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George Wright

George DeWitt Wright

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

Born: December 22, 1958 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Capitol Hill HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1982
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Expos 1982-1986

Final Game: October 5, 1986
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 TEX AL 23 OF 149 135 127 1227.0 420 398 14 8 3 .981 7 6 3.02 2.77 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 TEX AL 23 CF 144 130 123 1178.1 407 387 12 8 3 .980 8 8 3.05 2.77 .985 2.84 2.83
1982 TEX AL 23 RF 6 5 4 45.2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -29 1.38 1.17 .981 2.27 2.27
1982 TEX AL 23 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -40 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.30
1983 TEX AL 24 CF 161 160 159 1443.2 467 455 5 7 1 .985 6 5 2.87 2.86 .987 2.93 2.91 MVP-24
1983 TEX AL 24 OF 161 160 159 1443.2 473 460 6 7 1 .985 6 5 2.91 2.89 .981 2.50 2.48 MVP-24
1984 TEX AL 25 OF 80 80 77 695.1 181 175 3 3 0 .983 -13 -23 2.30 2.23 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 TEX AL 25 CF 54 54 52 462.2 126 124 1 1 0 .992 -13 -33 2.43 2.31 .986 3.01 2.99
1984 TEX AL 25 RF 26 26 25 232.2 54 51 1 2 0 .963 -0 -2 2.01 2.00 .979 2.23 2.21
1984 TEX AL 25 DH 18 18
1985 TEX AL 26 OF 102 93 85 826.2 223 213 8 2 2 .991 -5 -8 2.41 2.17 .982 2.44 2.42
1985 TEX AL 26 RF 55 52 46 445.1 102 98 4 0 1 1.000 -4 -11 2.06 1.85 .980 2.17 2.15
1985 TEX AL 26 CF 53 41 39 381.1 118 113 3 2 1 .983 -1 -4 2.74 2.19 .988 2.91 2.88
1985 TEX AL 26 DH 4 3
1986 TOT MLB 27 OF 74 45 39 470.1 115 109 4 2 0 .983 -4 -11 2.16 1.53 .980 2.29 2.29
1986 TOT MLB 27 RF 30 14 13 156.0 40 36 3 1 0 .975 1 5 2.25 1.30 .975 2.08 2.07
1986 TOT MLB 27 CF 29 22 18 204.4 59 58 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -23 2.60 2.03 .985 2.66 2.65
1986 TOT MLB 27 LF 20 9 8 110.0 23 21 1 1 0 .957 -1 -13 1.80 1.10 .976 2.10 2.09
1986 TEX AL 27 OF 42 21 19 244.1 65 61 2 2 0 .969 0 2 2.32 1.50 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 TEX AL 27 RF 27 12 11 136.0 38 34 3 1 0 .974 2 13 2.45 1.37 .975 2.10 2.08
1986 TEX AL 27 LF 10 4 4 53.2 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -0 -9 1.68 1.00 .977 2.25 2.22
1986 TEX AL 27 CF 8 5 4 54.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -15 2.96 2.25 .986 2.83 2.80
1986 MON NL 27 OF 32 24 20 226.0 50 48 2 0 0 1.000 -5 -25 1.99 1.56 .979 2.19 2.19
1986 MON NL 27 CF 21 17 14 149.2 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -26 2.47 1.95 .984 2.59 2.59
1986 MON NL 27 LF 10 5 4 56.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.92 1.20 .975 1.97 1.97
1986 MON NL 27 RF 3 2 2 20.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -48 0.90 0.67 .975 1.98 2.00
5 Seasons OF 566 513 487 4663.0 1412 1355 35 22 6 .984 -10 -3 2.68 2.46 .982 2.46 2.44
5 Seasons CF 441 407 391 3670.1 1177 1137 22 18 5 .985 -4 -1 2.84 2.63 .986 2.89 2.87
4 Seasons RF 117 97 88 879.2 203 191 9 3 1 .985 -5 -7 2.05 1.71 .979 2.18 2.15
2 Seasons LF 21 9 8 113.0 23 21 1 1 0 .957 -1 -14 1.75 1.05 .976 2.11 2.10
5 Seasons TOT 566 513 487 4663.0 1412 1355 35 22 6 .984 -10 -3 2.68 2.46 .982 2.46 2.44
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1982 TEX AL 23 CF 8 8 2 4 -2 6
1982 TEX AL 23 RF -1 -29 -1 -1 -0 0
1982 TEX AL 23 LF -0 -40 -0 -0 0
1983 TEX AL 24 CF 6 5 8 -1 9 -2
1984 TEX AL 25 CF -13 -33 -13 -8 -5 0
1984 TEX AL 25 RF -0 -2 -0 1 -1 0
1985 TEX AL 26 RF -4 -11 -2 -1 -1 -2
1985 TEX AL 26 CF -1 -4 -1 -1 -0 0
1986 TEX AL 27 RF 2 13 0 1 -1 1
1986 TEX AL 27 LF -0 -9 -1 -0 -1 1
1986 TEX AL 27 CF -1 -15 0 1 -0 -1
1986 MON NL 27 CF -3 -26 -2 -1 -2 -1
1986 MON NL 27 LF -1 -17 -1 -1 0 0
1986 MON NL 27 RF -1 -48 -1 -1 0 0
5 Seasons CF -4 -1 -6 -6 -1 2
4 Seasons RF -5 -7 -4 -1 -3 -1
