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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	WSH		PHA	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19	WSH		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 20	WSH		PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 22	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 26	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14 (5)	May 2	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
8	24 (9)	May 12	WSH		DET	W,7-6	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	25	May 13	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
10	36 (10)	May 26	WSH	@	SLB	W,12-10	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	37	May 28	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	38	May 29	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	41	Jun 1	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	42	Jun 2	WSH		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	44 (1)	Jun 4	WSH		CLE	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	45	Jun 5	WSH		CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	48 (2)	Jun 8	WSH		SLB	L,5-11	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	50 (1)	Jun 10	WSH		DET	L,6-7	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	51	Jun 11	WSH		DET	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	52	Jun 12	WSH		DET	L,12-18	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
23	53	Jun 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	55 (1)	Jun 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	84 (28)	Jul 19	WSH		DET	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	88 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	90 (1)	Jul 26	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	92 (1)	Jul 28	WSH	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	93	Jul 29	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-12	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	94	Jul 30	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	37	7.2	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	100 (5)	Aug 7 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-14	CG	47	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	104 (3)	Aug 11	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	105	Aug 12	WSH		BOS	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	108 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,1-16	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	109	Aug 16 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,2-6	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	124 (14)	Aug 31	WSH		CHW	L,0-7	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	125	Sep 1	WSH		CHW	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	132 (6)	Sep 7	WSH		PHA	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	133	Sep 8	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	134	Sep 9	WSH		NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
41	135	Sep 10	WSH		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	136	Sep 11	WSH		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	137	Sep 13 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
44	138	Sep 13 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	139	Sep 15	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	140	Sep 17 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	141	Sep 17 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-1	CG	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	142	Sep 18	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	143	Sep 19	WSH	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	144	Sep 20	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	145	Sep 24	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	146	Sep 25 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
53	147	Sep 25 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	148	Sep 27	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	149	Sep 28	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	150	Sep 29	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	151	Oct 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	152	Oct 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							58gm			89	3	2	94	3