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George Wright

George Wright

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: January 28, 1847 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Grays 1871-1882

Final Game: October 2, 1882
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Centennial Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1937.
   View George Wright Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: August 21, 1937 in Boston, MA
Buried: Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, MA
Relatives: Brother of Harry Wright
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Hall of Fame

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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1871 24 BOS NA 16 86 80 33 33 7 5 0 11 9 1 6 1 .413 .453 .625 1.078 200 50 1 0 6/3
1872 25 BOS NA 48 258 255 87 86 16 6 2 35 14 4 3 1 .337 .345 .471 .816 145 120 0 0 *6
1873 26 BOS NA 59 332 323 99 125 17 7 3 43 9 9 9 2 .387 .404 .511 .914 161 165 0 0 *6
1874 27 BOS NA 60 318 313 76 103 10 15 2 44 2 0 5 6 .329 .340 .476 .816 153 149 1 0 *6/5
1875 28 BOS NA 79 410 408 106 136 20 7 2 61 13 6 2 6 .333 .337 .431 .768 159 176 0 0 *6/1
1876 29 BSN NL 70 343 335 72 100 18 6 1 34 8 9 .299 .315 .397 .712 136 133 0 *6/41
1877 30 BSN NL 61 299 290 58 80 15 1 0 35 9 15 .276 .298 .334 .632 96 97 0 *4/6
1878 31 BSN NL 59 273 267 35 60 5 1 0 12 6 22 .225 .242 .251 .493 57 67 0 *6
1879 32 PRO NL 85 401 388 79 107 15 10 1 42 13 20 .276 .299 .374 .673 120 145 0 *6
1880 33 BSN NL 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 73 1 0 /6
1881 34 BSN NL 7 28 25 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .200 .286 .200 .486 58 5 0 /6
1882 35 PRO NL 46 189 185 14 30 1 2 0 9 4 36 .162 .180 .189 .369 19 35 0 6
12 Yrs 591 2941 2873 665 866 124 60 11 326 47 20 68 119 .301 .318 .398 .715 125 1143 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 806 788 182 237 34 16 3 89 19 33 .301 .318 .398 .715 125 313 0
BSN (5 yrs) 198 947 921 171 246 38 8 1 81 26 47 .267 .287 .329 .616 97 303 0
BOS (5 yrs) 262 1404 1379 401 483 70 40 9 194 47 20 25 16 .350 .362 .479 .840 158 660 2 0
PRO (2 yrs) 131 590 573 93 137 16 12 1 51 17 56 .239 .261 .314 .575 87 180 0
NL (7 yrs) 329 1537 1494 264 383 54 20 2 132 43 103 .256 .277 .323 .600 93 483 0
NA (5 yrs) 262 1404 1379 401 483 70 40 9 194 47 20 25 16 .350 .362 .479 .840 158 660 2 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 Awards
1871 24 BOS NA 16 86 13 1 0 2 1 17 1.0 2 19 1.2 .560 .506 1.1 0.2 17 $ 6/3
1872 25 BOS NA 48 258 15 1 0 18 3 36 2.2 10 47 3.4 .548 .514 2.3 1.3 29 $ *6
1873 26 BOS NA 59 332 29 -4 0 10 4 38 2.4 11 50 3.6 .541 .515 3.0 0.9 40 $1,800 *6
1874 27 BOS NA 60 318 18 1 0 2 4 25 1.8 10 35 2.9 .530 .511 2.8 0.4 33 $1,800 *6/5
1875 28 BOS NA 79 410 24 0 0 6 6 35 2.9 18 54 4.9 .538 .519 4.4 1.0 48 $ *6/1
1876 29 BSN NL 70 343 13 0 0 6 5 24 2.0 10 34 3.1 .529 .513 2.6 0.9 28 $ *6/41
1877 30 BSN NL 61 299 -2 0 0 6 1 6 0.4 8 14 1.4 .509 .503 0.8 0.6 8 $ *4/6
1878 31 BSN NL 59 273 -13 0 0 6 4 -3 -0.4 8 5 0.5 .495 .498 -0.1 1.0 -1 $1,800 *6
1879 32 PRO NL 85 401 9 0 0 17 6 32 2.9 12 44 4.3 .536 .519 2.7 2.2 27 $2,000 *6
1880 33 BSN NL 1 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1881 34 BSN NL 7 28 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .510 .500 0.1 0.1 0 $ /6
1882 35 PRO NL 46 189 -19 0 0 1 3 -14 -1.4 6 -9 -0.8 .470 .491 -0.9 0.3 -10 $ 6
12 Seasons 591 2941 87 -2 0 75 37 197 13.8 97 294 24.7 .525 .507 18.8 8.9 219 $7,400
BSN (5 yrs) 198 947 -2 0 0 19 10 27 2.1 27 55 5.2 .512 .503 3.4 2.7 36 $1,800
BOS (5 yrs) 262 1404 99 -2 0 38 18 153 10.3 52 204 16.0 .540 .513 13.6 3.8 166 $3,600
PRO (2 yrs) 131 590 -9 0 0 18 9 18 1.5 18 35 3.5 .513 .505 1.8 2.5 17 $2,000

