Playing Career
Woodward attended Florida State University (FSU), where he played college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team. In Major League Baseball (MLB), Woodward played for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1963–68) and the Cincinnati Reds (1968–71). A shortstop and second baseman, Woodward appeared in 880 games, garnering 517 hits. He hit for a .236 batting average with one home run and 148 runs batted in.
On July 10, 1970, Woodward hit his only MLB home run in a game against the Atlanta Braves. Afterwards Woodward was quoted as saying "If I hit one homerun per every seven seasons, it will take me 4,998 seasons to catch Babe Ruth."
Woodward was involved in a bizarre incident on September 4, 1971. During a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, a sack of flour fell out of the sky and landed approximately ten feet from where Woodward was standing.
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