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Walter Tyrone Woods (born August 16, 1969 in Brooksville, Florida) is a former professional baseball player. He played five seasons with the Korean Baseball Organization then six further seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, primarily as a first baseman. ==U.S. minor league career== Woods was the 5th pick of the Montreal Expos in the 1988 MLB draft as a high school third baseman. He fielded .882, making 10 errors in 32 games for the GCL Expos and batted just .121. He hit just 2 home runs in 149 at bats and walked 7 times while whiffing 47 times; he was also caught stealing four times in six tries. Woods was promoted to the Jamestown Expos in 1989. In Single-A action, Woods hit .263; he continued to strike out frequently (58 times in 209 AB), but his walks were up (20) and his average and power (9 homers) were also improved. In 1990, with the Rockford Expos, the 20-year-old third baseman hit .242, above the team average of .226. He also led the team in doubles (27), homers (8) and strikeouts (121). His OBP was .310 and he slugged .363. Woods made it to High-A in 1991 where he hit just .220 for the West Palm Beach Expos. He also was moved from third base to the outfield that year. He hit .291 for Rockford and even stole 15 bases in 21 tries. He hit .286 for West Palm Beach and struck out in 3 of his 4 at-bats in his first Double-A exposure with the Harrisburg Senators. In 1993, Woods returned to Harrisburg, batting .252. A year later, Woods split the year between Harrisburg (.316) and the Triple-A Ottawa Lynx (.224). On November 18, the Expos gave up on Woods and released him. Woods found a home with the Baltimore Orioles' Rochester Red Wings farm club in 1995, hitting .261 as a 1B/DH/OF. A year later, Woods was in another system, joining the Boston Red Sox, playing for their Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder, hitting .312, tying for 5th in the league in homers (25) and was among the leaders in average, OBP and slugging. In 1997, Woods spent his 10th and final season in a US-based league, hitting .352 for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. He homered 9 times and drove in 28 in 29 games but did not play for the parent Boston team. He also played that year for the Potros de Minatitlán of the Mexican League, homering 18 times in 85 games for 27 homers and 101 runs (73 RBI in 85 games for the Potros). Woods hit .342. His walk total (59) surpassed his K total (49). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tyrone Woods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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