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Kurt
Wright		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 235
 
Born: June 1, 1915 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1940   
Mel Parnell Award 1940   
Top Fielders Award 1948   
All-Star Selections 1940    1941    1942    1943    1945    1946    1947    1951   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Chet Covington Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1939 24 BNG EL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667  
1940 25 BNG EL 18 13 .581 34 34 30 6 0 300.7 247 97 26 84 335 2.90 .222 .283 .336 .619  
1941 26 BNG EL 22 10 .688 35 35 31 8 0 301.3 213 80 26 62 353 2.39 .195 .239 .301 .541  
1942 27 BNG EL 22 12 .647 35 35 30 4 0 307.7 260 106 25 78 357 3.10 .228 .282 .342 .624  
1943 28 BNG EL 18 14 .563 36 36 22 3 0 308.3 236 81 18 97 337 2.36 .208 .275 .300 .575  
1944 29 BNG EL 16 14 .533 36 36 26 2 0 310.7 288 86 16 70 345 2.49 .245 .288 .323 .611  
1945 30 MEM SA 20 12 .625 35 35 24 3 0 300.0 263 94 11 80 335 2.82 .233 .287 .308 .595  
1946 31 MEM SA 13 13 .500 33 33 20 2 0 285.0 273 96 16 71 249 3.03 .252 .298 .335 .634  
1947 32 MEM SA 21 11 .656 34 34 21 5 0 288.3 242 94 11 92 301 2.93 .228 .297 .297 .594  
1948 33 MEM SA 10 7 .588 20 20 7 1 0 147.7 168 73 10 55 156 4.45 .288 .350 .384 .734  
  SCR EL 8 3 .727 11 11 4 1 0 85.0 79 27 4 24 88 2.86 .249 .305 .325 .630  
  TOT   18 10 .643 31 31 11 2 0 232.7 247 100 14 79 244 3.87 .274 .335 .363 .698  
1949 34 NSH SA 13 14 .481 31 31 18 2 0 251.3 227 91 15 77 220 3.26 .242 .302 .348 .651  
1950 35 NSH SA 9 16 .360 29 29 12 1 0 214.0 215 98 17 88 175 4.12 .261 .333 .375 .708  
1951 36 NSH SA 16 14 .533 34 34 14 1 0 269.0 274 106 18 88 210 3.55 .265 .326 .358 .684  
13 Years Sim 206 153 .574 404 403 259 39 0 3370.0 2986 1129 213 966 3462 3.02 .236 .294 .330 .624  
Season Average 15 11 .577 31 31 19 3 0 259.2 229 86 16 74 266 3.02 .236 .294 .330 .624  
Career Highs 22 16 .688 36 36 31 8 0 310.7 288 106 26 97 357 4.12 .333 .335 .375 .708  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1940 25 BNG EL 34 101 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 43 .059 .077 .089 .166 -5.3  
1941 26 BNG EL 35 101 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 41 .059 .120 .069 .190 -3.6  
1942 27 BNG EL 35 105 5 5 3 0 0 7 0 0 6 42 .048 .099 .076 .175 -3.7  
1943 28 BNG EL 36 105 10 10 2 2 2 12 0 0 9 40 .095 .162 .210 .372 4.0  
1944 29 BNG EL 36 106 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 .028 .055 .038 .093 -7.7  
1945 30 MEM SA 35 114 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 58 .044 .052 .053 .105 -7.5  
1946 31 MEM SA 33 95 5 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 51 .053 .090 .074 .164 -3.5  
1947 32 MEM SA 34 102 3 10 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 53 .098 .115 .118 .233 -2.0  
1948 33 MEM SA 20 51 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .098 .148 .118 .266 -0.4  
  SCR EL 11 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .061 .061 .061 .121 -1.8  
  TOT   31 84 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 40 .083 .115 .095 .210 -2.2  
1949 34 NSH SA 31 84 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 52 .048 .091 .048 .139 -4.3  
1950 35 NSH SA 29 75 5 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 42 .080 .125 .107 .232 -1.1  
1951 36 NSH SA 34 97 3 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 51 .082 .126 .093 .219 -2.4  
12 Years Sim 403 1169 46 75 16 2 3 41 1 1 50 547 .064 .102 .089 .191 -39.2  
162 Game Average 469 18 30 6 0 1 16 0 0 20 219 .064 .102 .089 .191 -15.8  
Career Highs 36 114 10 10 3 2 2 12 1 1 9 58 .098 .162 .210 .372 4.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1939 24 BNG EL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1940 25 BNG EL P 34 34 300.7 10 42 3 2 .945 1.56    
1941 26 BNG EL P 35 35 301.3 22 39 5 2 .924 1.82    
1942 27 BNG EL P 35 35 307.7 16 39 4 2 .932 1.61    
