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George Wright
George De Witt Wright

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 10, 1982
  vs. CLE 4 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 5, 1986
Born December 22, 1958 in Oklahoma City, OK

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 23 TEX AL 150  557   69  147  20  5  11   50   3  7  30  78  .264  .305  .377   91  210   8   1   4   3  11
 1983 24 TEX AL 162  634   79  175  28  6  18   80   8  7  41  82  .276  .321  .424  106  269   1   3   9   2   9 MVP-24
 1984 25 TEX AL 101  383   40   93  19  4   9   48   0  2  15  54  .243  .273  .384   78  147   1   3   2   2   6
 1985 26 TEX AL 109  363   21   69  13  0   2   18   4  7  25  49  .190  .241  .242   33   88   3   2   5   0   9
 1986 27 TOT    105  223   22   45   8  3   2   12   4  6  15  51  .202  .254  .291   49   65   1   4   1   2   5
         TEX AL  49  106   10   23   3  1   2    7   3  5   4  23  .217  .250  .321   53   34   0   1   1   1   2
         MON NL  56  117   12   22   5  2   0    5   1  1  11  28  .188  .258  .265   45   31   1   3   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      627 2160  231  529  88 18  42  208  19 29 126 314  .245  .288  .361   79  779  14  13  21   9  40
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        558   60  137  23  5  11   54   5  7  33  81  .245  .288  .361   79  201   4   3   5   2  10
 Career High    162  634   79  175  28  6  18   80   8  7  41  82  .276  .321  .424  106  269   8   4   9   3  11
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 23 TEX AL  599  437   61   3.8    94| .264  .258| .305  .321| .377  .393| .682  .715|  91  .409  -8.3  -0.8  30%
 1983 24 TEX AL  681  479   84   4.7    95| .276  .262| .321  .324| .424  .395| .745  .719| 106  .515   3.8   0.4  53%
 1984 25 TEX AL  404  302   39   3.5    99| .243  .267| .273  .330| .384  .403| .657  .733|  78  .380 -13.2  -1.3   0%
 1985 26 TEX AL  393  315   19   1.6   100| .190  .262| .241  .328| .242  .407| .483  .736|  33  .128 -34.2  -3.4  36%
 1986 27 TOT     245  194   15   2.1   100| .202  .263| .254  .332| .291  .402| .545  .734|  49  .197 -16.2  -1.6  40%
         TEX AL  112   91    7   2.1   102| .217  .264| .250  .332| .321  .412| .571  .744|  53  .183  -7.4  -0.7  37%
         MON NL  133  103    8   2.1    97| .188  .261| .258  .332| .265  .394| .523  .726|  45  .211  -8.8  -0.9  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2322 1727  218   3.4    97| .245  .262| .288  .326| .361  .399| .649  .725|  79  .369 -68.0  -6.7  39%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 23 TEX AL OF 149 398 14 8 3 .981 .982 2.77 2.15 3.02 2.47 135 1227.0 CF 144 387 12 8 3 .980 .985 2.77 2.49 3.05 2.84 130 1178.3 RF 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.90 1.38 2.26 5 45.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1983 24 TEX AL CF 161 455 5 7 1 .985 .987 2.86 2.56 2.87 2.93 160 1443.7 1984 25 TEX AL OF 80 175 3 3 0 .983 .983 2.23 2.17 2.30 2.51 80 695.3 CF 54 124 1 1 0 .992 .986 2.31 2.62 2.43 3.01 54 462.7 RF 26 51 1 2 0 .963 .979 2.00 1.88 2.01 2.23 26 232.7 DH 18 1985 26 TEX AL OF 102 213 8 2 2 .991 .982 2.17 2.10 2.41 2.44 93 826.7 RF 55 98 4 0 1 1.000 .980 1.85 1.82 2.06 2.17 52 445.3 CF 53 113 3 2 1 .983 .988 2.19 2.56 2.74 2.91 41 381.3 DH 4 1986 27 TOT OF 74 109 4 2 0 .983 .979 1.53 1.96 2.16 2.29 45 470.3 TOT RF 30 36 3 1 0 .975 .977 1.30 1.77 2.25 2.09 14 156.0 TOT CF 29 58 1 0 0 1.000 .983 2.03 2.17 2.60 2.66 22 204.4 TOT LF 20 21 1 1 0 .957 .978 1.10 1.60 1.80 2.10 9 110.0 TEX AL OF 42 61 2 2 0 .969 .980 1.50 2.06 2.32 2.39 21 244.3 RF 27 34 3 1 0 .974 .976 1.37 1.79 2.45 2.11 12 136.0 LF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.00 1.77 1.68 2.25 4 53.7 CF 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.25 2.48 2.96 2.83 5 54.7 MON NL OF 32 48 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.56 1.82 1.99 2.19 24 226.0 CF 21 40 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.95 2.05 2.46 2.59 17 149.7 LF 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.20 1.44 1.92 1.97 5 56.3 RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.63 0.90 1.98 2 20.