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 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
1970 23 KCR AL 1 2 .333 5.23 47 0 14 0 0 3 53.1 49 33 31 2 29 0 30 7 1 2 231 71 1.463 8.3 0.3 4.9 5.1 1.03
1971 24 KCR AL 3 6 .333 3.69 21 12 3 1 1 1 78.0 66 34 32 6 47 0 56 3 0 3 344 93 1.449 7.6 0.7 5.4 6.5 1.19
1972 25 KCR AL 1 2 .333 4.91 17 0 11 0 0 4 18.1 15 10 10 0 15 1 18 1 0 3 84 61 1.636 7.4 0.0 7.4 8.8 1.20
1973 26 KCR AL 6 5 .545 4.91 25 12 6 1 0 0 80.2 60 48 44 6 82 0 75 0 0 2 372 83 1.760 6.7 0.7 9.1 8.4 0.91
1974 27 NYY AL 0 0 3.18 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 1 29 112 2.118 7.9 0.0 11.1 3.2 0.29
5 Seasons 11 15 .423 4.54 113 24 35 2 1 8 236.0 195 127 119 14 180 1 181 11 3 11 1060 81 1.589 7.4 0.5 6.9 6.9 1.01
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .423 4.54 56 12 17 1 0 4 117 97 63 59 7 89 0 90 5 1 5 526 81 1.589 7.4 0.5 6.9 6.9 1.01
KCR (4 yrs) 11 15 .423 4.57 110 24 34 2 1 8 230.1 190 125 117 14 173 1 179 11 1 10 1031 81 1.576 7.4 0.5 6.8 7.0 1.03
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 3.18 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 1 29 112 2.118 7.9 0.0 11.1 3.2 0.29

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
1970 23 KCR AL 47 231 188 33 49 11 2 2 3 2 29 30 .261 .374 .372 .747 .296 70 11 7 4 3 0
1971 24 KCR AL 21 344 287 34 66 8 1 6 6 3 47 56 .230 .344 .328 .672 .267 94 7 3 7 0 0
1972 25 KCR AL 17 84 65 10 15 2 1 0 0 0 15 18 .231 .378 .292 .670 .313 19 1 1 2 1 1
1973 26 KCR AL 25 372 286 48 60 10 2 6 7 4 82 75 .210 .383 .322 .704 .260 92 6 0 1 3 0
1974 27 NYY AL 3 29 22 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 .227 .414 .227 .641 .250 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 113 1060 848 127 195 31 6 14 17 9 180 181 .230 .369 .330 .699 .274 280 25 11 14 7 1
162 Game Avg. 56 526 421 63 97 15 3 7 8 4 89 90 .230 .369 .330 .699 .274 139 12 5 7 3 0
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
1971 24 KCR AL 21 12 3 6 3 1 1 4 8 .333 1 1 1 1 4 33% 51 82 30 20 4 1 9 3.2 3.0 5.2
1973 26 KCR AL 25 12 5 5 2 2 1 5 7 .417 1 0 1 0 5 42% 52 78 21 27 11 6 4 3.8 4.2 5.4
2 Seasons 46 24 8 11 5 3 2 9 15 .375 2 1 2 1 9 38% 52 82 21 47 15 7 13 3.5 3.6 5.3
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
1970 23 KCR AL 47 47 14 1 2 4 3 1 75% 5 0 47 14 30% 8 0.839 13 10 24 6 7 34 26 21 19 17 20 11 3.4
1971 24 KCR AL 21 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 5 1 20% 6 0.992 2 1 5 2 1 6 2 7 5 1 6 1 5.2
1972 25 KCR AL 17 17 11 1 2 5 4 1 80% 6 1 15 7 47% 8 1.559 6 6 5 6 2 9 9 8 7 5 7 4 3.2
1973 26 KCR AL 25 13 6 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 9 82% 9 1.020 2 1 8 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 5 2 3.6
1974 27 NYY AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0.290 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 5.7
5 Seasons 113 89 35 3 4 11 8 3 73% 14 2 81 34 42% 0.994 23 18 45 16 11 62 45 44 36 26 40 19 3.7

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%
1970 23 KCR AL 230 35% 0.9% 13.0% 12.6% 6.5% 31% 1.19 69% 58 11 19%
1971 24 KCR AL 344 45% 1.7% 16.3% 13.7% 4.4% 23% 1.19 65% 68 7 10%
1972 25 KCR AL 84 40% 0.0% 21.4% 17.9% 3.6% 20% 0.52 57% 18 1 6%
1973 26 KCR AL 372 46% 1.6% 20.2% 22.0% 4.8% 30% 0.64 56% 87 6 7%
1974 27 NYY AL 29 21% 0.0% 6.9% 24.1% 0.0% 0% 0.88 69% 4 0 0%
5 Seasons 1059 42% 1.3% 17.1% 17.0% 4.8% 26% 0.92 62% 235 25 11%
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
1970 23 KCR AL 230 49 2 0 13 2 0 0 2 19 9 6 47% 3 2 1 107 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1971 24 KCR AL 344 66 6 0 5 0 6 5 1 12 6 3 50% 7 3 1 142 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 25 KCR AL 84 15 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 56% 1 3 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1973 26 KCR AL 372 60 6 0 17 3 3 2 4 31 14 5 45% 3 2 1 149 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1974 27 NYY AL 29 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1059 195 14 0 42 5 9 7 7 71 34 16 48% 14 11 3 452 17 9 65% 16 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 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+
1970 23 1 2 .333 5.23 47 0 14 0 0 3 53.1 49 33 31 2 29 0 30 7 1 2 231 71 1.463 8.3 0.3 4.9 5.1 1.03 71
1971 24 4 8 .333 4.32 68 12 17 1 1 4 131.1 115 67 63 8 76 0 86 10 1 5 575 82 1.454 7.9 0.5 5.2 5.9 1.13 82
1972 25 5 10 .333 4.39 85 12 28 1 1 8 149.2 130 77 73 8 91 1 104 11 1 8 659 79 1.477 7.8 0.5 5.5 6.3 1.14 79
1973 26 11 15 .423 4.57 110 24 34 2 1 8 230.1 190 125 117 14 173 1 179 11 1 10 1031 81 1.576 7.4 0.5 6.8 7.0 1.03 81
1974 27 11 15 .423 4.54 113 24 35 2 1 8 236.0 195 127 119 14 180 1 181 11 3 11 1060 81 1.589 7.4 0.5 6.9 6.9 1.01 81

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1970 23 2 3 .400 5.88 49.0 49 36 32 2 29 28 7 1.592 9.0 5.3 5.1 0.97 0.4 47
1971 24 3 5 .375 4.56 73.0 72 41 37 7 51 52 3 1.685 8.9 6.3 6.4 1.02 0.9 21
1972 25 0 1 .000 7.41 17.0 18 16 14 0 18 17 1 2.118 9.5 9.5 9.0 0.94 0.0 17
1973 26 3 5 .375 5.33 76.0 61 50 45 6 83 71 0 1.895 7.2 9.8 8.4 0.86 0.7 25
1974 27 0 0 5.40 5.0 6 3 3 0 8 2 0 2.800 10.8 14.4 3.6 0.25 0.0 3
5 Seasons 8 14 .364 5.36 220.0 206 146 131 15 189 170 11 1.795 8.4 7.0 0.90 0.6 113

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  7 (9th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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