Mike Wright Jr.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 240lb (198cm, 108kg)

Born: January 3, 1990 in Bennettsville, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

High School: Whiteville HS (Whiteville, NC)

School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)

Debut: May 17, 2015 (Age 25-134d, 20,869th in major league history)
vs. LAA 7.1 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 2021 (Age 31-269d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Dennis Michael Wright

Nicknames: Bird

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

ERA

5.97

123

276.0

219

WHIP

1.562

Summary of 45 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	43
SEA	1
CHW	1

Platoon
vs RHB	27
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Home	30
Away	15

Outs
2	20
0	13
1	12

13 Opps
BOS	11
NYY	8
TOR	7
KCR	4
HOU	4
MIN	2
DET	2
CHW	2
NYM	1
TBR	1
TEX	1
CHC	1
CLE	1

37 Batters
J.D. Martinez	3
David Ortiz	3
Gleyber Torres	2
Gary Sánchez	2
Mookie Betts	2
Lorenzo Cain	2
Evan Gattis	1
Jonathan Schoop	1
Carlos Correa	1
Dustin Pedroia	1
Mike Napoli	1
Wilmer Flores	1
Aaron Judge	1
Adam LaRoche	1
José Bautista	1
Logan Morrison	1
Luis Valbuena	1
Justin Smoak	1
Kevin Pillar	1
Leonys Martín	1
Shin-Soo Choo	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Chris Young	1
Aaron Hicks	1
Mitch Garver	1
Eric Hosmer	1
Michael Hermosillo	1
Tyler Wade	1
Chase Headley	1
Jake Marisnick	1
Adam Eaton	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Michael Saunders	1
Alex Gordon	1
Randal Grichuk	1
Freddy Galvis	1
Andrew Benintendi	1

9 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	29
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	14
78	14
7	13
89	3
8	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	12
4	9
3	6
5	6
1	5
6	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	6
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	10
1-3	4
-2-	3
12-	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1

76 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	23
1 on	14
2 on	7
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	7
2	3
3	7
4	6
5	1
6	5
7	6
8	6
9	4

1-3	17
4-6	12
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	13
+3	1
+2	4
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	5
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	20
Tied	11
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	8
1-2	7
1-0	6
0-1	6
0-0	5
3-2	3
2-1	3
0-2	2
1-1	2
2-0	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	9
1B	8
DH	8
RF	6
2B	4
LF	4
SS	3
3B	2
C	1

