Ken Wright

Kenneth Warren Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 4, 1946 in Pensacola, FL
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1970
Teams (by GP): Royals/Yankees 1970-1974

Final Game: April 28, 1974
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Standard Batting

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
1964	17	BOS-min	A	12	18	18		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							WVL · NYPL
1965	18	BOS-min	A	29	33	33		6	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364		6							WSM · CARL
1966	19	BOS-min	AA	31	34	34	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	.147	.147	.176	.324		6							PFD · EL
1967	20	BOS-min	AA	39	49	47	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	.128	.163	.128	.291		6							PFD · EL
1968	21	BOS-min	AA	24	45	42	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	22	.119	.178	.143	.321		6							PFD · EL
1969	22	BOS-min	AA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			PFD · EL
1970	23	KCR	AL	47	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	24	KCR-min	AAA	4	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091		0		0	0	1			OMA · AA
1971	24	KCR	AL	21	24	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.091	.130	.091	.221	-36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1972	25	KCR-min	AAA	30	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1972	25	KCR	AL	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	26	KCR	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	27	PHI-MIL-min	AAA	23	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.250	.375		2		0	0	0			TOL,SAC · IL,PCL
1974	27	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
5 Yrs				113	30	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	43	40	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	3	0	0	1	0	0

KCR (4 yrs)				110	30	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	2	0	0	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	23	KCR	AL	47	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$7,200	1
1971	24	KCR	AL	21	24	-4	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1972	25	KCR	AL	17	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1973	26	KCR	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$15,000	1
1974	27	NYY	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$20,000	/1
5 Seasons				113	30	-5	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$42,200

KCR (4 yrs)				110	30	-5	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$22,200
NYY (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$20,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1970	23	KCR	AL	4	4	97	.000	.000	.257	.000	.331	.000	.392	.000	.723	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1971	24	KCR	AL	24	21	91	.167	.091	.253	.130	.324	.091	.375	.221	.699	-36	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.150	.045	.000
1972	25	KCR	AL	2	2	82		.000	.246	.000	.314	.000	.354	.000	.668	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				30	27	91	.143	.071	.253	.103	.325	.071	.376	.175	.701	-49	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.115	.036	.000
162 Game Avg.				43	39	91	.143	.071	.253	.103	.325	.071	.376	.175	.701	-49	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.115	.036	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	23	KCR	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	50%
1971	24	KCR	AL	24	0.0%	41.7%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.2			2.67	50%
1972	25	KCR	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
5 Yrs				30	0.0%	46.7%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	14.00	2.0			2.25	47%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.2%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.62	6.3	44.7	9.0	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1970	23	KCR	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.25	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.85	-1.0	0
1971	24	KCR	AL	-4.0	-0.4	24	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.55	-0.4	0.0	-3.3	-0.4	0.81	-3.8	0
1972	25	KCR	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.80	-0.5	0
1973	26	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1974	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
5 Yrs				-5.6	-0.6	30	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.48	-0.5	-0.0	-4.5	-0.5	0.81	-5.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1970	23	KCR	AL		0		0	0	0	0
1971	24	KCR	AL	33%	8	25%	3	3	1	1
1972	25	KCR	AL		0		0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				33%	8	25%	3	3	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1970	23	KCR	AL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	24	KCR	AL	24	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1972	25	KCR	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				30	47%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1970	23	47	4	4	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1971	24	68	28	26	1	2	1	12	.077	.111	.077	.188	-45	2	1
1972	25	85	30	28	1	2	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	2	1
1973	26	110	30	28	1	2	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	2	1
1974	27	113	30	28	1	2	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175	-49	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1970	23	47	4	4	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	47
1971	24	21	24	22	1	10	.000	.043	.000	.043	21
1972	25	18	2	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	17
3 Yrs		86	30	28	1	14	.000	.034	.000	.034	85
162 Game Avg.		162	57	53	2	26	.000	.034	.000	.034	85

* 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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