George Woodend

{{short description|American baseball player (1917-1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = George Woodend

| image =

| alt =

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| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|12|09|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1980|05|01|1917|12|09}}

| death_place = Hartford, Connecticut

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 22

| debutyear = 1944

| debutteam = Boston Braves

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = May 2

| finalyear = 1944

| finalteam = Boston Braves

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 0–0

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 0

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 13.50

| teams =

• Boston Braves ({{mlby|1944}})

}}

George Anthony "Dandy" Woodend (December 9, 1917 – May 1, 1980) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in three games in Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves in 1944.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodege01.shtml |title=George Woodend Stats |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=December 25, 2018}}

Woodend was recruited out of a Hartford, Connecticut high school by the Philadelphia Athletics. Immediately following graduation in 1937, he was scheduled to report to the Athletics, where he said they would send him to Temple University.{{cite news |title=American League |work=The Sporting News |page=8 |date=July 1, 1937}} He attended spring training with the A's in 1938, but was soon optioned to the Minor League Baseball Class A Williamsport Grays.{{cite news |title=75-Year-Old Mack Puts Trust In Kids |last=Isaminger |first=James C. |work=The Sporting News |page=5 |date=February 10, 1938}}