Wilbur Wood, famed White Sox knuckleball pitcher, dead at 84
NY Post
Former big league knuckleballer Wilbur Wood died on Saturday at the age of 84.
Wood led the major leagues in games pitched twice and games started four times during the course of his 17-year MLB career, which included time with the Red Sox, Pirates and a 12-year stint with the White Sox.
Wood had died at a hospital in Burlington, Massachusetts, on Saturday, The New York Times reported.
In 1972, Wood set the record for most innings thrown by a pitcher since 1917, when he threw 376 ⅔ innings that season for the White Sox and made 49 starts that year – the most since 1908 – two marks that have not been matched since.
Wood, who was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had been a star player for Belmont High School growing up.
During his professional career, he was a three-time American League All-Star and recorded four 20-win seasons.
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