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 PwrSpd
1871 24 BOS NA 86 49 24 13.0 95 .418 .413 .295 .453 .320 .625 .396 1.078 .716 200 .832 10.5 0.9 1.306 .388 .213 .0
1872 25 BOS NA 258 173 42 6.5 80 .333 .337 .292 .345 .304 .471 .357 .816 .661 145 .654 13.1 1.3 .769 .184 .133 3.5
1873 26 BOS NA 332 207 64 8.4 90 .384 .387 .305 .404 .319 .511 .379 .914 .698 161 .730 24.6 2.3 .841 .152 .124 4.5
1874 27 BOS NA 318 211 51 6.5 74 .331 .329 .283 .340 .292 .476 .347 .816 .640 153 .705 17.3 1.8 .739 .169 .147 2.0
1875 28 BOS NA 410 278 59 5.7 61 .335 .333 .263 .337 .270 .431 .322 .768 .592 159 .731 23.6 2.7 .665 .120 .098 3.5
1876 29 BSN NL 343 235 42 4.9 64 .305 .299 .266 .315 .279 .397 .323 .712 .601 136 .634 12.8 1.4 .099
1877 30 BSN NL 299 210 29 3.7 76 .291 .276 .280 .298 .298 .334 .349 .632 .647 96 .486 -0.7 -0.1 .059
1878 31 BSN NL 273 207 16 2.1 72 .245 .225 .274 .242 .293 .251 .338 .493 .631 57 .287 -12.6 -1.5 .026
1879 32 PRO NL 401 281 43 4.2 66 .289 .276 .260 .299 .276 .374 .336 .673 .612 120 .577 7.9 0.9 .098
1880 33 BSN NL 4 3 0 0.0 59 .250 .250 .242 .250 .265 .250 .319 .500 .584 73 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .000
1881 34 BSN NL 28 20 1 1.3 71 .208 .200 .259 .286 .289 .200 .339 .486 .628 58 .136 -1.0 -0.1 .000
1882 35 PRO NL 189 155 6 1.0 70 .201 .162 .254 .180 .282 .189 .346 .369 .627 19 .091 -16.8 -1.9 .027
12 Yrs 2941 2029 377 5.0 73 .312 .301 .275 .318 .290 .398 .344 .715 .634 125 .615 78.4 7.7 .610 .129 .096 17.8
162 Game Avg. 806 556 103 5.0 73 .312 .301 .275 .318 .290 .398 .344 .715 .634 125 .615 21 2 .610 .129 .096 5
BSN (5 yrs) 947 675 88 3.5 70 .281 .267 .272 .287 .289 .329 .336 .616 .625 97 .487 -1.7 -0.3 .062
BOS (5 yrs) 1404 918 240 7.0 76 .350 .350 .285 .362 .296 .479 .352 .840 .648 158 .719 89.1 9.0 .776 .166 .128 15.1
PRO (2 yrs) 590 436 49 3.0 68 .264 .239 .258 .261 .277 .314 .339 .575 .617 87 .429 -8.9 -1.0 .075
NL (7 yrs) 1537 1111 137 3.3 69 .274 .256 .267 .277 .285 .323 .337 .600 .622 93 .465 -10.7 -1.3 .067
NA (5 yrs) 1404 918 240 7.0 76 .350 .350 .285 .362 .296 .479 .352 .840 .648 158 .719 89.1 9.0 .776 .166 .128 15.1

