Jake Wood (baseball)

Biography

Jacob Wood Jr. (born June 22, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player who appeared in 608 games over seven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1961–1967) and Cincinnati Reds (1967), primarily as a second baseman. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 163 pounds (74 kg). He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the second oldest child and oldest son of nine children of Jacob Sr. and Roberta Wood. Wood grew up in an integrated neighborhood, learned to play stickball and baseball as a youth, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1955. He earned a scholarship to Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, and he played one season of college ball. Wood was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers in early 1957.

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