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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 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
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 72 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 63 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 29 120 2.118 7.9 0.0 11.1 3.2 0.29
5 Yrs 11 15 .423 4.54 113 24 35 2 1 8 236.0 195 127 119 14 180 1 181 11 3 11 1060 82 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 82 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 29 120 2.118 7.9 0.0 11.1 3.2 0.29

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 Awards
1970 23 KCR AL 53.1 47 0 33 5.57 4.28 0.01 -0.18 99.4 4.07 -8 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.6 -3 .481 .494 $7,200
1971 24 KCR AL 78.0 21 12 34 3.92 3.96 0.01 0.01 94.9 3.76 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.1 0.5 6 .493 .499 $
1972 25 KCR AL 18.1 17 0 10 4.91 3.48 -0.09 -0.15 98.5 3.37 -3 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .478 .498 $
1973 26 KCR AL 80.2 25 12 48 5.36 4.24 -0.27 0.03 104.8 4.76 -6 -0.6 .7 -0.1 0.0 3 .475 .496 $15,000
1974 27 NYY AL 5.2 3 0 2 3.18 4.17 0.15 -0.35 99.3 3.65 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .511 .500 $20,000
5 Seasons 236.0 113 24 127 4.84 4.09 -0.09 -0.04 99.7 4.14 -18 -2.0 1.0 -0.4 -0.3 5 .482 .498 $42,200
KCR (4 yrs) 230.1 110 24 125 4.88 4.09 -0.10 -0.04 99.7 4.15 -19 -2.1 1.1 -0.4 -0.4 4 .481 .497 $22,200
NYY (1 yr) 5.2 3 0 2 3.18 4.17 0.15 -0.35 99.3 3.65 0 0.0 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .511 .500 $20,000

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
1970 23 KCR AL 47 230 188 33 49 11 2 2 3 2 29 30 .261 .374 .372 .747 .296 70 11 7 4 3 0 3
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 7
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 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 3
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 0
5 Yrs 113 1059 848 127 195 31 6 14 17 9 180 181 .230 .369 .330 .699 .274 280 25 11 14 7 1 14
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 7
MLB Averages .252 .321 .371 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 KCR AL -8.0 -0.8 238 -0.4 3.0 -3.4 .78 -0.1 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 0.78 -3.2 13 8 25
1971 24 KCR AL -1.2 -0.1 357 0.1 5.6 -5.5 .97 -0.3 0.4 -2.1 -0.2 0.97 -4.1 2 1 5
1972 25 KCR AL -3.2 -0.4 86 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 1.43 -0.3 0.1 -2.7 -0.3 1.43 -1.4 5 4 7
1973 26 KCR AL -6.4 -0.6 386 -0.5 6.4 -6.8 1.02 -0.2 -0.3 -7.8 -0.8 1.02 -5.2 2 1 8
1974 27 NYY AL 0.5 0.1 33 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .22 -0.1 -0.5 -2.1 -0.2 0.22 -1.1 0 0 3
5 Yrs -18.3 -1.9 1100 -1.2 16.8 -18.0 .96 -1.0 -0.3 -18.4 -1.9 0.96 -15.1 22 14 48

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 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% 51.3 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% 51.8 78 21 27 11 6 4 3.8 4.2 5.4
2 Yrs 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 .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.1 4.0 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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 .780 13 8 25 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 .966 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 1.426 5 4 7 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 1.024 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 .222 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 5.7
5 Yrs 113 89 35 3 4 11 8 3 73% 14 2 81 34 42% .962 22 14 48 16 11 62 45 44 36 26 40 19 3.7

Ratio Pitching*

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 65% 0.9% 13.0% 12.6% 6.5% 31% 1.19 69% 58 11 19%
1971 24 KCR AL 344 55% 1.7% 16.3% 13.7% 4.4% 23% 1.19 65% 68 7 10%
1972 25 KCR AL 84 60% 0.0% 21.4% 17.9% 3.6% 20% 0.52 57% 18 1 6%
1973 26 KCR AL 372 54% 1.6% 20.2% 22.0% 4.8% 30% 0.64 56% 87 6 7%
1974 27 NYY AL 29 79% 0.0% 6.9% 24.1% 0.0% 0% 0.88 69% 4 0 0%
5 Yrs 1059 58% 1.3% 17.1% 17.0% 4.8% 26% 0.92 62% 235 25 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 14.2% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.10 74% 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
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 Yrs 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 50% 63%

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+
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 72 1.463 8.3 0.3 4.9 5.1 1.03 72
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 80 1.477 7.8 0.5 5.5 6.3 1.14 80
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 82 1.589 7.4 0.5 6.9 6.9 1.01 82

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1970 23 1 4 .200 6.19 48.0 50 37 33 2 30 27 7 1.667 9.4 5.6 5.1 0.90 0.4 47
1971 24 3 5 .375 4.68 73.0 72 42 38 7 51 53 3 1.685 8.9 6.3 6.5 1.04 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 3.00 6.0 5 2 2 0 7 2 0 2.000 7.5 10.5 3.0 0.29 0.0 3
5 Yrs 7 15 .318 5.40 220.0 206 147 132 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 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.

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)

                                         

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