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Harry Wright

Major League Baseball player, manager (1835-1895)

PersonDied aged 60humanQ1251693

Also known as William Henry Wright · William Henry "Harry" Wright

Born: January 10, 1835
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2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: October 3, 1895
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Birthplace: Sheffield
Place of death: Atlantic City
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
, cricketer

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William Henry "Harry" Wright was an American professional baseball center fielder, pitcher, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. He is credited with introducing innovations such as backing up infield plays from the outfield and shifting defensive alignments based on hitters' tendencies. For his contributions as a manager and developer of the game, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 by the Veterans Committee.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

7 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1871	Boston Red Stockings	31	147	42	44	5	2	0	26	7	13	2	.299	.356	.361	.717
1872	Boston Red Stockings	48	208	39	53	5	1	0	24	0	9	2	.255	.286	.288	.574
1873	Boston Red Stockings	58	263	57	68	7	3	2	36	3	11	4	.259	.288	.331	.619
1874	Boston Red Stockings	40	184	44	58	4	2	2	27	1	4	3	.315	.330	.391	.721
1875	Boston Red Stockings	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
1876	Boston Red Caps	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1877	Boston Red Caps	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		180	813	183	224	21	8	4	113	11	37	14	.276	.307	.336	.643

MLB pitching stats — season by season

4 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1871	Boston Red Stockings	1	0	9	0	3	18.2	34	13	4	0	6.27	2.036
1872	Boston Red Stockings	1	0	7	0	4	25.2	26	6	0	1	2.10	1.013
1873	Boston Red Stockings	2	2	14	6	4	39.1	65	18	6	5	4.12	1.805
1874	Boston Red Stockings	0	2	6	2	3	16.2	24	4	4	0	2.16	1.680
Career		4	4	36	8	14	100.1	149	41	14	6	3.68	1.624

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Given name: Harry
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in baseballhall.orgRetrieved 2022-05-27
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cricket
Family name: Wright
Member of sports team: Cincinnati Red Stockings
Position played on team / speciality: center fielder
Sex or gender: male
Father: Samuel Wright Sr.
Sibling: George Wright
Sam Wright
Place of burial: West Laurel Hill Cemetery
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