Ken Wright
Born: September 4, 1946, Pensacola, FL Died: January 21, 2017, Pensacola, FLHeight: 6'2" Weight: 210 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1970 Kansas City AL 23 1 2 5.23 47 0 0 33 14 3 0 53.1 49 231 33 31 2 29 0 7 30 1971 Kansas City AL 24 3 6 3.69 21 12 1 6 3 1 1 78.0 66 344 34 32 6 47 0 3 56 1972 Kansas City AL 25 1 2 4.91 17 0 0 6 11 4 0 18.1 15 84 10 10 0 14 1 1 18 1973 Kansas City AL 26 6 5 4.91 25 12 1 7 6 0 0 80.2 60 372 48 44 6 82 0 0 75 1974 New York AL 27 0 0 3.18 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 5.2 5 29 2 2 0 7 0 0 2 TOTALS 11 15 4.54 113 24 2 54 35 8 1 236.0 195 1060 127 119 14 179 1 11 181
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 Kansas City AL 47 188 33 49 70 11 2 2 4 3 3 2 29 0 7 30 11 .261 .372 .374 1971 Kansas City AL 21 287 34 66 94 8 1 6 7 0 6 3 47 0 3 56 7 .230 .328 .344 1972 Kansas City AL 17 65 10 15 19 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 1 1 18 1 .231 .292 .378 1973 Kansas City AL 25 286 48 60 92 10 2 6 1 3 7 4 82 0 0 75 6 .210 .322 .383 1974 New York AL 3 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 2 0 .227 .227 .414
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 Kansas City AL 23 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 Kansas City AL 24 21 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 .091 .091 .130 1972 Kansas City AL 25 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 Kansas City AL 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1974 New York AL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 113 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 .071 .071 .103
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1970 Kansas City AL P 53.1 0 47 1 8 1 0 .900 1.52 3 2 0 1971 Kansas City AL P 78.0 12 21 1 16 1 2 .944 1.96 6 3 0 1972 Kansas City AL P 18.1 0 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 0 1973 Kansas City AL P 80.2 12 25 1 6 2 0 .778 0.78 7 4 0 1974 New York AL P 5.2 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.76 1 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1964).
- Selected by Kansas City Royals from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 1, 1969).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (June 16, 1971)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (August 3, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (September 7, 1971)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (October 1, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (August 12, 1973)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (September 2, 1973)
- Traded by Kansas City Royals with Lou Piniella to New York Yankees in exchange for Lindy McDaniel (December 7, 1973).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Mike Wallace (May 3, 1974).
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