MLB / Players

George Wright

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 150 lb
BornJanuary 28, 1847 · New York, NY, USA
MLB debutMay 5, 1871
Final gameOctober 2, 1882
Seasons12 (1871–1882)

Boston Red Stockings 1871–1875; Boston Red Caps 1876–1878; Providence Grays 1879; Boston Red Caps 1880–1881; Providence Grays 1882

Percentile snapshot

1879 season — qualified batters

G
85
96.6
PA
401
98.3
AB
388
98.3
R
79
96.6
H
107
89.8
2B
15
61
3B
10
88.1
HR
1
55.9
RBI
42
81.4
BB
13
86.4
SO
20
49.2
BA
.276
66.1
OBP
.299
67.8
SLG
.374
71.2
OPS
.673
71.2
wRC+
114.7
71.2
OPS+
119.7
71.2
wOBA
.303
71.2
sWAR
2.5
74.6

of 60 qualified 1879 batters (min 263 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
17.0
92.2

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18711686803333750116191.413.453.6251.078153.3205.6.4730.8
187248258255878616623531144.337.345.471.816124.6148.7.3711.7
187359332323991251773439299.387.404.511.914138.1168.5.4152.8
1874603183137610310152445620.329.340.476.816133.0157.9.3692.6
18757941040810613620726126136.333.337.431.768137.4163.3.3483.5
187670343335721001861348900.299.315.397.712122.9135.1.3282.5
187761299290588015103591500.276.298.334.63299.098.2.2931.0
18785927326735605101262200.225.242.251.49372.561.9.2310.2
187985401388791071510142132000.276.299.374.673114.7119.7.3032.5
18801442100000000.250.250.250.50074.469.0.2260.0
1881728254500003100.200.286.200.48671.054.3.2420.0
1882461891851430120943600.162.180.189.36939.918.6.168-0.6

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18752001000530004.06.751.2500.002.24100.633.03.5
18761000000100101.00.001.0009.000.2310.12.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
591
PA
2,941
AB
2,873
R
665
H
866
2B
124
3B
60
HR
11
RBI
326
BB
68
SO
119
SB
47
BA
.3014
OBP
.3176
SLG
.3978
OPS
.7154

Pitching

G (P)
3
GS
0
W
0
L
1
SV
0
CG
0
SHO
0
IP
5
SO (P)
1
BB allowed
0
ERA
5.400
WHIP
1.2000
K/9
1.80

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1937 (Centennial)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.