The Mets' slumping slugger was called for obstructing a runner rounding first base in a three-run first inning and went hitless in three at-bats for New York during a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
Mr Woodhead's mother is understood to have urged police to widen the search on the grounds that her son, an experienced long-distance runner, could have travelled some way from his base, near the town of Longreach.
But there have been a number of questionable calls on base running--when it wasn't immediately clear if a player actually tagged the bag or if a runner was tagged or not.