Ronald Lawrence Woods is a former Major League Baseball

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 player. He was an outfielder

Outfielder

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. Ron was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates

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 as an amateur free agent in 1961. Woods played six seasons in the majors with the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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, New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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, and Montreal Expos

Washington Nationals

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. He also played two seasons in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons

Chunichi Dragons

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 in 1975-1976. He had 290 hits in 1,247 at bats. Ron had 26 career home run

Home run

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s, 130 RBIs, and 27 stolen base

Stolen base

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s. Tyrone, Ronald Wayne, Leigh Woods are his children.

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