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George Wright
George Wright
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 150 lb.

Born: January 28, 1847 in Yonkers, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Final Game: October 2, 1882
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1937.
Died: August 21, 1937 in Boston, MA
Relatives: Brother of Harry Wright
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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 1.078 201 50 6/3
1872 25 BOS NA 48 258 255 87 86 16 6 2 32 14 4 3 1 .337 .345 .471 .816 143 120 *6
1873 26 BOS NA 59 333 325 99 126 19 8 3 50 3 5 8 2 .388 .402 .523 .925 165 170 *6
1874 27 BOS NA 60 318 313 76 103 10 15 2 44 2 0 5 6 .329 .340 .476 .816 152 149 *6/5
1875 28 BOS NA 79 410 408 106 136 20 7 2 61 13 6 2 6 .333 .337 .431 .768 160 176 *6/1
1876 29 BSN NL 70 343 335 72 100 18 6 1 34 8 9 .299 .315 .397 .712 133 133 *6/41
1877 30 BSN NL 61 299 290 58 80 15 1 0 35 9 15 .276 .298 .334 .632 95 97 *4/6
1878 31 BSN NL 59 273 267 35 60 5 1 0 12 6 22 .225 .242 .251 .493 57 67 *6
1879 32 PRO NL 85 401 388 79 107 15 10 1 42 13 20 .276 .299 .374 .673 121 145 *6
1880 33 BSN NL 1 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 72 1 /6
1881 34 BSN NL 7 28 25 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .200 .286 .200 .486 57 5 /6
1882 35 PRO NL 46 189 185 14 30 1 2 0 9 4 36 .162 .180 .189 .369 19 35 6
12 Seasons 591 2942 2875 665 867 126 61 11 330 41 16 67 119 .302 .317 .399 .717 125 1148
162 Game Avg. 162 806 788 182 238 35 17 3 90 18 33 .302 .317 .399 .717 125 315
BSN (5 yrs) 198 947 921 171 246 38 8 1 81 26 47 .267 .287 .329 .616 96 303
BOS (5 yrs) 262 1405 1381 401 484 72 41 9 198 41 16 24 16 .350 .362 .482 .843 159 665
PRO (2 yrs) 131 590 573 93 137 16 12 1 51 17 56 .239 .261 .314 .575 87 180
NL (7 yrs) 329 1537 1494 264 383 54 20 2 132 43 103 .256 .277 .323 .600 93 483
NA (5 yrs) 262 1405 1381 401 484 72 41 9 198 41 16 24 16 .350 .362 .482 .843 159 665
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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
1875 28 BOS NA 0 1 .000 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 1 0 0 11 0 105 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 24.8
1876 29 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2 Seasons 0 1 .000 1.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 3 1 0 0 12 0 1 4 130 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 21.6
162 Game Avg. 0 23 .000 1.80 68 0 0 0 0 113 136 68 23 0 0 272 0 130 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 21.6
BSN (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
BOS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.25 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 1 0 0 11 0 105 1.250 11.3 0.0 0.0 24.8
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1871 BOS NA 24 SS 15 114 32 61 21 8 .816 6.20 .771 5.18
1871 BOS NA 24 1B 1 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00 .920 10.20
1872 BOS NA 25 SS 48 334 87 193 54 25 .838 5.83 .755 4.62
1873 BOS NA 26 SS 59 412 89 244 79 16 .808 5.64 .767 4.77
1874 BOS NA 27 SS 60 358 97 197 64 23 .821 4.90 .777 4.49
1874 BOS NA 27 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .700 4.20
1875 BOS NA 28 SS 79 404 95 253 56 20 .861 4.41 .806 4.43
1875 BOS NA 28 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .800 2.35
1876 BSN NL 29 SS 68 383 89 251 43 16 .888 5.00 .863 4.44
1876 BSN NL 29 2B 2 10 7 2 1 0 .900 4.50 .860 5.55
1876 BSN NL 29 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
1877 BSN NL 30 2B 58 433 171 209 53 28 .878 6.55 .865 6.19
1877 BSN NL 30 SS 3 14 4 8 2 1 .857 4.00 .864 4.50
1878 BSN NL 31 SS 59 284 72 197 15 24 .947 4.56 .867 4.26
1879 PRO NL 32 SS 85 449 96 319 34 17 .924 4.88 .865 4.54
1880 BSN NL 33 SS 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 .867 4.30
1881 BSN NL 34 SS 7 27 7 19 1 3 .963 3.71 .859 4.54
1882 PRO NL 35 SS 46 205 46 133 26 16 .873 3.89 .848 4.36
12 Seasons SS 530 2987 714 1878 395 169 .868 4.89 .816 4.51
2 Seasons 2B 60 443 178 211 54 28 .878 6.48 .865 6.17
2 Seasons P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 .800 2.20
1 Season 1B 1 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00 .920 10.20
1 Season 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .700 4.20
12 Seasons TOT 595 3442 901 2092 449 198 .870 5.03 .692 4.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1873 NA--.388--4th
1874 NA--.329--10th
1875 NA--.333--5th

On-Base% s c a p y
1873 NA--.402--3rd
1874 NA--.340--10th
1875 NA--.337--5th

Slugging % s c a p y
1872 NA--.471--6th
1873 NA--.523--2nd
1874 NA--.476--5th
1875 NA--.431--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1872 NA--.816--5th
1873 NA--.925--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--325--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--333--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--126--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--170--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--19--2nd
1875 NA--20--5th
1876 NL--18--5th
1877 NL--15--4th

Triples s c a p y
1872 NA--6--3rd
1873 NA--8--2nd
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
1873 NA--50--8th
1875 NA--61--5th
1877 NL--35--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1873 NA--8--10th
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

Singles s c a p y
1873 NA--96--3rd
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--165--2nd
1874 NA--152--5th
1875 NA--160--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1872 NA--42--5th
1873 NA--66--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--26--2nd
1874 NA--17--5th
1875 NA--24--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1871 NA--.9--8th
1872 NA--1.2--5th
1873 NA--2.5--2nd
1874 NA--1.8--5th
1875 NA--2.7--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1872 NA--24--3rd
1873 NA--30--2nd
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--5th
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--.653--8th
1873 NA--.751--2nd
1874 NA--.707--5th
1875 NA--.731--5th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1872 NA--4--10th
1873 NA--5--3rd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1872 NA--3.5--2nd
1873 NA--3.0--5th
1874 NA--2.0--8th
1875 NA--3.5--4th

AB per SO s c a p y
1872 NA--255.000--1st

AB per HR s c a p y
1872 NA--127.500--8th
1873 NA--108.333--4th

Outs Made s c a p y
1873 NA--204--4th
1875 NA--278--3rd
1876 NL--235--1st
1877 NL--210--1st
1878 NL--207--2nd
1879 NL--281--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1875 NA--0--6th
1876 NL--0--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1876 NL--0--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1876 NL--1--7th

Oldest s c a p y
1878 NL--born 1847-01-28--10th
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 (282), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 132 (130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 7 (1718), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1032), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1186), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1876 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Caps.

Before 1879 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Providence Grays.

May 29, 1880: Sent from the Providence Grays to the Boston Red Caps in an unknown transaction.

Before 1882 Season: Sent from the Boston Red Caps to the Providence Grays in an unknown transaction.

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