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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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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1938 WSH AL 26 OF 60 112 107 3 2 3 .982 1.83 .971 2.28 14-1-45
1939 WSH AL 27 OF 123 259 236 10 13 4 .950 2.00 .969 2.35 39-0-84
1940 CHW AL 28 OF 144 300 278 11 11 2 .963 2.01 .970 2.32 0-0-144
1941 CHW AL 29 OF 134 295 279 8 8 3 .973 2.14 .973 2.33 0-0-134 MVP-25
1942 CHW AL 30 OF 81 188 176 6 6 1 .968 2.25 .976 2.31 81-0-1 MVP-23
1946 CHW AL 34 OF 107 224 217 5 2 0 .991 2.07 .977 2.24 8-0-99
1947 CHW AL 35 OF 100 210 198 6 6 1 .971 2.04 .979 2.35 35-0-66 MVP-31
1948 CHW AL 36 OF 114 239 227 9 3 3 .987 2.07 .974 2.36 6-0-108
1949 PHA AL 37 OF 35 67 60 5 2 0 .970 1.86 .981 2.27 0-0-35
9 Seasons OF 898 1894 1778 63 53 17 .972 2.05 .974 2.32 183-1-716
9 Seasons TOT 898 1894 1778 63 53 17 .972 2.05 .946 2.32 183-1-716

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

Similarity Scores

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  8. Lew Fonseca (929)
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  6. Socks Seybold (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

December 8, 1939: Traded by the Washington Senators with Pete Appleton to the Chicago White Sox for Gee Walker.

November 15, 1948: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Chicago White Sox.

September 20, 1949: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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