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1871 24 16 86 80 33 33 7 5 0 11 9 1 6 1 .413 .453 .625 1.078 200 50 1 0
1872 25 64 344 335 120 119 23 11 2 46 23 5 9 2 .355 .372 .507 .880 159 170 1 0
1873 26 123 676 658 219 244 40 18 5 89 32 14 18 4 .371 .388 .509 .897 160 335 1 0
1874 27 183 994 971 295 347 50 33 7 133 34 14 23 10 .357 .372 .498 .871 158 484 2 0
1875 28 262 1404 1379 401 483 70 40 9 194 47 20 25 16 .350 .362 .479 .840 158 660 2 0
1876 29 332 1747 1714 473 583 88 46 10 228 47 20 33 25 .340 .353 .463 .815 154 793 2 0
1877 30 393 2046 2004 531 663 103 47 10 263 47 20 42 40 .331 .345 .444 .789 146 890 2 0
1878 31 452 2319 2271 566 723 108 48 10 275 47 20 48 62 .318 .332 .421 .754 135 957 2 0
1879 32 537 2720 2659 645 830 123 58 11 317 47 20 61 82 .312 .328 .414 .742 133 1102 2 0
1880 33 538 2724 2663 647 831 123 58 11 317 47 20 61 82 .312 .327 .414 .742 133 1103 2 0
1881 34 545 2752 2688 651 836 123 58 11 317 47 20 64 83 .311 .327 .412 .739 132 1108 2 0
1882 35 591 2941 2873 665 866 124 60 11 326 47 20 68 119 .301 .318 .398 .715 125 1143 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1871 24 93 400 380 76 108 23 16 0 25 29 20 6 .284 .320 .429 .749 52 16
1872 25 236 1106 1097 196 267 50 19 6 79 43 9 5 .243 .250 .340 .590 93 48
1873 26 217 1040 1019 170 290 39 16 7 74 21 21 7 .285 .299 .375 .674 114 59
1874 27 168 804 794 122 207 20 30 4 70 4 10 17 .261 .270 .377 .646 81 60
1875 28 241 1170 1165 224 334 49 17 5 129 32 5 18 .287 .290 .371 .661 125 79
1876 29 174 816 799 137 213 38 13 2 65 0 17 22 .267 .282 .354 .636 80 70
1877 30 165 772 751 119 184 34 2 0 72 0 21 40 .245 .266 .296 .561 59 61
1878 31 157 705 691 75 141 12 2 0 26 0 14 58 .204 .220 .227 .447 35 59
1879 32 172 787 763 133 194 27 18 2 71 0 24 40 .254 .277 .345 .622 73 85
1880 33 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1881 34 14 52 47 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .170 .250 .170 .420 2 7
1882 35 88 352 345 21 50 2 3 0 14 0 7 69 .145 .162 .168 .330 10 46
12 Yrs 1727 8012 7859 1278 1996 294 136 26 625 129 153 284 .254 .268 .336 .604 724 591
162 Game Avg. 162 752 737 120 187 28 13 2 59 14 27 .254 .268 .336 .604 68 591

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 7.7%)
1937 Centennial (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1937
by Centennial Committee

