Tom Wright
Thomas Everette Wright
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 22, 1923 in Shelby, NC
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1948
Final Game: April 18, 1956
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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
1948 24 BOS AL 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 409 3 0 0 0
1949 25 BOS AL 5 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 131 2 0 0 0
1950 26 BOS AL 54 115 107 17 34 7 0 0 20 0 0 6 18 .318 .360 .383 .743 83 41 2 1 1 O
1951 27 BOS AL 28 76 63 8 14 1 1 1 9 0 0 11 8 .222 .347 .317 .664 74 20 4 1 1 O
1952 28 TOT AL 89 229 198 21 50 10 2 2 27 2 1 28 36 .253 .348 .354 .702 94 70 5 1 2 O
1952 28 SLB AL 29 78 66 6 16 0 0 1 6 1 1 12 20 .242 .359 .288 .647 79 19 2 0 0 O
1952 28 CHW AL 60 151 132 15 34 10 2 1 21 1 0 16 16 .258 .342 .386 .729 102 51 3 1 2 O
1953 29 CHW AL 77 147 132 14 33 5 3 2 25 0 0 12 21 .250 .322 .379 .701 86 50 1 2 1 O
1954 30 WSH AL 76 192 171 13 42 4 4 1 17 0 0 18 38 .246 .323 .333 .656 85 57 2 2 0 1 97
1955 31 WSH AL 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 WSH AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 341 774 685 75 175 28 11 6 99 2 1 76 123 .255 .336 .355 .690 86 243 14 7 5 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 368 325 36 83 13 5 3 47 1 0 36 58 .255 .336 .355 .690 86 115 7 3 2
BOS (4 yrs) 90 198 176 27 50 9 2 1 30 0 0 18 27 .284 .357 .375 .732 84 66 6 2 2
WSH (3 yrs) 85 200 179 13 42 4 4 1 17 0 0 18 39 .235 .310 .318 .628 77 57 2 2 0 1 0
CHW (2 yrs) 137 298 264 29 67 15 5 3 46 1 0 28 37 .254 .332 .383 .715 94 101 4 3 3
SLB (1 yr) 29 78 66 6 16 0 0 1 6 1 1 12 20 .242 .359 .288 .647 79 19 2 0 0

