James ("Jimmy") Leon Wood (December 1, 1842 – November 30, 1927) was an American second baseman and manager in early professional Major League Baseball (MLB) who hailed from Brooklyn, New York. He was the player-manager for four teams in the early National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NAPBBP - 1871-1875 - later known simply as the National Association (NA) - the predecessor of the modern National League of Professional Baseball Clubs - later known simply as the National League (NL), [founded 1876] of modern Major League Baseball (MLB), where he spent his entire base ball career in the 1860s into the 1870s.
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James Leon Wood 1 December 1843 Brooklyn, NY
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Died |
30 November 1927 (aged 83) San Francisco, CA
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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