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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 Pitching

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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1945 26 BSN NL 8 3 .727 2.51 15 12 1 7 1 0 111.1 104 35 31 7 33 24 0 0 0 449 154 1.231 8.4 0.6 2.7 1.9 0.73
1946 27 BSN NL 12 9 .571 3.52 36 21 7 9 2 0 176.1 164 82 69 8 71 44 2 0 2 744 98 1.333 8.4 0.4 3.6 2.2 0.62
1947 28 BSN NL 3 3 .500 6.40 23 6 6 1 0 0 64.2 80 52 46 9 35 14 2 0 1 305 62 1.778 11.1 1.3 4.9 1.9 0.40
1948 29 BSN NL 0 0 1.93 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2 9 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 22 218 2.357 17.4 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1952 33 PHA AL 2 1 .667 6.53 24 0 11 0 0 1 41.1 55 36 30 6 20 9 3 0 1 199 61 1.815 12.0 1.3 4.4 2.0 0.45
5 Yrs 25 16 .610 4.00 101 39 27 17 3 1 398.1 412 208 177 30 161 93 7 0 4 1719 93 1.438 9.3 0.7 3.6 2.1 0.58
162 Game Avg. 12 8 .610 4.00 49 19 13 8 1 0 193 200 101 86 15 78 45 3 0 2 835 93 1.438 9.3 0.7 3.6 2.1 0.58
BSN (4 yrs) 23 15 .605 3.71 77 39 16 17 3 0 357.0 357 172 147 24 141 84 4 0 3 1520 99 1.395 9.0 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60
PHA (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.53 24 0 11 0 0 1 41.1 55 36 30 6 20 9 3 0 1 199 61 1.815 12.0 1.3 4.4 2.0 0.45
NL (4 yrs) 23 15 .605 3.71 77 39 16 17 3 0 357.0 357 172 147 24 141 84 4 0 3 1520 99 1.395 9.0 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60
AL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 6.53 24 0 11 0 0 1 41.1 55 36 30 6 20 9 3 0 1 199 61 1.815 12.0 1.3 4.4 2.0 0.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1945 26 BSN NL 111.1 15 12 35 2.83 4.31 -0.04 0.00 100.1 4.35 18 2.1 1.0 -0.1 2.9 30 .637 .513 $
1946 27 BSN NL 175.1 36 21 82 4.21 3.93 0.03 0.00 101.7 3.98 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.0 13 .486 .497 $
1947 28 BSN NL 64.2 23 6 52 7.24 4.64 0.01 0.00 98.5 4.56 -20 -1.9 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -12 .419 .489 $
1948 29 BSN NL 4.2 3 0 3 5.79 4.62 0.15 0.00 96.9 4.32 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 -0 .474 .500 $
1952 33 PHA AL 41.1 24 0 36 7.84 4.20 -0.12 0.00 108.8 4.70 -15 -1.5 .9 0.0 -1.2 -11 .437 .491 $
5 Seasons 397.1 101 39 208 4.71 4.19 -0.01 0.00 101.4 4.25 -22 -1.9 .9 -0.2 1.4 20 .481 .498 $
BSN (4 yrs) 356.0 77 39 172 4.35 4.19 0.01 0.00 100.6 4.20 -7 -0.4 1.0 -0.2 2.6 31 .495 .499 $
PHA (1 yr) 41.1 24 0 36 7.84 4.20 -0.12 0.00 108.8 4.70 -15 -1.5 .9 0.0 -1.2 -11 .437 .491 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1948 29 BSN NL 3 22 19 3 9 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 .474 .524 .632 1.155 .529 12 1 0 1 0 1
1952 33 PHA AL 24 177 171 36 55 5 4 6 3 3 20 9 .322 .402 .503 .905 .314 86 4 3 4 0 3
2 Yrs 27 199 190 39 64 6 5 6 3 5 22 11 .337 .414 .516 .930 .335 98 5 3 5 0 4
162 Game Avg. 68 501 479 98 161 15 13 15 8 13 55 28 .337 .414 .516 .930 .335 247 13 8 13 0 10
MLB Averages .260 .336 .353 .689 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 29 BSN NL 0.4 0.0 24 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .41 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.41 -2.1 0 1 2
1952 33 PHA AL -11.5 -1.2 191 -1.0 1.2 -2.1 .51 -1.1 -0.8 -22.2 -2.1 0.50 -15.5 4 2 15
5 Yrs -13.6 -1.2 215 -1.0 1.3 -2.3 .50 -1.2 -0.8 -23.1 -2.2 0.49 -17.6 4 3 17

