Ed Wright

Henderson Edward Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 15, 1919 in Dyersburg, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1945
Teams (by GP): Braves/Athletics 1945-1952

Final Game: September 4, 1952
Died: November 19, 1995 in Dyersburg, TN
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, TN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	19	JKN	D																								JKN · KITL
1939	20	CHW-min	D																								JBO · NEAR
1940	21	PAD	D	45	121	121		31	10	0	1						.256	.256	.364	.620		44					PAD · KITL
1941	22	GVL,MEM	C,A1	50	119	119		27	5	1	1						.227	.227	.311	.538		37					GVL,MEM · CSTL,SOUA
1942	23	MRD,JKN	B,D																								MRD,JKN · SEAL,KITL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1944	25	NYY-min	B,A1	33	75	75		20	4	1	1						.267	.267	.387	.653		29					NFK,ATA · PIED,SOUA
1945	26	ATL-min	AA	21	66	62	12	19	3	0	0	8	0		2	2	.306	.328	.355	.683		22	3	0	2		INA · AA
1945	26	BSN	NL	15	42	39	6	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	3	.128	.150	.128	.278	-22	5	1	0	2	1
1946	27	BSN	NL	36	67	59	5	18	5	0	0	6	0		3	3	.305	.349	.390	.739	108	23	0	1	4	1
1947	28	BSN	NL	23	24	23	3	3	2	0	0	2	0		1	4	.130	.167	.217	.384	2	5	1	0	0	1
1948	29	ATL-min	AAA	30	54	45	3	13	2	0	0	8	0		3	7	.289	.333	.333	.667		15		0	6		MLW · AA
1948	29	BSN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0	/1

1949	30	PHI-min	AAA	39	64	55	5	12	3	0	0	5	0		2	3	.218	.246	.273	.518		15		0	7		TTO · IL
1950	31	SFG-PHI-min	AAA	22	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.063	.063	.063	.125		1	0	0	0		MNE,TTO · AA,IL
1951	32	SFG-min	AAA	35	50	48	4	12	1	0	0	4	0		1	6	.250	.265	.229	.494		11		0	1		OTT,MNE · IL,AA
1952	33	PHA	AL	24	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	14	2	1	0	0	1
1953	34	CHW-MIN-OAK-min	AA,D	34	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143		1					MEM,CNG,HOP · SOUA,KITL
1954	35	OAK-ATL-min	D,A	11	26	26																					HOP,LIN · KITL,WL
5 Yrs				101	140	128	15	27	8	0	0	10	0	0	5	12	.211	.246	.273	.520	44	35	3	1	6
162 Game Avg.				162	225	205	24	43	13	0	0	16	0		8	19	.211	.246	.273	.520	44	56	5	2	10

BSN (4 yrs)				77	133	121	14	26	7	0	0	10	0		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
PHA (1 yr)				24	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	14	2	1	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				77	133	121	14	26	7	0	0	10	0		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
AL (1 yr)				24	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	14	2	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1945	26	BSN	NL	15	42	-6	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.481	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1946	27	BSN	NL	36	67	1	0	0	0	7	7	0.8	2	10	0.8	.523	.505	0.8	0.0	10	$	1
1947	28	BSN	NL	23	24	-3	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1948	29	BSN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1952	33	PHA	AL	24	7	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
5 Seasons				101	140	-10	0	-0	0	14	4	0.5	5	9	0.4	.504	.501	0.4	0.0	9	$

BSN (4 yrs)				77	133	-9	0	0	0	13	4	0.5	5	8	0.4	.506	.501	0.4	0.0	9	$
PHA (1 yr)				24	7	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1945	26	BSN	NL	42	37	1	0.7	97	.139	.128	.273	.150	.343	.128	.377	.278	.720	-22	.037	-6.6	-0.7	.171	.026	.000
1946	27	BSN	NL	67	45	8	4.8	94	.321	.305	.264	.349	.339	.390	.369	.739	.709	108	.574	0.7	0.1	.659	.136	.085
1947	28	BSN	NL	24	21	1	1.3	104	.158	.130	.272	.167	.347	.217	.403	.384	.749	2	.085	-3.2	-0.3	.286	.130	.087

1952	33	PHA	AL	7	7	0	0.0	101	.200	.143	.267	.143	.348	.286	.390	.429	.738	14	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.286	.143	.143
5 Yrs				140	110	10	2.4	97	.233	.211	.268	.246	.342	.273	.379	.520	.721	44	.267	-9.9	-1.0	.394	.102	.063
162 Game Avg.				225	176	16	2.4	97	.233	.211	.268	.246	.342	.273	.379	.520	.721	44	.267	-9.9	-1.0	.394	.102	.063

BSN (4 yrs)				133	103	10	2.6	97	.234	.215	.268	.252	.342	.273	.378	.525	.720	46	.291	-9.1	-0.9	.402	.099	.058
PHA (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	101	.200	.143	.267	.143	.348	.286	.390	.429	.738	14	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.286	.143	.143

NL (4 yrs)				133	103	10	2.6	97	.234	.215	.268	.252	.342	.273	.378	.525	.720	46	.291	-9.1	-0.9	.402	.099	.058
AL (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	101	.200	.143	.267	.143	.348	.286	.390	.429	.738	14	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.286	.143	.143

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	26	BSN	NL	42	0.0%	7.1%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	3.00	13.0		19.5		86%
1946	27	BSN	NL	67	0.0%	4.5%	4.5%	7.5%	28%	1.00	19.7		9.8		84%
1947	28	BSN	NL	24	0.0%	16.7%	4.2%	8.3%	67%	4.00	5.8		11.5		79%

1952	33	PHA	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	100%		3.5			1.50	71%
5 Yrs				140	0.0%	8.6%	3.6%	5.7%	30%	2.40	10.7		12.8	1.50	83%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.7%	6.2%	27%	1.00	9.1	53.3	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1945	26	BSN	NL	-6.6	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	27	BSN	NL	0.7	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	BSN	NL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	BSN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1952	33	PHA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.46	-0.1	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.86	-1.2	0
5 Yrs				-9.9	-1.0	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.46	-0.1	0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.86	-1.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	33	PHA	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				0	0	46%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	33	PHA	AL	7	29%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				7	29%	27			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		1	3	300%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			174%			20%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1945	26	15	42	39	6	5	0	2		1	3	.128	.150	.128	.278	-22	5	1	0	2
1946	27	51	109	98	11	23	5	8		4	6	.235	.272	.286	.558	57	28	1	1	6
1947	28	74	133	121	14	26	7	10		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
1948	29	77	133	121	14	26	7	10		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
1949	30	77	133	121	14	26	7	10		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
1950	31	77	133	121	14	26	7	10		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
1951	32	77	133	121	14	26	7	10		5	10	.215	.252	.273	.525	46	33	2	1	6
1952	33	101	140	128	15	27	8	10	0	5	12	.211	.246	.273	.520	44	35	3	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	26	16	45	42	8	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	.143	.163	.143	.306	1	15
1946	27	38	73	64	6	21	6	0	0	7	0	4	3	.328	.377	.422	.799	9	36
1947	28	24	25	24	4	3	2	0	0	3	0	1	4	.125	.160	.208	.368	1	23

1952	33	25	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
4 Yrs		103	150	137	18	30	8	0	0	13	0	6	12	.219	.257	.277	.534	11	98
162 Game Avg.		162	236	215	28	47	13	0	0	20	0	9	19	.219	.257	.277	.534	17	98

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