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Ed Wright
Henderson Edward Wright

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 29, 1945
Final Game September 4, 1952
Born May 15, 1919 in Dyersburg, TN
Died November 19, 1995 in Dyersburg, TN

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 26 BSN NL   8   3  15  12   7   1   1  0  111.3  104   35   31   7   33   24   0   0   449       0  2.51  3.84  153 1.231
 1946 27 BSN NL  12   9  36  21   8   2   7  0  176.3  164   82   69   8   71   44   2   2   744       0  3.52  3.45   98 1.333
 1947 28 BSN NL   3   3  23   6   1   0   6  0   64.7   80   52   46   9   35   14   2   1   305       0  6.40  3.90   61 1.778
 1948 29 BSN NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    4.7    9    3    1   0    2    2   0   0    22       0  1.93  3.84  199 2.357
 1952 33 PHA AL   2   1  24   0   0   0  11  1   41.3   55   36   30   6   20    9   3   1   199       0  6.53  3.93   60 1.815
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .610  25  16 101  39  16   3  27  1  398.3  412  208  177  30  161   93   7   4  1719       0  4.00  3.68   92 1.438
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   7  49  18   7   1  13  0  193.3  200  101   85  14   78   45   3   1   834   0   0  4.00  3.68   92 1.438
 Career High     12   9  36  21   8   2  11  1  176.3  164   82   69   9   71   44   3   2   744   0   0  2.51  3.93  153 1.231

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 26 BSN NL  15   39    6    5   0  0   0    2   0      1   3  .128  .150  .128  -22    5   2           0   1
 1946 27 BSN NL  36   59    5   18   5  0   0    6   0      3   3  .305  .349  .390  109   23   4           1   0
 1947 28 BSN NL  23   23    3    3   2  0   0    2   0      1   4  .130  .167  .217    2    5   0           0   1
 1952 33 PHA AL  24    7    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .143  .143  .286   14    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      101  128   15   27   8  0   0   10   0  0   5  12  .211  .246  .273   44   35   6   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        205   24   43  13  0   0   16   0  0   8  19  .211  .246  .273   44   56  10   0   0   2   5
 Career High     36   59    6   18   5  0   0    6   0  0   3   4                          23   4   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 26 BSN NL   42   37    1   0.7    97| .128  .273| .150  .343| .128  .377| .278  .720| -22  .037  -6.6  -0.7     
 1946 27 BSN NL   67   45    8   4.8    93| .305  .263| .349  .339| .390  .369| .739  .708| 109  .574   0.7   0.1     
 1947 28 BSN NL   24   21    1   1.3   104| .130  .271| .167  .346| .217  .403| .384  .749|   2  .085  -3.2  -0.3     
 1952 33 PHA AL    7    7    0   0.0   101| .143  .267| .143  .348| .286  .390| .429  .738|  14  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       140  110   10   2.4    97| .211  .268| .246  .342| .273  .379| .519  .721|  44  .267  -9.9  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 26 BSN NL P 15 2 20 1 1 .957 .965 1.47 1.06 1.78 2.18 12 111.3 1946 27 BSN NL P 36 12 35 1 2 .979 .959 1.31 1.01 2.40 2.24 21 176.3 1947 28 BSN NL P 23 4 10 0 1 1.000 .966 0.61 0.91 1.95 2.11 6 64.7 1948 29 BSN NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.90 1.91 2.11 0 4.7 1952 33 PHA AL P 24 1 6 0 1 1.000 .972 0.29 1.03 1.53 2.09 0 41.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 26 BSN NL P 15 2 20 1 1 .957 .965 1.47 1.06 1.78 2.18 12 111.3 1946 27 BSN NL P 36 12 35 1 2 .979 .959 1.31 1.01 2.40 2.24 21 176.3 1947 28 BSN NL P 23 4 10 0 1 1.000 .966 0.61 0.91 1.95 2.11 6 64.7 1948 29 BSN NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.90 1.91 2.11 0 4.7 1952 33 PHA AL P 24 1 6 0 1 1.000 .972 0.29 1.03 1.53 2.09 0 41.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 101 19 72 2 5 .978 .963 0.90 1.00 2.06 2.19 39 398.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 101 19 72 2 5 .978 .963 0.90 1.00 2.06 2.19 39 398
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1946 NL-.571-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 20, 1945: Traded by the Indianapolis (American Association) to the Boston Braves for Ira Hutchinson and Steve Shemo. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1949 Season: Sent from the Boston Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies in an unknown transaction.

July 5, 1950: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Giants for Don Robertson (minors). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 20, 1952: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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