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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 21	WSH		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	WSH		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 23	WSH		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	Apr 24	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	52	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	3	0	1	4	0
7	7	Apr 27	WSH		PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
8	8	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,9-7	GS	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 3	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 4	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	14 (1)	May 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,12-14	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	15	May 7	WSH	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	44	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	16	May 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	17	May 10	WSH	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	18	May 11	WSH	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	19	May 14	WSH		BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	20	May 15	WSH		BOS	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	21	May 16	WSH		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	22	May 17	WSH		DET	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	23	May 18	WSH		DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	24	May 19	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	25	May 20	WSH		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
25	26	May 21	WSH		CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	27	May 23	WSH		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
27	28	May 24	WSH		SLB	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
28	29	May 25	WSH		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	30	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	32 (1)	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	34 (1)	May 29	WSH		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	35	May 30 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	36	May 30 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,8-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37	Jun 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	38	Jun 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	39	Jun 3	WSH	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	40	Jun 4 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	41	Jun 4 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	42	Jun 6	WSH	@	SLB	W,10-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	44 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	45	Jun 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	46	Jun 9	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
43	47	Jun 10 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
44	49 (1)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	50	Jun 14	WSH		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	51	Jun 15 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	53 (1)	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
48	54	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	55	Jun 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	56	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	56	Jun 19 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,6-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	57	Jun 20	WSH		CLE	L,3-4	CG	53	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	60 (2)	Jun 23	WSH		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	62 (1)	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	64 (1)	Jun 27	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	65	Jun 29 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	66	Jun 29 (2)	WSH		NYY	L,0-7	CG	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	67	Jun 30	WSH		NYY	L,2-10	CG	38	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	68	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	69	Jul 2 (1)	WSH		PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	70	Jul 2 (2)	WSH		PHA	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	71	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	72	Jul 4 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	73	Jul 5	WSH	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	74	Jul 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
65	75	Jul 8 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	76	Jul 8 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	77	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	78	Jul 9 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	79	Jul 13	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	W,11-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	81	Jul 15	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	82	Jul 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
73	84 (1)	Jul 18	WSH	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	85	Jul 19	WSH	@	DET	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	86	Jul 20	WSH	@	DET	W,8-7	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	88 (1)	Jul 22	WSH	@	CLE	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	89	Jul 23 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	90	Jul 23 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	91	Jul 25	WSH		DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	92	Jul 26	WSH		DET	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	97 (4)	Aug 1	WSH		SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	98	Aug 2	WSH		SLB	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	101 (2)	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	102	Aug 6	WSH		CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	103	Aug 8	WSH		NYY	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	104	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,8-13	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
87	105	Aug 10	WSH		NYY	W,7-5	GS	25	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
88	106	Aug 12	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	108 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	111 (2)	Aug 17	WSH	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	50	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
91	115 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	117 (1)	Aug 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	118	Aug 24	WSH	@	DET	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	119	Aug 25	WSH	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
95	121 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
96	122	Aug 27 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	123	Aug 28	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	124	Aug 30 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	125	Aug 30 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	127 (1)	Sep 2	WSH		PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	128	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	131 (2)	Sep 6	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	132	Sep 7	WSH	@	PHA	W,10-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	133	Sep 8	WSH	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	134	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
106	136 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	137	Sep 12	WSH		CHW	T,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	138	Sep 13 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	139	Sep 13 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
110	140	Sep 14	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	141	Sep 15	WSH		SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	142	Sep 16	WSH		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	143	Sep 17	WSH		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	144	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	145	Sep 19	WSH		CLE	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
116	146	Sep 20	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	147	Sep 21	WSH		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	148	Sep 23	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
119	149	Sep 24	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	150	Sep 26	WSH		PHA	L,4-15	CG	52	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
121	151	Sep 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	152	Sep 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	153	Sep 30	WSH	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							123gm			185	9	13	207	4