Johnny Wright

John Richard Wright Jr.
(Needle Nose)
Also played as John Leftwich in 1945
Born: November 28, 1916 in New Orleans, LA
Died: May 10, 1990 in Jackson, MS
(73 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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Notes:

• High School: McDonogh 35 HS (New Orleans, LA)
• Buried: Providence Memorial Park (Metairie, LA)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	NE	NN2	20	SP	10	27	27	0	5	1	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.185	.185	.222	.407	3
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	7	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.077	.143	.077	.220	-41
1939	MULT	MULT	22	SP	8	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1	0		.200	.250	.200	.450	27
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	8	23	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	2			.050	.095	.050	.145	-55
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	10	24	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3			0	1			.000	.130	.000	.130	-62
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	20	31	30	2	5	0	0	0	2	1		1			0	0			.167	.194	.167	.360	2
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	26	SP	38	94	86	12	17	6	0	0	9	0	0	5	0		0	3			.198	.242	.267	.509	38
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	9	28	27	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	0		.148	.179	.148	.327	-2
1947	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	30	SP	15	34	34	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	.147	.147	.147	.294	-19
10	6			SP	128	299	278	22	41	7	0	0	15	1	0	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	.147	.186	.173	.358	-2
162 Game Average						378	352	28	52	9	0	0	19	1	0	16	0	0	0	10	0	0	.147	.186	.173	.358	-2

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Negro Leagues				127	297	276	22	41	7	0	0	15	1	0	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	.149	.187	.174	.361	-1
1	vs Major Leagues				1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
4	Newark Eagles			SP	19	48	45	1	7	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	2			.156	.174	.178	.352	-10
1	South All Stars			-	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	14	34	30	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2			0	2	0		.100	.156	.100	.256	-25
6	Homestead Grays			SP	91	214	200	19	31	6	0	0	14	1		10	0	0	0	4	0		.155	.195	.185	.380	5
2	East All Stars			-	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1	Negro All Stars			RP	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	NE	NN2	27	.185	.350	0.0%	8.2%					0.0%	1.5%	.037	.134
1938	NE	NN2	15	.113	.346	6.7%	9.3%					0.0%	1.5%	.000	.128
1939	MULT	MULT	17	.212	.331	5.9%			8.2%			0.0%	1.0%	.000	.103
1940	TIC	NAL	23	.076	.319	4.3%	9.1%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
1941	HG	NN2	24	.094	.336	12.5%	8.6%					0.0%	1.2%	.000	.115
1942	HG	NN2/WS	31	.179	.338	3.2%			9.6%			0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	94	.240	.355	5.3%		0.0%	10.1%			0.0%	0.6%	.070	.099
1944	HG	NN2	6	.000	.349	0.0%	8.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
1945	MULT	MULT	28	.161	.319	3.6%		0.0%	8.5%			0.0%	0.8%	.000	.090
1947	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	34	.141	.342	0.0%			8.9%			0.0%	1.0%	.000	.103
10	6		299	.173	.342	4.3%	9.2%	0.0%	0.9%		9.00	0.0%	0.9%	.025	.104

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Negro Leagues		297	.174	.342	4.4%	9.2%	0.0%	0.9%		9.00	0.0%	0.9%	.025	.104
1	vs Major Leagues		2	.000	.242	0.0%	6.0%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.042

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
4	Newark Eagles		48	.159	.348	2.1%	8.6%					0.0%	1.5%	.022	.130
1	South All Stars		1	.000	.322	0.0%	4.4%					0.0%	1.5%	.000	.081
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords		34	.130	.321	5.9%	8.8%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.084
6	Homestead Grays		214	.185	.345	4.7%	9.4%	0.0%	0.9%		9.00	0.0%	0.8%	.030	.101
2	East All Stars		0		.000		0.0%		0.0%		0.00		0.0%		.000
1	Negro All Stars		2	.000	.242	0.0%	6.0%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.042

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