Taffy Wright
Taft Shedron Wright
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 10, 1911 in Tabor City, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1938
Final Game: September 16, 1949
Died: October 22, 1981 in Orlando, FL
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Standard Batting

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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
1938 26 WSH AL 100 281 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 2 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906 132 136 4 1 O
1939 27 WSH AL 129 547 499 77 154 29 11 4 93 1 2 38 19 .309 .359 .435 .794 108 217 7 1 9 *O
1940 28 CHW AL 147 627 581 79 196 31 9 5 88 4 7 43 25 .337 .385 .448 .832 114 260 9 2 1 *O
1941 29 CHW AL 136 580 513 71 165 35 5 10 97 5 4 60 27 .322 .399 .468 .867 129 240 8 6 1 *O MVP-25
1942 30 CHW AL 85 353 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 1 8 48 9 .333 .432 .410 .842 139 123 5 4 1 O MVP-23
1946 34 CHW AL 115 467 422 46 116 19 4 7 52 10 3 42 17 .275 .342 .389 .731 107 164 17 1 2 *O
1947 35 CHW AL 124 455 401 48 130 13 0 4 54 8 6 48 17 .324 .398 .387 .784 122 155 9 1 5 O MVP-31
1948 36 CHW AL 134 499 455 50 127 15 6 4 61 2 1 38 18 .279 .341 .365 .706 90 166 13 5 1 *O
1949 37 PHA AL 59 172 149 14 35 2 5 2 25 0 0 16 6 .235 .321 .356 .677 81 53 8 3 4 O
9 Seasons 1029 3981 3583 465 1115 175 55 38 553 32 33 346 155 .311 .376 .423 .799 115 1514 76 27 25
162 Game Avg. 162 627 564 73 176 28 9 6 87 5 5 54 24 .311 .376 .423 .799 115 238 4 4
CHW (6 yrs) 741 2981 2672 337 834 126 29 30 399 30 29 279 113 .312 .381 .415 .796 116 1108 61 19 11
WSH (2 yrs) 229 828 762 114 246 47 21 6 129 2 4 51 36 .323 .369 .463 .832 116 353 7 5 10
PHA (1 yr) 59 172 149 14 35 2 5 2 25 0 0 16 6 .235 .321 .356 .677 81 53 8 3 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1938 26 WSH AL 281 174 51 7.7 112 .369 .350 .281 .389 .359 .517 .419 .906 .778 132 .667 11.8 1.1 .879 .213 .167 1.3
1939 27 WSH AL 547 363 77 5.6 107 .315 .309 .277 .359 .351 .435 .410 .794 .762 108 .548 5.8 0.5 .720 .200 .126 1.6
1940 28 CHW AL 627 402 97 6.4 112 .347 .337 .280 .385 .354 .448 .425 .832 .779 114 .615 12.2 1.2 .753 .179 .110 4.4
1941 29 CHW AL 580 361 94 7.0 106 .326 .322 .274 .399 .351 .468 .404 .867 .755 129 .670 23.8 2.3 .853 .265 .146 6.7
1942 30 CHW AL 353 214 50 6.3 93 .344 .333 .263 .432 .337 .410 .368 .842 .706 139 .683 18.9 1.9 .789 .213 .077 .0
1946 34 CHW AL 467 328 57 4.6 92 .274 .275 .259 .342 .332 .389 .372 .731 .705 107 .550 4.0 0.4 .656 .230 .114 8.2
1947 35 CHW AL 455 291 61 5.6 93 .332 .324 .258 .398 .337 .387 .371 .784 .708 122 .631 14.0 1.4 .720 .187 .062 5.3
1948 36 CHW AL 499 343 56 4.4 103 .284 .279 .269 .341 .354 .365 .389 .706 .743 90 .473 -7.2 -0.7 .614 .171 .086 2.7
1949 37 PHA AL 172 126 16 3.4 104 .234 .235 .267 .321 .358 .356 .388 .677 .746 81 .364 -4.9 -0.5 .590 .228 .121 .0
9 Seasons 3981 2602 559 5.7 103 .318 .311 .271 .376 .348 .423 .396 .799 .744 115 .595 78.4 7.6 .732 .208 .111 34.7
162 Game Avg. 627 410 88 5.7 103 .318 .311 .271 .376 .348 .423 .396 .799 .744 115 .595 12 1 .732 .208 .111 5
CHW (6 yrs) 2981 1939 415 5.7 101 .318 .312 .269 .381 .345 .415 .392 .796 .737 116 .606 65.7 6.5 .730 .207 .103 30.0
WSH (2 yrs) 828 537 128 6.3 109 .333 .323 .279 .369 .354 .463 .413 .832 .767 116 .592 17.6 1.6 .772 .205 .140 3.0
PHA (1 yr) 172 126 16 3.4 104 .234 .235 .267 .321 .358 .356 .388 .677 .746 81 .364 -4.9 -0.5 .590 .228 .121 .0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 26 100 281 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 2 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906 132 136 4 1
1939 27 229 828 762 114 246 47 21 6 129 2 4 51 36 .323 .369 .463 .832 116 353 7 5 10
1940 28 376 1455 1343 193 442 78 30 11 217 6 11 94 61 .329 .376 .456 .832 115 613 16 7 11
1941 29 512 2035 1856 264 607 113 35 21 314 11 15 154 88 .327 .383 .460 .842 119 853 24 13 12
1942 30 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 122 976 29 17 13
1943 31 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 122 976 29 17 13
1944 32 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 122 976 29 17 13
1945 33 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 122 976 29 17 13
1946 34 712 2855 2578 353 823 145 44 28 413 22 26 244 114 .319 .382 .442 .824 120 1140 46 18 15
1947 35 836 3310 2979 401 953 158 44 32 467 30 32 292 131 .320 .384 .435 .819 120 1295 55 19 20
1948 36 970 3809 3434 451 1080 173 50 36 528 32 33 330 149 .315 .379 .425 .804 116 1461 68 24 21
1949 37 1029 3981 3583 465 1115 175 55 38 553 32 33 346 155 .311 .376 .423 .799 115 1514 76 27 25

