Ken Wright
[edit] Biography
Born on September 4, 1946 in Pensacola, Florida, Ken Wright (Kenneth Warren Wright) played for the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees over the course of his 5 year career. Wright broke into the bigs on April 10, 1970 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 5.23 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5.23
| 30
| 33
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 53.1
| 49
| 2
| 29
| 0
| 2
| 7
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| 21
| 12
| 3
| 6
| 3.69
| 56
| 34
| 32
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 78
| 66
| 6
| 47
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1972
| KC
| A
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 4.91
| 18
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 18.1
| 15
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 3
| 1
|
| 1973
| KC
| A
| 25
| 12
| 6
| 5
| 4.91
| 75
| 48
| 44
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 80.2
| 60
| 6
| 82
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1974
| NY
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.18
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 113
| 24
| 11
| 15
| 4.54
| 181
| 127
| 119
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 236
| 195
| 14
| 180
| 1
| 11
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1970
| KC
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 53.1
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .900
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| P
| 21
| 12
| 78
| 1
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| .944
|
| 1972
| KC
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 18.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| KC
| A
| P
| 25
| 12
| 80.2
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .778
|
| 1974
| NY
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 5.2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 113
| 24
| 236
| 6
| 33
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 9
| 0
| .907
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1970
| KC
| A
| 47
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| KC
| A
| 21
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .130
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| KC
| A
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| KC
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| NY
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 113
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .103
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] 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).
- 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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