# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilbur-wood
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:16:05.530Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilbur-wood"
name: "Wilbur Wood"
slug: "wilbur-wood"
description: "Wilbur Forrester Wood Jr. was an American professional baseball pitcher. In a 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched for the Boston Red Sox (1961–1964), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1964–1965), and the Chicago White Sox (1967–1978). A knuckleball specialist after joining the White Sox, he threw left-handed and batted right-handed."
tagline: "American baseball player (1941–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilbur_Wood_1973.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1941-10-22"
deathDate: "2026-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.67
  momentum:             5.091743119266057
  historical:           6.404325333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "윌버 우드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "ويلبر وود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "ويلبر وود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Wood"
    title: "Wilbur Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Wood"
    title: "Wilbur Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%83%89"
    title: "ウィルバー・ウッド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Wood"
    title: "Wilbur Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E7%88%BE%E4%BC%AF%C2%B7%E4%BC%8D%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "威爾伯·伍德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8000251"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump