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Name	Team	Age
Jackie "Balsa" Wood	Boston Pops	28
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 34 (1968)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Bob Horner League	0	2 years (100 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
A-	A-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A+	A
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	C-	C-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	12/11/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (98.7 %)	D+ (25.5 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1968

Minors

82.00

8 / 10

5 / 8

11 / 15

6 / 10

6 / 13

9 / 14

10 / 12

55 / 82

1969

Minors

74.00

6 / 8

9 / 12

6 / 13

7 / 14

6 / 10

6 / 8

6 / 9

46 / 74

1970

Minors

57.00

4 / 6

6 / 8

6 / 13

4 / 10

1 / 4

6 / 9

6 / 7

33 / 57

1970

Pos (LF)

14.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

11 / 14

1970

Pos (RF)

25.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

17 / 25

1971

Minors

55.00

4 / 10

7 / 10

2 / 9

0 / 2

2 / 5

5 / 10

1 / 9

21 / 55

1971

Pos (1B)

35.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

6 / 35

1971

Pos (LF)

17.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

10 / 17

1972

Minors

30.00

5 / 8

1 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 4

10 / 30

1972

Majors

29.48

68

59

20

1 / 2

4 / 6

2 / 6

1 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 1

9 / 29

1972

Pos (1B)

38.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

5 / 38

1973

Majors

69.42

162

142

0

1 / 15

1 / 12

0 / 6

1 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 7

3 / 69

1974

Majors

56.27

162

83

0

1 / 5

1 / 12

0 / 3

1 / 9

0 / 9

1 / 10

1 / 8

5 / 56

1975

Majors

6.43

25

7

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 6

Total

417

291

20

30 / 64

34 / 73

27 / 69

21 / 67

16 / 57

28 / 65

26 / 57

231 / 581

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-10-17	The Boston Pops have promoted Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the major league team.
1973-10-17	The Boston Pops have sent Jeff Manning to the minors. The Boston Pops have sent "Hot" Rod Smith to the minors. The Boston Pops have sent Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the minors. The Boston Pops have sent Mike Rowland to the minors.
1973-06-01	The Boston Pops have promoted Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the major league team. The Boston Pops have designated Namond Brice for assignment.
1973-06-01	The Boston Pops have sent Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the minors.
1972-08-10	Jackie Balsa Wood of the Boston Pops is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1972-06-21	The Boston Pops have promoted Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the major league team.
1972-05-24	The Boston Pops have promoted Jim Barrett to the major league team. The Boston Pops have sent Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the minors.
1972-05-23	The Boston Pops have promoted Jackie "Balsa" Wood to the major league team. The Boston Pops have sent Jim Barrett to the minors.
1970-04-01	The Boston Pops have renamed Jackie Wood to Jackie "Balsa" Wood.
1969-06-24	The Boston Pops have sent Jackie Wood to the minors.
1969-06-24	Trade #1920400 has been completed between the Milwaukee Socialist Mayors and the Boston Pops. The Boston Pops receive Jackie Wood, Draft Pick 1972 Round 2 MIL (Eddie "Nate" Colbert) from the Milwaukee Socialist Mayors in exchange for Dave Lanahan.