1943 28 BNG EL P 36 36 308.3 20 41 1 1 .984 1.78    
1944 29 BNG EL P 36 36 310.7 12 36 4 1 .923 1.39    
1945 30 MEM SA P 35 35 300.0 12 45 8 7 .877 1.71    
1946 31 MEM SA P 33 33 285.0 15 52 4 4 .944 2.12    
1947 32 MEM SA P 34 34 288.3 19 36 4 7 .932 1.72    
1948 33 MEM SA P 20 20 147.7 13 25 1 1 .974 2.32    
  SCR EL P 11 11 85.0 7 15 0 1 1.000 2.33    
  TOT   P 31 31 232.7 20 40 1 2 .984 2.32    
1949 34 NSH SA P 31 31 251.3 20 41 5 7 .924 2.18    
1950 35 NSH SA P 29 29 214.0 18 41 4 5 .937 2.48    
1951 36 NSH SA P 34 34 269.0 13 50 2 6 .969 2.11    
Career Totals   404 403 3370.0 197 502 45 46 .940 1.87    
Career Highs   36 36 310.7 22 52 8 7 .984 2.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1939 24 BNG EL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 25 BNG EL 2 1 .667 3 3 2 0 0 26.0 23 6 1 1 42 2.08 .232 .240 .323 .563
1941 26 BNG EL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 5 2 1 4 8 2.00 .167 .265 .267 .531
1942 27 BNG EL 2 1 .667 4 4 2 0 0 33.0 30 15 2 11 37 4.09 .246 .308 .352 .661
1944 29 BNG EL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 10 8 1 6 7 9.82 .323 .432 .484 .916
1946 31 MEM SA 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 10 6 0 5 9 6.00 .278 .366 .361 .727
1949 34 NSH SA 2 2 .500 4 4 3 0 0 33.0 36 14 4 14 22 3.82 .279 .350 .419 .768
1951 36 NSH SA 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 20 11 1 6 8 7.07 .317 .377 .429 .805
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 8 .467 17 16 9 0 0 132.3 134 62 10 47 135 4.22 .261 .323 .374 .697
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 25 BNG EL 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .200 .000 .200
1941 26 BNG EL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1942 27 BNG EL 4 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .100 .100 .200 .300
1944 29 BNG EL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1946 31 MEM SA 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1949 34 NSH SA 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .091 .167 .091 .258
1951 36 NSH SA 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 16 42 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .071 .133 .095 .229
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1940-7-2.90
1941-2-2.39
1942-7-3.10
1943-1-2.36
1944-1-2.49
1945-5-2.82
1946-4-3.03
1947-7-2.93
1949-8-3.26
1951-7-3.55
CAR-7-3.02
 Wins
1940-3-18
1941-1-22
1942-3-22
1943-3-18
1944-8-16
1945-2-20
1947-4-21
1951-8-16
CAR-8-206
 Losses
1943-8-14
1944-8-14
1950-7-16
1951-7-14
CAR-8-153
 Winning Pct
1940-9-.581
1941-3-.688
1942-6-.647
1945-6-.625
1947-7-.656
CAR-20-.574
 Games Pitched
1940-7-34
1941-3-35
1942-5-35
1943-10-36
1944-6-36
CAR-30-404
 Games Started
1940-6-34
1941-2-35
1942-5-35
1943-1-36
1944-1-36
1945-5-35
1946-7-33
1947-8-34
1951-9-34
CAR-11-403
Complete Games
1940-1-30
1941-1-31
1942-2-30
1943-2-22
1944-3-26
1945-4-24
1946-7-20
1947-6-21
1949-2-18
1950-7-12
1951-4-14
CAR-2-259
 Shutouts
1940-2-6
1941-1-8
1942-4-4
1943-3-3
1944-6-2
1945-5-3
1946-5-2
1947-2-5
1949-6-2
1950-9-1
1951-7-1
CAR-3-39
 Innings Pitched
1940-3-300.7
1941-3-301.3
1942-5-307.7
1943-2-308.3
1944-1-310.7
1945-3-300.0
1946-3-285.0
1947-8-288.3
1951-4-269.0
CAR-8-3370.0
 Hits Allowed
1942-9-260
1943-10-236
1944-4-288
1945-8-263
1946-8-273
1951-5-274
CAR-12-2986
 Strikeouts
1940-2-335
1941-1-353
1942-2-357
1943-1-337
1944-1-345
1945-1-335
1946-4-249
1947-4-301
1949-8-220
1951-8-210
CAR-5-3462
 Walks Allowed
1943-10-97
1945-5-80
1947-5-92
1949-10-77
1950-5-88
1951-7-88
CAR-7-966
Walks per 9IP
1941-6-1.9
1942-7-2.3
1944-4-2.0
CAR-33-2.6
 Hits per 9IP
1940-8-7.4
1941-1-6.4
1942-9-7.6
1943-3-6.9
1945-5-7.9
1946-9-8.6
1947-4-7.6
1949-9-8.1
CAR-9-8.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1940-6-10.0
1941-5-10.5
1942-4-10.4
1943-4-9.8
1944-4-10.0
1945-2-10.1
1947-2-9.4
1949-7-7.9
CAR-6-9.2
 WHiP
1940-10-1.10
1941-2-0.91
1942-8-1.10
1943-5-1.08
1944-5-1.15
1945-10-1.14
CAR-18-1.17
 OAVG
1940-8-.222
1941-1-.195
1942-8-.228
