Red Woodhead

{{Short description|American baseball player (1851–1881)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Red Woodhead

|position = Third baseman

|image = Red Woodhead.jpg

|bats =

|throws =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1851|7|9}}

|birth_place = Chelsea, Massachusetts

|death_date = {{death date and age|1881|9|7|1851|7|9}}

|death_place = Boston, Massachusetts

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate = April 15

|debutyear = 1873

|debutteam = Baltimore Marylands

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate = September 10

|finalyear = 1879

|finalteam = Syracuse Stars

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label = Games played

|stat1value = 35

|stat2label = Batting average

|stat2value = .160

|stat3label = Hits

|stat3value = 21

|teams=

• Baltimore Marylands ({{baseball year|1873}})
• Syracuse Stars ({{baseball year|1879}})

}}

James "Red" Woodhead (July 9, 1851 – September 7, 1881) was an American professional baseball player.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwoodr101.htm|title=Red Woodhead|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=6 January 2010}} He played one game for the 1873 Baltimore Marylands of the National Association, three seasons for the Manchesters of the International Association from 1877 to 1879, and one partial season for the Syracuse Stars of the National League in 1879.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=woodhe001red|title=Red Woodhead|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=6 January 2010}} Woodhead died at the age of 30 in Boston, Massachusetts and is interred at the historic Bennington Street Burying Ground in East Boston.