{"id":3666,"date":"2026-01-19T18:25:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2026-01-19T18:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:25:57","slug":"white-sox-knuckleballer-wilbur-wood-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=3666","title":{"rendered":"White Sox knuckleballer Wilbur Wood dies at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/white-sox\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">White Sox<\/a> pitcher Wilbur Wood didn\u2019t set an example because he wasn\u2019t replicable.<\/p>\n<p>He was a workhorse who pitched at a rate that likely won\u2019t be seen again in the modern era because of the evolution of the game. In 1972, Wood pitched 376 2\/3 innings, which led the league.<\/p>\n<p>Wood died Saturday at 84 in a hospital in Massachusetts. Wood will be remembered for his durability. He started the most games in the league in four consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Wood began his baseball career with the Boston Red Sox at 19. Three years later, he was sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He then spent a year in the minors before being traded to the White Sox.<\/p>\n<p>From 1967-1970, Wood operated out of the bullpen for the Sox before transitioning into a rotation. Once he became a starter, he began using the knuckleball pitch that he learned from his dad and became an instant sensation. From 1971-74, Wood made three All-Star teams.<\/p>\n<p>Wood retired with a career record of 164-156 with a 3.24 ERA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/white-sox\/2026\/01\/19\/white-sox-knuckleballer-wilbur-wood-dies-at-84\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood didn\u2019t set an example because he wasn\u2019t replicable. He was a workhorse who pitched at a rate that likely won\u2019t be seen again in the modern era because of the evolution of the game. In 1972, Wood pitched 376 2\/3 innings, which led the league. Wood died Saturday at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}