Ricky Wright
James Richard Wright
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 22, 1958 in Paris, TX
High School: Paris (Paris, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1982
Final Game: August 5, 1986
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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
1982 23 LAD NL 2 1 .667 3.03 14 5 3 0 0 0 32.2 28 12 11 1 20 6 24 0 0 1 145 116 1.469 7.7 0.3 5.5 6.6 1.20
1983 24 TOT MLB 0 0 2.16 7 0 3 0 0 0 8.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 7 0 0 1 34 171 0.960 5.4 0.0 3.2 7.6 2.33
1983 24 LAD NL 0 0 2.84 6 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 2 1 5 0 0 1 26 127 1.105 7.1 0.0 2.8 7.1 2.50
1983 24 TEX AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1984 25 TEX AL 0 2 .000 6.14 8 1 3 0 0 0 14.2 20 10 10 3 11 0 6 0 0 0 69 68 2.114 12.3 1.8 6.8 3.7 0.55
1985 26 TEX AL 0 0 4.70 5 0 1 0 0 0 7.2 5 4 4 0 5 1 7 0 0 0 32 90 1.304 5.9 0.0 5.9 8.2 1.40
1986 27 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 5.03 21 1 2 0 0 0 39.1 44 22 22 1 21 0 23 0 0 2 177 86 1.653 10.1 0.2 4.8 5.3 1.10
5 Seasons 3 3 .500 4.30 55 7 12 0 0 0 102.2 102 50 49 5 60 8 67 0 0 4 457 93 1.578 8.9 0.4 5.3 5.9 1.12
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 4.30 60 8 13 0 0 0 113 112 55 54 5 66 9 73 0 0 4 501 93 1.578 8.9 0.4 5.3 5.9 1.12
TEX (4 yrs) 1 2 .333 5.09 35 2 6 0 0 0 63.2 69 36 36 4 38 1 38 0 0 2 286 84 1.681 9.8 0.6 5.4 5.4 1.00
LAD (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.00 20 5 6 0 0 0 39.0 33 14 13 1 22 7 29 0 0 2 171 117 1.410 7.6 0.2 5.1 6.7 1.32
AL (4 yrs) 1 2 .333 5.09 35 2 6 0 0 0 63.2 69 36 36 4 38 1 38 0 0 2 286 84 1.681 9.8 0.6 5.4 5.4 1.00
NL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.00 20 5 6 0 0 0 39.0 33 14 13 1 22 7 29 0 0 2 171 117 1.410 7.6 0.2 5.1 6.7 1.32

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
1982 23 LAD NL 14 145 120 12 28 2 1 1 6 3 20 24 .233 .340 .292 .632 .281 35 1 0 4 1 6
1983 24 TOT MLB 7 34 27 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 .185 .258 .185 .443 .238 5 1 0 3 1 1
1983 24 LAD NL 6 26 22 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 .227 .280 .227 .507 .278 5 1 0 1 1 1
1983 24 TEX AL 1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1984 25 TEX AL 8 69 56 10 20 2 0 3 0 0 11 6 .357 .463 .554 1.016 .362 31 4 0 2 0 0
1985 26 TEX AL 5 32 27 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 7 .185 .313 .222 .535 .250 6 1 0 0 0 1
1986 27 TEX AL 21 177 155 22 44 10 0 1 4 1 21 23 .284 .369 .368 .737 .328 57 5 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons 55 457 385 50 102 15 1 5 14 4 60 67 .265 .362 .348 .710 .308 134 12 0 10 2 8
162 Game Avg. 60 501 422 55 112 16 1 5 15 4 66 73 .265 .362 .348 .710 .308 147 13 0 11 2 9
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
1982 23 LAD NL 14 5 1 0 4 0 0 4 1 .800 0 2 0 0 2 40% 52 63 34 3 1 1 2 5.1 5.0 4.1
1984 25 TEX AL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 0 0 1 0 2.3 2.3 5.0
1986 27 TEX AL 21 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 62 62 62 17 5 1 0 2.3 1.8 5.7
3 Seasons 43 7 1 0 6 0 0 6 1 .857 0 2 0 0 2 29% 53 63 34 20 6 3 2 4.4 4.0 4.4
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
1982 23 LAD NL 14 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 6 0.943 3 2 4 0 3 6 4 5 5 3 5 3 4.1
1983 24 TOT MLB 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0.690 0 3 4 2 0 5 1 6 2 1 2 1 3.6
1983 24 LAD NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 0.496 0 2 4 2 0 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 3.2
1983 24 TEX AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.321 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1984 25 TEX AL 8 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 5 0.786 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 6 3 1 3 0 4.1
1985 26 TEX AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 0.654 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 3 0 4.6
1986 27 TEX AL 21 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 7 32% 6 0.793 5 6 9 3 2 15 11 9 11 3 12 2 5.1
5 Seasons 55 48 12 2 3 1 0 1 0% 2 0 34 10 29% 0.822 9 15 24 6 6 36 19 29 24 9 25 6 4.5

