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Bats: L · Throws: R · Born 1911-08-10 · Played 1938–1949 · Career WAR 16.9 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=wrighta01, LAHMAN=wrighta01, MLBAM=124613, RETROSHEET=wrigt102

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1938	WS1	AL	100	263	37	92	18	10	2	36	1	2	13	17	.350	.389	.517	.906	1.8
1939	WS1	AL	129	499	77	154	29	11	4	93	1	2	38	19	.309	.359	.435	.794	2.5
1940	CHA	AL	147	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	4	7	43	25	.337	.385	.448	.833	2.8
1941	CHA	AL	136	513	71	165	35	5	10	97	5	4	60	27	.322	.399	.468	.867	3.8
1942	CHA	AL	85	300	43	100	13	5	0	47	1	8	48	9	.333	.432	.410	.842	1.9
1946	CHA	AL	115	422	46	116	19	4	7	52	10	3	42	17	.275	.342	.389	.731	1.4
1947	CHA	AL	124	401	48	130	13	0	4	54	8	6	48	17	.324	.398	.387	.785	2.2
1948	CHA	AL	134	455	50	127	15	6	4	61	2	1	38	18	.279	.341	.365	.706	0.5
1949	PHA	AL	59	149	14	35	2	5	2	25	0	0	16	6	.235	.321	.356	.677	0.0
Total			1029	3583	465	1115	175	55	38	553	32	33	346	155	.311	.372	.423	.794	16.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1938	WS1	AL	OF	60	107	3	2	3
1939	WS1	AL	OF	123	236	10	13	4
1940	CHA	AL	OF	144	278	11	11	2
1941	CHA	AL	OF	134	279	8	8	3
1942	CHA	AL	OF	81	176	6	6	1
1946	CHA	AL	OF	107	217	5	2	0
1947	CHA	AL	OF	100	198	6	6	1
1948	CHA	AL	OF	114	227	9	3	3
1949	PHA	AL	OF	35	60	5	2	0
Total				898	1778	63	53	17

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