A right-hander, he played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins (1969–70 and 1972–74) and the New York Yankees (1974).

[2] He played three-plus seasons in minor league baseball before making the Twins roster out of spring training in 1969.

On that day, the Minnesota Twins were playing against the Kansas City Royals at Municipal Stadium, with 17,688 people attending the game.

Woodson was called to replace Joe Grzenda pitching and batting 9th in the top of the twelfth inning.

On February 11, 1974, Dick Woodson became the first player to invoke the new free agency clause,[4] as he sought $30,000, and the Twins offered $23,000.