Ricky Wright

James Richard Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 22, 1958 in Paris, TX
High School: Paris HS (Paris, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Dodgers 1982-1986

Final Game: August 5, 1986
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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
1980	21	LAD-min	AA	8	10	.444	4.20	23	23		5	0	0	152.0	144	85	71	7	85	6	127	4	4	17			1.507	8.5	0.4	5.0	7.5	1.49	SAN · TL
1981	22	LAD-min	AAA	14	6	.700	4.24	27	24	2	7	0	0	155.0	141	81	73	8	90	2	112	1	0	9			1.490	8.2	0.5	5.2	6.5	1.24	ABQ · PCL
1982	23	LAD-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.67	15	12	3	1	0	2	60.1	63	45	38	5	36	0	57	0	0	4			1.641	9.4	0.7	5.4	8.5	1.58	ABQ · PCL
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	117	1.469	7.7	0.3	5.5	6.6	1.20
1983	24	LAD-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.86	33	7	22	1	0	11	83.1	75	60	45	6	58	7	68	2	1	13			1.596	8.1	0.6	6.3	7.3	1.17	ABQ · PCL
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	188	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	135	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-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.40	31	0	21	0	0	7	48.2	37	14	13	2	24	2	38	1	0	3			1.253	6.8	0.4	4.4	7.0	1.58	OKC · AA
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	69	2.114	12.3	1.8	6.8	3.7	0.55
1985	26	TEX-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.72	17	13	4	2	1	1	82.2	67	30	25	2	37	0	55	1	0	7			1.258	7.3	0.2	4.0	6.0	1.49	OKC · AA
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	94	1.304	5.9	0.0	5.9	8.2	1.40
1986	27	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	6.92	8	5	2	0	0	0	26.0	28	22	20	3	16	0	18	2	1	0			1.692	9.7	1.0	5.5	6.2	1.13	OKC · AA
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
1987	28	DET-MIL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.54	34	6	10	0	0	0	69.1	76	43	35	2	53	0	24	1	0	5			1.861	9.9	0.3	6.9	3.1	0.45	TOL,DEN · IL,AA
5 Yrs				3	3	.500	4.30	55	7	12	0	0	0	102.2	102	50	49	5	60	8	67	0	0	4	457	95	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	95	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	85	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	120	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	85	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	120	1.410	7.6	0.2	5.1	6.7	1.32

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
1982	23	LAD	NL	32.2	14	5	12	3.31	3.85	0.01	-0.03	98.7	3.75	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.4	5	.510	.501	$
1983	24	LAD	NL	6.1	6	0	2	2.84	4.04	-0.13	-0.31	99.8	3.85	1	0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.513	.500	$
1983	24	TEX	AL	2.0	1	0	0	0.00	4.42	0.23	-0.36	96.0	3.69	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.590	.501	$
1984	25	TEX	AL	14.2	8	1	10	6.14	4.34	-0.16	-0.18	106.1	4.59	-2	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.1	-1	.468	.498	$
1985	26	TEX	AL	7.2	5	0	4	4.70	4.60	-0.08	-0.36	97.9	4.24	-0	-0.0	.7	-0.0	0.0	0	.492	.500	$
1986	27	TEX	AL	39.1	21	1	22	5.03	4.80	-0.01	-0.30	102.9	4.64	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.1	0.1	3	.491	.499	$70,000
5 Seasons				102.2	55	7	50	4.38	4.36	-0.03	-0.20	101.3	4.25	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.1	0.6	9	.497	.500	$70,000

TEX (4 yrs)				63.2	35	2	36	5.09	4.66	-0.04	-0.28	102.8	4.55	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.0	0.1	3	.489	.499	$70,000
LAD (2 yrs)				39.0	20	5	14	3.23	3.88	-0.01	-0.08	98.9	3.77	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.5	6	.511	.501	$