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 26 106 287 270 35 89 17 10 2 34 1 13 18 .330 .369 .489 .858 48 100
1939 27 136 554 515 74 152 29 11 4 89 1 38 20 .295 .345 .417 .762 74 129
1940 28 154 632 589 73 187 30 9 5 81 4 41 26 .317 .364 .424 .788 90 147
1941 29 141 591 525 69 164 35 5 10 95 5 60 28 .312 .389 .455 .844 91 136
1942 30 90 374 319 49 107 14 5 0 53 1 51 10 .335 .433 .411 .844 56 85
1946 34 120 501 452 54 132 22 5 8 61 11 48 18 .292 .361 .416 .777 67 115
1947 35 129 479 425 56 144 14 0 4 62 9 53 18 .339 .413 .400 .813 71 124
1948 36 140 517 473 51 130 15 6 4 62 2 39 19 .275 .337 .357 .694 56 134
1949 37 62 174 155 14 36 2 5 2 26 0 16 6 .232 .316 .348 .664 17 59
9 Seasons 1078 4109 3723 475 1141 178 56 39 563 34 359 163 .306 .372 .416 .787 570 1029
162 Game Avg. 162 617 559 71 171 27 8 6 85 5 54 24 .306 .372 .416 .787 86 1029

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1941-AL-25-1%
1942-AL-23-2%
1947-AL-31-0%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 AL--.337--7th
1941 AL--.322--8th
1947 AL--.324--4th
Career--.311--98th

On-Base% s c a p y
1941 AL--.399--10th
1947 AL--.398--4th
Career--.376--201st

Hits s c a p y
1940 AL--196--5th
1941 AL--165--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1941 AL--35--8th

Triples s c a p y
1938 AL--10--7th
1939 AL--11--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL--10--7th

Singles s c a p y
1940 AL--151--4th
1941 AL--115--10th
1947 AL--113--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1941 AL--.670--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 AL--4--7th
1941 AL--6--2nd
1942 AL--4--7th
1948 AL--5--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 AL--17--4th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1946 AL--8.2--4th

AB per SO s c a p y
1939 AL--26.263--2nd
1940 AL--23.240--5th
1941 AL--19.000--8th
1946 AL--24.824--4th
1947 AL--23.588--5th
1948 AL--25.278--3rd
Career--23.120--68th

Oldest s c a p y
1949 AL--born 1911-08-10--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 12 (1142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (683), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (454), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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