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%
1982 23 LAD NL 145 70% 0.7% 16.6% 13.8% 2.8% 14% 1.81 66% 28 1 4%
1983 24 TOT MLB 34 79% 0.0% 20.6% 8.8% 0.0% 0% 2.60 62% 7 1 14%
1983 24 LAD NL 26 73% 0.0% 19.2% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 1.80 69% 5 1 20%
1983 24 TEX AL 8 100% 0.0% 25.0% 12.5% 0.0% 38% 2 0 0%
1984 25 TEX AL 69 71% 4.4% 8.7% 15.9% 7.3% 25% 2.60 68% 17 4 24%
1985 26 TEX AL 32 75% 0.0% 21.9% 15.6% 3.1% 20% 2.20 63% 6 1 17%
1986 27 TEX AL 177 70% 0.6% 13.0% 11.9% 6.2% 25% 1.54 74% 46 5 11%
5 Seasons 457 71% 1.1% 14.7% 13.1% 4.6% 21% 1.86 69% 104 12 12%
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
1982 23 LAD NL 145 28 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 7 3 1 43% 3 1 1 65 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
1983 24 TOT MLB 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 40% 2 1 1 11 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 24 LAD NL 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 1 1 1 9 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1983 24 TEX AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 25 TEX AL 69 20 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 1 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 26 TEX AL 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 TEX AL 177 44 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 9 5 2 56% 2 2 0 78 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 457 102 5 0 17 4 1 3 2 25 12 6 48% 7 4 3 203 14 4 78% 14 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 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+
1982 23 2 1 .667 3.03 14 5 3 0 0 0 32.2 28 12 11 1 20 6 24 0 0 1 145 116 1.469 7.7 0.3 5.5 6.6 1.20 116
1983 24 2 1 .667 2.85 21 5 6 0 0 0 41.0 33 14 13 1 23 7 31 0 0 2 179 124 1.366 7.2 0.2 5.0 6.8 1.35 124
1984 25 2 3 .400 3.72 29 6 9 0 0 0 55.2 53 24 23 4 34 7 37 0 0 2 248 100 1.563 8.6 0.6 5.5 6.0 1.09 100
1985 26 2 3 .400 3.84 34 6 10 0 0 0 63.1 58 28 27 4 39 8 44 0 0 2 280 98 1.532 8.2 0.6 5.5 6.3 1.13 98
1986 27 3 3 .500 4.30 55 7 12 0 0 0 102.2 102 50 49 5 60 8 67 0 0 4 457 93 1.578 8.9 0.4 5.3 5.9 1.12 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1982 23 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 30 14 13 1 21 23 0 1.645 8.7 6.1 6.7 1.10 0.3 14
1983 24 1 0 1.000 1.00 9.0 4 1 1 0 2 8 0 0.667 4.0 2.0 8.0 4.00 0.0 7
1984 25 0 1 .000 6.92 13.0 20 11 10 3 11 5 0 2.385 13.8 7.6 3.5 0.45 2.1 8
1985 26 0 0 6.43 7.0 5 6 5 0 5 6 0 1.429 6.4 6.4 7.7 1.20 0.0 5
1986 27 2 2 .500 4.97 38.0 43 23 21 1 21 22 0 1.684 10.2 5.0 5.2 1.05 0.2 21
5 Seasons 5 4 .556 4.59 98.0 102 55 50 5 60 64 0 1.653 9.4 5.9 1.07 0.5 55

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