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Taffy
Wright		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 10, 1911 in Usa, NC, TABOR CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1943   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
1939 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1940 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1941 29 CLE AL $ 2,442,857   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1942 30 CLE AL $ 2,442,857   10 10 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1943 31 CLE AL $ 2,550,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1944 32 CIN NL $ 5,109,183   9 9 8 2 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
1945 33 CIN NL $ 5,109,183   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 10 10 10
1946 34 BOS AL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 5 6 5 3 4 4 8 9 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 5 6 5 3 4 4 8 9 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,109,183   10 10 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
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
1938 26 CLE AL 140 455 67 135 24 6 3 29 0 0 33 18 .297 .348 .396 .744 57.7 8.2
1939 27 CLE AL 156 581 90 164 33 8 6 62 7 4 38 21 .282 .329 .398 .727 70.9 10.3
1940 28 CLE AL 145 471 63 150 22 7 2 81 11 1 32 16 .318 .361 .408 .768 65.3 11.6
1941 29 CLE AL 131 405 64 120 17 5 2 30 12 4 33 13 .296 .352 .378 .730 55.4 8.6
1942 30 CLE AL 133 395 66 121 18 4 6 46 8 10 30 9 .306 .356 .418 .774 53.6 9.8
1943 31 CLE AL 131 502 93 181 28 6 10 55 1 0 41 8 .361 .409 .500 .909 92.7 20.2
1944 32 CIN NL 89 198 27 71 17 1 3 32 0 0 13 2 .359 .399 .500 .899 34.3 8.0
1945 33 CIN NL 85 111 10 26 7 0 0 18 0 0 13 1 .234 .310 .297 .607 10.2 0.7
1946 34 BOS AL 40 40 7 13 4 0 1 7 0 0 4 0 .325 .386 .500 .886 6.5 1.2
    AAA   39 39 8 12 2 1 2 9 1 0 14 1 .308 .491 .564 1.055 11.2  
9 Years Sim 1050 3158 487 981 170 37 33 360 39 19 237 88 .311 .360 .419 .779 446.5 78.5
1 Years AAA 39 39 8 12 2 1 2 9 1 0 14 1 .308 .491 .564 1.055 11.2  
162 Game Average 487 75 151 26 5 5 55 6 2 36 13 .311 .360 .419 .779 68.9  
Career Highs 156 581 93 181 33 8 10 81 12 10 41 21 .361 .409 .500 .909 92.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2612 411 828 144 32 28 299 31 18 205 62 .317 .368 .429 .797 387.5
vs LH   546 76 153 26 5 5 61 8 1 32 26 .280 .321 .374 .695 63.9
Home 500 1491 231 481 78 18 19 167 23 10 120 39 .323 .375 .437 .812 230.0
Away 550 1667 256 500 92 19 14 193 16 9 117 49 .300 .346 .403 .750 221.4
RISP   700 0 217 34 7 5 295 0 0 59 21 .310 .355 .400 .755 98.2
Pinch Hitting   270 36 86 19 1 4 45 2 0 22 1 .319 .369 .441 .809 41.7
Close/Late   428 61 137 24 8 3 56 0 0 39 10 .320 .377 .435 .812 66.2
Mar/Apr 160 489 85 158 37 9 7 73 7 5 47 19 .323 .381 .479 .859 82.4
May 186 580 91 166 36 5 1 66 3 3 32 19 .286 .333 .371 .703 65.3
June 184 575 89 175 23 5 6 68 9 1 37 13 .304 .341 .393 .734 76.4
July 170 516 69 156 23 8 5 39 4 3 47 14 .302 .360 .407 .767 73.3
August 171 476 67 156 26 4 7 54 7 2 36 10 .328 .377 .443 .820 74.6
Sep/Oct 179 522 86 170 25 6 7 60 9 5 38 13 .326 .375 .437 .812 79.5
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
1938 26 CLE AL RF 93 87 732.7 199 10 9 0 .959 2.57   2.4
    LF 36 23 229.0 47 3 1 1 .980 1.97    
1939 27 CLE AL LF 146 144 1260.3 262 8 9 2 .968 1.93   4.6
    RF 6 1 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1940 28 CLE AL RF 125 111 1006.3 242 12 9 1 .966 2.27   2.7
    LF 3 3 23.0 5 1 1 0 .857 2.35    
1941 29 CLE AL RF 103 91 800.3 196 10 11 1 .949 2.32   1.9
    LF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1942 30 CLE AL RF 110 75 739.3 176 7 2 0 .989 2.23   2.6
    LF 4 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1943 31 CLE AL RF 116 106 971.3 195 5 6 1 .971 1.85   1.7
    CF 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1944 32 CIN NL RF 45 34 312.0 72 3 2 0 .974 2.16   0.8
    LF 12 6 56.0 6 2 0 1 1.000 1.29    
1945 33 CIN NL LF 11 7 66.0 15 1 2 0 .889 2.18   0.2
    RF 13 5 58.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.40    
1946 34 BOS AL RF 4 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.1
    LF 2 1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  RF 615 511 4656.0 1097 47 40 3 .966 2.21   12.1
  LF 217 187 1674.3 345 15 13 4 .965 1.94   4.9
  CF 2 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43    
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   835 698 6339.3 1448 63 53 7 .966 2.15   17.0
Career Highs   152 145 1284.3 269 13 11 2 1.000 2.42    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 31 CLE AL 7 32 5 11 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 0 .344 .382 .500 .882
1944 32 CIN NL 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1945 33 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 37 5 12 2 0 1 9 0 0 2 0 .324 .375 .459 .834
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.
Batting Average
1940-4-.318
1943-1-.361
CAR-41-.311
 On-Base Pct
1943-4-.409
 Slugging Pct
1943-6-.500
 OPS
1943-4-.909
 Games
1939-6-156
 At-Bats
1939-10-581
Hits
1943-8-181
 Singles
1943-5-137
 Triples
1939-7-8
 Stolen Bases
1939-10-7
1940-9-11
1941-6-12
 Caught Stealing
1939-10-4
1942-5-10
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Harvey Hendrick (965)
  2. Gene Moore (957)
  3. Lloyd Waner (956)
  4. Wally Moses (948)
  5. Russ Scarritt (947)
  6. Harry Rice (947)
  7. Pete Scott (945)
  8. Sam West (940)
  9. Pete Fox (940)
  10. Johnny Watwood (938)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/7/1938, off Dick Barrett (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1938, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,550,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/19/1943
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/1944 to a 2-year deal worth $5,109,183 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/2/1946 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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