OrderPos
4th	14
3rd	8
1st	7
2nd	4
5th	3
6th	3
7th	2
9th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2015-05-28 (2)	Adam Eaton	CHW	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	8	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2015-05-28 (2)	Adam LaRoche	CHW	@	BAL	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	22%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Cabrera Scores
3	3	3	1	2015-06-02	Evan Gattis	HOU		BAL	behind 1-4	b 3	1	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	4	DH	24%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Altuve Scores; P. Tucker Scores
4	4	4	2	2015-06-02	Luis Valbuena	HOU		BAL	tied 4-4	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	13%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	2015-09-05	José Bautista	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	5,(2-2) BCBTX	1	3	9	10%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2015-09-11	Lorenzo Cain	KCR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	8	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	7	2	2015-09-11	Lorenzo Cain	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	8	12%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
8	8	8	1	2015-09-16	David Ortiz	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BSSBX	1	4	DH	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	9	2	2015-09-16	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	4	15%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Holt Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2016-04-12	David Ortiz	BOS		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	4,(1-2) FSBX	2	4	DH	18%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Pedroia Scores
11	11	2	1	2016-04-24	Alex Gordon	KCR		BAL	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	7	14%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	3	2	2016-04-24	Eric Hosmer	KCR		BAL	tied 1-1	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	3	19%	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
13	13	4	1	2016-05-14	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	3	26%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Martinez Scores
14	14	5	1	2016-05-27	Mike Napoli	CLE		BAL	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	6,(2-2) BSBFFX	1	4	3	11%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	6	1	2016-06-01	Mookie Betts	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
16	16	7	2	2016-06-01	Chris Young	BOS	@	BAL	behind 1-4	t 2	1	--3	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	8	8	12%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Shaw Scores
17	17	8	3	2016-06-01	Mookie Betts	BOS	@	BAL	behind 3-4	t 2	2	---	7,(3-2) CCBBFBX	1	1	9	10%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	9	4	2016-06-01	David Ortiz	BOS	@	BAL	behind 4-5	t 3	1	---	6,(3-2) BBBFSX	1	4	DH	11%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	10	1	2016-06-17	Michael Saunders	TOR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	5,(2-2) BFBFX	3	4	7	19%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Donaldson Scores; E. Encarnación Scores
20	20	11	2	2016-06-17	Josh Donaldson	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 3-1	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	5	9%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	12	3	2016-06-17	Justin Smoak	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 4-2	t 4	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	3	10%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Martin Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2017-06-04	Andrew Benintendi	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 5-3	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	7	8%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
23	23	2	1	2017-06-10	Gary Sánchez	NYY		BAL	ahead 14-2	b 8	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); R. Torreyes Scores
24	24	3	1	2017-09-07	Chase Headley	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 5-0	t 4	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Gardner Scores
25	25	4	1	2017-09-14	Aaron Judge	NYY		BAL	ahead 6-1	b 4	0	12-	4,(2-1) *BBSX	3	2	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Frazier Scores; J. Ellsbury Scores
26	26	5	1	2017-09-23	Logan Morrison	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2018-04-03	Carlos Correa	HOU		BAL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	4,(1-2) C*BFX	2	4	6	19%	61%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Altuve Scores
28	28	2	1	2018-04-19	Leonys Martín	DET		BAL	ahead 8-3	b 5	0	123	3,(1-1) BFX	4	1	8	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Jones Scores; J. Iglesias Scores; D. Machado Scores
29	29	3	1	2018-06-08	Kevin Pillar	TOR		BAL	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	9,(3-2) ..BBFFFBFFX	1	5	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
30	30	4	1	2018-06-13	J.D. Martinez	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	---	3,(0-2) FFX	1	4	DH	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	2018-07-11	Tyler Wade	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	---	6,(2-2) CBCBFX	1	9	4	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
32	32	6	1	2018-07-15	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	@	BAL	behind 4-6	t 7	0	---	7,(2-2) BFCFBFX	1	1	DH	12%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33	33	7	1	2018-08-01	Gleyber Torres	NYY		BAL	behind 2-7	b 9	2	12-	6,(2-2) .CBSBFX	3	5	4	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Gregorius Scores; A. Hicks Scores
34	34	8	1	2018-08-11 (2)	J.D. Martinez	BOS	@	BAL	tied 3-3	t 8	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	7	35%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Pearce Scores
35	35	9	1	2018-08-15	Wilmer Flores	NYM	@	BAL	ahead 14-5	t 9	1	1--	5,(1-2) CFBFX	2	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Nimmo Scores
36	36	10	1	2018-08-25 (1)	Aaron Hicks	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 9-2	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37	37	11	1	2018-08-28	Randal Grichuk	TOR	@	BAL	behind 3-9	t 7	2	---	5,(2-2) BBFSX	1	4	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	12	1	2018-09-29 (2)	Jake Marisnick	HOU	@	BAL	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1--	4,(1-2) BFFX	2	8	8	20%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); B. McCann Scores
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	2019-04-01	Freddy Galvis	TOR		BAL	behind 2-6	b 8	2	---	4,(1-2) FSBX	1	9	6	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
40	40	2	1	2019-04-04	Gleyber Torres	NYY	@	BAL	behind 2-4	t 6	2	1-3	3,(0-2) CSX	3	7	6	38%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Bird Scores; D. LeMahieu Scores
41	41	3	1	2019-04-07	Gary Sánchez	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	1--	4,(1-2) C*BCX	2	4	DH	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Voit Scores
42	42	4	1	2019-04-20 (2)	Mitch Garver	MIN	@	BAL	ahead 7-0	t 3	2	-23	4,(2-1) .BCBX	3	1	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); E. Adrianza Scores; B. Buxton Scores
43	43	5	2	2019-04-20 (2)	Jonathan Schoop	MIN	@	BAL	ahead 10-0	t 4	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	4	0%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); N. Cruz Scores; E. Rosario Scores
44	44	6	1	2019-05-12	J.D. Martinez	BOS		SEA	ahead 9-2	b 8	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Betts Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2021-08-27	Michael Hermosillo	CHC	@	CHW	behind 6-13	t 7	2	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	1	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)