In Single-A action, Woods hit .263; he continued to strike out frequently (58 times in 209 AB), but his walks were up (20) and his average and power (9 homers) were also improved.

[citation needed] Woods played for the Baltimore Orioles' Rochester Red Wings farm club in 1995, hitting .261 as a 1B/DH/OF.

A year later, Woods was in another system, joining the Boston Red Sox, playing for their Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder, hitting .312, tying for 4th in the league in homers (25) and was among the leaders in average, OBP and slugging.

[1] In 1997, Woods spent his 10th and final season in a United States-based league, hitting .352 for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.

[citation needed] Two years later, he hit .315 with 39 homers and 111 RBIs and lost the home run race by one to Park Kyung-wan.

Woods left Korea with the longest career of any foreign player in KBO history until 2005, when Jay Davis broke his mark.

[3] In 2003, Woods signed with the Yokohama BayStars, hitting .273 and tied for the home run lead with Alex Ramirez with 40.

He was third in OPS and homers, 5th in slugging, 4th in OBP, tied for 4th with 103 RBIs and ground into the most double plays (24) as the Dragons' 1B and cleanup hitter.

Woods missed 10 games due to a suspension he served after charging the mound when Shugo Fujii threw high and inside during an at bat.

To clinch the title for Chunichi, he hit grand slams in back-to-back games, the first Central Leaguer to do so since Fumio Fujimura 53 years earlier.