Jim Wright

James Leon Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 3, 1955 in St. Joseph, MO
High School: Benton HS (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
Team: Royals 1981-1982

Final Game: May 15, 1982
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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
1973	18	PHI-min	Rk	4	5	.444	3.12	10	10					72.0	56	36	25	0	33								1.236	7.0	0.0	4.1			PUL · APPY
1974	19	PHI-min	A-	3	4	.429	4.92	13	13		4	1	0	75.0	75	46	41	5	47	2	42	4	1	2			1.627	9.0	0.6	5.6	5.0	0.89	AUB · NYPL
1975	20	PHI-min	A	14	7	.667	2.73	26	26		15	4	0	181.0	166	83	55	7	56	3	127	8	1	6			1.227	8.3	0.3	2.8	6.3	2.27	SPB · WCRS
1976	21	PHI-min	AA	13	5	.722	2.39	20	20		10	0	0	147.0	124	51	39	2	56	4	107	7	1	4			1.224	7.6	0.1	3.4	6.6	1.91	REA · EL
1977	22	PHI-min	AAA	14	6	.700	3.13	22	22		10	1	0	161.0	148	68	56	10	42	0	118	2	1	6			1.180	8.3	0.6	2.3	6.6	2.81	OKC · AA
1980	25	PHI-min	AAA	9	9	.500	5.35	23	23		0	0	0	106.0	118	71	63	6	55	1	46	6	2	2			1.632	10.0	0.5	4.7	3.9	0.84	OKC · AA
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	105	1.500	9.9	0.9	3.6	4.7	1.29
1982	27	KCR-min	AAA	5	2	.714	3.41	12	12	0	2	0	0	63.1	60	28	24	8	20	1	45	0	3	1			1.263	8.5	1.1	2.8	6.4	2.25	OMA · AA
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	78	1.606	12.2	1.1	2.3	3.4	1.50
1983	28	CHC-min	AA	5	3	.625	4.82	12	11	0	0	0	0	74.2	82	43	40	5	33	2	43	3	2	1			1.540	9.9	0.6	4.0	5.2	1.30	MDL · TL
2 Yrs				2	3	.400	4.04	24	4	10	0	0	0	75.2	89	39	34	8	27	7	36	2	1	0	338	94	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	94	1.533	10.6	1.0	3.2	4.3	1.33

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
1981	26	KCR	AL	52.0	17	4	21	3.63	3.86	0.06	-0.14	103.1	3.77	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.4	4	.506	.501	$
1982	27	KCR	AL	23.2	7	0	18	6.85	4.84	0.25	-0.38	98.4	4.14	-7	-0.7	.5	0.1	-0.3	-5	.404	.496	$
2 Seasons				75.2	24	4	39	4.64	4.16	0.12	-0.21	101.6	3.89	-6	-0.6	.5	0.0	0.1	-1	.476	.498	$

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
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	0
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
2 Yrs				24	338	306	39	89	17	0	8	3	3	27	36	.291	.351	.425	.776	.308	130	6	2	2	1	7	2
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	5
MLB Averages																.259	.322	.381	.703	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1981	26	KCR	AL	1.5	0.2	235	-0.5	2.8	-3.3	.75	0.2	-0.8	1.1	0.1	0.75	1.0	1	1	11
1982	27	KCR	AL	-4.3	-0.4	110	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	.47	-0.2	-0.2	-5.2	-0.5	0.47	-5.9	0	2	5
2 Yrs				-2.7	-0.2	345	-0.7	3.7	-4.4	.66	-0.1	-1.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.66	-4.9	1	3	16

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
1981	26	KCR	AL	17	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	1	25%	44.0	55	32	10	2	1	2	3.0	2.5	5.1
1 Yr				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													.500						52%	51	98	-12					4.2	4.2	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1981	26	KCR	AL	17	13	7	1	1	8	4	50%	6	.747	1	1	11	4	1	8	5	8	11	1	11	7.3
1982	27	KCR	AL	7	7	3	0	0	1	1	100%	2	.469	0	2	5	1	1	5	1	6	6	0	6	10.1
2 Yrs				24	20	10	1	1	9	5	56%		.658	1	3	16	5	2	13	6	14	17	1	17	8.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1981	26	KCR	AL	230	56%	2.2%	11.7%	9.1%	5.2%	21%	0.70	76%	55	4	7%
1982	27	KCR	AL	108	61%	2.8%	8.3%	5.6%	12.0%	41%	0.61	81%	15	2	13%
2 Yrs				338	57%	2.4%	10.7%	8.0%	7.4%	28%	0.67	78%	70	6	9%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.9%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.11	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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							66%

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+
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	105	1.500	9.9	0.9	3.6	4.7	1.29	105
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	94	1.533	10.6	1.0	3.2	4.3	1.33	94

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	4.50	72.0	94	40	36	8	35	37	3	1.792	11.8	4.4	4.6	1.06	1.0	17
1982	27	1	1	.500	5.87	23.0	33	17	15	3	6	9	0	1.696	12.9	2.3	3.5	1.50	1.2	7
2 Yrs		5	5	.500	4.83	95.0	127	57	51	11	41	46	3	1.768	12.0		4.4	1.12	1.0	24

* 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.

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