Taffy Wright

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: August 10, 1911 in Tabor City, NC us

Died: October 22, 1981 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, NC

Debut: April 18, 1938 (Age 26-251d, 8,440th in major league history)
vs. PHA 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1949 (Age 38-037d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Taft Shedron Wright

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

3583

1115

.311

465

RBI

553

OBP

.376

SLG

.423

OPS

.799

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 23	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	Apr 28 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 28 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,8-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	13	Apr 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	16 (1)	May 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	18 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	19	May 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	20	May 12	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	22 (1)	May 14	CHW		BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	23	May 15	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	24	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	25	May 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	26	May 19 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	27	May 19 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	28	May 20	CHW		WSH	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	57 (28)	Jun 23 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	59 (1)	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	60	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	61	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	66	16.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	62	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	63	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	64	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	66 (1)	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	67	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	69 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	70	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	71	Jul 5	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	72	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	73	Jul 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	76 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	78 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	79	Jul 14 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	80	Jul 15	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	81	Jul 16	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	82	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	83	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	85 (1)	Jul 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	86	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	87	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	88	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	89	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	90	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	91	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	92	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	93	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	94	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	95	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	96	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	97	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
60	98	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	99	Aug 1	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	100	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	L,0-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	101	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	102	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	104 (1)	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	105	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	106	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	108 (1)	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	110 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	112 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	113	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	114	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	115	Aug 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	116	Aug 18 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	117	Aug 18 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-13	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	118	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
77	119	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	120	Aug 21 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	121	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	122	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	123	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	124	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	125	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
84	126	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	127	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	128	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	129	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	130	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	131	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	132	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	133	Sep 3	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	16.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	134	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	135	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	136	Sep 7	CHW	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	139 (2)	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	140	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	143	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG	38	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	144	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	146 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	149 (2)	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	150	Sep 22 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	151	Sep 22 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-5	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
105	152	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	153	Sep 27 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	154	Sep 27 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
							107gm			179	5	2	186	0