Dan Wright
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 14, 1977 in Longview, TX
School: University of Arkansas
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 10, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 2001
Final Game: May 1, 2004
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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
2001 23 CHW AL 5 3 .625 5.70 13 12 1 0 0 0 66.1 78 45 42 12 39 1 36 2 0 5 307 81 1.764 10.6 1.6 5.3 4.9 0.92
2002 24 CHW AL 14 12 .538 5.18 33 33 0 1 1 0 196.1 200 124 113 32 71 1 136 6 1 10 855 87 1.380 9.2 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.92
2003 25 CHW AL 1 7 .125 6.15 20 15 1 0 0 1 86.1 91 63 59 16 46 2 47 3 0 6 388 75 1.587 9.5 1.7 4.8 4.9 1.02
2004 26 CHW AL 0 4 .000 8.15 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.2 24 17 16 5 11 1 6 2 1 0 88 58 1.981 12.2 2.5 5.6 3.1 0.55
4 Seasons 20 26 .435 5.65 70 64 2 1 1 1 366.2 393 249 230 65 167 5 225 13 2 21 1638 81 1.527 9.6 1.6 4.1 5.5 1.35
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .435 5.65 36 32 1 1 1 1 186 199 126 117 33 85 3 114 7 1 11 831 81 1.527 9.6 1.6 4.1 5.5 1.35

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
2001 23 CHW AL 13 307 260 45 78 17 2 12 9 2 39 36 .300 .389 .519 .908 .304 135 8 2 1 5 1
2002 24 CHW AL 33 855 761 124 200 43 2 32 19 4 71 136 .263 .327 .451 .777 .279 343 16 6 7 10 1
2003 25 CHW AL 20 388 329 63 91 19 3 16 7 2 46 47 .277 .366 .498 .865 .278 164 9 3 6 4 2
2004 26 CHW AL 4 88 75 17 24 3 0 5 5 1 11 6 .320 .420 .560 .980 .297 42 0 2 0 0 1
4 Seasons 70 1638 1425 249 393 82 7 65 40 9 167 225 .276 .353 .480 .833 .284 684 33 13 14 19 5
162 Game Avg. 36 831 723 126 199 42 4 33 20 5 85 114 .276 .353 .480 .833 .284 347 17 7 7 10 3
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
2001 23 CHW AL 13 12 5 3 4 3 0 8 4 .667 2 2 0 0 3 25% 41 68 5 11 1 1 4 6.8 7.2 5.3 93 2 5 5 0 115
2002 24 CHW AL 33 33 14 12 7 2 2 19 14 .576 3 2 1 1 18 55% 47 80 10 28 15 0 15 5.4 5.6 5.9 95 4 13 15 1 124
2003 25 CHW AL 20 15 0 7 8 0 0 7 8 .467 1 3 0 0 5 33% 41 61 17 18 10 0 9 4.2 3.3 4.6 82 7 6 2 0 106
2004 26 CHW AL 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 44 16 7 2 0 3 2.8 3.5 4.4 88 1 2 1 0 102
4 Seasons 70 64 19 26 19 5 2 34 30 .531 6 7 1 1 26 41% 44 80 5 64 28 1 31 5.2 5.3 5.4 91 14 26 23 1 124
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
2001 23 CHW AL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.010 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 37
2003 25 CHW AL 20 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 7 0.951 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 3 4 0 4 0 10.0 50
2 Seasons 33 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 0.977 2 0 4 2 0 4 2 4 5 0 5 0 9.8 48

