Woody Rich

{{Short description|American baseball player (1916–1983)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Woody Rich

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|3|9}}

|birth_place=Morganton, North Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1983|4|18|1916|3|9}}

|death_place=Morganton, North Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear=1939

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 16

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=6–4

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.06

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=42

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{baseball year|1939}}–{{baseball year|1941}})
• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1944}})

|highlights=

}}

Woodrow Earl Rich (March 9, 1916 – April 18, 1983) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1939 through 1944 for the Boston Red Sox (1939–41) and Boston Braves (1944). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=2}}, {{convert|185|lb|abbr=on}}, Rich batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Morganton, North Carolina.

In a four-season major league career, Rich posted a 6–4 record with a 5.06 ERA in 33 appearances, including 16 starts, five complete games, one save, 42 strikeouts, 50 walks, and 117{{fraction|1|3}} innings of work. Rich also pitched 22 seasons in the minor leagues, winning 250 games and pitching over 3200 innings for 17 teams.

Rich served in the United States Marine Corps in 1945 during World War II.{{cite web |title=Those Who Served A to Z |url=http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm |website=BaseballinWartime.com |accessdate=December 25, 2018}}

Rich died in Morganton, North Carolina, at the age of 67.