Clyde Wright
Clyde Wright (Skeeter)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 20, 1941 in Jefferson City, TN
School: Carson-Newman College
Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1966
Final Game: September 26, 1975
Relatives: Father of Jaret Wright
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 25 CAL AL 4 7 .364 3.74 20 13 0 3 1 0 91.1 92 39 38 11 25 4 37 1 0 1 380 89 1.281 9.1 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.48
1967 26 CAL AL 5 5 .500 3.26 20 11 3 1 0 0 77.1 76 33 28 5 24 2 35 1 0 2 323 95 1.293 8.8 0.6 2.8 4.1 1.46
1968 27 CAL AL 10 6 .625 3.94 41 13 14 2 1 3 125.2 123 58 55 13 44 6 71 2 0 7 534 73 1.329 8.8 0.9 3.2 5.1 1.61
1969 28 CAL AL 1 8 .111 4.10 37 5 9 0 0 0 63.2 66 33 29 4 30 5 31 1 0 3 272 84 1.508 9.3 0.6 4.2 4.4 1.03
1970 29 CAL AL 22 12 .647 2.83 39 39 0 7 2 0 260.2 226 97 82 24 88 4 110 7 0 8 1086 127 1.205 7.8 0.8 3.0 3.8 1.25 AS,CYA-6,MVP-21
1971 30 CAL AL 16 17 .485 2.99 37 37 0 10 2 0 276.2 225 105 92 17 82 10 135 3 0 7 1107 108 1.110 7.3 0.6 2.7 4.4 1.65
1972 31 CAL AL 18 11 .621 2.98 35 35 0 15 2 0 251.0 229 101 83 14 80 6 87 4 0 4 1029 98 1.231 8.2 0.5 2.9 3.1 1.09
1973 32 CAL AL 11 19 .367 3.68 37 36 1 13 1 0 257.0 273 120 105 26 76 0 65 3 0 4 1102 96 1.358 9.6 0.9 2.7 2.3 0.86
1974 33 MIL AL 9 20 .310 4.42 38 32 2 15 0 0 232.0 264 122 114 22 54 4 64 0 0 6 996 81 1.371 10.2 0.9 2.1 2.5 1.19
1975 34 TEX AL 4 6 .400 4.44 25 14 5 1 0 0 93.1 105 56 46 7 47 3 32 1 1 3 423 85 1.629 10.1 0.7 4.5 3.1 0.68
10 Seasons 100 111 .474 3.50 329 235 34 67 9 3 1728.2 1679 764 672 143 550 44 667 23 1 45 7252 96 1.289 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.21
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .474 3.50 40 28 4 8 1 0 208 202 92 81 17 66 5 80 3 0 5 874 96 1.289 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.21
CAL (8 yrs) 87 85 .506 3.28 266 189 27 51 9 3 1403.1 1310 586 512 114 449 37 571 22 0 36 5833 100 1.253 8.4 0.7 2.9 3.7 1.27
TEX (1 yr) 4 6 .400 4.44 25 14 5 1 0 0 93.1 105 56 46 7 47 3 32 1 1 3 423 85 1.629 10.1 0.7 4.5 3.1 0.68
MIL (1 yr) 9 20 .310 4.42 38 32 2 15 0 0 232.0 264 122 114 22 54 4 64 0 0 6 996 81 1.371 10.2 0.9 2.1 2.5 1.19

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1970 CAL AL 29 0 0 1 .000 5.40 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 25 CAL AL 20 380 347 39 92 8 4 11 2 0 25 37 .265 .314 .406 .720 .268 141 12 1 4 3 4
1967 26 CAL AL 20 323 292 33 76 6 2 5 2 4 24 35 .260 .316 .346 .662 .278 101 8 1 3 3 2
1968 27 CAL AL 41 534 480 58 123 17 3 13 5 4 44 71 .256 .319 .385 .704 .275 185 8 2 4 4 6
1969 28 CAL AL 37 272 237 33 66 17 0 4 3 5 30 31 .278 .361 .401 .761 .305 95 7 1 3 1 5
1970 29 CAL AL 39 1086 975 97 226 27 4 24 7 6 88 110 .232 .298 .342 .640 .238 333 19 7 10 6 4
1971 30 CAL AL 37 1107 997 105 225 27 7 17 5 9 82 135 .226 .283 .318 .601 .243 317 30 3 13 12 10
