Ken Wright
Kenneth Warren Wright
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
Final Game: April 28, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 KCR AL 23 P 47 0 53.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.52 0.19 .950 1.86 0.67
1971 KCR AL 24 P 21 12 78.0 18 1 16 1 2 .944 1.96 0.81 .961 1.98 0.77
1972 KCR AL 25 P 17 0 18.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.18 .933 1.87 0.75
1973 KCR AL 26 P 25 12 80.2 9 1 6 2 0 .778 0.78 0.28 .956 1.86 0.86
1974 NYY AL 27 P 3 0 5.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.76 1.00 .933 1.75 0.83
5 Seasons P 113 24 236.0 43 6 33 4 2 .907 1.49 0.35 .953 1.90 0.75
5 Seasons TOT 113 24 236.0 43 6 33 4 2 .907 1.49 0.35 .860 1.90 0.75

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 KCR AL 23 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 24 21 12 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 25 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 26 25 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 27 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 113 12 86 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 KCR AL 23 238 73% 25% 11 91% 0 1 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1971 KCR AL 24 356 71% 25% 18 89% 1 1 0 1 16 14 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1972 KCR AL 25 86 60% 12% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1973 KCR AL 26 386 59% 15% 9 67% 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1974 NYY AL 27 33 73% 27% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1099 66% 21% 41 85% 1 6 0 5 35 32 2 4 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 10 80%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* 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.

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