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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-37 / in Starts: 14-17
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 172 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	124 (68-41-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 172 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	115 (60-37-18)

Most Driven In
E Joost	6
F Fain	5
E Valo	4
Self	2
W Moses	1
M Guerra	1
D Fowler	1
N Fox	0

Most Driven In By
S Chapman	3
F Fain	3
Self	2
M Guerra	1
H Majeski	1
E Joost	1
E Valo	0

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	971	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	.69	-0.010	1.81	-0.02%	-0.12	RF
2	972	2	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	1.04	0.018	2.53	0.03%	-0.21	RF
3	973	3	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	GS-10	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	2.08	0.075	5.07	0.11%	0.82	RF
4	974	4	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	4	1.95	-0.183	5.27	-0.30%	-1.26	RF
5	975	5	Apr 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	4	.92	-0.058	2.23	-0.09%	-0.81	RF
6	976	6	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-1	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.333	.542	4	.84	0.183	2.30	0.30%	3.21	RF
7	977	7	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	GS-8	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.357	.633	4	.66	0.008	1.94	0.01%	0.39	RF
8	978	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.242	.313	.555	4	1.52	-0.217	5.02	-0.43%	-1.43	RF
9	979	9	Apr 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538	8	2.91	-0.075	9.16	-0.14%	-0.25	PH
10	980	10	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.282	.389	.671	4	.96	0.315	2.53	0.50%	2.66	RF
11	981	11	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.375	.670	4	.91	-0.062	2.44	-0.10%	-0.37	RF
12	982	12	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.409	.742	4	1.87	0.408	4.14	0.54%	3.40	RF
13	983	13	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.327	.396	.723	4	1.29	0.009	2.99	0.01%	-0.10	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	984	14	May 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,15-9	CG	6	6	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.407	.718	4	.93	-0.053	2.10	-0.07%	0.33	RF
15	985	16 (1)	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.323	.404	.726	4	1.89	0.118	5.08	0.19%	0.40	RF
16	986	17	May 5	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.262	.318	.393	.712	4	1.28	-0.170	3.21	-0.26%	-0.64	RF
17	987	18	May 6	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.270	.324	.397	.720	4						PH RF
18	988	19	May 7	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.439	.773	4	1.21	0.165	2.92	0.24%	0.89	RF
19	989	20	May 8 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.275	.342	.464	.806	4						RF
20	990	21	May 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.274	.338	.452	.790	4						RF
21	991	22	May 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.263	.325	.434	.760	4						PH RF
22	992	23	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.253	.322	.418	.740	4						RF
23	993	24	May 12	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.318	.413	.731	9						PH
24	994	25	May 14	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	8-9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.315	.407	.722	9	3.58	-0.063	8.35	-0.09%	-0.42	PH
25	995	26	May 15 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-7	7-8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.322	.407	.730	9	.71	0.032	1.81	0.05%	0.39	PH
26	996	27	May 15 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,7-6	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.330	.407	.737	8	1.21	0.019	3.38	0.03%	0.17	PH
27	997	29 (1)	May 18	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.326	.402	.729	9	1.15	-0.029	2.99	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
28	998	32 (2)	May 22 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.323	.398	.720	8	.64	-0.026	2.01	-0.05%	-0.45	PH
29	999	37 (4)	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.227	.306	.375	.681	6	2.04	-0.303	7.78	-0.69%	-2.24	RF
30	1000	38	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.220	.304	.363	.667	6	.63	-0.063	2.08	-0.13%	-1.17	RF
31	1001	39	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.301	.359	.660	9	.04	-0.001	.13	0.00%	-0.19	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	1002	41 (1)	Jun 1	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.237	.315	.402	.717	6						RF
33	1003	42	Jun 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	.230	.313	.390	.703	2	1.16	-0.040	2.49	-0.05%	-0.58	RF
34	1004	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.319	.394	.713	2	.98	-0.004	1.84	-0.01%	0.06	RF
35	1005	47 (3)	Jun 6	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.316	.390	.707	9	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.24	PH
36	1006	51 (3)	Jun 12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.314	.387	.700	8	1.29	-0.038	3.49	-0.06%	-0.25	PH
37	1007	52	Jun 12 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,13-10	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.319	.393	.712	9	1.81	0.069	4.28	0.10%	0.62	PH
38	1008	53	Jun 14	PHA		DET	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.317	.389	.706	9	.45	-0.012	1.51	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
39	1009	58 (4)	Jun 19 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.314	.385	.699	9	.21	-0.005	.66	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
40	1010	61 (2)	Jun 22	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.320	.391	.711	9	3.34	0.093	12.40	0.21%	0.39	PH
41	1011	63 (1)	Jun 24	PHA		CHW	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.387	.704	9	3.60	0.212	11.78	0.42%	1.27	PH
42	1012	66 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.315	.384	.698	2	3.26	-0.080	11.24	-0.17%	-0.59	PH
43	1013	67	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.239	.310	.376	.686	2	.96	0.138	3.15	0.27%	1.59	RF
44	1014	68	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.313	.372	.685	2	1.09	-0.088	3.81	-0.19%	-1.14	RF
45	1015	69	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.389	.705	2	1.70	0.218	6.07	0.47%	1.79	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	1016	70	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	W,11-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.313	.382	.694	2	.43	-0.052	1.49	-0.11%	-1.00	RF
47	1017	72 (1)	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.239	.311	.373	.684	2	.85	-0.095	2.94	-0.20%	-0.93	RF
48	1018	73	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.309	.365	.674	2	1.18	-0.056	4.61	-0.13%	-0.72	RF
49	1019	78 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.314	.364	.678	6	.58	0.022	1.99	0.05%	0.43	RF
50	1020	79	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,10-11	8-GF(8)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.318	.364	.683	9	1.41	0.056	4.20	0.10%	0.67	PH
51	1021	80	Jul 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.316	.362	.678	7	.04	-0.001	.12	0.00%	-0.61	PH
52	1022	87 (6)	Jul 19 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.314	.359	.674	8						PH
53	1023	88	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-15	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.311	.354	.665	2						PH RF
54	1024	96 (7)	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,5-3	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.313	.356	.669	5	1.48	0.016	2.63	0.02%	0.89	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
55	1025	116 (19)	Aug 20	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-7	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.317	.356	.673	9	.21	0.007	.05	0.00%	0.14	PH
56	1026	123 (6)	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,4-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.321	.361	.682	8						PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	1027	128 (4)	Sep 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.319	.358	.677	9	.20	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
58	1028	129	Sep 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.323	.358	.681	9	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
59	1029	141 (11)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.321	.356	.677	7	.93	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
							22-37		172	149	14	35	2	5	2	25	16	0	5	3	4		2	9	0	0	.235	.321	.356	.677		1.19	0.368	3.37	0.30%	4.05

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