1972 31 CAL AL 35 1029 932 101 229 26 6 14 5 7 80 87 .246 .307 .332 .638 .257 309 29 4 9 4 6
1973 32 CAL AL 37 1102 1001 120 273 32 7 26 8 2 76 65 .273 .324 .397 .720 .269 397 28 3 14 8 0
1974 33 MIL AL 38 996 930 122 264 33 8 22 8 2 54 64 .284 .322 .408 .729 .285 379 26 0 7 5 4
1975 34 TEX AL 25 423 357 56 105 24 6 7 5 5 47 32 .294 .370 .454 .824 .301 162 9 1 10 8 3
10 Seasons 329 7252 6548 764 1679 217 47 143 50 44 550 667 .256 .314 .369 .683 .265 2419 176 23 77 54 44
162 Game Avg. 40 874 789 92 202 26 6 17 6 5 66 80 .256 .314 .369 .683 .265 292 21 3 9 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 25 CAL AL 20 13 3 6 4 0 3 7 6 .538 1 1 3 1 7 54% 51 77 17 10 6 4 2 3.5 3.5 6.2
1967 26 CAL AL 20 11 4 5 2 1 1 5 6 .455 1 1 1 0 5 45% 50 71 21 14 8 4 5 2.9 3.6 5.4
1968 27 CAL AL 41 13 4 6 3 1 2 5 8 .385 0 1 2 1 6 46% 51 82 27 30 10 4 4 3.1 3.0 5.8
1969 28 CAL AL 37 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 47 28 20 7 2 2 1.2 1.2 4.1
1970 29 CAL AL 39 39 22 12 5 3 5 26 13 .667 0 3 7 2 27 69% 55 85 25 32 4 23 7 5.1 5.1 6.7
1971 30 CAL AL 37 37 16 17 4 3 8 18 19 .486 2 2 10 2 23 62% 58 84 29 35 15 18 7 2.8 3.0 7.5
1972 31 CAL AL 35 35 18 11 6 0 5 20 15 .571 2 5 15 2 25 71% 55 81 13 17 8 17 6 3.9 3.6 7.2
1973 32 CAL AL 37 36 11 19 6 2 10 14 22 .389 2 4 13 1 21 58% 50 74 21 32 11 19 6 3.9 3.6 7.0
1974 33 MIL AL 38 32 8 19 5 1 7 12 20 .375 2 1 15 0 15 47% 47 82 8 23 9 20 2 3.7 3.6 6.7
1975 34 TEX AL 25 14 3 6 5 1 1 6 8 .429 1 0 1 0 7 50% 44 70 19 25 4 3 9 4.4 5.1 5.8
10 Seasons 329 235 89 106 40 12 42 113 122 .481 11 18 67 9 136 58% 52 85 8 238 82 114 50 3.8 3.8 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 25 CAL AL 20 7 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 3 0 0% 4 1.110 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 4 4 3 4 1 4.9
1967 26 CAL AL 20 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 4 50% 9 0.946 1 3 5 1 0 8 5 4 3 3 4 1 5.9
1968 27 CAL AL 41 28 14 6 0 3 3 0 100% 6 3 27 4 15% 7 1.066 11 5 12 9 5 14 15 13 15 8 18 5 5.4
1969 28 CAL AL 37 32 9 1 3 2 0 2 0% 2 0 31 13 42% 5 0.898 6 12 12 2 6 24 19 13 12 11 13 6 4.0
1973 32 CAL AL 37 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0.991 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 17.0
1974 33 MIL AL 38 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 5 0.947 3 1 2 1 1 4 5 1 5 0 6 0 9.5
1975 34 TEX AL 25 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 10 59% 9 0.981 4 1 4 2 1 8 9 2 4 5 4 1 3.2
7 Seasons 218 94 34 11 5 6 3 3 50% 12 6 96 31 32% 0.990 28 24 38 18 14 62 57 37 44 30 50 14 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 25 CAL AL 380 80% 2.9% 9.7% 6.6% 6.1% 25% 1.46 79% 71 12 17%
1967 26 CAL AL 323 72% 1.6% 10.8% 7.4% 4.0% 17% 1.03 79% 63 8 13%
1968 27 CAL AL 534 72% 2.4% 13.3% 8.2% 6.2% 27% 1.01 75% 106 8 8%
