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William Frederick "Woody" Woodward (born September 23, 1942) is a former professional baseball player, college baseball coach, and general manager. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a shortstop, but is better known for his tenure as general manager of the Seattle Mariners. ==Playing career== Woodward played baseball at Coral Gables Senior High School and led the team to the 1960 Class AA state title.〔http://www.allvoices.com/news/5570794/s/51633710-coral-gables-honors-1960-title-team〕 He attended Florida State University, where he played for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team. In 1963 he was named third-team All-American and was named to the College World Series all-tournament squad.〔http://www.seminoles.com/genrel/woodward_woody00.html〕 During his Major League Baseball career, Woodward played for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1963–68) and the Cincinnati Reds (1968–71). A shortstop and second baseman, Woodward appeared in 880 games with 517 hits. He had a career .236 batting average with one home run and 148 runs batted in. On July 10, 1970, Woodward hit his only major league home run in 2,423 plate appearances, a two-run shot off Ron Reed against the Atlanta Braves.〔(July 10, 1970 Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 Afterwards Woodward was quoted as saying, "If I hit one home run per every seven seasons, it will take me 4,998 seasons to catch Babe Ruth."〔(Says Slugger Woody: Just 713 to Go )〕 He played in four games of the 1970 World Series, which the Reds lost to the Baltimore Orioles in five games, with Woodward totaling one hit in five at bats.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodwwo01.shtml〕 Woodward was involved in a bizarre incident on September 4, 1971. During a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, a sack of flour fell out of the sky and landed approximately 10 feet from where Woodward was standing.〔(Mysterious Flour Bomb Falls In Dodger Infield )〕 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「Woody Woodward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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