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Glenn Wright
Forest Glenn Wright (Buckshot)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School University of Missouri

Debut April 15, 1924
Final Game June 4, 1935
Born February 6, 1901 in Archie, MO
Died April 6, 1984 in Olathe, KS

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1924 23 PIT NL 153  616   80  177  28 18   7  111  14  6  27  52  .287  .318  .425   96  262  18           1     MVP-11
 1925 24 PIT NL 153  614   97  189  32 10  18  121   3  7  31  32  .308  .341  .480  102  295  15           0     MVP-4
 1926 25 PIT NL 119  458   73  141  15 15   8   77   6     19  26  .308  .335  .459  108  210  16           0    
 1927 26 PIT NL 143  570   78  160  26  4   9  105   4     39  46  .281  .328  .388   86  221  16           1    
 1928 27 PIT NL 108  407   63  126  20  8   8   66   3     21  53  .310  .343  .457  104  186  15           0    
 1929 28 BRO NL  24   25    4    5   0  0   1    6   0      3   6  .200  .286  .320   51    8   2           0    
 1930 29 BRO NL 135  532   83  171  28 12  22  126   2     32  70  .321  .360  .543  115  289  17           0    
 1931 30 BRO NL  77  268   36   76   9  4   9   32   1     14  35  .284  .324  .448  106  120   2           2     MVP-25
 1932 31 BRO NL 127  446   50  122  31  5  11   60   4     12  57  .274  .293  .439   95  196   7           0    
 1933 32 BRO NL  71  192   19   49  13  0   1   18   1     11  24  .255  .299  .339   85   65   4           1   9
 1935 34 CHW AL   9   25    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   6  .120  .120  .160  -29    4   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1119 4153  584 1219 203 76  94  723  38 13 209 407  .294  .328  .447   99 1856 113   0   0   5   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        601   85  176  29 11  14  105   6  2  30  59  .294  .328  .447   99  269  16   0   0   1   1
 Career High    153  616   97  189  32 18  22  126  14  7  39  70  .321  .360  .543  115  295  18   0   0   2   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1924 23 PIT NL  662  463   83   4.8   106| .287  .292| .318  .348| .425  .407| .743  .755|  96  .524  -6.8  -0.7  70%
 1925 24 PIT NL  660  447   98   5.8   120| .308  .309| .341  .368| .480  .441| .821  .809| 102  .562  -1.8  -0.2  30%
 1926 25 PIT NL  493  333   70   5.6   107| .308  .293| .335  .354| .459  .406| .794  .760| 108  .596   1.3   0.1     
 1927 26 PIT NL  626  426   72   4.5   110| .281  .299| .328  .358| .388  .412| .716  .770|  86  .494 -13.1  -1.3     
 1928 27 PIT NL  443  296   64   5.8   112| .310  .295| .343  .361| .457  .419| .800  .780| 104  .584   0.2   0.0     
 1929 28 BRO NL   30   22    2   2.4   119| .200  .302| .286  .366| .320  .439| .606  .805|  51  .183  -2.0  -0.2     
 1930 29 BRO NL  581  378  104   7.3   126| .321  .310| .360  .369| .543  .462| .903  .831| 115  .599  10.3   0.9     
 1931 30 BRO NL  286  194   38   5.2   102| .284  .284| .324  .343| .448  .401| .772  .743| 106  .557   0.8   0.1     
 1932 31 BRO NL  465  331   57   4.6   102| .274  .282| .293  .334| .439  .408| .732  .742|  95  .494  -4.3  -0.4     
 1933 32 BRO NL  208  156   19   3.2    88| .255  .270| .299  .322| .339  .369| .638  .690|  85  .400  -3.3  -0.3     
 1935 34 CHW AL   26   23    0   0.0   113| .120  .290| .120  .363| .160  .419| .280  .782| -29  .000  -4.9  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     4480 3069  607   5.3   110| .294  .296| .328  .354| .447  .419| .775  .773|  99  .541 -23.6  -2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1924 23 PIT NL SS 153 310 601 52 102 .946 .949 5.95 5.44 1925 24 PIT NL SS 153 338 530 56 109 .939 .942 5.67 5.19 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1926 25 PIT NL SS 116 242 382 49 82 .927 .948 5.38 5.30 1927 26 PIT NL SS 143 296 430 45 82 .942 .944 5.08 5.18 1928 27 PIT NL SS 101 194 301 39 59 .927 .950 4.90 5.22 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1929 28 BRO NL SS 3 2 2 2 0 .667 .952 1.33 5.37 1930 29 BRO NL SS 134 297 462 28 97 .964 .952 5.66 5.36 1931 30 BRO NL SS 75 151 255 25 52 .942 .954 5.41 5.06 1932 31 BRO NL SS 122 231 386 40 83 .939 .946 5.06 5.07 1B 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 2.50 9.90 1933 32 BRO NL SS 51 95 124 15 29 .936 .949 4.29 4.94 1B 9 65 5 2 6 .972 .990 7.78 10.20 3B 2 1 5 2 0 .750 .952 3.00 2.90 1935 34 CHW AL 2B 7 13 20 2 3 .943 .968 4.71 5.61
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 27 PIT NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 10.20 1932 31 BRO NL 1B 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 2.50 9.90 1933 32 BRO NL 1B 9 65 5 2 6 .972 .990 7.78 10.20 1935 34 CHW AL 2B 7 13 20 2 3 .943 .968 4.71 5.61 1925 24 PIT NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1933 32 BRO NL 3B 2 1 5 2 0 .750 .952 3.00 2.90 1928 27 PIT NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 1924 23 PIT NL SS 153 310 601 52 102 .946 .949 5.95 5.44 1925 24 PIT NL SS 153 338 530 56 109 .939 .942 5.67 5.19 1926 25 PIT NL SS 116 242 382 49 82 .927 .948 5.38 5.30 1927 26 PIT NL SS 143 296 430 45 82 .942 .944 5.08 5.18 1928 27 PIT NL SS 101 194 301 39 59 .927 .950 4.90 5.22 1929 28 BRO NL SS 3 2 2 2 0 .667 .952 1.33 5.37 1930 29 BRO NL SS 134 297 462 28 97 .964 .952 5.66 5.36 1931 30 BRO NL SS 75 151 255 25 52 .942 .954 5.41 5.06 1932 31 BRO NL SS 122 231 386 40 83 .939 .946 5.06 5.07 1933 32 BRO NL SS 51 95 124 15 29 .936 .949 4.29 4.94
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total SS 1051 2156 3473 351 695 .941 .948 5.36 5.23 1B 12 70 6 2 7 .974 .990 6.33 10.15 2B 7 13 20 2 3 .943 .968 4.71 5.61 3B 3 1 5 2 0 .750 .952 2.00 2.87 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1074 2240 3504 357 705 .941 .948 5.35 5.27
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1925   WS    PIT WSH     W   7  27   3   5  1  0  1   3   1   4  .185  .207  .333   0  0   0   1   0 
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   4  13   1   2  0  0  0   2   0   0  .154  .133  .154   0  0   0   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  11  40   4   7  1  0  1   5   1   4  .175  .182  .275   0  0   0   3   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1924-NL-11-0.12
1925-NL-4-0.54
1931-NL-25-0.01
Car-338-0.67 shares

