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Taffy Wright

Taft Shedron Wright

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 10, 1911 in Tabor City, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1938
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Athletics 1938-1949

Final Game: September 16, 1949
Died: October 22, 1981 in Orlando, FL
Buried: Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, NC
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Standard Batting

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 100 282 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 2 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906 133 136 4 1 O97
1939 27 WSH AL 129 546 499 77 154 29 11 4 93 1 2 38 19 .309 .359 .435 .794 109 217 7 1 9 *O97
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 *O9
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 *O9 MVP-25
1942 30 CHW AL 85 353 300 43 100 13 5 0 47 1 8 48 9 .333 .432 .410 .842 140 123 5 4 1 7O/9 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 *O9/7
1947 35 CHW AL 124 455 401 48 130 13 0 4 54 8 6 48 17 .324 .398 .387 .784 123 155 9 1 5 O97 MVP-31
1948 36 CHW AL 134 499 455 50 127 15 6 4 61 2 1 38 18 .279 .341 .365 .706 91 166 13 5 1 *O9/7
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 O9
9 Yrs 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 .832 117 353 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 26 WSH AL 100 282 13 -0 0 -2 -3 8 0.7 9 17 1.6 .507 .504 1.8 -0.4 19 $ O97
1939 27 WSH AL 129 546 9 -0 0 0 -6 3 0.3 17 20 2.0 .502 .502 1.9 -0.5 20 $ *O97
1940 28 CHW AL 147 627 14 -2 0 0 -7 6 0.6 16 22 2.2 .504 .504 2.1 -0.6 22 $ *O9
1941 29 CHW AL 136 580 24 -0 0 3 -6 20 2.0 14 35 3.5 .515 .512 3.2 -0.3 32 $ *O9 MVP-25
1942 30 CHW AL 85 353 18 -3 0 0 -4 12 1.3 7 20 2.1 .515 .508 2.1 -0.4 20 $ 7O/9 MVP-23
1946 34 CHW AL 115 467 5 1 0 2 -5 4 0.4 12 16 1.6 .503 .502 1.4 -0.3 13 $ *O9/7
1947 35 CHW AL 124 455 14 -0 0 -4 -5 6 0.5 12 17 1.7 .505 .504 2.2 -1.0 21 $ O97 MVP-31
1948 36 CHW AL 134 499 -4 -0 0 0 -5 -10 -1.0 12 3 0.3 .493 .494 0.2 -0.6 3 $ *O9/7
1949 37 PHA AL 59 172 -4 0 1 0 -2 -4 -0.4 4 -0 0.0 .493 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ O9
9 Seasons 1029 3981 90 -4 1 -1 -42 44 4.4 104 148 15.0 .504 .503 14.9 -4.2 149 $
CHW (6 yrs) 741 2981 72 -3 0 1 -32 38 3.9 74 112 11.4 .505 .504 11.2 -3.1 111 $
WSH (2 yrs) 229 828 22 -1 0 -2 -8 10 1.0 26 36 3.6 .504 .503 3.7 -0.9 38 $
PHA (1 yr) 59 172 -4 0 1 0 -2 -4 -0.4 4 -0 0.0 .493 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0 $

Advanced Batting

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 282 174 51 7.7 111 .369 .350 .280 .389 .357 .517 .417 .906 .774 133 .667 12.3 1.1 .879 .213 .167 1.3
1939 27 WSH AL 546 363 77 5.6 107 .315 .309 .276 .359 .350 .435 .408 .794 .758 109 .548 6.6 0.6 .720 .200 .126 1.6
1940 28 CHW AL 627 402 97 6.4 112 .347 .337 .281 .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 23.7 2.3 .853 .265 .146 6.7
1942 30 CHW AL 353 214 50 6.3 92 .344 .333 .262 .432 .336 .410 .367 .842 .703 140 .683 19.3 2.0 .789 .213 .077 .0
1946 34 CHW AL 467 328 57 4.6 92 .274 .275 .259 .342 .333 .389 .372 .731 .705 107 .550 4.0 0.4 .656 .230 .114 8.2
1947 35 CHW AL 455 291 61 5.6 92 .332 .324 .257 .398 .336 .387 .369 .784 .705 123 .631 14.5 1.5 .720 .187 .062 5.3
1948 36 CHW AL 499 343 56 4.4 102 .284 .279 .268 .341 .353 .365 .388 .706 .740 91 .474 -6.7 -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 Yrs 3981 2602 559 5.7 102 .318 .311 .270 .376 .347 .423 .396 .799 .743 115 .595 80.9 7.9 .732 .208 .111 34.7
162 Game Avg. 627 410 88 5.7 102 .318 .311 .270 .376 .347 .423 .396 .799 .743 115 .595 13 1 .732 .208 .111 5
CHW (6 yrs) 2981 1939 415 5.7 101 .318 .312 .268 .381 .345 .415 .391 .796 .736 116 .606 67.0 6.6 .730 .207 .103 30.0
WSH (2 yrs) 828 537 128 6.3 108 .333 .323 .277 .369 .352 .463 .411 .832 .764 117 .592 18.9 1.7 .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