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 23 TEX AL CF 144 387 12 8 3 .980 .985 2.77 2.49 3.05 2.84 130 1178.3 1983 24 TEX AL CF 161 455 5 7 1 .985 .987 2.86 2.56 2.87 2.93 160 1443.7 1984 25 TEX AL CF 54 124 1 1 0 .992 .986 2.31 2.62 2.43 3.01 54 462.7 1985 26 TEX AL CF 53 113 3 2 1 .983 .988 2.19 2.56 2.74 2.91 41 381.3 1986 27 TOT CF 29 58 1 0 0 1.000 .983 2.03 2.17 2.60 2.66 22 204.4 TEX AL CF 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.25 2.48 2.96 2.83 5 54.7 MON NL CF 21 40 1 0 0 1.000 .983 1.95 2.05 2.46 2.59 17 149.7 1984 25 TEX AL DH 18 1985 26 TEX AL DH 4 1982 23 TEX AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1986 27 TOT LF 20 21 1 1 0 .957 .978 1.10 1.60 1.80 2.10 9 110.0 TEX AL LF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.00 1.77 1.68 2.25 4 53.7 MON NL LF 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.20 1.44 1.92 1.97 5 56.3 1982 23 TEX AL OF 149 398 14 8 3 .981 .982 2.77 2.15 3.02 2.47 135 1227.0 1983 24 TEX AL OF 161 460 6 7 1 .985 .981 2.89 2.16 2.91 2.50 160 1443.7 1984 25 TEX AL OF 80 175 3 3 0 .983 .983 2.23 2.17 2.30 2.51 80 695.3 1985 26 TEX AL OF 102 213 8 2 2 .991 .982 2.17 2.10 2.41 2.44 93 826.7 1986 27 TOT OF 74 109 4 2 0 .983 .979 1.53 1.96 2.16 2.29 45 470.3 TEX AL OF 42 61 2 2 0 .969 .980 1.50 2.06 2.32 2.39 21 244.3 MON NL OF 32 48 2 0 0 1.000 .978 1.56 1.82 1.99 2.19 24 226.0 1982 23 TEX AL RF 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 1.17 1.90 1.38 2.26 5 45.7 1984 25 TEX AL RF 26 51 1 2 0 .963 .979 2.00 1.88 2.01 2.23 26 232.7 1985 26 TEX AL RF 55 98 4 0 1 1.000 .980 1.85 1.82 2.06 2.17 52 445.3 1986 27 TOT RF 30 36 3 1 0 .975 .977 1.30 1.77 2.25 2.09 14 156.0 TEX AL RF 27 34 3 1 0 .974 .976 1.37 1.79 2.45 2.11 12 136.0 MON NL RF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.63 0.90 1.98 2 20.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 566 1355 35 22 6 .984 .981 2.46 2.12 2.68 2.46 513 4663.0 21 441 117# CF* 441 1137 22 18 5 .985 .986 2.63 2.52 2.84 2.89 407 3670.3 RF* 117 191 9 3 1 .985 .979 1.71 1.83 2.05 2.18 97 879.7 DH 22 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 21 21 1 1 0 .957 .978 1.05 1.62 1.75 2.11 9 113.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 566 1355 35 22 6 .984 .981 2.46 2.12 2.68 2.46 513 4663
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-AL-24-0.00

Games
1983 AL-162-1

At Bats
1983 AL-634-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1983 AL-681-7

Outs
1983 AL-479-6

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

June 18, 1986: Sent to the Montreal Expos by the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

December 19, 1986: Released by the Montreal Expos.

Before 1987 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

Before 1988 Season: Sent from the Montreal Expos to ??? in an unknown transaction.

January, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 16, 1989: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Weaver.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Texas Rangers$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$400,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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