Games
1924 NL-153-2
1925 NL-153-1

At Bats
1924 NL-616-1
1925 NL-614-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1924 NL-662-4
1925 NL-660-7

Runs
1925 NL-97-10

Hits
1925 NL-189-8

Total Bases
1924 NL-262-9
1925 NL-295-6

Triples
1924 NL-18-3
1926 NL-15-4

Home Runs
1925 NL-18-7
1930 NL-22-9

RBI
1924 NL-111-3
1925 NL-121-4
1927 NL-105-7
1930 NL-126-6

Strikeouts
1924 NL-52-8
1927 NL-46-10
1928 NL-53-6
1930 NL-70-3
1932 NL-57-9

Extra-Base Hits
1924 NL-53-10
1925 NL-60-6

Sac. Hits
1924 NL-18-6
1925 NL-15-9

At Bats per Home Run
1925 NL-34.1-10

Outs
1924 NL-463-1
1925 NL-447-3
1927 NL-426-5

     

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 36 (667) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.9 (505) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 33.0 (543) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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  1. Josh Barfield (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mickey Cochrane (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Cochrane (963) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Shanty Hogan (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Barry Larkin (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lave Cross (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Odell Hale (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Odell Hale (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carlos Guillen (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jack Clements (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jack Clements (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 11, 1928: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Brooklyn Robins for Jesse Petty and Harry Riconda.

February 17, 1934: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

January 29, 1935: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Kansas City (American Association).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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