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Jim Wright

James Clifton Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 21, 1950 in Reed City, MI
High School: Coopersville HS (Coopersville, MI)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1978
Team: RedSox 1978-1979

Final Game: June 6, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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
1978 27 BOS AL 8 4 .667 3.57 24 16 3 5 3 0 116.0 122 51 46 8 24 2 56 7 0 0 480 117 1.259 9.5 0.6 1.9 4.3 2.33
1979 28 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 5.09 11 1 3 0 0 0 23.0 19 13 13 5 7 1 15 3 0 0 96 89 1.130 7.4 2.0 2.7 5.9 2.14
2 Yrs 9 4 .692 3.82 35 17 6 5 3 0 139.0 141 64 59 13 31 3 71 10 0 0 576 111 1.237 9.1 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.29
162 Game Avg. 12 5 .692 3.82 46 22 8 7 4 0 182 184 84 77 17 41 4 93 13 0 0 753 111 1.237 9.1 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.29

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1978 27 BOS AL 116.0 24 16 51 3.96 4.28 0.06 0.05 112.3 4.79 11 1.3 .3 -0.2 2.1 23 .552 .508 $
1979 28 BOS AL 23.0 11 1 13 5.09 5.24 0.21 -0.27 107.6 5.12 0 0.0 1.3 -0.0 0.2 3 .501 .500 $50,000
2 Seasons 139.0 35 17 64 4.14 4.44 0.08 -0.00 111.5 4.85 11 1.3 .9 -0.2 2.3 26 .536 .504 $50,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1978 27 BOS AL 24 480 442 51 122 24 2 8 7 7 24 56 .276 .321 .394 .715 .299 174 9 7 4 3 2 6
1979 28 BOS AL 11 96 84 13 19 1 0 5 3 0 7 15 .226 .302 .417 .719 .212 35 0 3 0 2 1 0
2 Yrs 35 576 526 64 141 25 2 13 10 7 31 71 .268 .318 .397 .716 .286 209 9 10 4 5 3 6
162 Game Avg. 46 753 688 84 184 33 3 17 13 9 41 93 .268 .318 .397 .716 .286 273 12 13 5 7 4 8
MLB Averages .262 .327 .388 .715 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1978 27 BOS AL 7.3 0.8 496 1.9 8.8 -6.9 .94 0.5 1.5 9.7 1.0 0.94 7.1 0 1 7
1979 28 BOS AL -0.6 -0.1 99 -0.0 1.0 -1.0 .61 0.3 -0.3 -4.5 -0.4 0.61 -0.2 2 5 3
2 Yrs 6.7 0.7 595 1.9 9.8 -7.9 .88 0.8 1.4 5.2 0.6 0.88 6.9 2 6 10

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 27 BOS AL 24 16 8 4 4 0 1 10 6 .625 0 1 5 3 10 63% 54.4 88 24 12 6 1 11 3.9 3.9 6.0
1979 28 BOS AL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 74.0 74 74 6 0 0 1 4.0 4.5 6.0
2 Yrs 35 17 9 4 4 0 1 11 6 .647 0 1 5 3 11 65% 56 88 24 18 6 1 12 3.9 3.9 6.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 99 -2 4.3 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 27 BOS AL 24 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 6 .938 0 1 7 2 0 6 3 5 6 1 6 0 7.5
1979 28 BOS AL 11 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 8 47% 8 .606 2 5 3 1 1 8 9 1 5 5 5 2 5.1
2 Yrs 35 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 43% .883 2 6 10 3 1 14 12 6 11 6 11 2 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 27 BOS AL 480 50% 1.7% 11.7% 5.0% 7.1% 28% 1.20 79% 84 9 11%
1979 28 BOS AL 96 65% 5.2% 15.6% 7.3% 6.3% 32% 0.90 69% 17 0 0%
2 Yrs 576 53% 2.3% 12.3% 5.4% 6.9% 28% 1.14 78% 101 9 9%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.6% 8.5% 6.6% 28% 1.08 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 27 BOS AL 480 122 8 0 2 6 2 4 4 21 11 4 52% 6 0 1 172 7 7 50% 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1979 28 BOS AL 96 19 5 0 11 3 2 5 0 9 5 2 56% 0 0 1 22 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2 Yrs 576 141 13 0 13 9 4 9 4 30 16 6 53% 6 0 2 194 10 7 59% 10 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1978 27 8 4 .667 3.57 24 16 3 5 3 0 116.0 122 51 46 8 24 2 56 7 0 0 480 117 1.259 9.5 0.6 1.9 4.3 2.33 117
1979 28 9 4 .692 3.82 35 17 6 5 3 0 139.0 141 64 59 13 31 3 71 10 0 0 576 111 1.237 9.1 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.29 111

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 27 6 6 .500 3.88 109.0 123 52 47 8 24 52 7 1.349 10.2 2.0 4.3 2.17 0.7 24
1979 28 1 1 .500 5.09 23.0 19 14 13 5 7 15 3 1.130 7.4 2.7 5.9 2.14 2.0 11
2 Yrs 7 7 .500 4.09 132.0 142 66 60 13 31 67 10 1.311 9.7 4.6 2.16 0.9 35

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1978 AL  3 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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