Woody Jensen
Appearance
Woody Jensen | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Bremerton, Washington, U.S. | August 11, 1907|
Died: October 5, 2001 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 94)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 20, 1931, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 4, 1939, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .285 |
Home runs | 26 |
Runs batted in | 235 |
Teams | |
Forrest Docenus "Woody" Jensen (August 11, 1907 – October 5, 2001) was an American professional baseball player who played from 1931 to 1939 as an outfielder. His record of 696 at bats in 1936 was not broken until Matty Alou broke it in 1969. Jensen played all of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 738 games over nine seasons, Jensen posted a .285 batting average (774-for-2720) with 392 runs, 114 doubles, 37 triples, 26 home runs, 235 RBI, 69 bases on balls, .307 on-base percentage and .382 slugging percentage.
References
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 2001 deaths
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Baseball players from Kitsap County, Washington
- Wichita State Shockers baseball coaches
- Baseball coaches from Washington (state)
- Sportspeople from Wichita, Kansas
- Sportspeople from Bremerton, Washington
- American baseball outfielder, 1900s birth stubs