Jim Wright
James Leon Wright
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 3, 1955 in St. Joseph, MO
High School: Benton (St. Joseph, MO)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1981
Final Game: May 15, 1982
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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
1981 26 KCR AL 2 3 .400 3.46 17 4 7 0 0 0 52.0 57 21 20 5 21 7 27 2 0 0 230 104 1.500 9.9 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.29
1982 27 KCR AL 0 0 5.32 7 0 3 0 0 0 23.2 32 18 14 3 6 0 9 0 1 0 108 77 1.606 12.2 1.1 2.3 3.4 1.50
2 Seasons 2 3 .400 4.04 24 4 10 0 0 0 75.2 89 39 34 8 27 7 36 2 1 0 338 93 1.533 10.6 1.0 3.2 4.3 1.33
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .400 4.04 58 10 24 0 0 0 184 216 95 83 19 66 17 87 5 2 0 821 93 1.533 10.6 1.0 3.2 4.3 1.33

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
1981 26 KCR AL 17 230 206 21 57 7 0 5 3 2 21 27 .277 .348 .383 .731 .297 79 4 2 0 1 7
1982 27 KCR AL 7 108 100 18 32 10 0 3 0 1 6 9 .320 .358 .510 .868 .330 51 2 0 2 0 0
2 Seasons 24 338 306 39 89 17 0 8 3 3 27 36 .291 .351 .425 .776 .308 130 6 2 2 1 7
162 Game Avg. 58 821 743 95 216 41 0 19 7 7 66 87 .291 .351 .425 .776 .308 316 15 5 5 2 17
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
1981 26 KCR AL 17 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 44 55 32 10 2 1 2 3.0 2.5 5.1
1 Season 17 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 44 55 32 10 2 1 2 3.0 2.5 5.1
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
1981 26 KCR AL 17 13 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 6 0.763 1 2 10 4 1 8 5 8 11 1 11 0 7.3
1982 27 KCR AL 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0.480 0 3 4 1 1 5 1 6 6 0 6 0 10.1
2 Seasons 24 20 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 0.673 1 5 14 5 2 13 6 14 17 1 17 0 8.3

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%
1981 26 KCR AL 230 44% 2.2% 11.7% 9.1% 5.2% 21% 0.70 76% 55 4 7%
1982 27 KCR AL 108 39% 2.8% 8.3% 5.6% 12.0% 41% 0.61 81% 15 2 13%
2 Seasons 338 43% 2.4% 10.7% 8.0% 7.4% 28% 0.67 78% 70 6 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
1981 26 KCR AL 230 57 5 0 10 5 0 1 4 13 7 3 54% 0 0 0 93 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 27 KCR AL 108 32 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 5 3 0 60% 2 0 0 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
2 Seasons 338 89 8 0 10 7 1 3 5 18 10 3 56% 2 0 0 137 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 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+
1981 26 2 3 .400 3.46 17 4 7 0 0 0 52.0 57 21 20 5 21 7 27 2 0 0 230 104 1.500 9.9 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.29 104
1982 27 2 3 .400 4.04 24 4 10 0 0 0 75.2 89 39 34 8 27 7 36 2 1 0 338 93 1.533 10.6 1.0 3.2 4.3 1.33 93

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
1981 26 4 4 .500 4.38 72.0 94 39 35 8 35 37 3 1.792 11.8 4.4 4.6 1.06 1.0 17
1982 27 1 1 .500 5.48 23.0 33 16 14 3 6 9 0 1.696 12.9 2.3 3.5 1.50 1.2 7
2 Seasons 5 5 .500 4.64 95.0 127 55 49 11 41 46 3 1.768 12.0 4.4 1.12 1.0 24

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