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1938 26 WSH AL 282 0.7% 6.0% 4.6% 10.6% 33% 1.31 15.5 131.5 7.3 87%
1939 27 WSH AL 546 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% 8.1% 29% 0.50 26.3 124.8 5.4 87%
1940 28 CHW AL 627 0.8% 4.0% 6.9% 7.2% 23% 0.58 23.2 116.2 6.6 88%
1941 29 CHW AL 580 1.7% 4.7% 10.3% 8.6% 30% 0.45 19.0 51.3 5.3 82%
1942 30 CHW AL 353 0.0% 2.6% 13.6% 5.1% 18% 0.19 33.3 6.4 82%
1946 34 CHW AL 467 1.5% 3.6% 9.0% 6.4% 26% 0.40 24.8 60.3 8.1 85%
1947 35 CHW AL 455 0.9% 3.7% 10.6% 3.7% 13% 0.35 23.6 100.3 7.4 84%
1948 36 CHW AL 499 0.8% 3.6% 7.6% 5.0% 20% 0.47 25.3 113.8 7.5 0.91 87%
1949 37 PHA AL 172 1.2% 3.5% 9.3% 5.2% 26% 0.38 24.8 74.5 6.0 1.20 82%
9 Yrs 3981 1.0% 3.9% 8.7% 6.7% 24% 0.45 23.1 94.3 6.5 1.02 85%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.1% 9.2% 6.2% 26% 1.00 9.7 64.1 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1938 26 WSH AL 11.8 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 27 WSH AL 6.6 0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 28 CHW AL 11.4 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 29 CHW AL 23.7 2.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 30 CHW AL 19.3 2.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 34 CHW AL 4.0 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 35 CHW AL 14.0 1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 36 CHW AL -6.7 -0.7 186 0.2 3.5 -3.3 1.12 -0.3 0.5 -0.1 -0.0 1.01 -4.4 1.24 10
1949 37 PHA AL -4.9 -0.5 137 0.6 3.2 -2.6 1.19 0.1 0.4 4.7 0.5 1.06 2.3 1.26 15
9 Yrs 79.1 7.7 323 0.8 6.7 -5.9 1.15 -0.2 0.9 4.5 0.5 1.03 -2.1 1.25 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 36 CHW AL 3 0 28% 76 2 1 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 42% 15 9 5 1 1 0 8 3 5
1949 37 PHA AL 2 0 23% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 36% 7 4 3 1 1 0 3 1 1
9 Yrs 5 0 29% 122 32 33 49% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 22 13 8 2 2 0 11 4 6

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 36 CHW AL 499 84% 127 10 4 0 0 1.24 4 1 8 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 100% 35 13 37% 17 6 35% 122 22 18% 11 8 73% 8 4 50% 0
1949 37 PHA AL 172 72% 35 15 2 0 0 1.26 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 100% 36 8 22% 16 8 50% 120 19 16% 7 4 57% 7 3 43% 0
9 Yrs 671 79% 1115 25 6 0 0 1.25 38 1 9 3 0 3 3 0 5 25 500% 71 76 107% 33 14 42% 242 41 17% 18 12 67% 15 7 47% 0
MLB Averages 52% 801% 81% 34% 15% 51% 56%

Cumulative Batting

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 26 100 282 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 2 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906 133 136 4 1
1939 27 229 828 762 114 246 47 21 6 129 2 4 51 36 .323 .369 .463 .832 117 353 7 5 10
1940 28 376 1455 1343 193 442 78 30 11 217 6 11 94 61 .329 .376 .456 .832 116 613 16 7 11
1941 29 512 2035 1856 264 607 113 35 21 314 11 15 154 88 .327 .383 .460 .842 120 853 24 13 12
1942 30 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 123 976 29 17 13
1943 31 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 123 976 29 17 13
1944 32 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 123 976 29 17 13
1945 33 597 2388 2156 307 707 126 40 21 361 12 23 202 97 .328 .390 .453 .843 123 976 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 .819 121 1295 55 19 20
1948 36 970 3809 3434 451 1080 173 50 36 528 32 33 330 149 .315 .379 .425 .804 117 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

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 26 106 290 272 35 91 18 10 2 34 1 13 18 .335 .374 .496 .870 49 100
1939 27 136 566 518 75 155 29 11 4 91 1 38 20 .299 .348 .421 .769 76 129
1940 28 154 637 592 73 190 30 9 5 81 4 42 26 .321 .368 .427 .795 92 147
1941 29 141 593 526 70 165 35 5 10 95 5 60 28 .314 .390 .456 .846 92 136
1942 30 90 381 323 49 111 14 6 0 53 1 53 10 .344 .442 .424 .866 59 85
1946 34 120 500 450 54 130 21 4 8 61 11 47 18 .289 .357 .407 .764 66 115
1947 35 129 486 426 56 145 14 0 4 63 9 54 18 .340 .416 .401 .817 72 124
1948 36 140 518 473 51 130 15 6 4 62 2 39 19 .275 .337 .357 .694 56 134
1949 37 62 178 155 14 36 2 5 2 26 0 16 6 .232 .316 .348 .664 17 59
9 Yrs 1078 4149 3735 477 1153 178 56 39 566 34 362 163 .309 .374 .418 .792 579 1029
162 Game Avg. 162 624 561 72 173 27 8 6 85 5 54 24 .309 .374 .418 .792 87 1029

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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 (1251st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1940 AL  .337 (7th)
1941 AL  .322 (8th)
1947 AL  .324 (4th)
Career  .311 (101st)

On-Base% s c a p y
1941 AL  .399 (10th)
1947 AL  .398 (4th)
Career  .376 (200th)

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  26.3 (2nd)
1940 AL  23.2 (5th)
1941 AL  19.0 (8th)
1946 AL  24.8 (4th)
1947 AL  23.6 (5th)
1948 AL  25.3 (3rd)
Career  23.1 (76th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 AL  born 1911-08-10 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 24 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (711), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (550), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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