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Jake Wood

June 22, 1937-

Elizabeth, New Jersey 

Delaware State University ‘57

 

 

Catcher

 

 

First Black player in the Detroit Tigers’ minor league system at Erie, Pennsylvania (New York-Penn League)

 

Career .250 hitter with a .312 on base percentage

 

He led the AL in triples in 1961 with 14 and in strikeouts with 141