Glenn Wright

Shortstop

1924—1935

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Shortstop RANK
NR

Player Detail

Forest Glenn
GIVEN NAME
Wright
SURNAME
February 6, 1901, in Archie, MO
BORN
April 6, 1984, in Olathe, KS, USA
DIED
1924—1935
Playing Career
Played from 23-34
PLAYING AGE
Pittsburgh Pirates
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago White Sox
Teams Played For
Shortstop
PRIMARY POSITION
Pittsburgh Pirates
PRIMARY TEAM
1925
World Series titles
Buckshot
NICKNAME
7
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 170
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 15, 1924
Major League Debut
June 5, 1935
FINAL GAME

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In his rookie year, Glenn set the record for most assists (601) in a season, a record that stood for 56 years until broken by Ozzie Smith in 1980.
  • Glenn Wright Scouting Report

40

HITTING

50

POWER

50

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

70

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1119
1219
94
723
.294

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
24.6
55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.775
.700
110.7

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.294
.328
.447

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Tommy Thevenow
Travis Jackson
Heinie Sand

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Glenn Wright Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Wright
556
163
78
27
10
13
97
28
55
5
249
192
.294
.328
.447
775
AVG SS
538
147
71
24
7
4
44
40
7
198
194
.274
.332
.368
.700

Glenn Wright Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
82
87
87
72
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
91
77
92
65
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Glenn Wright PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
24.8
24.4
16.5
15.2
3.59
67.7
43.1
30.3
21.6
4.89
BLUE = Glenn Wright
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
139.2
125.1
UNK
67.1
20.1
327.4
189.4
134.4
92.3
24.2
BLUE = Glenn Wright
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS