White Sox P Wilbur Wood suffers a fractured kneecap in a 4 – 2 win over the Tigers. Wood will miss the rest of the season.

On May 9, 1976 –Chicago White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood suffers a fractured kneecap in a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers.

 

At the time of the injury, he has a 2.24 ERA in 7 starts. Wood will miss the rest of the season and is not the same pitcher after he returns in 1977.