Akeer Wooden  
Starting Pitcher | Ottawa Milk Men

Pitching
Wooden throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. Wooden can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Wooden has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. Wooden also has a decent changeup. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Wooden's curveball tends to hang. Dating back to his days in the minors, Wooden has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Wooden is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wooden has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2014 CRE 75 72 63 39 53 37 48 48 46 37 55 62 0 34 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 56 261
2015 CRE 75 72 69 40 53 37 48 48 46 42 57 64 0 34 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 276
2016 CRE 75 74 75 40 53 37 48 48 46 42 57 78 0 34 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 293
2017 CRE 75 75 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 42 59 84 0 34 0 0 25 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 304
2018 CRE 75 77 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 45 66 84 0 34 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 73 315
2019 CRE 75 77 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 47 69 86 0 34 0 0 27 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 73 321
2020 CRE 75 81 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 47 69 86 0 37 0 0 28 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 73 329
2021 CRE 75 81 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 47 69 87 0 37 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 329
2022 CRE 74 81 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 47 69 87 0 37 0 0 30 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 73 327
2023 OTT 74 81 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 47 69 87 0 37 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 326
2024 OTT 72 80 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 48 69 87 0 39 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 325
2025 OTT 75 81 80 40 53 37 48 48 46 48 69 87 0 39 0 0 33 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 329
Ratings Delta +3 +1                             +1 +1           -1 +4

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2012 20 UBB 12 9 0 0 40 40 11 4 230.1 5.2 252 25 142 174 0 0 6.81 1.23 1.71 .275 .414 .293 .263 6.21
2013 21 UBB 8 12 0 0 35 35 9 5 206 6.0 266 32 144 178 0 0 7.78 1.24 1.99 .309 .467 .335 .292 6.55
2014 22 UBB 14 10 0 0 36 36 18 4 227 6.1 259 31 115 185 0 0 7.33 1.61 1.65 .285 .453 .302 .267 4.92
Totals     34 31 0 0 111 111 38 13 663.1 6.0 777 88 401 537 0 0 7.29 1.34 1.78 .289 .444 .309 .274 5.88

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2015 23 PNAN 18 10 0 0 33 33 19 4 231 7.0 241 35 65 87 0 0 3.39 1.34 1.32 .266 .433 .245 .279 4.09
2017 25 PNAN 20 8 0 0 37 37 25 2 263 7.0 245 24 57 181 0 0 6.19 3.18 1.15 .244 .377 .256 .235 3.15
Totals     38 18 0 0 70 70 44 6 494 7.0 486 59 122 268 0 0 4.88 2.20 1.23 .254 .404 .251 .257 3.59

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2016 24 CRE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.2 2.2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.73 .385 .846 .000 .714 16.9
2017 25 CRE 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 21 7.0 17 1 7 8 0 0 3.43 1.14 1.14 .227 .347 .333 .143 3.00
2018 26 CRE 1 3 0 0 12 4 1 0 43 3.2 67 13 14 12 7 1 2.51 0.86 1.88 .347 .606 .355 .337 7.33
2021 29 CRE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 0.2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 1.82 .200 .400 .000 .333 0.00
2022 30 CRE 2 3 0 1 14 1 1 0 32.2 2.1 39 3 15 12 3 1 3.35 0.80 1.68 .293 .444 .339 .257 5.79
2023 31 OTT 5 7 1 0 18 14 8 3 98.2 5.1 101 12 19 42 2 0 3.85 2.21 1.22 .263 .417 .346 .219 4.11
2024 32 OTT 15 11 0 0 33 33 23 4 235 7.0 200 29 36 116 0 0 4.44 3.22 1.00 .227 .382 .234 .221 3.14
2025 33 OTT 16 12 0 0 33 33 21 6 239 7.1 213 40 49 97 0 0 3.65 1.98 1.10 .232 .413 .234 .231 3.54
Totals     39 37 1 1 116 89 55 13 673.1 5.2 643 100 142 287 13 2 3.84 2.02 1.17 .247 .419 .270 .233 4.32

Transfer History for Akeer Wooden
Date Transferred with Wooden To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
July 21 2023 Sean Weathersby
Ottawa Milk Men Doug Moncey
Creston Kokanee

Akeer Wooden's Career Highlights
Year Details
2014 1st round - 17th overall selection by Creston Kokanee in the 2014 Amateur Draft

Akeer Wooden's Records
Most Triples Allowed in a Regulation Game Individual Pitching/Fielding Game Records 3 - for Ottawa on August 10, 2024 Versus Owen Sound

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