#48 Bill "Wild Bill" Wright, Rightfield, 26 yrs, Oakland Athletics

#48 Bill "Wild Bill" Wright, Rightfield, 26 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Monday, 10/23/1940

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Bill Wright
Wild Bill
6/6/1914
26
USA
6"2
225

Rightfield
L
L

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Minimal
Loyal
None at all
3 / 6 (Well Known)
4 / 6 (Popular)
Good
Suffers
Normal
3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 6,898,800
1942
7 Year(s), 46 Days (1250 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 149 Days (1353 total Days)
7 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	47	70	71	97	56
Versus LHP	39	65	67	87	50
Versus RHP	51	72	73	100	59
Talent	5	6	6	8	5

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3
3
4
1
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
1B : 3 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 3 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 3 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 4

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/16	SLA	W 7-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	#5
9/18	@CHA	L 3-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	#5
9/19	@CHA	W 8-5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/20	@DET	L 1-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	#5
9/21	@DET	W 21-3	5	2	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	#7
9/23	KCA	W 16-8	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	#4
9/26	@LAA	W 7-1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/27	@CLE	W 7-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#7
9/29	WS1	L 4-7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	#5
9/30	BOS	W 9-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#7

Batting Stats 1940

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	151	483	122	25	5	32	105	92	116	104	.253	.395	.524	.919	1.022	.271
Projected	151	483	122	25	5	32	105	92	116	104	.253	.395	.524	.919	1.022	.271

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	139	608	2	7	1	5	0	6	253	62	8	5	61.5	113.9	8.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	129	28	5	2	5	18	19	21	35	1	0	0	.217	.322	.403	.725
vs. RHP	354	94	20	3	27	87	73	95	69	5	0	2	.266	.419	.568	.987
Close/Late	56	18	4	0	5	16	12	16	12	1	0	0	.321	.466	.661	1.126
Scoring Position	135	40	8	2	10	78	0	41	26	6	0	1	.296	.446	.607	1.053
Pinch Hitting	6	2	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.333	.444	.833	1.278

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	72	222	61	13	2	19	57	46	51	44	.275	.404	.608	1.012
Road	79	261	61	12	3	13	48	46	65	60	.234	.387	.452	.839
March/April	27	86	22	6	1	4	20	17	22	18	.256	.404	.488	.892
May	25	75	24	4	0	7	16	12	14	14	.320	.427	.653	1.080
June	24	87	20	5	0	5	15	17	17	21	.230	.352	.460	.812
July	25	80	21	4	1	7	19	18	17	18	.263	.394	.600	.994
August	27	77	13	1	0	5	16	14	27	20	.169	.385	.377	.761
Sept/Oct	23	78	22	5	3	4	19	14	19	13	.282	.412	.577	.989

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1935	148	513	111	23	3	22	95	76	86	2	5	115	9	4	.216	.328	.402	.730	LAN
1936	149	498	107	20	7	25	79	87	97	0	5	141	9	6	.215	.340	.434	.774	LAN
1937	148	468	121	20	7	20	77	83	104	3	6	89	10	4	.259	.392	.459	.852	LAN
1938	127	390	88	15	3	17	62	50	77	1	3	76	8	2	.226	.352	.410	.763	LAN
1939	150	462	114	32	1	27	77	99	111	2	2	83	8	1	.247	.393	.496	.889	LAN
1940	151	483	122	25	5	32	105	92	116	2	6	104	8	5	.253	.395	.524	.919	PHA
Total	873	2814	663	135	26	143	495	487	591	10	27	608	52	22	.236	.367	.455	.822

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1940

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
First Base	6	0	7	1	2	9	1	.889	9.0	9.00
Second Base	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	4.0	9.00
Leftfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.0	0.00
Rightfield	100	96	156	2	0	166	8	.952	849.0	1.76

Player History

Had first career hit (triple) on 4/3/1935, off Whitey Hilcher (CIN)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1935, off Paul Dean (SLN)...
Drove in 6 runs against San Francisco on 4/19/1935...
1/26/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 9 runs against Atlanta on 4/16/1937...
1/26/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Brooklyn on 4/10/1938...
1/26/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration...
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/3/1940 to a 3-year deal worth $6,898,800 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

OBP
1937 - .392 - 8th

BB
1937 - 104 - 8th
1939 - 111 - 7th