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%
2001 23 CHW AL 307 54% 3.9% 11.7% 12.7% 10.1% 40% 1.02 1.35 71% 23% 12.6% 11% 53 8 15%
2002 24 CHW AL 855 55% 3.7% 15.9% 8.3% 9.0% 39% 0.76 1.04 71% 22% 11.4% 17% 149 16 11%
2003 25 CHW AL 388 58% 4.1% 12.1% 11.9% 9.8% 42% 0.65 1.00 70% 20% 10.3% 10% 85 9 11%
2004 26 CHW AL 88 58% 5.7% 6.8% 12.5% 9.1% 33% 0.60 0.59 73% 26% 13.5% 12% 18 0 0%
4 Seasons 1638 56% 4.0% 13.7% 10.2% 9.4% 39% 0.76 1.05 70% 22% 11.5% 14% 305 33 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 23 CHW AL 307 1148 3.74 659 57% 27% 11% 27% 35% 73% 1% 42% 85% 50% 7% 21 11 14% 42 22 1 28% 5 9 0 0 0
2002 24 CHW AL 855 3132 3.66 1907 61% 26% 13% 27% 34% 74% 0% 45% 82% 54% 6% 51 32 19% 162 86 7 20% 26 18 0 0 0
2003 25 CHW AL 388 1476 3.80 859 58% 27% 11% 28% 34% 73% 1% 42% 85% 49% 6% 22 15 12% 48 21 4 23% 7 5 0 0 0
2004 26 CHW AL 88 352 4.00 200 57% 32% 5% 29% 35% 68% 3% 39% 93% 47% 8% 7 6 15% 13 5 1 33% 2 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1638 6108 3.73 3625 59% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 43% 84% 51% 6% 101 64 16% 265 134 13 22% 40 32 0 0 0
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
2001 23 CHW AL 307 78 8 1 12 0 7 4 8 8 4 16 12 2 75% 3 5 1 111 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
2002 24 CHW AL 855 200 21 8 32 1 14 14 18 13 19 45 24 5 53% 11 10 2 289 19 4 83% 17 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 30 0
2003 25 CHW AL 388 91 2 0 16 0 16 6 10 9 7 39 21 4 54% 3 6 2 128 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
2004 26 CHW AL 88 24 2 0 5 0 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 0% 2 0 0 39 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
4 Seasons 1638 393 33 9 65 1 37 25 40 32 33 102 57 12 56% 19 21 5 567 40 9 82% 36 9 4 0 0 0 6 2 60 0
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+
2001 23 5 3 .625 5.70 13 12 1 0 0 0 66.1 78 45 42 12 39 1 36 2 0 5 307 81 1.764 10.6 1.6 5.3 4.9 0.92 81
2002 24 19 15 .559 5.31 46 45 1 1 1 0 262.2 278 169 155 44 110 2 172 8 1 15 1162 85 1.477 9.5 1.5 3.8 5.9 1.56 85
2003 25 20 22 .476 5.52 66 60 2 1 1 1 349.0 369 232 214 60 156 4 219 11 1 21 1550 83 1.504 9.5 1.5 4.0 5.6 1.40 83
2004 26 20 26 .435 5.65 70 64 2 1 1 1 366.2 393 249 230 65 167 5 225 13 2 21 1638 81 1.527 9.6 1.6 4.1 5.5 1.35 81

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
2001 23 2 5 .286 5.62 64.0 76 44 40 12 38 35 2 1.781 10.7 5.3 4.9 0.92 1.7 13
2002 24 8 13 .381 5.13 193.0 200 122 110 32 71 134 6 1.404 9.3 3.3 6.2 1.89 1.5 33
2003 25 3 6 .333 6.00 84.0 89 62 56 16 45 46 3 1.595 9.5 4.8 4.9 1.02 1.7 20
2004 26 0 1 .000 7.94 17.0 24 17 15 5 11 6 2 2.059 12.7 5.8 3.2 0.55 2.6 4
4 Seasons 13 25 .342 5.56 358.0 389 245 221 65 165 221 13 1.547 9.8 5.6 1.34 1.6 70

* 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

Games Started s c a p y
2002 AL  33 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2002 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  32 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2002 AL  71 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
2002 AL  12 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2002 AL  113 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2002 AL  10 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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