James Wood #42

James Irvin Wood...Attended St John’s College High School in D.C. before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., prior to his junior season...Father, Kenny Wood, played college basketball at the University of Richmond and is a member of their Hall of Fame...Sister, Sydney, played college basketball at Northwestern and currently works for the San Antonio Spurs.

2025

Represented the Nationals at the 2025 All-Star Game and Home Run Derby...Voted Nationals 2025 Player of the Year by the D.C. Media...Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award finalist...Was one of 11 players with 30 home runs and 15 stolen bases in MLB...Also one of three players with 30 homers, 35 doubles and 15 stolen bases...Became the second player in Nationals history (2005-pres.) to hit at least 30 homers and steal at least 15 bases with Alfonso Soriano in 2006...Ranked among National League players in doubles (T4th, 38), home runs (T8th, 31), walks (10th, 85) and RBI (11th, 95)...Finished tied for first in MLB with 84 batted balls over 108 MPH along with Aaron Judge... Was tied for fourth in MLB with 15 home runs hit harder than 110 MPH behind Aaron Judge (22), Shohei Ohtani (21), Kyle Schwarber (19) and Pete Alonso (15)...Hit second career multi-HR game, April 8 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...Matched a career-high with five RBI...Hit first career leadoff homer, April 15 at Pittsburgh (112.6 MPH)...Hit his second on June 23 vs. Baltimore (116.3 MPH)...Hit his third on August 9 at San Francisco (105.7 MPH)...Reached safely in a career-high 19 straight games from April 20-May 10...Became just the sixth player in Major League history to receive four intentional walks in a single game on June 29 at Los Angeles (AL)...Entered the All-Star Game as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning and reached on a fielder's choice...Hit first career-walk-off home run on June 19 vs. Colorado...It was also his third career multi-homer game...Hit 31 career homers through his first 162 games, tied for the most in Washington history through a player's first 162 games with Bryce Harper (31) and Juan Soto (31)...Recorded career-high five hits on July 3 vs. Detroit.

2024

Made his Major League debut on July 1...Went on to rank third in the National League in on-base percentage (.383) from July 27 to the end of the season...Ranked among National League rookies in on-base percentage (first, .354), OPS (fourth, .781), walks (fourth, 39) and slugging percentage (fifth, .427)...From July 1, ranked fourth in NL with 54 batted balls (30-for-54, three 2B, six HR) with an exit velocity over 105 MPH, per Baseball Savant...Reached base safely 119 times in his 79 games, tied for the second most times reaching base in a player's first 80 career games in Nationals history (2005-pres) behind only Juan Soto (138)…Reached safely in 30 of his final 36 games of the season...Reached base two or more times in 36 games, the most by any rookie in Major League Baseball after July 1...Recorded his first career hit in his first plate appearance, a single off New York's (NL) David Peterson...Hit his first Major League home run off St. Louis' Lance Lynn on July 6...Recorded his first multi-home run game on Sept. 15 vs. Miami, homering in the fifth and the eighth innings...At the time of his call-up, he led Washington’s Minor League system and ranked among all Minor League hitters in batting average (second, .353), on-base percentage (second, .463), OPS (second, 1.058) and slugging percentage (ninth, .595).

2023

Led the organization in home runs (26), RBI (91) and slugging percentage (.520) and ranked second in OPS (.873), doubles (28) and triples (8)... Opened the season with High-A Wilmington before being promoted to Double-A Harrisburg on May 28... Finished the season slashing .262/.353/.520 with 28 doubles, eight triples, 26 home runs, 91 RBI, 65 walks, 18 stolen bases and 80 runs scored in 129 games... Posted a 30-game on-base streak from April 25 to May 28, the longest streak in Minor League Baseball at the time...Hit .299/.415/.626 during the streak... Was selected to represent the Nationals in the 2023 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game... Named South Atlantic League Player of the Week after hitting .346 (9-for-26) with three doubles, a triple, two homers, seven RBI and four walks... Hit .450 (9-for-20) with two doubles and six RBI in the final five games of the season to be named Eastern League Player of the Week.

2022

Was acquired by the Nationals at the Trade Deadline...Reported to Single-A Fredericksburg...Was named co-Hitter of the Year in Washington’s system...Was hitting .321/.439/.565 in 55 games between Single-A Lake Elsinore and the ACL Padres at the time of the trade...Batted .400 (12-for-30) with five extra-base hits and nine RBI in his first seven games with Single-A Fredericksburg...From Aug. 5 on, his eight doubles paced Fredericksburg and ranked tied for fourth in the Carolina League.

2021

Reported to the Arizona Complex League Padres following the First-Year Player Draft...Led the club in nearly every offensive category.