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Tom Wright

Major League Baseball player (1923–2017)

PersonDied aged 93humanQ7818107

Also known as Thomas Everette Wright

Born: September 22, 1923
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Died: September 5, 2017
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Birthplace: Shelby
Place of death: Shelby
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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1.Stated in Baseball ReferenceRetrieved 2022-04-21
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Education: Shelby High School

Overview

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Thomas Everette Wright was an American professional baseball player. The outfielder, born in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball (1948–56) for four American League teams. He threw right-handed, batted left-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg) as an active player.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1948	Boston Red Sox	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000
1949	Boston Red Sox	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.250	.400	.500	.900
1950	Boston Red Sox	54	107	17	34	7	0	0	20	0	6	18	.318	.360	.383	.743
1951	Boston Red Sox	28	63	8	14	1	1	1	9	0	11	8	.222	.347	.317	.664
1952	St. Louis Browns	29	66	6	16	0	0	1	6	1	12	20	.242	.359	.288	.647
1952	Chicago White Sox	60	132	15	34	10	2	1	21	1	16	16	.258	.342	.386	.729
1953	Chicago White Sox	77	132	14	33	5	3	2	25	0	12	21	.250	.322	.379	.701
1954	Washington Senators	76	171	13	42	4	4	1	17	0	18	38	.246	.323	.333	.656
1955	Washington Senators	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1956	Washington Senators	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		341	685	75	175	28	11	6	99	2	76	123	.255	.336	.355	.690

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Given name: Tom
Family name: Wright
Cause of death: stroke
Position played on team / speciality: left fielder
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball
Manner of death: natural causes

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