Woody Jensen

Woody Jensen
Woody Jensen
	Outfielder
	Born: August 11, 1907; Bremerton, Washington
	Died: October 5, 2001 (aged 94); Wichita, Kansas
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
	April 20, 1931, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
	June 4, 1939, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average	.285
Hits	774
Runs batted in	235
Teams
	Pittsburgh Pirates (1931–1939);
Career highlights and awards
	Led NL in singles in 1935 with 160;

Forrest Docenus "Woody" Jensen (August 11, 1907 – October 5, 2001) was a professional baseball player who played professional baseball from 1931 to 1939 as an outfielder. His record of 696 at bats in 1936 was not broken until Matty Alou broke it in 1969. Jensen played all of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In 738 games over nine seasons, Jensen posted a .285 batting average (774-for-2720) with 392 runs, 114 doubles, 37 triples, 26 home runs, 235 RBI, 69 bases on balls, .307 on-base percentage and .382 slugging percentage.

References

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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