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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	4	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
3	5	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	6	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	8	Apr 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	9	Apr 27 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	10	Apr 30	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	11	May 2	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	12	May 3 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	13	May 3 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	14	May 4 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
13	22 (7)	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-19	GF	27	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	24	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	25	May 17 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	27 (1)	May 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	28	May 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	29	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	30	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	48 (17)	Jun 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	18.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	49	Jun 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	50	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	4	0	1	5	0
24	51	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	72 (20)	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	73	Jul 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
27	74	Jul 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	75	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	76	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	78 (1)	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
31	79	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	80	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	81	Jul 15	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	83	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	85 (1)	Jul 18	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	86	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	87	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	88	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
40	89	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	63	13.1	1	0	0	1	0
41	90	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	91	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	93	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	94	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	95	Jul 28	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
47	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	97	Jul 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	98	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	99	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	100	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	101	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	102	Aug 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	103	Aug 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	105	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	106	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	107	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
59	108	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	110 (1)	Aug 12	CHW		SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	111	Aug 13	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
62	112	Aug 15	CHW		DET	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	113	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	114	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	115	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	116	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	117	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	118	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	120 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	121	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	CG	45	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	122	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	123	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	124	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
74	125	Aug 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	126	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	127	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	128	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
78	129	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	130	Sep 3 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	132 (1)	Sep 4	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	133	Sep 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	134	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
83	135	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	136	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	139	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	51	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	140	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	141	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	144	Sep 16 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	146	Sep 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	147	Sep 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	148	Sep 20	CHW		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	150 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	151	Sep 23	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	152	Sep 24	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	154 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
							101gm			169	7	6	182	1