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Damn Yankees
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than three errors in a season during his tenure with the Yankees. Woodling also played for the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, and the New York Mets in their expansion year of 1962. His baseball career was interrupted by his military service in the United States Navy during the Second World War. After his playing career, he served several major league teams as a coach and a scout.
Woodling was born in Akron, Ohio where his father worked in a rubber factory. His professional baseball career began in 1940 in the Indians' organization. He missed the 1944 and 1945
seasons while serving in the United States Navy in the Pacific. Before coming to the majors for good in 1949, Woodling was a four time minor league batting average champion. He mostly played left field, 1,208 games, when he entered the majors, but appeared in 325 contests in right field and played 93 games in center.