Ed Wright

American baseball player

PersonDied aged 76humanQ5335604

Also known as Henderson Edward Wright

Born: May 15, 1919
Died: November 19, 1995
Birthplace: Dyersburg
Place of death: Dyersburg
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Henderson Edward Wright was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1945 and 1952 for the Boston Braves (1945–48) and Philadelphia Athletics (1952). Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 180 lb (82 kg), Wright batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

5 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1945	Boston Braves	15	39	6	5	0	2	1	3	.128	.150	.128	.278
1946	Boston Braves	36	59	5	18	5	6	3	3	.305	.349	.390	.739
1947	Boston Braves	23	23	3	3	2	2	1	4	.130	.167	.217	.384
1948	Boston Braves	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1952	Philadelphia Athletics	24	7	1	1	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429
Career		101	128	15	27	8	10	5	12	.211	.246	.273	.520

MLB pitching stats — season by season

5 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1945	Boston Braves	8	3	15	12	7	1	0	111.1	104	31	7	33	24	2.51	1.231
1946	Boston Braves	12	9	36	21	8	2	0	176.1	164	69	8	71	44	3.52	1.333
1947	Boston Braves	3	3	23	6	1	0	0	64.2	80	46	9	35	14	6.40	1.778
1948	Boston Braves	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.2	9	1	0	2	2	1.93	2.357
1952	Philadelphia Athletics	2	1	24	0	0	0	1	41.1	55	30	6	20	9	6.53	1.815
Career		25	16	101	39	16	3	1	398.1	412	177	30	161	93	4.00	1.439

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Minneapolis Millers
Given name: Ed
Family name: Wright
Cause of death: cancer
Manner of death: natural causes
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in MLB.comRetrieved 2022-05-04
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