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
1948 24 BOS AL 2 1 2 53.3 110 .500 .500 .279 .500 .365 1.500 .403 2.000 .768 409 .989 0.7 0.1 3.000 1.000 1.000
1949 25 BOS AL 5 3 1 8.8 113 .333 .250 .279 .400 .372 .500 .406 .900 .778 131 .770 0.2 0.0 1.000 .500 .250
1950 26 BOS AL 115 76 15 5.2 122 .382 .318 .290 .360 .379 .383 .435 .743 .814 83 .524 -2.8 -0.3 .640 .121 .065
1951 27 BOS AL 76 54 7 3.5 109 .241 .222 .278 .347 .361 .317 .407 .664 .768 74 .384 -2.3 -0.2 .604 .270 .095 .0
1952 28 TOT AL 229 156 24 4.2 98 .300 .253 .262 .348 .342 .354 .382 .702 .725 94 .500 -0.9 -0.1 .649 .247 .101 2.0
1952 28 SLB AL 78 53 7 3.6 99 .333 .242 .264 .359 .344 .288 .385 .647 .729 79 .432 -1.5 -0.2 .585 .227 .045 1.0
1952 28 CHW AL 151 103 17 4.5 97 .287 .258 .261 .342 .341 .386 .381 .729 .723 102 .533 0.6 0.1 .683 .258 .129 1.0
1953 29 CHW AL 147 101 16 4.2 105 .284 .250 .273 .322 .350 .379 .402 .701 .752 86 .478 -3.0 -0.3 .640 .220 .129 .0
1954 30 WSH AL 192 132 18 3.7 94 .308 .246 .258 .323 .333 .333 .377 .656 .710 85 .431 -3.5 -0.4 .588 .193 .088 .0
1955 31 WSH AL 7 7 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .263 .000 .342 .000 .391 .000 .733 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1956 32 WSH AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .344 .000 .401 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 774 531 83 4.2 103 .303 .255 .269 .336 .349 .355 .396 .690 .745 86 .478 -13.8 -1.4 .623 .212 .099 3.0
162 Game Avg. 368 252 39 4.2 103 .303 .255 .269 .336 .349 .355 .396 .690 .745 86 .478 -13.8 -1.4 .623 .212 .099 1
BOS (4 yrs) 198 134 25 5.0 117 .331 .284 .285 .357 .372 .375 .424 .732 .796 84 .519 -4.1 -0.4 .652 .193 .091 .0
WSH (3 yrs) 200 140 18 3.4 94 .293 .235 .258 .310 .333 .318 .378 .628 .711 77 .403 -5.7 -0.6 .554 .184 .084 .0
CHW (2 yrs) 298 204 33 4.4 101 .286 .254 .267 .332 .345 .383 .392 .715 .737 94 .505 -2.5 -0.2 .662 .239 .129 1.5
SLB (1 yr) 78 53 7 3.6 99 .333 .242 .264 .359 .344 .288 .385 .647 .729 79 .431 -1.5 -0.2 .585 .227 .045 1.0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1948 24 BOS AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100% 100%
1949 25 BOS AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 100% 1.00 4.0 4.0 60%
1950 26 BOS AL 115 0.0% 15.7% 5.2% 6.1% 21% 3.00 5.9 5.4 77%
1951 27 BOS AL 76 1.3% 10.5% 14.5% 4.0% 21% 0.73 7.9 63.0 7.0 71%
1952 28 TOT AL 229 0.9% 15.7% 12.2% 6.1% 28% 1.29 5.5 99.0 7.3 70%
1952 28 SLB AL 78 1.3% 25.6% 15.4% 1.3% 6% 1.67 3.3 66.0 11.0 58%
1952 28 CHW AL 151 0.7% 10.6% 10.6% 8.6% 38% 1.00 8.3 132.0 6.3 76%
1953 29 CHW AL 147 1.4% 14.3% 8.2% 6.8% 30% 1.75 6.3 66.0 5.3 74%
1954 30 WSH AL 192 0.5% 19.8% 9.4% 4.7% 21% 2.11 4.5 171.0 10.1 0.94 69%
1955 31 WSH AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 0.25 86%
1956 32 WSH AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
9 Seasons 774 0.8% 15.9% 9.8% 5.8% 26% 1.62 5.6 114.2 6.9 0.90 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 30 WSH AL 3 0 20% 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 31% 14 9 5 0 0 0 2 2 0
1955 31 WSH AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 WSH AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 4 0 27% 87 2 1 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 29% 15 10 5 0 0 0 2 2 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 30 WSH AL 191 96% 42 30 7 1 6 1.95 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 2 7% 17 2 12% 138 18 13% 14 5 36% 12 4 33% 1
1955 31 WSH AL 7 100% 0 7 0 0 0 0.91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1956 32 WSH AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 199 96% 175 38 7 1 6 1.71 6 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 30 14 47% 17 2 12% 141 18 13% 14 5 36% 13 4 31% 1
MLB Averages

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
1948 24 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 409 3 0 0 0
1949 25 8 7 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .833 1.262 222 5 0 0 0
1950 26 62 122 113 19 36 8 1 0 21 0 0 7 19 .319 .364 .407 .771 90 46 2 1 1
1951 27 90 198 176 27 50 9 2 1 30 0 0 18 27 .284 .357 .375 .732 84 66 6 2 2
1952 28 179 427 374 48 100 19 4 3 57 2 1 46 63 .267 .352 .364 .716 89 136 11 3 4
1953 29 256 574 506 62 133 24 7 5 82 2 1 58 84 .263 .344 .368 .712 89 186 12 5 5
1954 30 332 766 677 75 175 28 11 6 99 2 1 76 122 .258 .339 .359 .698 88 243 14 7 5 1
1955 31 339 773 684 75 175 28 11 6 99 2 1 76 123 .256 .336 .355 .691 86 243 14 7 5 1 0
1956 32 341 774 685 75 175 28 11 6 99 2 1 76 123 .255 .336 .355 .690 86 243 14 7 5 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1948 24 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3
1949 25 5 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 1 5
1950 26 56 115 108 15 32 7 0 0 17 0 6 19 .296 .339 .361 .700 13 54
1951 27 29 78 66 7 14 1 1 1 8 0 11 8 .212 .333 .303 .636 6 28
1952 28 93 239 208 23 53 11 2 2 29 2 30 38 .255 .351 .356 .707 26 89
1953 29 80 151 137 14 34 5 3 2 25 0 12 22 .248 .318 .372 .690 16 77
1954 30 79 205 182 15 47 4 4 1 20 0 20 40 .258 .337 .341 .677 21 76
1955 31 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1956 32 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
9 Seasons 354 803 715 76 181 29 10 6 100 2 80 129 .253 .334 .347 .681 84 341
162 Game Avg. 162 367 327 35 83 13 5 3 46 1 37 59 .253 .334 .347 .681 38 341

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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