Johnny Wright

Positions: Pitcher and Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 28, 1916 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: May 4, 1990 in Jackson, MS

Buried: Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, LA

High School: McDonogh 35 HS (New Orleans, LA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: John Richard Wright

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

ERA

3.09

579.0

302

WHIP

1.176

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1937	20	-7.0	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	2	1	.667	5.34	6.47	6	4	1	2	0	0	32.0	40	23	19	3	9	0	19	0	0	0	141	1.531	11.3	0.8	2.5	5.3	2.11
1938	21	-7.1	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	1	2	.333	4.33	5.35	7	4	3	1	0	0	35.1	27	21	17	1	21		17	1		1	149	1.358	6.9	0.3	5.3	4.3	0.81
1939	22		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TC	2	3	.400	4.07	5.18	5	4		1	0	0	24.1	29	14	11		8		9	0		0		1.521	10.7		3.0	3.3	1.13
1939	22	-4.9	TC	NAL	Maj	TC	1	2	.333	2.51	3.77	3	2		0	0	0	14.1	16	6	4		5		6	0				1.465	10.0		3.1	3.8	1.20
1939	22	-6.1	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	1	0	1.000	3.00	4.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	8	4	3		2		3	0		0		1.111	8.0		2.0	3.0	1.50
1939	22	-6.1	TC	NN2	Maj	TC	0	1	.000	36.00	36.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4		1		0	0		0		6.000	45.0		9.0	0.0	0.00
1940	23	-2.5	TC	NAL	Maj	TC	1	4	.200	2.40	2.83	5	5	0	5	0	0	41.1	35	13	11	0	5	0	19	2	0	1	163	0.968	7.6	0.0	1.1	4.1	3.80
1941	24	-5.1	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	5	0	1.000	2.36	2.76	8	4	3	3	2	0	45.2	28	14	12	2	12	0	21	0	0	5	172	0.876	5.5	0.4	2.4	4.1	1.75
1942	25	-3.5	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	4	2	.667	3.23	4.00	14	8		3	0	1	69.2	65	31	25		19		28	0		0		1.206	8.4		2.5	3.6	1.47
1943	26	-3.9	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	18	3	.857	2.54	2.73	30	22		15	3	1	181.0	161	55	51	1	40		94	3		1	745	1.110	8.0	0.0	2.0	4.7	2.35
1944	27	-3.2	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	2	0	1.000	6.91	7.53	3	2	0	1	0	0	14.1	15	12	11	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	64	1.395	9.4	0.0	3.1	5.7	1.80
1945	28		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	HG-NE	4	0	1.000	1.38	1.38	7	5	2	4	2	0	45.2	37	7	7	0	11	0	23	3	0	1	188	1.051	7.3	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.09
1945	28	-2.2	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	4	0	1.000	1.44	1.44	6	5	1	4	2	0	43.2	37	7	7	0	10	0	22	3	0	1	181	1.076	7.6	0.0	2.1	4.5	2.20
1945	28	-2.2	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1946	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	C-AAA	BRO	12	8	.600			34	22	7	12	2		154.0	174	88	71		58		105	3	1	3
1946	29	2.0	Montreal	IL	AAA	BRO	0	0				2
1946	29	5.8	Trois-Rivieres	CAML	C	BRO	12	8	.600	4.15	5.14	32	22	7	12	2		154.0	174	88	71		58		105	3	1	3		1.506	10.2		3.4	6.1	1.81
1947	30	0.4	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	4	5	.444	3.51	4.32	14	12	1	7	1	0	89.2	86	43	35	3	28	0	63	2	0	2	383	1.271	8.6	0.3	2.8	6.3	2.25
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		43	20	.683	3.09	3.62	99	70	10	42	8	2	579.0	523	233	199	10	158	0	302	11	0	11	2005	1.176	8.1		2.5	4.7	1.91
Minors (1 season)					Minors		12	8	.600			34	22	7	12	2		154.0	174	88	71		58		105	3	1	3
All Levels (11 Seasons)							55	28	.663			133	92	17	54	10	2	733.0	697	321	270	10	216	0	407	14	1	14	2005