Starting Pitching*

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
1945 26 BSN NL 15 12 8 3 1 0 3 8 4 .667 0 0 7 1 12 100% 61.0 86 47 7 3 4.9 8.7
1946 27 BSN NL 36 21 10 9 2 4 4 11 10 .524 0 0 9 2 10 48% 49.8 80 27 13 5 4.6 6.8
1947 28 BSN NL 23 6 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 .500 0 0 1 0 1 17% 37.7 60 23 2 3 5.1 5.7
3 Yrs 74 39 20 15 4 5 7 22 17 .564 0 0 17 3 23 59% 51 86 23 22 11 4.8 7.2
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.5 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

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
1945 26 BSN NL 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7.0
1946 27 BSN NL 36 15 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 4 6.5
1947 28 BSN NL 23 17 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 5.4
1948 29 BSN NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .412 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 4.7
1952 33 PHA AL 24 24 11 2 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 12 6 50% 6 .509 4 2 15 3 2 16 6 15 13 4 12 1 5.2
5 Yrs 101 62 27 5 1 3 1 2 33% 3 0 12 6 50% .498 4 3 17 3 2 19 6 18 38 8 14 8 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1945 26 BSN NL 449 1.6% 5.4% 7.4% 3.3% 14% 84%
1946 27 BSN NL 745 1.1% 5.9% 9.5% 2.2% 10% 81%
1947 28 BSN NL 307 2.9% 4.6% 11.4% 4.2% 16% 78%
1948 29 BSN NL 22 68% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 22% 3.50 77% 3 1 33%
1952 33 PHA AL 198 53% 3.4% 5.1% 11.3% 8.5% 27% 1.14 88% 40 4 10%
5 Yrs 1721 54% 1.8% 5.5% 9.5% 3.6% 15% 1.24 82% 43 5 12%
MLB Averages 49% 1.9% 11.3% 11.3% 5.2% 19% 0.95 90% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1945 26 BSN NL 104 7 0
1946 27 BSN NL 164 8 2
1947 28 BSN NL 80 9 1
1948 29 BSN NL 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 11 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1952 33 PHA AL 177 55 6 0 9 5 1 6 0 15 8 1 53% 3 1 1 73 3 3 50% 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 21
5 Yrs 199 412 30 0 9 5 1 6 0 16 9 1 56% 4 4 1 84 3 5 38% 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 21
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1945 26 8 3 .727 2.51 15 12 1 7 1 0 111.1 104 35 31 7 33 24 0 0 0 449 154 1.231 8.4 0.6 2.7 1.9 0.73 154
1946 27 20 12 .625 3.13 51 33 8 16 3 0 287.2 268 117 100 15 104 68 2 0 2 1193 115 1.293 8.4 0.5 3.3 2.1 0.65 115
1947 28 23 15 .605 3.73 74 39 14 17 3 0 352.1 348 169 146 24 139 82 4 0 3 1498 99 1.382 8.9 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.59 99
1948 29 23 15 .605 3.71 77 39 16 17 3 0 357.0 357 172 147 24 141 84 4 0 3 1520 99 1.395 9.0 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60 99
1949 30 23 15 .605 3.71 77 39 16 17 3 0 357.0 357 172 147 24 141 84 4 0 3 1520 99 1.395 9.0 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60 99
1950 31 23 15 .605 3.71 77 39 16 17 3 0 357.0 357 172 147 24 141 84 4 0 3 1520 99 1.395 9.0 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60 99
1951 32 23 15 .605 3.71 77 39 16 17 3 0 357.0 357 172 147 24 141 84 4 0 3 1520 99 1.395 9.0 0.6 3.6 2.1 0.60 99
1952 33 25 16 .610 4.00 101 39 27 17 3 1 398.1 412 208 177 30 161 93 7 0 4 1719 93 1.438 9.3 0.7 3.6 2.1 0.58 93

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1945 26 8 4 .667 2.64 109.0 108 36 32 7 34 23 0 1.303 8.9 2.8 1.9 0.68 0.6 15
1946 27 9 10 .474 4.16 173.0 180 89 80 9 78 43 2 1.491 9.4 4.1 2.2 0.55 0.5 36
1947 28 2 5 .286 6.65 65.0 84 53 48 9 37 14 2 1.862 11.6 5.1 1.9 0.38 1.2 23
1948 29 0 0 2.25 4.0 10 1 1 0 2 2 0 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 3
1952 33 1 3 .250 6.64 42.0 57 34 31 6 21 9 3 1.857 12.2 4.5 1.9 0.43 1.3 24
5 Yrs 20 22 .476 4.40 393.0 439 213 192 31 172 91 7 1.555 10.1 2.1 0.53 0.7 101

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1946 NL  .571 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  1.8 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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