Gary Woods Stats & Facts
Gary Woods Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 185 Born: Monday, July 20, 1953 in Santa Barbara, CA USA Died: 2 19 2015 in Solvang, CA USA Debut: 9/14/1976 Last Game: 9/27/1985 Full Name: Gary Lee Woods
Astros trade outfielder Gary Woods to the Cubs for outfielder Jim Tracy
1981 â Astros trade outfielder Gary Woods to the Cubs for outfielder Jim Tracy. Woods had hit .377 as a September call-up in 1980 but reverted to .209 the next season. Tracy never makes it into a regular season game for Houston but he will one day become the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies.Â
Joe Niekro and Dave Smith combine on a two-hitter to blank San Diego, 3-0
1981 â Joe Niekro and Dave Smith combine on a two-hitter to blank San Diego, 3-0. Niekro and Steve Mura trade goose eggs for seven innings until Tony Scott drives home Joe Pittman in the eighth. Gary Woods then delivers Scott. In the ninth, Scott again plates Pittman with an insurance run. The shutout caps a seven-game road trip to open the âsecond seasonâ, with the Astros winning five of them.Â
The first post-season game in Astros history is a 3-1 loss in Philadelphia in Game One of the N.L.C.S.
1980 â The first post-season game in Astros history is a 3-1 loss in Philadelphia in Game One of the N.L.C.S. Houston gets the first run when Gary Woods singles off Steve Carlton to score Jose Cruz. A two-run bomb by Greg Luzinski off Ken Forsch puts the Phillies ahead to stay.
The Mariners and Blue Jays each select thirty players in the expansion draft. Seattle picks Royalsâ outfielder Ruppert Jones, and Toronto selects Oriolesâ shortstop Bob Bailor as their teamâs respective first picks.
The Mariners and Blue Jays each select thirty players in the expansion draft. Seattle picks Royalsâ outfielder Ruppert Jones, and Toronto selects Oriolesâ shortstop Bob Bailor as their teamâs respective first picks.
