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Tyrone Woods was born in Brooksville, Florida, United States on August 16, 1969. Tyrone Woods is credited as a baseball player. That works out to 57 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Hernando High School. The listed height is 185 cm.
My Take
Among Japanese baseball fans of a certain era, Tyrone Woods is still shorthand for the imported slugger who actually stuck around. Born Walter Tyrone Woods in Florida in 1969, he took an unusual route. Five seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization came first, and only then six more in Nippon Professional Baseball, mostly at first base. Eleven years playing in Asia is a serious number. Foreign players in both leagues have a brutal attrition rate. They arrive with reputations, struggle with unfamiliar strike zones and travel schedules, and are gone inside a season or two. Woods did not just survive that filter once but twice, in two different countries with different styles of pitching and different expectations of an import. That tells me something about adaptability that a home run column alone will not capture. He is remembered as a power hitter, which he was: KBO MVP in 1998 and three Central League home run titles. But the more impressive line on his record is simply the length of it. Staying is harder than arriving.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tyrone Woods
- Name (Japanese)
- タイロン・ウッズ
- Reading
- たいろん・うっず
- Born
- August 16, 1969 (age 57)
- Origin
- Brooksville, Florida, United States
- Height
- 185 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
2. Background
- High school
- Hernando High School
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone%20Woods
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%82%BA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q624318
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tyrone Woods born?
Tyrone Woods was born on August 16, 1969 and is 57 years old.
Where is Tyrone Woods from?
Tyrone Woods is from Brooksville, Florida, United States.
What does Tyrone Woods do?
Tyrone Woods works as baseball player.
How tall is Tyrone Woods?
Tyrone Woods is 185 cm tall.
Which high school did Tyrone Woods attend?
Tyrone Woods attended Hernando High School.
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