# Red Woodhead
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1851–1881)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Red Woodhead
|position = [Third baseman](/source/Third_baseman)
|image = Red Woodhead.jpg
|bats =
|throws =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1851|7|9}}
|birth_place = [Chelsea, Massachusetts](/source/Chelsea%2C_Massachusetts)
|death_date = {{death date and age|1881|9|7|1851|7|9}}
|death_place = [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts)
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = April 15
|debutyear = 1873
|debutteam = [Baltimore Marylands](/source/Baltimore_Marylands)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate = September 10
|finalyear = 1879
|finalteam = [Syracuse Stars](/source/Syracuse_Stars_(National_League))
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label = [Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value = 35
|stat2label = [Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat2value = .160
|stat3label = [Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat3value = 21
|teams=
* [Baltimore Marylands](/source/Baltimore_Marylands) ({{baseball year|1873}})
* [Syracuse Stars](/source/Syracuse_Stars_(National_League)) ({{baseball year|1879}})
}}
'''James "Red" Woodhead''' (July 9, 1851 – September 7, 1881) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player.[{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwoodr101.htm|title=Red Woodhead|work=retrosheet.org|publisher=Retrosheet, Inc|accessdate=6 January 2010}}] He played one game for the 1873 [Baltimore Marylands](/source/Baltimore_Marylands) of the [National Association](/source/National_Association_of_Professional_Base_Ball_Players), three seasons for the Manchesters of the [International Association](/source/International_Association_for_Professional_Base_Ball_Players) from 1877 to 1879, and one partial season for the [Syracuse Stars](/source/Syracuse_Stars_(National_League)) of the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) in 1879.[{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=woodhe001red|title=Red Woodhead|work=baseball-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=6 January 2010}}] Woodhead died at the age of 30 in [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts) and is interred at the historic [Bennington Street Burying Ground](/source/Bennington_Street_Burying_Ground) in [East Boston](/source/East_Boston).