Update: 19th century ballplayer George Wood was recently selected for the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame (story below from the Charlottetown Guardian))
George (Dandy) Wood
Wood was believed to have been an American ballplayer before research by historians and genealogists unearthed the fact that he was born in Lot 49 in 1858, before moving to Boston in 1867.
Records show that he was the first Major League Baseball player from the Island, and the fourth from Canada. He enjoyed an outstanding 13-year career in the majors, which started in 1880 with the Worcester Brown Stockings.
Primarily a left-fielder, he was the National League home run champion in 1882 with the Detroit Wolverines. Today, he's sixth all-time in triples for the Philadelphia Phillies.
He was part of the Baseball World Tour in 1888-89, and led the league for five consecutive seasons in home runs by a left-fielder.
Wood played in 1280 games -- sixth among Canadian ballplayers -- and is second only to Larry Walker in many hitting categories. He is expected to be a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in the very near future.
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