2 Seasons LF -1 -14 -2 -1 -1 1
5 Seasons TOT -10 -3 -12 -7 -5 2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 TEX AL 23 150 135 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 144 6 151 0 0 2
1983 TEX AL 24 162 160 162 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 161 0 2 0
1984 TEX AL 25 101 98 101 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 26 80 18 2 1
1985 TEX AL 26 109 96 109 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 55 108 4 4 2
1986 MON NL 27 56 24 56 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 21 3 34 0 27 0
1986 TEX AL 27 49 21 49 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 27 45 0 11 4
5 Seasons 627 534 627 566 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 441 117 579 22 46 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 TEX AL 23 8 0 7 1 3 12 0 4 2 3 77 52 1 55 14 4 12 5 0 26 6 0 36 25 1 206 102 49.5% 98 6 2.9% 6 5098 63% 84% 26% 708 56%
1983 TEX AL 24 7 0 6 1 1 5 0 1 2 1 73 44 0 51 8 1 16 4 0 19 5 0 40 27 0 199 88 44.2% 109 1 0.5% 4 6026 62% 82% 26% 826 56%
1984 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 0 13 9 0 22 11 50.0% 10 1 4.5% 0 2037 55% 83% 27% 132 95%
1985 TEX AL 26 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14 9 1 25 12 48.0% 12 1 4.0% 2 1648 53% 80% 24% 126 90%
1986 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 8 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 4 0 26 7 26.9% 18 1 3.8% 0 651 52% 81% 33% 74 55%
1986 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 231 62% 73% 29% 32 56%
5 Seasons 18 0 16 2 5 22 0 6 5 6 169 102 1 119 23 6 31 10 1 58 12 0 109 75 2 486 222 45.7% 253 10 2.1% 12 15691 60% 82% 26% 1898 61%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.6% 59% 81% 27% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 0 190 58% 83% 22% 22 32%
1984 TEX AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 1 993 61% 80% 26% 60 85%
1985 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 13 4 1 24 5 20.8% 19 1 4.2% 3 1967 51% 80% 26% 107 92%
1986 TEX AL 27 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 6 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 7 4 0 21 10 47.6% 8 3 14.3% 0 617 62% 77% 30% 54 69%
1986 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 81 65% 84% 25% 3 67%
4 Seasons 3 0 2 1 0 9 0 2 3 3 11 3 3 4 1 1 6 5 0 14 2 0 23 11 1 58 22 37.9% 32 5 8.6% 4 3848 56% 80% 27% 246 79%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 59% 81% 27% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 TEX AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 31% 77% 31% 0
1986 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 1 248 49% 72% 29% 23 57%
1986 TEX AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 11 10 90.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 238 53% 77% 24% 20 50%
2 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 5 0 21 15 71.4% 6 0 0.0% 1 499 51% 75% 26% 43 53%
MLB Averages 60.2% 3.1% 59% 81% 27% 60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (1712th)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  161 (1st)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  387 (4th)
1983 AL  455 (2nd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  12 (2nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  8 (2nd)
1983 AL  7 (2nd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  161 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  398 (4th)
1983 AL  460 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1982 AL  14 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 AL  6 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1982 AL  3.05 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1982 AL  3.02 (4th)
Career  2.68 (46th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1983 AL  2.89 (4th)
Career  2.46 (90th)

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