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Harry Wright
William Henry Wright

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 157 lb.

Debut May 5, 1871
Born January 10, 1835 in Sheffield, England
Died October 3, 1895 in Atlantic City, NJ

Brother of George Wright and Brother of Sam Wright

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1953.

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 36 BOS NA  31  147   42   44   5  2   0   26   7  1  13   2  .299  .356  .361  103   53                    
 1872 37 BOS NA  48  208   39   52   5  1   0   23   0  0   9   2  .250  .281  .284   70   59                    
 1873 38 BOS NA  58  266   57   67  10  4   2   35   1  1  10   3  .252  .279  .342   78   91                    
 1874 39 BOS NA  40  184   44   58   4  2   2   27   1  0   4   2  .315  .330  .391  125   72                    
 1875 40 BOS NA   1    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   71    1                    
 1876 41 BSN NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
 1877 42 BSN NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0          0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      180  816  183  222  24  9   4  111   9  2  36  12  .272  .303  .338   90  276   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        734  165  200  22  8   4  100   8  2  32  11  .272  .303  .338   90  248   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     58  266   57   67  10  4   2   35   7  1  13   3  .315  .356  .391  125   91   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 36 BOS NA  160  104   20   5.1    94| .299  .294| .356  .319| .361  .395| .717  .713| 103  .472   1.2   0.1  87%
 1872 37 BOS NA  217  156   17   2.9    82| .250  .296| .281  .307| .284  .360| .565  .667|  70  .302  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1873 38 BOS NA  276  200   25   3.4    89| .252  .305| .279  .318| .342  .377| .621  .695|  78  .347  -7.0  -0.7  50%
 1874 39 BOS NA  188  126   24   5.1    75| .315  .284| .330  .293| .391  .349| .721  .642| 125  .607   4.9   0.5 100%
 1875 40 BOS NA    4    3    0   0.0    60| .250  .262| .250  .269| .250  .321| .500  .590|  71  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1876 41 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    66| .000  .269| .000  .282| .000  .327| .000  .609|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1877 42 BSN NL    4    4    0   0.0    77| .000  .281| .000  .299| .000  .350| .000  .650|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       852  596   86   3.9    85| .272  .295| .303  .310| .338  .369| .641  .678|  90  .414  -9.7  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1871 36 BOS NA   1   0   9   0   0   0      3   18.7   34   31   13   0    4    0                     0  6.27  4.18   67 2.036
 1872 37 BOS NA   1   0   7   0   0   0      1   25.7   26   12    6   0    0    1                     0  2.10  3.72  177 1.013
 1873 38 BOS NA   2   2  12   5   0   0      1   38.3   65   46   18   0    7    0                     1  4.23  3.28   78 1.878
 1874 39 BOS NA   0   2   6   2   0   0      3   16.7   24   13    5   0    4   15                     0  2.70  2.99  111 1.680
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .500   4   4  34   7   0   0      8   99.3  149  102   42   0   15   16                     1  3.81  3.51   92 1.651
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   6  56  11   0   0   0 13  164.7  247  169   69   0   24   26   0   0     0   0   1  3.81  3.51   92 1.651
 Career High      2   2  12   5   0   0   0  3   38.3   65   46   18   0    7   15   0   0     0   0   1                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 36 BOS NA OF 30 42 5 8 1 .855 .832 1.57 1.87 0 30 0 P 9 1 5 1 0 .857 .857 0.67 1.93 2.89 2.12 0 18.7 SS 1 0 3 2 0 .600 .789 3.00 5.20 1872 37 BOS NA OF 48 67 4 11 1 .866 .823 1.48 1.85 0 48 0 P 7 1 5 1 1 .857 .811 0.86 1.81 2.10 2.00 0 25.7 1873 38 BOS NA OF 58 61 11 14 1 .837 .805 1.24 1.91 0 58 0 P 13 2 3 2 1 .714 .794 0.38 1.79 1.17 1.95 5 38.3 1874 39 BOS NA OF 40 57 5 13 3 .827 .802 1.55 1.89 0 40 0 P 6 1 8 1 0 .900 .811 1.50 2.05 4.85 2.16 2 16.7 1875 40 BOS NA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 1876 41 BSN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1877 42 BSN NL OF 1 1 1 1 1 .667 .833 2.00 1.80 0 1 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1871 36 BOS NA OF 30 42 5 8 1 .855 .832 1.57 1.87 0 30 0 1872 37 BOS NA OF 48 67 4 11 1 .866 .823 1.48 1.85 0 48 0 1873 38 BOS NA OF 58 61 11 14 1 .837 .805 1.24 1.91 0 58 0 1874 39 BOS NA OF 40 57 5 13 3 .827 .802 1.55 1.89 0 40 0 1875 40 BOS NA OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 1.80 0 0 1 1876 41 BSN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 1 1877 42 BSN NL OF 1 1 1 1 1 .667 .833 2.00 1.80 0 1 0 1871 36 BOS NA P 9 1 5 1 0 .857 .857 0.67 1.93 2.89 2.12 0 18.7 1872 37 BOS NA P 7 1 5 1 1 .857 .811 0.86 1.81 2.10 2.00 0 25.7 1873 38 BOS NA P 13 2 3 2 1 .714 .794 0.38 1.79 1.17 1.95 5 38.3 1874 39 BOS NA P 6 1 8 1 0 .900 .811 1.50 2.05 4.85 2.16 2 16.7 1871 36 BOS NA SS 1 0 3 2 0 .600 .789 3.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 179 229 26 47 7 .844 .814 1.42 1.88 0 177 2 P* 35 5 21 5 2 .839 .818 0.74 1.88 7 99.3 SS 1 0 3 2 0 .600 .789 3.00 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 215 234 50 54 9 .840 .814 1.32 1.90
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.

Games
1873 NA-58-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1871 NA-160-8

Home Runs
1873 NA-2-4
1874 NA-2-5

Bases on Balls
1871 NA-13-2
1872 NA-9-4
1873 NA-10-5

Times on Base
1871 NA-57-9

At Bats per Home Run
1873 NA-133.0-8
1874 NA-92.0-3

Outs
1873 NA-200-6

Wins
1873 NA-2-10

Won-Loss %
1873 NA-.500-6

Games
1871 NA-9-10

Saves
1871 NA-3-1
1872 NA-1-1
1873 NA-1-2
1874 NA-3-1

Strikeouts
1874 NA-15-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1873 NA-7-10

Oldest Player
1871 NA-36-2
1872 NA-37-1
1873 NA-38-1
1874 NA-39-1
1875 NA-40-1
1876 NL-41-1
1877 NL-42-1

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (253) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 15 (1152) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 24 (930) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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