1969 28 CAL AL 272 71% 1.5% 11.4% 11.0% 7.7% 32% 1.13 75% 60 7 12%
1970 29 CAL AL 1086 80% 2.2% 10.1% 8.1% 5.1% 24% 1.11 78% 191 19 10%
1971 30 CAL AL 1107 85% 1.5% 12.2% 7.4% 4.6% 23% 1.20 77% 209 30 14%
1972 31 CAL AL 1029 81% 1.4% 8.5% 7.8% 4.5% 20% 1.44 81% 202 29 14%
1973 32 CAL AL 1102 83% 2.4% 5.9% 6.9% 5.9% 24% 1.42 83% 221 28 13%
1974 33 MIL AL 996 80% 2.2% 6.4% 5.4% 6.3% 24% 1.12 85% 211 26 12%
1975 34 TEX AL 423 69% 1.7% 7.6% 11.1% 8.8% 35% 1.29 77% 71 9 13%
10 Seasons 7252 80% 2.0% 9.2% 7.6% 5.6% 24% 1.23 80% 1405 176 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 25 CAL AL 380 92 11 1 8 7 4 9 2 17 8 3 47% 5 1 0 127 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 26 CAL AL 323 76 5 0 7 5 0 4 1 12 7 2 58% 4 2 1 112 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
1968 27 CAL AL 534 123 13 1 14 11 2 9 4 18 7 5 39% 4 7 3 200 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1969 28 CAL AL 272 66 4 0 12 1 3 1 3 22 13 1 59% 5 3 1 108 3 5 38% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 8 0
1970 29 CAL AL 1086 226 24 0 18 18 6 12 12 33 27 2 82% 18 8 2 385 7 6 54% 7 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 20 0
1971 30 CAL AL 1107 225 17 0 11 15 2 9 8 49 30 3 61% 16 7 3 369 5 9 36% 5 7 0 2 0 0 7 3 27 0
1972 31 CAL AL 1029 229 14 0 19 11 3 3 11 41 23 5 56% 13 4 2 358 5 7 42% 5 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 13 0
1973 32 CAL AL 1102 273 26 0 12 23 3 13 13 45 24 5 53% 19 4 1 425 8 2 80% 7 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 16 0
1974 33 MIL AL 995 264 22 0 12 18 4 11 11 52 31 2 60% 12 6 2 387 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
1975 34 TEX AL 423 105 7 0 6 3 4 4 3 22 16 2 73% 10 3 1 165 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 12 0
10 Seasons 7251 1679 143 2 119 112 31 75 68 311 186 30 60% 106 45 16 2636 50 44 53% 46 35 3 7 1 2 22 4 147 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 25 4 7 .364 3.74 20 13 0 3 1 0 91.1 92 39 38 11 25 4 37 1 0 1 380 89 1.281 9.1 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.48 89
1967 26 9 12 .429 3.52 40 24 3 4 1 0 168.2 168 72 66 16 49 6 72 2 0 3 703 92 1.287 9.0 0.9 2.6 3.8 1.47 92
1968 27 19 18 .514 3.70 81 37 17 6 2 3 294.1 291 130 121 29 93 12 143 4 0 10 1237 83 1.305 8.9 0.9 2.8 4.4 1.54 83
1969 28 20 26 .435 3.77 118 42 26 6 2 3 358.0 357 163 150 33 123 17 174 5 0 13 1509 83 1.341 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.4 1.41 83
1970 29 42 38 .525 3.38 157 81 26 13 4 3 618.2 583 260 232 57 211 21 284 12 0 21 2595 99 1.283 8.5 0.8 3.1 4.1 1.35 99
1971 30 58 55 .513 3.26 194 118 26 23 6 3 895.1 808 365 324 74 293 31 419 15 0 28 3702 101 1.230 8.1 0.7 2.9 4.2 1.43 101
1972 31 76 66 .535 3.20 229 153 26 38 8 3 1146.1 1037 466 407 88 373 37 506 19 0 32 4731 101 1.230 8.1 0.7 2.9 4.0 1.36 101
