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George Wright
George De Witt Wright

Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 22, 1958 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Capitol Hill (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1982
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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Standard Batting

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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
1982	23	TEX	AL	150	599	557	69	147	20	5	11	50	3	7	30	78	.264	.305	.377	.682	91	210	11	3	8	1	4	*8/97
1983	24	TEX	AL	*162*	681	634	79	175	28	6	18	80	8	7	41	82	.276	.321	.424	.745	106	269	9	2	1	3	9	*8	MVP-24
1984	25	TEX	AL	101	404	383	40	93	19	4	9	48	0	2	15	54	.243	.273	.384	.657	78	147	6	2	1	3	2	89D
1985	26	TEX	AL	109	393	363	21	69	13	0	2	18	4	7	25	49	.190	.241	.242	.483	33	88	9	0	3	2	5	98/D
1986	27	TOT	MLB	105	245	223	22	45	8	3	2	12	4	6	15	51	.202	.254	.291	.546	49	65	5	2	1	4	1	987
1986	27	TEX	AL	49	112	106	10	23	3	1	2	7	3	5	4	23	.217	.250	.321	.571	53	34	2	1	0	1	1	97/8
1986	27	MON	NL	56	133	117	12	22	5	2	0	5	1	1	11	28	.188	.258	.265	.523	45	31	3	1	1	3	0	87/9
5 Seasons				627	2322	2160	231	529	88	18	42	208	19	29	126	314	.245	.288	.361	.648	79	779	40	9	14	13	21
162 Game Avg.				162	600	558	60	137	23	5	11	54	5	7	33	81	.245	.288	.361	.648	79	201	10	2	4	3	5

TEX (5 yrs)				571	2189	2043	219	507	83	16	42	203	18	28	115	286	.248	.290	.366	.656	81	748	37	8	13	10	21
MON (1 yr)				56	133	117	12	22	5	2	0	5	1	1	11	28	.188	.258	.265	.523	45	31	3	1	1	3	0

AL (5 yrs)				571	2189	2043	219	507	83	16	42	203	18	28	115	286	.248	.290	.366	.656	81	748	37	8	13	10	21
NL (1 yr)				56	133	117	12	22	5	2	0	5	1	1	11	28	.188	.258	.265	.523	45	31	3	1	1	3	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1982	23	TEX	AL	599	437	61	3.8	94	.290	.264	.258	.305	.321	.377	.393	.682	.715	91	.409	-8.3	-0.8	.558	.160	.113	4.7
1983	24	TEX	AL	681	479	84	4.7	95	.292	.276	.262	.321	.324	.424	.395	.745	.719	106	.515	3.8	0.4	.659	.215	.148	11.1
1984	25	TEX	AL	404	302	39	3.5	99	.260	.243	.267	.273	.330	.384	.403	.657	.733	78	.380	-13.2	-1.3	.544	.175	.141	.0
1985	26	TEX	AL	393	315	19	1.6	100	.213	.190	.262	.241	.328	.242	.407	.483	.736	33	.128	-34.2	-3.4	.355	.113	.052	2.7
1986	27	TOT	MLB	245	194	15	2.1	100	.247	.202	.263	.254	.332	.291	.402	.546	.734	49	.197	-16.2	-1.6	.423	.148	.090	2.7
1986	27	TEX	AL	112	91	7	2.1	102	.256	.217	.264	.250	.332	.321	.412	.571	.744	53	.183	-7.4	-0.7	.411	.123	.104	2.4
1986	27	MON	NL	133	103	8	2.1	97	.239	.188	.261	.258	.332	.265	.394	.523	.726	45	.211	-8.8	-0.9	.434	.171	.077	.0
5 Seasons				2322	1727	218	3.4	97	.268	.245	.262	.288	.326	.361	.399	.648	.725	79	.368	-68.0	-6.8	.532	.169	.116	26.2
162 Game Avg.				600	446	56	3.4	97	.268	.245	.262	.288	.326	.361	.399	.648	.725	79	.368	-68.0	-6.8	.532	.169	.116	7

TEX (5 yrs)				2189	1624	210	3.5	97	.270	.248	.262	.290	.325	.366	.399	.656	.725	81	.376	-59.2	-5.9	.538	.169	.118	25.2
MON (1 yr)				133	103	8	2.1	97	.239	.188	.261	.258	.332	.265	.394	.523	.726	45	.211	-8.8	-0.9	.434	.171	.077	.0

