Taffy Wright

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Full Name: Taft Shedron Wright	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: April 18, 1938
Birthdate: August 10, 1911	Final Game: September 16, 1949
Birthplace: Tabor City, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: October 22, 1981
Deathplace: Orlando, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Taffy Wright (Taft Shedron Wright) was born on August 10, 1911 in Tabor City, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1938 for the Washington Senators. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .350 with 2 home runs and 36 RBI. Wright played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 9 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Taffy Wright's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1941, when he hit for a .322 average and knocked in 97 runs. However, others believe that it was 1940, when he hit for a .337 average and knocked in 88 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	WAS	A	100	263	37	92	2	36	.350	.389	.517	18	10	13	17	4	1	1	0	0
1939	WAS	A	129	499	77	154	4	93	.309	.359	.435	29	11	38	19	1	9	1	0	7
1940	CHI	A	147	581	79	196	5	88	.337	.385	.448	31	9	43	25	2	1	4	0	9
1941	CHI	A	136	513	71	165	10	97	.322	.399	.468	35	5	60	27	6	1	5	0	8
1942	CHI	A	85	300	43	100	0	47	.333	.432	.410	13	5	48	9	4	1	1	0	5
1946	CHI	A	115	422	46	116	7	52	.275	.342	.389	19	4	42	17	1	2	10	0	17
1947	CHI	A	124	401	48	130	4	54	.324	.398	.387	13	0	48	17	1	5	8	0	9
1948	CHI	A	134	455	50	127	4	61	.279	.341	.365	15	6	38	18	5	1	2	0	13
1949	PHI	A	59	149	14	35	2	25	.235	.321	.356	2	5	16	6	3	4	0	0	8
Total			1029	3583	465	1115	38	553	.311	.376	.423	175	55	346	155	27	25	32	0	76

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	WAS	A	OF	60	0	0	107	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1939	WAS	A	OF	123	0	0	236	10	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1940	CHI	A	OF	144	0	0	278	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1941	CHI	A	OF	134	0	0	279	8	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1942	CHI	A	OF	81	0	0	176	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1946	CHI	A	OF	107	0	0	217	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1947	CHI	A	OF	100	0	0	198	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1948	CHI	A	OF	114	0	0	227	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1949	PHI	A	OF	35	0	0	60	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.970
Total			OF	898	0	0	1778	63	53	17	0	0	0	0	0	.972

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Washington Senators with Pete Appleton to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gee Walker (December 8, 1939).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Philadelphia Athletics (November 15, 1948).
Released by Philadelphia Athletics (September 20, 1949).

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