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Johnny Wright

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: November 28, 1916 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: May 10, 1990 in Jackson, MS

Buried: Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, LA

High School: McDonogh 35 HS (New Orleans, LA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: John Richard Wright

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.5

ERA

3.23

113

663.0

356

WHIP

1.199

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1937	20	-6.9	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	4	2	.667	4.22	5.34	10	7	2	4	0	0	64.0	71	38	30	3	20		28	2	0	1	280	1.422	10.0	0.4	2.8	3.9	1.40
1938	21	-7.1	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	1	2	.333	4.58	5.35	7	4	3	1	0	0	35.1	27	21	18	1	21		17	1	0	1	149	1.358	6.9	0.3	5.3	4.3	0.81
1939	22		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	NE-TC	1	1	.500	6.97	9.58	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.1	14	11	8	1	4		3	0	0	0	52	1.742	12.2	0.9	3.5	2.6	0.75
1939	22	-6.1	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	1	0	1.000	3.00	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	3	1	2		3	0	0	0	38	1.111	8.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
1939	22	-6.1	TC	NN2	Maj	TC	0	1	.000	33.75	47.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	6	7	5	0	2		0	0	0	0	14	6.000	40.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
1939	22	-5.0	TC	NAL	Maj	TC	1	3	.250	4.13	5.40	5	3	2	1	0	0	28.1	31	17	13	0	7		13	0	0	1	123	1.341	9.8	0.0	2.2	4.1	1.86
1940	23	-2.6	TC	NAL	Maj	TC	1	6	.143	2.56	2.91	7	7	0	6	0	0	52.2	41	17	15	0	10		29	3	0	1	206	0.968	7.0	0.0	1.7	5.0	2.90
1941	24	-5.0	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	6	0	1.000	2.75	3.07	10	5	4	3	2	0	55.2	38	19	17	4	20		29	0	0	5	220	1.042	6.1	0.6	3.2	4.7	1.45
1942	25	-3.5	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	4	2	.667	3.46	3.69	17	7	10	4	0	3	78.0	75	32	30	2	22		43	0	0	1	327	1.244	8.7	0.2	2.5	5.0	1.95
1943	26	-3.9	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	18	3	.857	2.52	2.76	31	23	6	15	3	1	189.0	169	58	53	1	43		99	3	2	1	779	1.122	8.0	0.0	2.0	4.7	2.30
1944	27	-3.3	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	2	0	1.000	6.91	7.53	3	2	0	1	0	0	14.1	15	12	11	0	5		9	0	0	0	64	1.395	9.4	0.0	3.1	5.7	1.80
1945	28		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	HG-NE	4	0	1.000	1.38	1.38	7	5	2	4	2	0	45.2	37	7	7	0	11		23	3	0	1	188	1.051	7.3	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.09
1945	28	-2.3	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	4	0	1.000	1.44	1.44	6	5	1	4	2	0	43.2	37	7	7	0	10		22	3	0	1	181	1.076	7.6	0.0	2.1	4.5	2.20
1945	28	-2.3	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	7	0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1946	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	C-AAA	BRO	12	8	.600			34	22	7	12	2		154.0	174	88	71		58		105	3	1	3
1946	29	2.0	Montreal	IL	AAA	BRO	0	0				2
1946	29	5.8	Trois-Rivieres	CAML	C	BRO	12	8	.600	4.15	5.14	32	22	7	12	2		154.0	174	88	71		58		105	3	1	3		1.506	10.2		3.4	6.1	1.81
1947	30	0.4	HG	NN2	Maj	HG	4	5	.444	3.61	4.32	14	11	1	7	1	0	89.2	86	43	36	3	28		63	2	0	2	383	1.271	8.6	0.3	2.8	6.3	2.25
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		46	24	.657	3.23	3.73	113	76	30	47	8	4	663.0	604	275	238	15	191		356	14	2	14	2771	1.199	8.2	0.2	2.6	4.8	1.86
Minors (1 season)					Minors		12	8	.600			34	22	7	12	2		154.0	174	88	71		58		105	3	1	3
All Levels (11 Seasons)							58	32	.644			147	98	37	59	10	4	817.0	778	363	309	15	249		461	17	3	17	2771