| Kerry, a 2003 National League All-Star,
has held major league batters to a .214 average during his seven-season
big league career, allowing 856 hits in 1,109.0 innings while
striking out 1,286 batters - the fourth-highest total in Cubs
history...has a career ratio of 10.4 strikeouts for every 9.0
innings of work, recording 41 doubledigit strikeout affairs in
his 174 big league starts...has struck out at least 200 batters
four times, including a big league-high 266 in 2003...had three
straight 200-strikeout campaigns from 2001-2003 - a feat surpassed
in Cubs annals only by Fergie Jenkins (five consecutive seasons
from 1967-1971)...on August 11, 2003, he reached the 1,000-strikeout
mark for his career when he fanned Houston's Jeff Kent to end
the 7th inning ...the strikeout came in his 134th major league
game spanning 853.0 innings...became the fastest pitcher in big
league history to reach the 1,000 level in both games (Roger Clemens
had been the fastest with 143 games) and in innings pitched (Hideo
Nomo had been the fastest with 927.2)...the quickest Cub to 1,000
strikeouts had been Fergie Jenkins - who fanned his 1,000th batter
with the club on June 13, 1970, in Los Angeles (196th game as
a Cub spanning 1,198.0 innings)...has allowed 3 or fewer hits
in 50 of his big league starts (including 6 of his 11 complete
games)...has four double-digit win seasons - with a career-high
of 14 recorded in 2003...has hit 7 regular-season home runs -
and 1 in the postseason...his homer total is the highest for a
Cubs pitcher since Fergie Jenkins (13)...returned to the mound
in 2000 after undergoing surgery April 8, 1999, to repair a torn
ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow (Dr. James Andrews)...during
the reconstructive elbow surgery, his torn ligament was repaired
and wrapped with a graft from his right forearm...was the 1998
Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year, fanning 233
batters in 26 starts - including a record-tying 20-strikeout contest
May 6 vs. Houston for which he earned NL Player of the Week honors...was
named Baseball America's Rookie of the Year, The Sporting News'
NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year and Baseball Weekly and Baseball
Digest's NL Rookie of the Year...was voted the NL's Outstanding
Rookie by his peers at the Players Choice Awards...along with
setting the Cubs rookie mark for strikeouts, he recorded the highest
single-season strikeout-to-innings pitched ratio of any Cubs starter
during the 20th century (12.6 strikeouts per 9.0 innings)...graduated
from Grand Prairie (TX) High School in 1995...as a senior, he
earned high school all-America and Texas 5-A Player of the Year
honors.
2006 Highlights:
Wood spent most of the season rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery
on his right shoulder, and made four starts before he had to be
shut down again. Doctors discovered a partial tear in Wood's right
rotator cuff. Wood is expected to return next season, but as a
reliever as he continues to build up arm strength.
2005 Highlights:
Kerry battled injuries all season, missing approximately three
months of the season as he made three trips to the disabled list...was
shut down for good on August 30, undergoing arthroscopic surgery
the next day...was on the disabled list May 3-June 29, July 25-August
5 and August 30-end of the season...opened the year in the starting
rotation, going 3-3 with a 4.67 ERA (28 ER/54.0 IP) in 10 starts,
walking 21 batters and striking out 60...started the Cubs' home
opener April 8 against Milwaukee - but was not involved in the
decision in a 12-inning 6-3 Brewer win...held the Brewers to 2
runs on 4 hits and 5 walks and struck out 7 batters...left his
April 30 start after just 3.0 innings of work with a right shoulder
strain and went on the disabled list May 3 with a right shoulder
strain...remained on the DL until June 29...recorded a 2.84 ERA
in three rehab appearances with Iowa (AAA), fanning 18 batters
in 12.2 innings...was reinstated to the active list on June 29
and started that afternoon...pitched 6.0 innings in a 3-2 Cub
win...allowed just 1 run - a Bill Hall homer - on 2 hits as he
struck out 9 batters...worked a season-high 7.2 innings in earning
the win July 9 at Florida (8-2)...it was Wood's first win since
April 24...left his start on July 20 after just 3.0 innings with
a stiff right shoulder...began his second stint on the 15-day
disabled list on July 25 (retroactive to July 21)...went to Peoria
(A) for a rehab assignment on July 31, where he saw action in
two games (twirling 2.1 scoreless innings)...was reinstated to
the active list August 5 and moved to the bullpen...was 0-1 with
a 2.25 ERA (3 ER/12.0 IP) and 4 holds in 11 relief appearances...worked
a season-high 8.0 consecutive scoreless innings August 5-19, spanning
seven outings...held opponents to a .100 average and struck out
14 batters while issuing just 5 free passes...retired 10 of his
11 first batters faced...was unscored upon in 9 of his 11 appearances...made
his first ML relief appearance August 5 in New York, working 1.0
scoreless inning in a 9-5 Met win...tossed a season-high 2.0 innings
of relief August 14 in a 5-4 defeat of St. Louis...entered the
game in relief of Mark Prior and earned the hold...it marked the
first time Wood and Prior worked in the same contest...was shut
down for the remainder of the season on August 30...underwent
arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on August 31...the
one-hour surgery - which was performed by Dr. Timothy Kremchek
- entailed reinforcement of the labrum, debridement of the rotator
cuff and debridement of the bursa. |