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
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	3
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	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	1
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	2
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	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	0
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	2
5 Yrs				55	457	385	50	102	15	1	5	14	4	60	67	.265	.362	.348	.710	.308	134	12	0	10	2	8	7
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	8
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.390	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	23	LAD	NL	2.1	0.2	155	0.3	2.2	-1.9	.91	0.2	0.2	2.8	0.3	0.91	1.3	3	2	4
1983	24	TOT	MLB	1.9	0.2	39	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.62	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.1	0.60	1.2	0	3	4
1983	24	LAD	NL	0.8	0.1	31	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.42	0.1	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.42	0.3	0	2	4
1983	24	TEX	AL	1.1	0.1	8	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.27	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.1	1.27	0.9	0	1	0
1984	25	TEX	AL	-2.4	-0.2	70	-0.5	0.8	-1.3	.78	-0.6	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.78	-6.2	1	1	5
1985	26	TEX	AL	-0.0	0.0	33	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.61	0.2	0.0	1.9	0.2	0.61	2.0	0	3	2
1986	27	TEX	AL	-1.8	-0.2	184	-0.5	2.3	-2.7	.78	0.0	-0.7	-2.8	-0.3	0.78	1.2	5	4	10
5 Yrs				-0.3	0.0	481	-0.4	6.1	-6.5	.80	-0.1	-0.4	0.8	0.1	0.80	-0.5	9	13	25

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
1982	23	LAD	NL	14	5	1	0	4	0	0	4	1	.800	0	2	0	0	2	40%	52.2	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%	52.0	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%	62.0	62	62	17	5	1	0	2.3	1.8	5.7
3 Yrs				43	7	1	0	6	0	0	6	1	.857	0	2	0	0	2	29%	54	63	34	20	6	3	2	4.4	4.0	4.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1982	23	LAD	NL	14	9	3	1	1	0	0		0	6	1	17%	6	.910	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	2	1	50%		.623	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	2	1	50%	9	.423	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		6	1.275	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1984	25	TEX	AL	8	7	3	0	2	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0%	5	.784	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	3	1	33%	6	.609	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		1	22	7	32%	6	.780	5	4	10	3	2	15	11	9	11	3	12	2	5.1
5 Yrs				55	48	12	2	3	1	1	0%	2	34	10	29%		.798	9	13	25	6	6	36	19	29	24	9	25	6	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	23	LAD	NL	145	30%	0.7%	16.6%	13.8%	2.8%	14%	1.81	66%	28	1	4%
1983	24	TOT	MLB	34	21%	0.0%	20.6%	8.8%	0.0%	0%	2.60	62%	7	1	14%
1983	24	LAD	NL	26	27%	0.0%	19.2%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	1.80	69%	5	1	20%
1983	24	TEX	AL	8	0%	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%			38%	2	0	0%
1984	25	TEX	AL	69	29%	4.4%	8.7%	15.9%	7.3%	25%	2.60	68%	17	4	24%
1985	26	TEX	AL	32	25%	0.0%	21.9%	15.6%	3.1%	20%	2.20	63%	6	1	17%
1986	27	TEX	AL	177	30%	0.6%	13.0%	11.9%	6.2%	25%	1.54	74%	46	5	11%
5 Yrs				457	29%	1.1%	14.7%	13.1%	4.6%	21%	1.86	69%	104	12	12%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.07	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
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 Yrs				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																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	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	32.2	28	12	11	1	20	6	24	1	145	117	1.469	7.7	0.3	5.5	6.6	1.20	117
1983	24	2	1	.667	2.85	21	5	6	41.0	33	14	13	1	23	7	31	2	179	128	1.366	7.2	0.2	5.0	6.8	1.35	128
1984	25	2	3	.400	3.72	29	6	9	55.2	53	24	23	4	34	7	37	2	248	102	1.563	8.6	0.6	5.5	6.0	1.09	102
1985	26	2	3	.400	3.84	34	6	10	63.1	58	28	27	4	39	8	44	2	280	101	1.532	8.2	0.6	5.5	6.3	1.13	101
1986	27	3	3	.500	4.30	55	7	12	102.2	102	50	49	5	60	8	67	4	457	95	1.578	8.9	0.4	5.3	5.9	1.12	95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1982	23	2	1	.667	3.48	31.0	30	13	12	1	21	23	1.645	8.7	6.1	6.7	1.10	0.3	14
1983	24	0	0		3.38	8.0	6	3	3	0	4	7	1.250	6.8	4.5	7.9	1.75	0.0	7
1984	25	0	1	.000	6.92	13.0	20	11	10	3	11	5	2.385	13.8	7.6	3.5	0.45	2.1	8
1985	26	0	0		5.14	7.0	5	4	4	0	5	7	1.429	6.4	6.4	9.0	1.40	0.0	5
1986	27	1	3	.250	5.35	37.0	44	24	22	1	21	22	1.757	10.7	5.1	5.4	1.05	0.2	21
5 Yrs		3	5	.375	4.78	96.0	105	55	51	5	62	64	1.740	9.8		6.0	1.03	0.5	55

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