Kerry Wood Chicago Cubs Plaques

Chicago Cubs - Wrigley Field Aerial - Lg - Wood Mounted Poster Print

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Kerry Wood is a pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1995-2008. Wood has recorded over two hundred strikeouts in four different seasons between 1998-2003, with a high water mark of 266 K's in 2003. In recent years, he has had three serious arm injuries, and has only started a total of 14 major league games from Opening Day 2005 through the middle of 2006. Wood returned to the Cubs during the 2007 season as a relief pitcher and served as the team's closer in 2008. In his fifth career start, on May 6, 1998, he threw a one-hit, no walk, 20-strikeout shutout against the Houston Astros, tying Roger Clemens' record for strikeouts in a 9-inning game and breaking Bill Gullickson's single-game rookie record of 18 strikeouts in 1980. On December 13, 2008, Wood signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Indians.