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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 4	CHW		PHA	L,11-17	CG	52	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	18	May 5	CHW		PHA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	19	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	20	May 10	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	21	May 11	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	22	May 13	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	24	May 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	25	May 16	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	26	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	27	May 18	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	28	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	30	May 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
15	31	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	32	May 23 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	33	May 23 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	34	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	35	May 25	CHW	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	36	May 27	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
21	37	May 28	CHW		SLB	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	38	May 29	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	39	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	40	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	41	May 31	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	42	Jun 1 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	43	Jun 1 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	44	Jun 2	CHW		WSH	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	45	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	46	Jun 5	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	47	Jun 6	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	48	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	54 (5)	Jun 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	55	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	58	Jun 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	59	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	60	Jun 22 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	61	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	47	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	61	15.2	0	0	0	0	0
44	65	Jun 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
45	66	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	67	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	68	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	69	Jul 1	CHW		DET	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	70	Jul 2	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	71	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	72	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	73	Jul 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	74	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	75	Jul 10	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	76	Jul 11	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	77	Jul 12	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	79	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	80	Jul 14	CHW		NYY	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	81	Jul 15	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	82	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	83	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	84	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	85	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	86	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	87	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	88	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	50	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	89	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	90	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
70	91	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	93	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	94	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	95	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	97	Jul 30	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	42	10.1	1	0	0	1	0
77	98	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	99	Aug 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
79	100	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	101	Aug 3	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	102	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	103	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	105	Aug 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	106	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	107	Aug 10 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	108	Aug 10 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
88	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,14-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	110	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	111	Aug 12	CHW		SLB	T,6-6	CG	0	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	112	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	115 (1)	Aug 15	CHW		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	116	Aug 16	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
95	117	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	119	Aug 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	120	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	121	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	122	Aug 21	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	123	Aug 22	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	124	Aug 23	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	125	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	126	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	127	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	128	Aug 27	CHW		WSH	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
107	129	Aug 28	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	131	Aug 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-10	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	132	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
111	133	Aug 31 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	136	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	137	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	138	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	139	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
118	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	142	Sep 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
121	143	Sep 12	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
122	144	Sep 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	145	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	146	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	147	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	148	Sep 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	149	Sep 20	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	150	Sep 21 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
129	151	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		DET	T,1-1	CG	0	14.0	7	0	0	7	0
130	152	Sep 22	CHW		DET	L,0-11	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	153	Sep 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	154	Sep 26	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	155	Sep 27	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	156	Sep 28	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							134gm			218	8	8	234	3