finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2007 right west palm beach , florida 2003 september 28 16 -- 22 5.49 183 pitcher texas rangers win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts august 21 26 april 1980 mike wood -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 oakland athletics mike wood right
mike wood -lrb- baseball -rrb-

michael burton wood -lrb- born april 26 , 1980 , in west palm beach , florida -rrb- is a former professional baseball pitcher .
he played all or part of five seasons in major league baseball , and one in nippon professional baseball , from 2003-08 .
wood graduated from forest hill community high school in west palm beach , florida , in 1998 and then went on to attend the university of north florida .
he was drafted by the oakland athletics in the tenth round -lrb- 311th overall -rrb- of the 2001 major league baseball draft .
wood made his major league debut on august 21 , 2003 , with the athletics .
the kansas city royals acquired wood on june 24 , 2004 , from the athletics as part of the three-team trade that sent carlos beltrán to the houston astros .
kansas city immediately promoted him from triple-a and put him in their starting rotation , where he compiled a 3 -- 8 record with a 5.94 era in 17 starts .
wood spent the early part of the 2005 season in the bullpen , but was used as an emergency starter when brian anderson went on the 15-day disabled list .
on october 11 , 2006 , wood was claimed off waivers by the texas rangers , but was not tendered a contract for the 2007 season , making him a free agent .
he was then signed to a minor league contract -lrb- with an invitation to spring training -rrb- with the rangers later in the off-season , and made the 2007 opening day roster .
in 2008 , wood played for the yokohama baystars in japan 's nippon professional baseball .
in january 2009 , he signed a minor league contract with the florida marlins .
in may 2009 , the marlins released wood .
on september 1 , wood signed a minor league contract with the texas rangers .
he was granted free agency on november 9 .
he played for the rockford riverhawks in the northern league in 2010 .
