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Taffy Wright

American baseball player (1911-1981)

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Born: August 10, 1911
Died: October 22, 1981
Birthplace: Tabor City
Place of death: Orlando
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Taft Shedron "Taffy" Wright was an American professional baseball player. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball from 1938 to 1949, primarily as a right fielder.

Overview

MLB batting stats — season by season

9 seasons · from AIDb's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1938	Washington Senators	100	263	37	92	18	10	2	36	1	13	17	.350	.389	.517	.906
1939	Washington Senators	129	499	77	154	29	11	4	93	1	38	19	.309	.359	.435	.794
1940	Chicago White Sox	147	581	79	196	31	9	5	88	4	43	25	.337	.385	.448	.832
1941	Chicago White Sox	136	513	71	165	35	5	10	97	5	60	27	.322	.399	.468	.867
1942	Chicago White Sox	85	300	43	100	13	5	0	47	1	48	9	.333	.432	.410	.842
1946	Chicago White Sox	115	422	46	116	19	4	7	52	10	42	17	.275	.342	.389	.731
1947	Chicago White Sox	124	401	48	130	13	0	4	54	8	48	17	.324	.398	.387	.784
1948	Chicago White Sox	134	455	50	127	15	6	4	61	2	38	18	.279	.341	.365	.706
1949	Philadelphia Athletics	59	149	14	35	2	5	2	25	0	16	6	.235	.321	.356	.677
Career		1,029	3,583	465	1,115	175	55	38	553	32	346	155	.311	.376	.423	.799

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