He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, three with the Cincinnati Reds (1898–1900), and two each with the Cleveland Blues/Bronchos (1901–1902) and Detroit Tigers (1904–1905).

[1] Wood began his professional baseball career with the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the Western League in 1895 at age 26.

When the American League reached major-league status in 1901, Wood joined the Cleveland Blues.

Over his entire major league career, he had a .281 batting average with two home runs, 168 RBI and a .338 on-base percentage.

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