Taffy Wright Stats

Taffy Wright was born on Thursday, August 10, 1911, in Tabor City, North Carolina. Wright was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1938, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Taffy Wright baseball stats page.
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Taffy Wright

Taft Wright Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#93)

Taft Wright Autograph on a 1978 Grand Slam (#93)
 

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Birth Name:   Taft Shedron Wright
Nickname:   Taffy
Born On:   08-10-1911  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Tabor City, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-22-1981 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Orlando, Florida
Cemetery:   Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, North Carolina
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-18-1938 (Age 26)
Last Game:   09-16-1949
Draft:   Not Applicable
Taffy Wright

Taffy Wright Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Taffy Wright

Taffy Wright Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1938 27 Senators 100 263 37 92 18 10 2 1 36 13 - 17 1 - 4 - .350 .389 .517
1939 28 Senators 129 499 77 154 29 11 4 0 93 38 - 19 9 - 1 7 .309 .359 .435
1940 29 White Sox 147 581 79 196 31 9 5 1 88 43 - 25 1 - 2 9 .337 .385 .448
1941 30 White Sox 136 513 71 165 35 5 10 0 97 60 - 27 1 - 6 8 .322 .399 .468
1942 31 White Sox 85 300 43 100 13 5 0 0 47 48 - 9 1 - 4 5 .333 .432 .410
1946 35 White Sox 115 422 46 116 19 4 7 0 52 42 - 17 2 - 1 17 .275 .342 .389
1947 36 White Sox 124 401 48 130 13 0 4 0 54 48 - 17 5 - 1 9 .324 .398 .387
1948 37 White Sox 134 455 50 127 15 6 4 1 61 38 - 18 1 - 5 13 .279 .341 .365
1949 38 Athletics 59 149 14 35 2 5 2 0 25 16 - 6 4 - 3 8 .235 .321 .356
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
9 Years 1,029 3,583 465 1,115 175 55 38 3 553 346 - 155 25 - 27 76 .311 .376 .423
Taffy Wright

Taffy Wright Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1938 Senators LF 14 13 201 32 2.3 31 31 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 4.16
1938 Senators RF 46 44 993 180 3.9 179 176 3 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .994 4.87
1939 Senators LF 43 43 1,065 285 6.6 279 277 2 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 7.07
1939 Senators RF 80 77 1,911 2,174 27.2 2,167 2,159 8 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .997 30.62
1940 White Sox RF 144 144 429 300 2.1 289 278 11 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .963 18.19
1941 White Sox RF 134 134 399 295 2.2 287 279 8 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .973 19.42
1942 White Sox LF 81 81 2,154 188 2.3 182 176 6 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.28
1942 White Sox RF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1946 White Sox LF 8 8 207 213 26.6 213 213 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 27.78
1946 White Sox RF 99 99 2,559 2,211 22.3 2,209 2,204 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .999 23.31
1947 White Sox LF 34 31 885 161 4.7 158 155 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .981 4.82
1947 White Sox RF 67 66 1,728 2,149 32.1 2,146 2,142 4 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .999 33.53
1948 White Sox LF 6 6 162 11 1.8 11 10 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.83
1948 White Sox RF 108 106 2,778 1,225 11.3 1,225 1,217 8 - 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.91
1949 Athletics RF 35 31 747 67 1.9 65 60 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .970 2.35
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 714 701 11,544 8,601 12.0 8,567 8,515 52 34 16 n/a n/a n/a .996 20.04
LF Totals 186 182 4,674 890 4.8 874 862 12 16 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 5.05
9 Years 900 883 16,218 9,491 10.5 9,441 9,377 64 50 17 n/a n/a n/a .995 15.72
Taffy Wright

Taffy Wright Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1938 Senators 1 2 .333 41 0 n/a 131.5 15.5 7.3 - - -
1939 Senators 1 2 .333 6 0 n/a 124.8 26.3 5.4 - - -
1940 White Sox 4 7 .364 3 0 n/a 116.2 23.2 6.6 - - -
1941 White Sox 5 4 .556 2 0 n/a 51.3 19.0 5.3 - - -
1942 White Sox 1 8 .111 4 0 n/a 0.0 33.3 6.4 - - -
1946 White Sox 10 3 .769 8 0 n/a 60.3 24.8 8.1 - - -
1947 White Sox 8 6 .571 25 1 n/a 100.3 23.6 7.4 - - -
1948 White Sox 2 1 .667 20 0 n/a 113.8 25.3 7.5 - - -
1949 Athletics 0 0 .000 26 0 n/a 74.5 24.8 6.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
9 Years 32 33 .492 135 1 n/a 94.3 23.1 6.5 - - -
Taffy Wright

Taffy Wright Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1938 Washington Senators 23 Undetermined - -
1939 Washington Senators 4 Undetermined - -
1940 Chicago White Sox 6 Undetermined - -
1941 Chicago White Sox 6 Undetermined - -
1942 Chicago White Sox 6 Undetermined - -
1946 Chicago White Sox 6 Undetermined - -
1947 Chicago White Sox 6 Undetermined - -
1948 Chicago White Sox 6 Undetermined - -
1949 Philadelphia Athletics 6 Undetermined - -




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