1943-3-.208
1945-6-.233
1946-10-.252
1947-4-.228
CAR-9-.236
 OOBP
1941-2-.239
1942-8-.282
1943-4-.275
1944-5-.288
1945-9-.287
CAR-17-.294
OSLG
1940-9-.336
1941-2-.301
1942-2-.342
1943-1-.300
1944-4-.323
1945-3-.308
1946-5-.335
1947-2-.297
1949-5-.348
1950-10-.375
1951-5-.358
CAR-4-.330
 OOPS
1940-8-.619
1941-1-.541
1942-5-.624
1943-1-.575
1944-3-.611
1945-5-.595
1946-6-.634
1947-4-.594
1949-7-.651
1951-9-.684
CAR-6-.624
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 40    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 239    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 171)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 83    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  1. Kirk Muncie (918)
  2. James Donley (891)
  3. Jamison Sholar (888)
  4. Brian Olaughlin (882)
  5. Alan Crosby (879)
  6. William Thomas (873)
  7. Morris Allen (870)
  8. Anthony Perkins (855)
  9. Seth Knox (838)
  10. Robert Slye (837)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Richard Malmberg (991)
  2. Steven Bell (987)
  3. David Flaherty (984)
  4. Alan Crosby (983)
  5. John Underwood (981)
  6. Jamaal Townsend (979)
  7. Josue Heide (979)
  8. Andrew McKim (977)
  9. Steven Varnum (975)
  10. Clarence Jim (975)
History
Drafted in 28th round, 435th overall pick, by Binghamton in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/20/1940, off Robert Slye (WMP)
Earned first career win on 4/20/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1940, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Struck out 18 batters against Williamsport on 5/22/1940
Struck out 16 batters against Elmira on 6/12/1940
Struck out 16 batters against Scranton on 6/20/1940
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1940, off Robert Slye (WMP)
Struck out 15 batters against Williamsport on 9/6/1940
Struck out 17 batters against Williamsport on 9/19/1940
Won Class A Championship with Binghamton in 1940
Won Mel Parnell Award in 1940, going 18-13, 2.90 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1941, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1941, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1941, going 6-1, 1.60
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1941, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Struck out 15 batters against Wilkes-Barre on 9/4/1941
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Struck out 16 batters against Elmira on 7/16/1942
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1942, going 5-2, 1.48
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1943, going 5-1, 1.03
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1944, going 2-2, 1.17
Signed as a free agent by Memphis on 2/27/1945 to a 4-year deal worth $8,670,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1945, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Struck out 16 batters against Little Rock on 8/9/1945
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1946, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/15/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.53 ERA
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1947, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Struck out 15 batters against Atlanta on 7/11/1948
Traded from Memphis to Scranton on 7/18/1948 (Going to SCR: 1B T. Foster, P K. Wright. Going to MEM: P G. Foutz, 1B D. Shaner)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1948, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Won Top Fielders Award at Pitcher in 1948
Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/26/1949 to a 3-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Injured on 7/19/1949 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/19/1950 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1951, going 3-1, 0.79
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1951, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
 
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