AL (5 yrs)				2189	1624	210	3.5	97	.270	.248	.262	.290	.325	.366	.399	.656	.725	81	.376	-59.2	-5.9	.538	.169	.118	25.2
NL (1 yr)				133	103	8	2.1	97	.239	.188	.261	.258	.332	.265	.394	.523	.726	45	.211	-8.8	-0.9	.434	.171	.077	.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	23	TEX	AL	599	1.8%	13.0%	5.0%	6.0%	25%	2.60	7.1	50.6	11.1	1.19	78%
1983	24	TEX	AL	681	2.6%	12.0%	6.0%	7.6%	30%	2.00	7.7	35.2	7.9	0.78	79%
1984	25	TEX	AL	404	2.2%	13.4%	3.7%	7.9%	34%	3.60	7.1	42.6	8.0	1.07	80%
1985	26	TEX	AL	393	0.5%	12.5%	6.4%	3.8%	22%	1.96	7.4	181.5	20.2	1.11	80%
1986	27	TOT	MLB	245	0.8%	20.8%	6.1%	5.3%	29%	3.40	4.4	111.5	18.6	0.79	71%
1986	27	TEX	AL	112	1.8%	20.5%	3.6%	5.4%	26%	5.75	4.6	53.0	15.1	0.51	73%
1986	27	MON	NL	133	0.0%	21.1%	8.3%	5.3%	32%	2.55	4.2		23.4	1.12	69%
5 Seasons				2322	1.8%	13.5%	5.4%	6.4%	28%	2.49	6.9	51.4	10.4	0.98	78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1982	23	TEX	AL	3	0	34%	243	3	7	30%	3	7	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	14	47%	29	20	6	8	4	4	23	5	18
1983	24	TEX	AL	4	0	31%	250	8	7	53%	7	6	1	1	0	0	3	1	6	10	67%	38	17	21	13	3	9	19	2	17
1984	25	TEX	AL	7	1	31%	139	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	43%	21	15	6	5	3	2	14	4	9
1985	26	TEX	AL	3	2	21%	107	4	7	36%	4	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	2	39%	18	11	6	2	0	2	8	5	3
1986	27	TOT	MLB	3	0	33%	69	4	6	40%	4	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	44%	12	10	2	7	1	6	6	3	3
1986	27	TEX	AL	1	0	31%	33	3	5	38%	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	39%	6	5	1	2	1	1	5	2	3
1986	27	MON	NL	2	0	35%	36	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	50%	6	5	1	5	0	5	1	1	0
5 Seasons				20	3	30%	808	19	29	40%	18	26	1	2	0	1	12	4	20	41	51%	118	73	41	35	11	23	70	19	50
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1982	23	TEX	AL	599	100%	147			0	0	0	0		11	0	10	4	7	3	8	1	12	8	67%	97	11	11%	47	15	32%	275	40	15%	17	7	41%	29	9	31%	0
1983	24	TEX	AL	681	100%	175			2	0	0	0	0.87	18	0	10	9	9	7	11	0	3	1	33%	123	9	7%	61	15	25%	407	67	16%	36	15	42%	44	18	41%	0
1984	25	TEX	AL	405	100%	93			2	0	0	0	2.09	9	0	10	6	3	6	3	0	1	1	100%	94	6	6%	40	10	25%	253	39	15%	23	12	52%	16	6	38%	0
1985	26	TEX	AL	395	100%	69			4	0	0	0	1.83	2	0	9	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	100%	72	9	13%	44	11	25%	243	17	7%	19	6	32%	21	7	33%	0
1986	27	TOT	MLB	245	100%	45			36	2	0	1	1.69	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	53	5	9%	28	9	32%	132	10	8%	12	6	50%	14	4	29%	0
1986	27	TEX	AL	112	100%	23			10	1	0	0	1.36	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		20	2	10%	14	3	21%	60	5	8%	4	1	25%	5	1	20%	0
1986	27	MON	NL	133	100%	22			26	1	0	1	1.81	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	33	3	9%	14	6	43%	72	5	7%	8	5	63%	9	3	33%	0
5 Seasons				2325	100%	529			44	2	0	1	1.68	42	0	43	23	19	19	23	1	20	14	70%	439	40	9%	220	60	27%	1310	173	13%	107	46	43%	124	44	35%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1982	23	150	599	557	69	147	20	5	11	50	3	7	30	78	.264	.305	.377	.682	91	210	11	3	8	1	4
1983	24	312	1280	1191	148	322	48	11	29	130	11	14	71	160	.270	.313	.402	.715	99	479	20	5	9	4	13
1984	25	413	1684	1574	188	415	67	15	38	178	11	16	86	214	.264	.303	.398	.701	94	626	26	7	10	7	15
1985	26	522	2077	1937	209	484	80	15	40	196	15	23	111	263	.250	.292	.369	.660	82	714	35	7	13	9	20
1986	27	627	2322	2160	231	529	88	18	42	208	19	29	126	314	.245	.288	.361	.648	79	779	40	9	14	13	21

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	23	150	597	562	76	152	21	5	11	55	3	31	78	.270	.312	.384	.696	67	150
1983	24	162	687	640	85	181	29	6	19	86	8	42	82	.283	.328	.436	.763	91	162
1984	25	101	403	383	41	93	19	4	9	50	0	15	54	.243	.273	.384	.657	40	101
1985	26	109	387	361	22	67	13	0	2	19	4	24	49	.186	.235	.238	.473	20	109
1986	27	105	243	222	23	44	8	3	2	13	4	15	51	.198	.251	.288	.539	16	105
5 Seasons		627	2317	2168	247	537	90	18	43	223	19	127	314	.248	.290	.365	.656	234	627
162 Game Avg.		162	599	560	64	139	23	5	11	58	5	33	81	.248	.290	.365	.656	60	627

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1983 AL (24, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1684th)	Games Played s c a p y 1983 AL 162 (1st)	At Bats s c a p y 1983 AL 634 (4th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1983 AL 681 (7th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1983 AL 479 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink Batting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Bernie Williams (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lastings Milledge (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Craft (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mickey Stanley (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jay Johnstone (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Black Ink	Batting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50