27	39	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	.128	.128	SLG
1971	PHI (NL)	37	37	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	5	0	.189	.211	SLG
1972	PHI (NL)	23	33	3	5	0	0	1	5	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.152	.200	SLG
1972	DET (AL)	16	40	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	.125	.125	SLG
1973	DET (AL)	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1974	DET (AL)	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	MON (NL)	38	49	4	10	2	0	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	1	5	0	.204	.250	SLG
1976	MON (NL)	34	64	1	7	1	0	0	2	1	17	0	0	0	0	11	0	.109	.123	SLG
1977	CIN (NL)	17	22	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	.318	.348	SLG
1978	MON (NL)	19	34	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	.59	.59	SLG
1978	CHC (NL)	13	16	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	.63	.59	SLG
1979	MON (NL)	44	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1980	MON (NL)	61	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167	.167	SLG
1981	MON (NL)	35	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.667	.667	SLG
1982	MON (NL)	60	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	SLG
1983	MON (NL)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
20 years		625	609	22	84	6	0	2	25	14	177	1	0	0	1	63	2	.138	.158	.SLG

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