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George
Wright		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 22, 1958 in Usa, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY
 
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
1982 23 IND AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1983 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1984 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 8
1985 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1986 27 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 2 2 8 7 7
1987 28 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 7 7 7
1988 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 7 7 7
1989 30 MIN AL     5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 3 8 7 7
1990 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 8
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
1982 23 AAA   136 494 60 152 12 4 12 47 13 12 38 45 .308 .357 .421 .778 70.7  
1983 24 PIT NL 84 264 30 61 8 1 3 25 0 4 15 26 .231 .279 .303 .582 20.5 1.3
1984 25 PIT NL 127 393 54 105 11 3 9 40 2 1 18 37 .267 .301 .379 .680 43.1 5.8
1985 26 PIT NL 122 400 34 96 20 7 4 49 1 4 14 39 .240 .267 .355 .622 33.9 3.4
1986 27 PIT NL 136 424 52 97 19 3 10 44 3 2 16 49 .229 .256 .358 .615 33.0 2.3
1987 28 PIT NL 84 171 14 49 10 0 2 15 2 0 7 20 .287 .315 .380 .695 18.4 3.4
1988 29 PIT NL 78 202 18 41 15 1 2 18 1 2 8 31 .203 .238 .317 .555 12.2 0.0
1989 30 AAA   122 413 56 133 17 2 14 67 7 9 28 53 .322 .365 .475 .840 65.5  
1990 31 AAA   137 590 67 163 24 4 17 73 14 7 38 74 .276 .320 .417 .737 77.1  
6 Years Sim 631 1854 202 449 83 15 30 191 9 13 78 202 .242 .275 .352 .626 161.3 16.2
3 Years AAA 395 1497 183 448 53 10 43 187 34 28 104 172 .299 .345 .434 .779 213.3  
162 Game Average 475 51 115 21 3 7 49 2 3 20 51 .242 .275 .352 .626 41.4  
Career Highs 136 424 54 105 20 7 10 49 3 4 18 49 .287 .315 .380 .695 43.1  
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   1354 147 317 62 8 23 134 9 9 61 148 .234 .270 .343 .612 118.0
vs LH   500 55 132 21 7 7 57 0 4 17 54 .264 .288 .376 .664 50.2
Home 318 929 100 218 49 6 18 102 2 5 42 93 .235 .270 .358 .629 84.7
Away 313 925 102 231 34 9 12 89 7 8 36 109 .250 .279 .345 .624 83.4
RISP   423 0 103 22 3 4 149 0 0 28 46 .243 .287 .338 .625 40.5
Pinch Hitting   59 4 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 9 .186 .213 .220 .433 1.7
Close/Late   219 22 55 12 1 2 14 0 0 10 34 .251 .287 .342 .629 20.2
Mar/Apr 74 229 25 53 14 3 5 25 0 2 13 24 .231 .275 .384 .659 22.8
May 110 318 40 91 17 3 6 33 4 4 18 34 .286 .327 .415 .743 40.3
June 115 326 27 78 13 2 7 40 1 2 7 41 .239 .259 .356 .615 27.6
July 100 303 34 64 11 0 5 30 3 1 14 34 .211 .249 .297 .546 21.2
August 115 338 30 73 12 0 2 24 0 1 12 37 .216 .241 .269 .511 19.3
Sep/Oct 117 340 46 90 16 7 5 39 1 3 14 32 .265 .295 .397 .692 37.0
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
1983 24 PIT NL RF 50 40 373.3 90 1 1 1 .989 2.19   0.8
    CF 15 12 108.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1984 25 PIT NL LF 124 124 1043.7 193 2 22 1 .899 1.68   1.8
    RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 26 PIT NL LF 118 116 965.0 181 2 17 0 .915 1.71   1.4
    3B 1 1 9.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.73   0.1
    CF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 27 PIT NL LF 111 106 893.7 161 2 14 1 .921 1.64   1.6
    CF 10 6 62.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.05    
    RF 8 7 59.0 19 2 1 2 .955 3.20    
1987 28 PIT NL CF 24 14 134.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.01   0.7
    RF 22 11 132.3 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    LF 24 8 95.3 10 1 5 0 .688 1.04    
1988 29 PIT NL LF 16 11 106.3 16 0 1 0 .941 1.35   0.7
    RF 13 12 105.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    CF 16 12 103.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.75    
  LF 393 365 3104.0 561 7 59 2 .906 1.65   5.6
  RF 95 71 681.3 164 4 2 3 .988 2.22   0.8
  CF 68 44 414.0 98 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.7
  3B 2 1 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.28   0.1
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   559 481 4212.3 824 17 61 5 .932 1.80   7.2
Career Highs   129 125 1054.0 201 6 22 3 .992 2.23    
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
1990 31 MIN AL 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Career Post-Season Batting 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
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
1985-9-7
          
 
   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 2nd round, 48th overall pick, by Indianapolis in 1982
Traded from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh on 2/4/1983 (Going to PIT: CF Leroy Stanton, CF George Wright, 1B Tony Solaita. Going to IND: 1B Eddie Murray)
Had first career hit on 4/7/1983, off Steve Mura (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1983, off Buzz Capra (TOR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Indianapolis on 5/25/1985
Injured on 6/24/1985 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/12/1987 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1989 to a minor league deal
Injured on 8/4/1990 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
10/13/1990: Signed a minor league contract extension with Minnesota
 
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