Alvis Woods (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alvis "Al" Woods (born August 8, 1953 in Oakland, California) is a former left fielder who played in Major League Baseball between 1977 and 1986. He batted and threw left-handed. Woods reached the majors in 1977 with the Toronto Blue Jays, spending six years with them before moving to the Minnesota Twins in 1986. In his first ever major league game, on April 7, 1977, Alvis homered in his first at-bat, on the fifth pitch he saw. He ended the 1977 season with a .284 batting average in 122 games as the regular Blue Jays left fielder. He enjoyed a good season in 1979, appearing a career-high 132 games while hitting .278 with 33 extra-base hits. In 1980, he recorded career highs in average (.300), home runs (15) and RBI (47). The next two years he shared outfield duties with George Bell, Lloyd Moseby, Garth Iorg and Barry Bonnell, and also saw action as a designated hitter.