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Jacob Wood
Detroit Tigers
Second Base-Outfield
Born: June 22, 1937, Elizabeth, NJ
Signed: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent before the 1957 season
Major League Teams: Detroit Tigers 1961-1967; Cincinnati Reds 1967
Jake Wood won the Tigers' starting second baseman job out of spring training in 1961, and started 160 games at the position for a team that won 101 games but finished in second place to the Yankees. He led the league in triples (14), errors at second (25) and strikeouts (141), placing sixth in the Rookie of the Year voting. He started the majority of the Tigers' games at second base in 1962 and 1963, but a dislocated finger cost him playing time in the second half of the 1963 season. Still, he hit .271 in 1963 with 11 home runs. Veteran Jerry Lumpe (#353) was acquired prior to the 1964 season, and Wood settled into a bench role. He'd make only 22 starts in 1964, 19 in 1965 and 49 in 1966. Wood was sold to the Reds in June 1967 and he'd wrap up his big league career with 16 games for Cincinnati.
Overall, Wood batted .250 in 608 major league games, collected 469 hits, 35 home runs and 168 RBIs.
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #533
The Card / Tigers Team Set
Like a lot of the cards of his Tigers teammates, Wood is posed on the team's spring training field with a large light standard behind him as well as several field house buildings. The back of the card celebrates his versatility in the filed and his success as a pinch-hitter. The "2B-OF" position designation is an odd choice by Topps as Wood had appeared in one game as a left fielder in 1964. For his career, he'd play three games in the outfield over seven seasons.
1965 Season
With Lumpe returning as the regular second baseman, Wood made only 17 starts at second base, with one start each at first and third. He appeared in 58 games, with 30 pinch-hit appearances and eight pinch-run assignments. He batted a decent .288 with a pair of home runs and seven RBIs in his limited playing time, and was 9 for 25 as a pinch-hitter, good for a .360 average.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1961 Topps #514
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7): 1961-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2016 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JW
36 - Wood non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 7/28/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #533
This is the 49th of 102 cards acquired for our set from the Baseball Card Sports Memorabilia Show, affectionately known as The Philly Show, held in the basement of the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia in early March. We went nuts and left the show needing only 12 more cards to complete our 1965 Topps set, and I wrote about the show in detail over at The Phillies Room. Having wandered aimlessly among the dealer tables looking for binders with vintage commons, I decided to check to see if Uncle Dick's had refreshed their inventory following the December show, during which I had wiped out both their 1965 Topps binders. Much to my pleasant surprise, they had.
This Wood card was $6 and was one of 49 commons and semi-stars purchased in my triumphant return to Uncle Dick's and his replenished neon green binders.
Depending on my ability to compose five posts a week on the cards acquired at this show, I should be completely caught up on this blog by mid-October. It's entirely feasible we complete our 1965 Topps set by the end of 2022, although nine of the remaining 12 cards needed are fairly expensive.
The Card / Tigers Team Set
Like a lot of the cards of his Tigers teammates, Wood is posed on the team's spring training field with a large light standard behind him as well as several field house buildings. The back of the card celebrates his versatility in the filed and his success as a pinch-hitter. The "2B-OF" position designation is an odd choice by Topps as Wood had appeared in one game as a left fielder in 1964. For his career, he'd play three games in the outfield over seven seasons.
1965 Season
With Lumpe returning as the regular second baseman, Wood made only 17 starts at second base, with one start each at first and third. He appeared in 58 games, with 30 pinch-hit appearances and eight pinch-run assignments. He batted a decent .288 with a pair of home runs and seven RBIs in his limited playing time, and was 9 for 25 as a pinch-hitter, good for a .360 average.
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First Mainstream Card: 1961 Topps #514
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7): 1961-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2016 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-JW
36 - Wood non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 7/28/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
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