Fred Woodcock

{{Short description|American baseball player (1868–1943)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Fred Woodcock

|image=Fred Woodcock.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1868|5|17}}

|birth_place=Winchendon, Massachusetts

|death_date={{death date and age|1943|8|11|1868|5|17}}

|death_place=Ashburnham, Massachusetts

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 17

|debutyear=1892

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 17

|finalyear=1892

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1-2

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.55

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=8

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{Baseball year|1892}})

}}

Fred Wayland Woodcock (May 17, 1868 – August 11, 1943) was a professional baseball pitcher. He attended Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.{{Cite journal|last=Ostroth|first=Amy|date=Spring 2016|title=Cushing Yesterday & Today|url=http://dev.cushing.org/magazine/Spring2016/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf|journal=Cushing Academy Magazine|page=22|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-date=2018-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910060956/http://dev.cushing.org/magazine/Spring2016/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf|url-status=dead}} He appeared in five games in Major League Baseball for the 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. He played college ball at Brown University and Dartmouth College. After his one season in the majors, he played in 1893 in the New England League and in 1895 in the Texas-Southern League.