when he held the Yankees hitless for three innings and struck out three in a 5–1 triumph. Wood led the AL in games pitched (77) for the third year in a row, also leading the league in games finished (62) and ranking sixth in the AL with 21 saves. He had a 9–13 record, a 2.81 ERA, 85 strikeouts, 36 walks, and 118 hits allowed in innings pitched. All-Star workhorse (1971–75) In 1971, there was disagreement among the White Sox management about what to do with Wood. New manager Chuck Tanner wanted to make him a starter, but GM Hemond (the same person who had been unimpressed with Wood when he had tried out for the Braves in 1960) wanted to trade him to the California Angels as the White Sox built a roster around younger players; the Angels, however, were not interested in a trade. Wood also recalled that the team wanted to trade him to the Senators for Darold Knowles but was unable to because he was holding out for more money. Entering the 1971 season, Wood was poised to be a reliever again, but he was added to the starting rotation on the final day of spring training after Joe Horlen broke his leg. At the time, Phil and Joe Niekro were the only other starting pitchers that relied on a knuckleball. Wood failed to record a decision in the month of April, but he won three games in May. On the 22nd of that month, he picked up his first shutout, holding the Angels to six hits in a 13–0 victory. Though pitchers usually started with three days off in between starts at the time, pitching coach Johnny Sain felt that Wood could throw with two days off, owing to the lower stress that throwing a knuckleball places on a pitcher's arm. Tanner and Wood both liked the idea, and Tanner started scheduling Wood more frequently at the end of June. In his first start on two days' rest, he held the Milwaukee Brewers to one earned run in a complete game, striking out nine in an 8–3 victory. Two of his following three starts were shutouts, and he finished the first half of the season with a 9–5 record and a 1.69 ERA. Wood was named to the AL All-Star Team for the first time, though he did not pitch in the All-Star Game. Later