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Tom
Wright		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 22, 1923 in Usa, NC, SHELBY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1954   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 26 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
1951 27 MON NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
1952 28 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 6
1953 29 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 6
1954 30 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6
1955 31 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6
1956 32 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 6
1957 33 CIN NL $ 517,143   7 7 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 5
1958 34 CIN NL $ 517,143   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 5
1959 35 CIN NL $ 517,143   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 517,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1950 26 A   108 404 63 137 21 7 7 36 8 11 99 53 .339 .469 .478 .947 89.4  
1951 27 A   137 502 72 161 28 1 7 51 6 12 128 83 .321 .459 .422 .881 101.8  
1952 28 MON NL 6 21 7 7 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 .333 .364 .476 .840 3.1 0.4
    A   135 509 68 163 34 2 12 60 9 12 114 68 .320 .445 .466 .910 104.7  
1953 29 MON NL 47 61 12 18 1 2 1 8 0 0 4 9 .295 .358 .426 .784 9.0 1.9
1954 30 MON NL 145 503 50 133 18 6 6 49 0 0 43 83 .264 .322 .360 .682 57.9 5.9
1955 31 MON NL 50 132 22 39 4 1 3 18 0 0 18 20 .295 .377 .409 .787 19.6 3.8
  CIN NL 31 32 2 9 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 3 .281 .324 .344 .667 2.8 0.2
  TOT   81 164 24 48 6 1 3 28 0 0 20 23 .293 .368 .396 .764 22.3 4.0
    AAA   52 207 30 68 15 1 2 26 5 3 16 25 .329 .377 .440 .816 31.8  
1956 32 CIN NL 90 97 12 32 5 1 1 9 0 0 5 19 .330 .369 .433 .802 13.2 2.5
1957 33 CIN NL 118 378 48 87 19 1 2 40 0 0 40 100 .230 .306 .302 .608 33.1 3.1
1958 34 CIN NL 83 95 8 21 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 24 .221 .282 .274 .555 5.7 0.0
1959 35 A   137 454 51 144 18 4 8 73 7 6 88 97 .317 .428 .427 .855 85.1  
7 Years Sim 570 1319 161 346 54 11 14 148 0 0 120 261 .262 .326 .352 .678 144.3 17.7
1 Years AAA 52 207 30 68 15 1 2 26 5 3 16 25 .329 .379 .440 .819 31.8  
4 Years A 517 1869 254 605 101 14 34 220 30 41 429 301 .324 .453 .447 .901 381.0  
5 Years Minors 569 2076 284 673 116 15 36 246 35 44 445 326 .324 .447 .447 .894 412.8  
162 Game Average 374 45 98 15 3 3 42 0 0 34 74 .262 .326 .352 .678 41.0  
Career Highs 145 503 50 133 19 6 6 49 0 0 43 100 .333 .369 .476 .840 57.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   881 109 251 37 7 11 95 0 0 74 144 .285 .343 .380 .723 112.4
vs LH   438 52 95 17 4 3 53 0 0 46 117 .217 .294 .295 .588 38.9
Home 288 664 90 172 27 8 9 81 0 0 67 132 .259 .329 .364 .694 80.3
Away 282 655 71 174 27 3 5 67 0 0 53 129 .266 .323 .339 .662 71.1
RISP   306 0 91 9 3 2 125 0 0 36 58 .297 .365 .366 .731 42.6
Pinch Hitting   240 27 72 10 4 2 29 0 0 10 45 .300 .335 .400 .735 29.5
Close/Late   180 18 47 4 3 0 13 0 0 16 30 .261 .321 .317 .638 18.7
Mar/Apr 111 265 28 65 11 0 3 32 0 0 23 53 .245 .304 .321 .625 26.4
May 114 257 40 69 13 4 3 28 0 0 23 46 .268 .336 .385 .721 32.1
June 68 165 16 45 6 1 0 9 0 0 11 36 .273 .324 .321 .645 16.6
July 67 150 17 41 5 2 4 19 0 0 11 27 .273 .325 .413 .738 19.7
August 103 242 23 57 7 2 2 25 0 0 20 49 .236 .298 .306 .604 22.0
Sep/Oct 106 240 37 69 12 2 2 35 0 0 32 50 .288 .369 .379 .748 34.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 28 MON NL LF 4 4 33.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.1
    RF 2 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 29 MON NL LF 5 5 36.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.2
    RF 4 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    CF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1954 30 MON NL LF 127 122 1091.7 231 4 1 2 .996 1.94   2.8
    CF 11 9 82.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    RF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 31 MON NL CF 28 19 244.4 73 2 3 1 .962 2.76   0.7
    RF 4 1 18.8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CIN NL CF 17 12 54.3 16 0 1 0 .941 2.65   0.2
    RF 2 1 4.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 45 31 298.7 89 2 4 1 .958 2.74   0.9
      RF 6 2 23.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1956 32 CIN NL RF 14 4 53.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.01   0.1
    LF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1957 33 CIN NL LF 96 85 733.7 193 5 0 3 1.000 2.43   1.6
    RF 10 10 83.0 19 1 2 1 .909 2.17    
    CF 6 6 52.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
1958 34 CIN NL LF 22 6 88.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.2
    RF 4 0 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 260 222 1991.3 462 9 1 5 .998 2.13   4.9
  CF 68 47 450.0 129 2 4 1 .970 2.62   0.9
  RF 42 18 200.0 43 1 2 1 .957 1.98   0.1
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   371 287 2642.3 634 12 7 7 .989 2.20   5.8
Career Highs   140 131 1175.7 247 6 4 4 1.000 2.72    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1954-5-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 64th overall pick, by Montreal in 1950
Injured on 8/1/1950 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/8/1952, off Bubba Church (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 9/8/1952, off Bobby Tiefenauer (BRK)
Injured on 5/11/1954 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1954
Traded from Montreal to Cincinnati on 6/1/1955 (Going to CIN: RF Tom Wright. Going to MON: P Bud Byerly)
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/11/1957 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/12/1958 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $517,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/9/1959 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days
 
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