Roy Wood (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1892–1974)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roy Wood

|image=

|position=Outfielder/First baseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1892|8|29}}

|birth_place=Monticello, Arkansas

|death_date={{death date and age|1974|4|6|1892|8|29}}

|death_place=Fayetteville, Arkansas

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 16

|debutyear=1913

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 19

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.231

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=20

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1913)
• Cleveland Naps/Indians (1914–15)

}}

Roy Winton Wood (August 29, 1892 – April 6, 1974), nicknamed "Woody", was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball from 1913 through 1915 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1913) and Cleveland Naps/Indians (1914–1915). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, 175 lb., Wood batted and threw right-handed. A native of Monticello, Arkansas, he attended University of Arkansas.

In a three-season career, Wood posted a .231 batting average (77 hits in 333 at bats) with one home run and 20 RBI in 119 games, including 33 runs, 12 doubles, four triples and seven stolen bases. He played first base and all three outfield positions.

Wood died in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the age of 81.