Jim Wright
James Clifton Wright
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 21, 1950 in Reed City, MI
High School: Coopersville (Coopersville, MI)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1978
Final Game: June 6, 1979
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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
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 0 480 116 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 88 1.130 7.4 2.0 2.7 5.9 2.14
2 Seasons 9 4 .692 3.82 35 17 6 5 3 0 139.0 141 64 59 13 31 3 71 10 0 0 576 110 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 0 753 110 1.237 9.1 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.29

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 35 576 526 64 141 25 2 13 10 7 31 71 .268 .318 .397 .716 .286 209 9 10 4 5 3
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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 74 74 6 0 0 1 4.0 4.5 6.0
2 Seasons 35 17 9 4 4 0 1 11 6 .647 0 1 5 3 11 65% 55 88 24 18 6 1 12 3.9 3.9 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.944 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 0.614 2 5 3 1 1 8 9 1 5 5 5 2 5.1
2 Seasons 35 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 43% 0.889 2 6 10 3 1 14 12 6 11 6 11 2 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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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 35% 5.2% 15.6% 7.3% 6.3% 32% 0.90 69% 17 0 0%
2 Seasons 576 47% 2.3% 12.3% 5.4% 6.9% 28% 1.14 78% 101 9 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 Seasons 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 2 0 9 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 0 480 116 1.259 9.5 0.6 1.9 4.3 2.33 116
1979 28 9 4 .692 3.82 35 17 6 5 3 0 139.0 141 64 59 13 31 3 71 10 0 0 576 110 1.237 9.1 0.8 2.0 4.6 2.29 110

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.88 109.0 122 52 47 8 24 53 7 1.339 10.1 2.0 4.4 2.21 0.7 24
1979 28 1 1 .500 4.70 23.0 19 13 12 5 7 15 3 1.130 7.4 2.7 5.9 2.14 2.0 11
2 Seasons 7 7 .500 4.02 132.0 141 65 59 13 31 68 10 1.303 9.6 4.6 2.19 0.9 35

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  7. Buddy Napier (983)
  8. Pete Standridge (983)
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  2. Dave Hoskins (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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