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Jim Wright

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: March 3, 1955 in St. Joseph, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Benton HS (St. Joseph, MO).

High School: Benton HS (St. Joseph, MO)

School: Missouri Western State University (St. Joseph, MO)

Debut: April 22, 1981 (Age 26-050d, 14,440th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 15, 1982 (Age 27-073d)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: James Leon Wright

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

ERA

4.04

75.2

WHIP

1.533

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-11 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 5

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	9	Apr 22	KCR		CLE	L,0-4	7-GF		99	2.1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.31	12	1	4	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	.16	-0.029	.06	-0.01%	0.19	7t -2- 2 out d3	9t end d 4
2	2	13	Apr 30	KCR	@	TEX	L,0-7	7-GF(8)		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4.51	5	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.75	7b --3 2 out d7	8b end d 7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	17	May 4 susp	KCR		BOS	L,7-8	5-8		3	2.1	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.00	5.27	12	2	5	2	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	-0.150	.52	-0.02%	-0.61	5t 1-3 2 out a1	8t 12- 0 out tie
4	4	20	May 8	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-9	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.00	4.27	12	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	.14	-0.021	.03	0.00%	0.32	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
5	5	34	May 25(1)	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-7	4-GF(8)		16	5.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.21	4.67	24	5	6	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.06	0.011	.01	0.00%	0.36	4b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
6	6	39	May 30	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-5	5-9	W(1-0)	4	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	4.10	13	7	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.138	.18	0.01%	1.55	5b --- 0 out d5	9b 1-- 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	7	43	Jun 3	KCR		SEA	W,12-9	6-6		3	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	4.10	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.089	.08	-0.01%	-2.20	6t 1-- 2 out a5	6t 12- 2 out a3
8	8	47	Jun 8	KCR		NYY	L,3-8	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.70	3.70	9	2	0	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.003	.01	0.00%	0.71	8t 123 0 out d4	9t end d 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	53	Aug 12(2)	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	6-8	L(1-1)	64	2.2	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.78	3.66	15	0	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	2	0	1	0	1.26	-0.093	1.26	-0.06%	-0.05	6b --- 0 out tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
10	10	61	Aug 19	KCR		TOR	L,4-9	5-6		6	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.28	3.69	10	1	5	3	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.49	-0.098	.53	-0.06%	-1.11	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d4
11	11	68	Aug 27	KCR	@	TOR	W,11-5	9-GF		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.16	3.57	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.04	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	12	77	Sep 6	KCR		NYY	L,1-6	7-GF		9	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.83	3.68	12	2	7	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.009	.09	0.01%	1.34	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
13	13	84	Sep 14	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-4		7	3.1	6	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.09	3.98	18	4	3	0	0	6	39			0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.220	2.40	-0.39%	-2.06	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d2
14	14	88	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	5.1	5	2	2	3	3	1	1	3.13	4.29	24	5	7	2	0	5	50			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.098	3.00	0.13%	1.33	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d1
15	15	94	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	L,3-8	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	5.0	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.83	4.35	21	3	9	1	0	8	32			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.297	3.31	-0.60%	-2.78	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d4
16	16	98	Sep 29	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-3)	3	6.2	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.67	4.25	25	6	9	3	0	7	55			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.173	4.25	0.37%	1.28	1b start a 1	7b --- 2 out a2
17	17	103	Oct 5	KCR	@	CLE	W,9-0	6-8		5	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.46	4.14	12	5	2	1	0	2		0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.061	6.85	0.77%	1.35	6b --- 0 out a4	8b 3 out a9
							6-11		W-L:2-3	5.0	52.0	57	21	20	21	27	5	2	3.46	4.14	230	0.68		11%	0%	56	44	8	50%	3	2	0	206	7	0	7	4	1	0	.75	-0.506	1.82	0.14%	0.86

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