I can't believe I'm seeing such a milestone! I want to be like the Washington hotachoon harper soto who summoned the legends for the first time in 21 years
Jun 30, 2025
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Wood appeared in left field twice in an away game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium on the 30th (Korea time) and recorded one hit, one stolen base and four walks in two at-bats. All four walks were intentional four pitches.
Wood is the sixth player since at least 1955, following Roger Maris, Gary Templeton, Manny Ramirez, Andre Dawson, and Barry Bonds. The most recent example is the San Francisco Giants Bonds. He went 1 for 1 with four intentional four pitches against the Houston Astros on September 23, 2004. Bonds played four intentional four pitches four times in 2004 alone, and that year's intentional four pitches remained the most rare and difficult record in history with a whopping 120.
Dawson earned five intentional four pitches against the Cincinnati Reds on May 23, 1990, when he was with the Chicago Cubs, setting a record for the most games in this category.
Since his Major League debut last year, Wood has had 31 home runs and 105 RBIs in 162 games until the previous day against the Angels. Bryce Harper and Juan Soto recorded 31 home runs-77 RBIs and 31 home runs-107 RBIs in their first 162 games in Washington, respectively, and they have grown into hitters on par with them.
In response, Wood said in a postgame interview, `Those players are representatives of Major League Baseball. I'm going to work hard and become that kind of class. Juan Soto has been at the top for seven seasons and Bryce Harper for more than 12 seasons. I'm still a long way off, but I'd like to. It's a wonderful thing."
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Wood, who had a left-handed hit in his first at-bat in the top of the first inning, stepped down with a grounder to the second base in the fourth inning with one out and two outs in the fifth inning, two outs in the seventh inning, two outs in the ninth inning, and one out in the 11th inning. Washington won 7-4 in the 11th inning of extra time.
As of today, Wood has a batting average of 0.283 (89 hits in 315 at-bats), 22 homers, 64 RBIs, 52 runs, 54 walks, 100 strikeouts, 11 steals, and an OPS of 0.938. He tied for fourth in NL home runs, fourth in RBIs and third in OPS.
Wood, the 62nd overall pick in the second round of the 2021 draft as a right-handed left-handed outfielder, showed promise in his major league debut last year, batting .264 (78 for 295) with nine homers, 41 RBIs and an OPS of .781 in 79 games. It is a five-tool player with an evenly distributed airlift.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
