Alvis "Al" Woods is a former left fielder

Left fielder

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 who played in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 between and . He batted and threw left-handed.

Woods reached the majors in with the Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

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, spending six years with them before moving to the Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 in . In his first ever major league game, on April 7, 1977, Alvis homered in his first at-bat, on the fifth pitch he saw. He ended the season with a .284 batting average

Batting average

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 in 122 games

Games played

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 as the regular Blue Jays left fielder. He enjoyed a good season in , appearing a career-high 132 games while hitting .278 with 33 extra-base hits. In , he recorded career highs in average (.300), home runs (15) and RBI

Run batted in

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 (47). The next two years he shared outfield duties with George Bell, Lloyd Moseby

Lloyd Moseby

Lloyd Anthony Moseby was a Major League Baseball player. A center fielder, and good all-around athlete, Moseby's nickname Shaker was said to stem from his ability to get away from or "shake" players who attempted to defend him on the basketball court.Born in Portland, Arkansas, Moseby graduated...

, Garth Iorg

Garth Iorg

Garth Ray Iorg is a former Major League Baseball player who played his entire career for the Toronto Blue Jays.-Career:After attending College of the Redwoods, Iorg was drafted in the 8th round in the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Yankees...

 and Barry Bonnell

Barry Bonnell

Robert Barry Bonnell , is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball.He was a star athlete at Milford High School near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he played both varsity baseball and basketball on championship teams...

, and also saw action as a designated hitter

Designated hitter

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.

In a seven-season career, Woods was a .271 hitter with 35 home runs and 196 RBI in 618 games.

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