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Tom Wright
Thomas Everette Wright

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 15, 1948
Final Game April 18, 1956
Born September 22, 1923 in Shelby, NC

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 24 BOS AL   3    2    1    1   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500 1.500  409    3   0           0   0
 1949 25 BOS AL   5    4    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .250  .400  .500  131    2   0           0   0
 1950 26 BOS AL  54  107   17   34   7  0   0   20   0  0   6  18  .318  .360  .383   83   41   1           1   2
 1951 27 BOS AL  28   63    8   14   1  1   1    9   0  0  11   8  .222  .347  .317   74   20   1           1   4
 1952 28 TOT AL  89  198   21   50  10  2   2   27   2  1  28  36  .253  .348  .354   94   70   2           1   5
         SLB AL  29   66    6   16   0  0   1    6   1  1  12  20  .242  .359  .288   79   19   0           0   2
         CHW AL  60  132   15   34  10  2   1   21   1  0  16  16  .258  .342  .386  102   51   2           1   3
 1953 29 CHW AL  77  132   14   33   5  3   2   25   0  0  12  21  .250  .322  .379   86   50   1           2   1
 1954 30 WSH AL  76  171   13   42   4  4   1   17   0  0  18  38  .246  .323  .333   85   57   0   1       2   2
 1955 31 WSH AL   7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 32 WSH AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      341  685   75  175  28 11   6   99   2  1  76 123  .255  .336  .355   86  243   5   1   0   7  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        325   36   83  13  5   3   47   1  0  36  58  .255  .336  .355   86  115   2   0   0   3   7
 Career High     89  198   21   50  10  4   2   27   2  1  28  38                          70   2   1   0   2   5
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 24 BOS AL    2    1    2  53.3   110| .500  .279| .500  .365|1.500  .403|2.000  .768| 409  .989   0.7   0.1   0%
 1949 25 BOS AL    5    3    1   8.8   113| .250  .279| .400  .372| .500  .406| .900  .778| 131  .770   0.2   0.0   0%
 1950 26 BOS AL  115   76   15   5.2   122| .318  .290| .360  .379| .383  .435| .743  .814|  83  .524  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1951 27 BOS AL   76   54    7   3.5   109| .222  .278| .347  .361| .317  .407| .664  .768|  74  .384  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1952 28 TOT AL  229  156   24   4.2    98| .253  .262| .348  .342| .354  .382| .702  .725|  94  .500  -0.9  -0.1  66%
         SLB AL   78   53    7   3.6    99| .242  .264| .359  .344| .288  .385| .647  .729|  79  .432  -1.5  -0.2  50%
         CHW AL  151  103   17   4.5    97| .258  .261| .342  .341| .386  .381| .728  .723| 102  .533   0.6   0.1 100%
 1953 29 CHW AL  147  101   16   4.2   105| .250  .273| .322  .350| .379  .402| .701  .752|  86  .478  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1954 30 WSH AL  192  132   18   3.7    95| .246  .259| .323  .334| .333  .379| .656  .713|  85  .431  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1955 31 WSH AL    7    7    0   0.0   100| .000  .263| .000  .342| .000  .391| .000  .733|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1956 32 WSH AL    1    1    0   0.0   103| .000  .262| .000  .344| .000  .401| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       774  531   83   4.2   103| .255  .270| .336  .349| .355  .396| .691  .745|  86  .478 -14.0  -1.4  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 26 BOS AL OF 24 40 1 2 1 .953 .979 1.71 2.34 5 0 19 1951 27 BOS AL OF 18 19 0 1 0 .950 .979 1.06 2.23 1 0 17 1952 28 TOT AL OF 52 98 4 3 0 .971 .980 1.96 2.18 40 0 13 SLB AL OF 18 38 2 1 0 .976 .980 2.22 2.18 18 0 0 CHW AL OF 34 60 2 2 0 .969 .979 1.82 2.18 22 0 13 1953 29 CHW AL OF 33 44 1 1 0 .978 .980 1.36 2.18 10 0 24 1954 30 WSH AL OF 43 84 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.95 2.17 15 0 28
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 26 BOS AL OF 24 40 1 2 1 .953 .979 1.71 2.34 5 0 19 1951 27 BOS AL OF 18 19 0 1 0 .950 .979 1.06 2.23 1 0 17 1952 28 TOT AL OF 52 98 4 3 0 .971 .980 1.96 2.18 40 0 13 SLB AL OF 18 38 2 1 0 .976 .980 2.22 2.18 18 0 0 CHW AL OF 34 60 2 2 0 .969 .979 1.82 2.18 22 0 13 1953 29 CHW AL OF 33 44 1 1 0 .978 .980 1.36 2.18 10 0 24 1954 30 WSH AL OF 43 84 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.95 2.17 15 0 28
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 170 285 6 7 1 .977 .979 1.71 2.20 71 0 101 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 170 285 6 7 1 .977 .979 1.71 2.20
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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1951: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Les Moss to the St. Louis Browns for Gus Niarhos and Ken Wood.

June 15, 1952: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Leo Thomas to the Chicago White Sox for Al Zarilla and Willy Miranda.

March 27, 1954: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Washington Senators for Kite Thomas.


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