Sam Woods (baseball)

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Sam Woods
Pitcher
Born: (1920-07-02)July 2, 1920
Springfield, Ohio
Died: September 5, 1983(1983-09-05) (aged 63)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1946, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Last appearance
1948, for the Memphis Red Sox
Teams

Samuel Nelson Woods (July 2, 1920 – September 5, 1983) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.

A native of Springfield, Ohio, Woods attended Springfield High School. He made his Negro leagues debut in 1946 with the Cleveland Buckeyes, and played for the Memphis Red Sox in 1948. Woods went on to play minor league baseball in the 1950s with such clubs as the Pampa Oilers and Plainview Ponies.[1][2] He died in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1983 at age 63.

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  1. ^ "Sam Woods". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sam Woods". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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