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1872 NA  3.4 (7th)
1873 NA  3.6 (7th)
1874 NA  2.9 (8th)
1879 NL  4.3 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.2 (7th)
1872 NA  3.4 (2nd)
1873 NA  3.6 (2nd)
1874 NA  2.9 (2nd)
1875 NA  4.9 (3rd)
1876 NL  3.1 (6th)
1879 NL  4.3 (3rd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  1.1 (8th)
1872 NA  2.3 (6th)
1873 NA  3.0 (3rd)
1874 NA  2.8 (3rd)
1875 NA  4.4 (4th)
1876 NL  2.6 (7th)
1879 NL  2.7 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1871 NA  0.2 (8th)
1872 NA  1.3 (1st)
1873 NA  0.9 (2nd)
1875 NA  1.0 (4th)
1877 NL  0.6 (8th)
1878 NL  1.0 (3rd)
1879 NL  2.2 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1873 NA  .387 (4th)
1874 NA  .329 (10th)
1875 NA  .333 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1873 NA  .404 (3rd)
1874 NA  .340 (10th)
1875 NA  .337 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1872 NA  .471 (6th)
1873 NA  .511 (2nd)
1874 NA  .476 (5th)
1875 NA  .431 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1872 NA  .816 (5th)
1873 NA  .914 (2nd)
1874 NA  .816 (5th)
1875 NA  .768 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1873 NA  59 (5th)
1875 NA  79 (9th)
1876 NL  70 (1st)
1877 NL  61 (1st)
1879 NL  85 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1872 NA  255 (10th)
1873 NA  323 (1st)
1874 NA  313 (9th)
1875 NA  408 (1st)
1876 NL  335 (1st)
1877 NL  290 (1st)
1878 NL  267 (7th)
1879 NL  388 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1872 NA  258 (10th)
1873 NA  332 (2nd)
1874 NA  318 (9th)
1875 NA  410 (1st)
1876 NL  343 (1st)
1877 NL  299 (1st)
1878 NL  273 (10th)
1879 NL  401 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1872 NA  87 (2nd)
1873 NA  99 (2nd)
1874 NA  76 (4th)
1875 NA  106 (2nd)
1876 NL  72 (2nd)
1877 NL  58 (2nd)
1879 NL  79 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1872 NA  86 (7th)
1873 NA  125 (2nd)
1874 NA  103 (6th)
1875 NA  136 (3rd)
1876 NL  100 (9th)
1879 NL  107 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1872 NA  120 (3rd)
1873 NA  165 (2nd)
1874 NA  149 (3rd)
1875 NA  176 (2nd)
1876 NL  133 (5th)
1879 NL  145 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1872 NA  16 (4th)
1873 NA  17 (5th)
1875 NA  20 (5th)
1876 NL  18 (5th)
1877 NL  15 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1872 NA  6 (3rd)
1873 NA  7 (6th)
1874 NA  15 (1st)
1875 NA  7 (6th)
1876 NL  6 (8th)
1879 NL  10 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  2 (3rd)
1873 NA  3 (2nd)
1874 NA  2 (5th)
1875 NA  2 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1875 NA  61 (5th)
1877 NL  35 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1873 NA  9 (8th)
1874 NA  5 (10th)
1876 NL  8 (10th)
1877 NL  9 (6th)
1879 NL  13 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1882 NL  36 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1872 NA  14 (2nd)
1873 NA  9 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1873 NA  98 (1st)
1874 NA  76 (10th)
1875 NA  107 (3rd)
1879 NL  81 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1872 NA  143 (6th)
1873 NA  161 (2nd)
1874 NA  151 (5th)
1875 NA  160 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1872 NA  42 (4th)
1873 NA  64 (2nd)
1874 NA  51 (2nd)
1875 NA  59 (4th)
1876 NL  42 (10th)
1879 NL  43 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1871 NA  11 (8th)
1872 NA  13 (5th)
1873 NA  25 (2nd)
1874 NA  17 (5th)
1875 NA  24 (5th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1871 NA  0.9 (8th)
1872 NA  1.2 (5th)
1873 NA  2.3 (2nd)
1874 NA  1.7 (5th)
1875 NA  2.7 (5th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1872 NA  24 (3rd)
1873 NA  27 (3rd)
1874 NA  27 (5th)
1875 NA  29 (4th)
1876 NL  25 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1872 NA  89 (7th)
1873 NA  134 (2nd)
1874 NA  108 (4th)
1875 NA  138 (4th)
1876 NL  108 (7th)
1877 NL  89 (10th)
1879 NL  120 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1872 NA  .654 (8th)
1873 NA  .730 (3rd)
1874 NA  .705 (5th)
1875 NA  .731 (5th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1872 NA  4 (10th)
1873 NA  9 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1872 NA  3.5 (2nd)
1873 NA  4.5 (2nd)
1874 NA  2.0 (8th)
1875 NA  3.5 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1872 NA  255.0 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1872 NA  127.5 (9th)
1873 NA  107.7 (4th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1873 NA  207 (4th)
1875 NA  278 (3rd)
1876 NL  235 (1st)
1877 NL  210 (1st)
1878 NL  207 (2nd)
1879 NL  281 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1878 NL  born 1847-01-28 (9th)
1879 NL  born 1847-01-28 (5th)
1880 NL  born 1847-01-28 (4th)
1881 NL  born 1847-01-28 (4th)
1882 NL  born 1847-01-28 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 130 (138), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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