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Ken Wright

American baseball player

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Also known as Kenneth Warren Wright

Born: September 4, 1946
Died: January 21, 2017
Birthplace: Pensacola
Place of death: Warrington
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in ESPN Major League BaseballRetrieved 2022-04-04
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Kenneth Warren Wright was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1974 for the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees.

Overview

MLB batting stats — season by season

5 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1970	Kansas City Royals	47	4	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1971	Kansas City Royals	21	22	1	2	1	10	.091	.130	.091	.221
1972	Kansas City Royals	17	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1973	Kansas City Royals	25	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1974	New York Yankees	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
Career		113	28	1	2	1	14	.071	.103	.071	.175

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
1970	Kansas City Royals	1	2	47	0	0	0	3	53.1	49	31	2	29	30	5.23	1.463
1971	Kansas City Royals	3	6	21	12	1	1	1	78.0	66	32	6	47	56	3.69	1.449
1972	Kansas City Royals	1	2	17	0	0	0	4	18.1	15	10	0	15	18	4.91	1.636
1973	Kansas City Royals	6	5	25	12	1	0	0	80.2	60	44	6	82	75	4.91	1.760
1974	New York Yankees	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.2	5	2	0	7	2	3.18	2.118
Career		11	15	113	24	2	1	8	236.0	195	119	14	180	181	4.54	1.589

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Toledo Mud Hens
New York Yankees
Given name: Ken
Family name: Wright
Country for sport: United States
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
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1.Stated in MLB.comRetrieved 2022-05-04
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League: Major League Baseball

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