1973 32 87 85 .506 3.28 266 189 27 51 9 3 1403.1 1310 586 512 114 449 37 571 22 0 36 5833 100 1.253 8.4 0.7 2.9 3.7 1.27 100
1974 33 96 105 .478 3.45 304 221 29 66 9 3 1635.1 1574 708 626 136 503 41 635 22 0 42 6829 96 1.270 8.7 0.7 2.8 3.5 1.26 96
1975 34 100 111 .474 3.50 329 235 34 67 9 3 1728.2 1679 764 672 143 550 44 667 23 1 45 7252 96 1.289 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.5 1.21 96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 25 4 5 .444 4.66 85.0 100 49 44 12 27 34 1 1.494 10.6 2.9 3.6 1.26 1.3 20
1967 26 3 4 .429 4.50 70.0 85 39 35 6 27 32 1 1.600 10.9 3.5 4.1 1.19 0.8 20
1968 27 4 8 .333 5.81 113.0 143 81 73 15 51 64 2 1.717 11.4 4.1 5.1 1.25 1.2 41
1969 28 2 4 .333 5.21 57.0 69 37 33 4 31 28 1 1.754 10.9 4.9 4.4 0.90 0.6 37
1970 29 16 11 .593 3.22 249.0 238 99 89 25 93 105 7 1.329 8.6 3.4 3.8 1.13 0.9 39
1971 30 14 14 .500 3.96 257.0 250 126 113 19 91 125 3 1.327 8.8 3.2 4.4 1.37 0.7 37
1972 31 11 14 .440 4.52 233.0 276 130 117 17 96 81 5 1.597 10.7 3.7 3.1 0.84 0.7 35
1973 32 11 15 .423 4.76 238.0 301 140 126 29 84 60 3 1.618 11.4 3.2 2.3 0.71 1.1 37
1974 33 8 16 .333 5.52 217.0 286 148 133 24 59 60 0 1.590 11.9 2.4 2.5 1.02 1.0 38
1975 34 3 6 .333 5.22 88.0 111 57 51 7 50 30 1 1.830 11.4 5.1 3.1 0.60 0.7 25
10 Seasons 76 97 .439 4.56 1607.0 1859 906 814 158 609 619 24 1.536 10.4 3.5 1.02 0.9 329

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1970 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-AL-21-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-AL--6--8%
0.08 Career Shares (180th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1970 AL--2.831--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1970 AL--22--4th
1972 AL--18--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1970 AL--.647--6th
1972 AL--.621--8th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL--1.110--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL--7.803--8th
1971 AL--7.319--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 AL--2.095--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 AL--276.7--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1970 AL--39--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1972 AL--15--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL--2--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL--80--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL--.553--9th

Losses s c a p y
1971 AL--17--2nd
1973 AL--19--3rd
1974 AL--20--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 AL--114--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--7--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1970 AL--127--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 15 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (642), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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