Monster Card Monday: 1980 Gary Woods

Gary Woods’ card from 1980 has been a commonly requested card and Scott Fennessy came through for me.

As a Cubs fan, I remember Woods’ time in Chicago but APBA fans in general will know him for this card with Houston. Woods only played 19 games, starting September 1 and really took off. He went 20 for 55 (.377) with two homers and five doubles.


Season Totals
Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
1980 Totals1913555382050215129.377.400.585
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/9/2022.

Gary Woods 1980 card has a relatively rare 1-6-6-6 power combination. More significantly, he has plenty of hit numbers. In addition to his 15-10, he has four 7s to go along with his 8-8-8-9-9 numbers. This means that he has a 64-9 and a 61-9… pretty rare for his era.

One reason for the increased amount of hit numbers is Woods’ low walk rate. He only walked twice in 55 plate appearances. For that, APBA gave him just one 14.

Woods was rated an OF-2 and a Fast baserunner.

Of note, APBA gave every card in the original 1980 card set a 65-12. The 65 is such an automatic result of 35 that I’m sure it took a while for all of us to get used to that. To complicate matters, the 35 was moved to 63 where the second 31 usually resides.

thanks Scott!

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as a frequent participant of the Chicagoland APBA Tournament. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

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