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Ken Wright
Kenneth Warren Wright

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 10, 1970
  vs. CAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game April 28, 1974
Born September 4, 1946 in Pensacola, FL

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 23 KCR AL   1   2  47   0   0   0  14  3   53.3   49   33   31   2   29   30   7   2   231   0   1  5.23  3.72   71 1.463
 1971 24 KCR AL   3   6  21  12   1   1   3  1   78.0   66   34   32   6   47   56   3   3   344   0   0  3.69  3.43   93 1.449
 1972 25 KCR AL   1   2  17   0   0   0  11  4   18.3   15   10   10   0   15   18   1   3    84   1   0  4.91  3.01   61 1.636
 1973 26 KCR AL   6   5  25  12   1   0   6  0   80.7   60   48   44   6   82   75   0   2   372   0   0  4.91  4.05   83 1.760
 1974 27 NYY AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    5.7    5    2    2   0    7    2   0   1    29   0   2  3.18  3.55  112 2.118
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .423  11  15 113  24   2   1  35  8  236.0  195  127  119  14  180  181  11  11  1060   1   3  4.54  3.68   81 1.589
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   7  56  11   0   0  17  3  117.0   96   63   59   6   89   89   5   5   526   0   1  4.54  3.68   81 1.589
 Career High      6   6  47  12   1   1  14  4   80.7   66   48   44   6   82   75   7   3   372   1   2  3.69  4.05   93 1.449

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 23 KCR AL  47    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 24 KCR AL  21   22    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  10  .091  .130  .091  -36    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1972 25 KCR AL  17    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      113   28    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  14  .071  .103  .071  -49    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         40    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  20  .071  .103  .071  -49    3   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     47   22    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  10                           2   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 23 KCR AL    4    4    0   0.0    97| .000  .257| .000  .331| .000  .392| .000  .723|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1971 24 KCR AL   24   21    0   0.0    91| .091  .254| .130  .326| .091  .377| .221  .703| -36  .000  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1972 25 KCR AL    2    2    0   0.0    82| .000  .246| .000  .314| .000  .354| .000  .668|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        30   27    0   0.0    92| .071  .254| .103  .326| .071  .377| .174  .703| -49  .000  -5.6  -0.6   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 ------+
1970 23 KCR AL P 47 1 8 1 0 .900 .947 0.19 0.67 1.52 1.86 0 53.3 1971 24 KCR AL P 21 1 16 1 2 .944 .960 0.81 0.77 1.96 1.98 12 78.0 1972 25 KCR AL P 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.18 0.75 1.48 1.87 0 18.3 1973 26 KCR AL P 25 1 6 2 0 .778 .946 0.28 0.86 0.78 1.86 12 80.7 1974 27 NYY AL P 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 0.83 4.74 1.74 0 5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 23 KCR AL P 47 1 8 1 0 .900 .947 0.19 0.67 1.52 1.86 0 53.3 1971 24 KCR AL P 21 1 16 1 2 .944 .960 0.81 0.77 1.96 1.98 12 78.0 1972 25 KCR AL P 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.18 0.75 1.48 1.87 0 18.3 1973 26 KCR AL P 25 1 6 2 0 .778 .946 0.28 0.86 0.78 1.86 12 80.7 1974 27 NYY AL P 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 0.83 4.74 1.74 0 5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 113 6 33 4 2 .907 .951 0.35 0.75 1.49 1.90 24 236.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 113 6 33 4 2 .907 .951 0.35 0.75 1.49 1.90 24 236
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.

Hit Batsmen
1970 AL-7-9

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 1, 1969: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

December 7, 1973: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Lou Piniella to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel.

May 3, 1974: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Wallace.


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