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George DeWitt Wright

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Full Name: George DeWitt Wright Primary Position: OF,CF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180 First Game: April 10, 1982
Birthdate: December 22, 1958 Final Game: October 5, 1986
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

George Wright (George DeWitt Wright) was born on December 22, 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on April 10, 1982 for the Texas Rangers. In 1982, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI. Wright played for the Texas Rangers and Montreal Expos over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that George Wright's best season was 1983, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .276 average and knocked in 80 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1982 TEX A 150 557 69 147 11 50 .264 .305 .377 20 5 30 78 3 8 3 4 11
1983 TEX A 162 634 79 175 18 80 .276 .321 .424 28 6 41 82 2 1 8 9 9
1984 TEX A 101 383 40 93 9 48 .243 .273 .384 19 4 15 54 2 1 0 2 6
1985 TEX A 109 363 21 69 2 18 .190 .241 .242 13 0 25 49 0 3 4 5 9
1986 TEX A 49 106 10 23 2 7 .217 .250 .321 3 1 4 23 1 0 3 1 2
1986 MON N 56 117 12 22 0 5 .188 .258 .265 5 2 11 28 1 1 1 0 3
1986 Total 105 223 22 45 2 12 .202 .254 .291 8 3 15 51 2 1 4 1 5
Total NL 56 117 12 22 0 5 .188 .258 .265 5 2 11 28 1 1 1 0 3
Total AL 571 2043 219 507 42 203 .248 .290 .366 83 16 115 286 8 13 18 21 37
Total 627 2160 231 529 42 208 .245 .288 .361 88 18 126 314 9 14 19 21 40

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1982 TEX A CF 144 130 1178.1 387 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1982 TEX A RF 6 5 45.2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 TEX A OF 149 135 1227 398 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1982 TEX A LF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 TEX A OF 161 160 1443.2 460 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1983 TEX A CF 161 160 1443.2 455 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1984 TEX A CF 54 54 462.2 124 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1984 TEX A RF 26 26 232.2 51 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1984 TEX A OF 80 80 695.1 175 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1984 TEX A DH 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 TEX A OF 102 93 826.2 213 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1985 TEX A DH 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1985 TEX A RF 55 52 445.1 98 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 TEX A CF 53 41 381.1 113 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1986 TEX A LF 10 4 53.2 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1986 TEX A OF 42 21 244.1 61 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1986 TEX A CF 8 5 54.2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 TEX A RF 27 12 136 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1986 MON N CF 21 17 149.2 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 MON N LF 10 5 56.1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 MON N OF 32 24 226 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 MON N RF 3 2 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 Total RF 30 14 156 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1986 Total LF 20 9 110 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1986 Total OF 74 45 470.1 109 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1986 Total CF 29 22 204.1 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 441 407 3670.1 1137 22 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total OF 566 513 4663 1355 35 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total DH 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 117 97 879.2 191 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
Total LF 21 9 113 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
  • Sent to Montreal Expos by Texas Rangers for future considerations (June 18, 1986).
  • Released by Montreal Expos (December 19, 1986).
  • Signed by Montreal Expos (1987).
  • Signed by San Francisco Giants (January, 1989).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jim Weaver (August 16, 1989).

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