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

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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 19	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 20	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 21	PHA		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 22	PHA	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 23	PHA	@	WSH	W,14-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	11	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	12	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	13	Apr 30	PHA		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14	May 1 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,15-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	16 (1)	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	17	May 5	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	18	May 6	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	19	May 7	PHA	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	20	May 8 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	21	May 8 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	0	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
20	22	May 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-0	GF	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	23	May 11	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	37 (13)	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	44	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	38	May 29	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	41 (2)	Jun 1	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
25	42	Jun 2	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
26	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	67 (23)	Jun 28	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	68	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	69	Jun 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	70	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	72 (1)	Jul 3	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	73	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	78 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	88 (9)	Jul 21 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-15	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	96 (7)	Jul 29	PHA		DET	W,5-3	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
							35gm		270.1	59	4	2	65	0