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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:05AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 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 94 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 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 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1970 23 KCR AL 53.1 0 33 29 0 .8 -4 -0.7 $
1971 24 KCR AL 78.0 12 34 40 0 1.0 6 0.6 $
1972 25 KCR AL 18.1 0 10 8 0 1.4 -2 -0.5 $
1973 26 KCR AL 80.2 12 48 51 -2 1.0 3 0.2 $
1974 27 NYY AL 5.2 0 2 3 0 .2 1 0.0 $
5 Seasons 236.0 24 127 131 -2 1.0 4 -0.4 $
KCR (4 yrs) 230.1 24 125 128 -2 1.0 3 -0.4 $
NYY (1 yr) 5.2 0 2 3 0 .2 1 0.0 $

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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
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 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 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 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 23 KCR AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $7,200 1
1971 24 KCR AL 24 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1972 25 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
3 Seasons 30 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $7,200

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1970 KCR AL 23 P 47 0 0 53.1 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.52 0.19 .951 1.86 1.85 3 2 40% 0
1971 KCR AL 24 P 21 12 1 78.0 18 1 16 1 2 .944 1.96 0.81 .958 1.98 1.97 6 3 33% 0
1972 KCR AL 25 P 17 0 0 18.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.47 0.18 .950 1.87 1.85 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 26 P 25 12 1 80.2 9 1 6 2 0 .778 0.78 0.28 .951 1.86 1.85 7 4 36% 0
1974 NYY AL 27 P 3 0 0 5.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.76 1.00 .947 1.75 1.80 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons P 113 24 2 236.0 43 6 33 4 2 .907 1.49 0.35 .953 1.90 1.87 17 9 35% 0
5 Seasons TOT 113 24 2 236.0 43 6 33 4 2 .907 1.49 0.35 .953 1.90 1.87 17 9 35% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1970 AL  7 (9th)

                                         

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197023Kansas City Royals$7,200Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197326Kansas City Royals$15,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197427New York Yankees$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$42,200
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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