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Harry Wright
William Henry Wright
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 157 lb.

Born: January 10, 1835 in Sheffield, England (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Died: October 3, 1895 in Atlantic City, NJ
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Pioneer/Executive in 1953.
Relatives: Brother of George Wright and Brother of Sam Wright
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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
1871 36 BOS NA 31 160 147 42 44 5 2 0 26 7 1 13 2 .299 .356 .361 .717 104 53 *O/16
1872 37 BOS NA 48 217 208 39 52 5 1 0 23 0 0 9 2 .250 .281 .284 .565 70 59 *O/1
1873 38 BOS NA 58 276 266 57 67 10 4 2 35 1 1 10 3 .252 .279 .342 .621 79 91 *O1
1874 39 BOS NA 40 188 184 44 58 4 2 2 27 1 0 4 2 .315 .330 .391 .721 125 72 *O/1
1875 40 BOS NA 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 72 1 /O
1876 41 BSN NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 /O
1877 42 BSN NL 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 /O
7 Seasons 180 852 816 183 222 24 9 4 111 9 2 36 12 .272 .303 .338 .641 90 276
162 Game Avg. 162 767 734 165 200 22 8 4 100 32 11 .272 .303 .338 .641 90 248
BOS (5 yrs) 178 845 809 183 222 24 9 4 111 9 2 36 10 .274 .305 .341 .646 91 276
BSN (2 yrs) 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0
NA (5 yrs) 178 845 809 183 222 24 9 4 111 9 2 36 10 .274 .305 .341 .646 91 276
NL (2 yrs) 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0

Standard Pitching

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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
1871 36 BOS NA 1 0 1.000 6.27 9 0 0 0 3 18.2 34 31 13 0 4 0 0 66 2.036 16.4 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.00
1872 37 BOS NA 1 0 1.000 2.10 7 0 0 0 1 25.2 26 12 6 0 0 1 0 177 1.013 9.1 0.0 0.0 0.4
1873 38 BOS NA 2 2 .500 4.23 12 5 0 0 1 38.1 65 46 18 0 7 0 1 77 1.878 15.3 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.00
1874 39 BOS NA 0 2 .000 2.70 6 2 0 0 3 16.2 24 13 5 0 4 15 0 110 1.680 13.0 0.0 2.2 8.1 3.75
4 Seasons 4 4 .500 3.81 34 7 0 0 8 99.1 149 102 42 0 15 16 1 92 1.651 13.5 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.07
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 3.81 56 12 0 0 13 165 247 169 70 0 25 27 2 92 1.651 13.5 0.0 1.4 1.4 1.07

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1871 BOS NA 36 OF 30 55 42 5 8 1 .855 1.57 .827 1.87 0-30-0
1871 BOS NA 36 P 9 7 1 5 1 0 .857 0.67 .857 1.93
1871 BOS NA 36 SS 1 5 0 3 2 0 .600 3.00 .840 5.20
1872 BOS NA 37 OF 48 82 67 4 11 1 .866 1.48 .813 1.85 0-48-0
1872 BOS NA 37 P 7 7 1 5 1 1 .857 0.86 .800 1.81
1873 BOS NA 38 OF 58 86 61 11 14 1 .837 1.24 .798 1.91 0-58-0
1873 BOS NA 38 P 13 7 2 3 2 1 .714 0.38 .814 1.79
1874 BOS NA 39 OF 40 75 57 5 13 3 .827 1.55 .796 1.89 0-40-0
1874 BOS NA 39 P 6 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.50 .790 2.05
1875 BOS NA 40 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 1.80 0-0-1
1876 BSN NL 41 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-1
1877 BSN NL 42 OF 1 3 1 1 1 1 .667 2.00 .867 1.80 0-1-0
7 Seasons OF 179 302 229 26 47 7 .844 1.42 .808 1.88 0-177-2
4 Seasons P 35 31 5 21 5 2 .839 0.74 .813 1.88
1 Season SS 1 5 0 3 2 0 .600 3.00 .840 5.20
7 Seasons TOT 215 338 234 50 54 9 .840 1.32 .649 1.90 0-177-2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1953 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1953 by Veteran's Committee

Games Played s c a p y
1873 NA  58 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1871 NA  160 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1873 NA  2 (4th)
1874 NA  2 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1871 NA  13 (2nd)
1872 NA  9 (4th)
1873 NA  10 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1871 NA  57 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1873 NA  133.0 (8th)
1874 NA  92.0 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1873 NA  200 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1873 NA  2 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1871 NA  9 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1871 NA  3 (1st)
1872 NA  1 (1st)
1873 NA  1 (2nd)
1874 NA  3 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1874 NA  15 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1873 NA  7 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1871 NA  born 1835-01-10 (2nd)
1872 NA  born 1835-01-10 (1st)
1873 NA  born 1835-01-10 (1st)
1874 NA  born 1835-01-10 (1st)
1875 NA  born 1835-01-10 (1st)
1876 NL  born 1835-01-10 (1st)
1877 NL  born 1835-01-10 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 21 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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