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Sam Wright

Major League Baseball player

PersonDied aged 79humanQ7408358

Also known as Samuel Wright Jr. · Samuel Wright · Sam Wright Jr.

Born: November 25, 1848
Died: May 6, 1928
Birthplace: New York City
Place of death: Boston
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Samuel Wright Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for a total of four seasons for the New Haven Elm Citys (1875), Boston Red Caps, and Cincinnati Stars (1880).

Overview

MLB batting stats — season by season

4 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1875	New Haven Elm Citys	33	127	10	24	4	5	1	1	1	.189	.195	.220	.416
1876	Boston Red Caps	2	8	0	1	0	0	—	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
1880	Cincinnati Reds	9	34	0	3	0	0	—	0	5	.088	.088	.088	.176
1881	Boston Red Caps	1	4	0	1	0	0	—	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Career		45	173	10	29	4	5	1	1	6	.168	.172	.191	.363

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Sam
Family name: Wright
Position played on team / speciality: shortstop
Sport: baseball
Member of sports team: New Haven Elm Citys
Father: Samuel Wright Sr.
Sibling: Harry Wright
George Wright

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