Taffy Wright

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: August 10, 1911 in Tabor City, NC us

Died: October 22, 1981 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, NC

Debut: April 18, 1938 (Age 26-251d, 8,440th in major league history)
vs. PHA 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 16, 1949 (Age 38-037d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Taft Shedron Wright

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

3583

1115

.311

465

RBI

553

OBP

.376

SLG

.423

OPS

.799

OPS+

115

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 25 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,11-12	CG	72	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	11	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	CG	49	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
16	16	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	24 (4)	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	25	May 21	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	26	May 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	27	May 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	28	May 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	29	May 25	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	30	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	31	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	32	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	33	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
30	34	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-13	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	35	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	36	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	37	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	38	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	39	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	40	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	41	Jun 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	42	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	31	6.1	4	0	0	4	0
39	43	Jun 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	2	0	0	2	0
40	44	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	45	Jun 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	46	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	CG	52	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
43	47	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	48	Jun 18	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
45	49	Jun 19	CHW		WSH	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	50	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	51	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	52	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	53	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	54	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	55	Jun 25	CHW		PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	56	Jun 26	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	57	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	58	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	59	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	60	Jun 30	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	61	Jul 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	62	Jul 2	CHW		DET	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	63	Jul 3	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	65	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		DET	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	66	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	67	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	13.0	5	2	0	7	0
64	68	Jul 6	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	69	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	70	Jul 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-14	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	71	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	72	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	73	Jul 11	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	74	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	75	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	76	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
73	77	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,12-11	CG	58	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	78	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	23	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
75	79	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	80	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	81	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	93 (11)	Jul 30	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	94	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	95	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	96	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	115 (18)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	121 (5)	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	122	Aug 29 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	123	Aug 29 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	124	Aug 30	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	125	Aug 31	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	126	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	127	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,2-5	GF	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	128	Sep 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	129	Sep 5	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	130	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	131	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	132	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	133	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	134	Sep 10	CHW		SLB	L,7-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	135	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	136	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	137	Sep 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	138	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	139	Sep 15	CHW		BOS	W,17-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	140	Sep 17	CHW		PHA	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	141	Sep 18	CHW		PHA	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	142	Sep 19 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	143	Sep 19 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,6-8	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	144	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	145	Sep 23	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	147 (1)	Sep 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	148	Sep 26	CHW	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	149	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	150	Sep 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	151	Oct 1 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	152	Oct 1 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	153	Oct 3 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							114gm		980.1	208	8	3	219	3