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 4, 1990 in Jackson, MS
(73 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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Notes:

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

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1937	NE	NN2	20	SP	2	1	.667	6	4		2	0	0	32.0	23	19	40	3	9	19	0		0	141	5.34	99
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	1	2	.333	6	4		1	0	0	34.1	21	17	26	1	21	16	1		1	145	4.46	111
1939	TC/NE	NN2/NAL	22	SP	2	3	.400	5	4		1	0	0	24.1	14	11	29		8	9			0		4.07	105
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	1	4	.200	5	5		5	0	0	43.0	13	8	35		5	19	1		2		1.67	230
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	4	0	1.000	7	3		3	2	0	36.2	14	12	28		11	21	5		0		2.95	135
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	4	3	.571	16	8		3	0	1	76.2	39	32	76	1	20	35	0		1	36	3.76	102
1943	HG/EAS	MULT	26	SP	20	4	.833	36	26		17	5	1	214.0	63	56	191	1	52	120	1	0	3	882	2.36	186
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	1	0	1.000	3	2		1	0	0	14.1	11	11	15		5	9	0		0		6.91	58
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	4	2	.667	9	7		6	2	0	59.1	11	10	49	1	13	32	3		4	56	1.52	228
1947	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	SP	4	5	.444	15	11		7	1	0	90.2	44	36	89	3	28	63	2	0	2	388	3.57	109
10	5			SP	43	24	.642	108	74		46	10	2	625.1	253	212	578	10	172	343	13	0	13	1648	3.05	134
162 Game Average					16	9	.642	40	28		17	4	1	233.2	95	79	216	6	64	128	5	0	5	983	3.05	134

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
10	Negro Leagues				43	24	.642	107	73		45	10	2	620.1	253	212	575	10	171	339	13	0	13	1627	3.08	132
1	vs Major Leagues				0	0		1	1		1	0	0	5.0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0		0	21	0.00	0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
4	Newark Eagles			SP	4	3	.571	14	9		4	0	0	77.1	48	39	74	4	33	39	1		1	286	4.54	112
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	2	7	.222	9	8		5	0	0	58.1	23	16	56		11	25	1		2		2.47	163
6	Homestead Grays			SP	37	14	.725	82	56		36	10	2	481.2	180	155	440	6	127	273	11		10	1326	2.90	136
2	East All Stars			-	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	6.00	29
1	Negro All Stars			-	0	0		1	1		1	0	0	5.0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0		0	21	0.00	0

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1937	NE	NN2	20	SP	32.0	1.53	1.51	13.5%	11.5%	6.4%	8.3%	2.11	1.39	2.1%	1.5%
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	34.1	1.37	1.47	11.0%	11.2%	14.5%	9.1%	0.76	1.24	0.7%	1.4%
1939	TC/NE	NN2/NAL	22	SP	24.1	1.52	1.38	8.3%	11.2%	7.4%	8.0%	1.13	1.47
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	43.0	0.93	1.35	11.4%	14.2%	3.0%	8.2%	3.80	1.74
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	36.2	1.06	1.35	14.4%	10.2%	7.5%	7.7%	1.91	1.32
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	76.2	1.25	1.32	10.8%	15.7%	6.2%	8.3%	1.75	1.49	0.3%
1943	HG/EAS	MULT	26	SP	214.0	1.14	1.46	13.6%	13.7%	5.9%	9.3%	2.31	1.26	0.1%	0.9%
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	14.1	1.40	1.37	14.5%	10.1%	8.1%	7.2%	1.80	1.41
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	59.1	1.04	1.31	13.2%	12.2%	5.4%	8.3%	2.46	1.58	0.4%
1947	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	SP	90.2	1.29	1.39	16.2%	12.7%	7.2%	9.5%	2.25	1.55	0.8%	0.5%
10	5			SP	625.1	1.20	1.40	13.2%	12.4%	6.6%	8.9%	1.99	1.41	0.6%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
10	Negro Leagues				620.1	1.20	1.40	13.1%	12.4%	6.6%	8.9%	1.98	1.41	0.6%	0.9%
1	vs Major Leagues				5.0	0.80	1.07	19.0%	12.7%	4.8%	8.6%	4.00	1.47	0.0%	0.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
4	Newark Eagles			SP	77.1	1.38	1.49	11.9%	11.2%	10.0%	8.6%	1.18	1.32	1.4%	1.4%
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	58.1	1.15	1.34	10.5%	13.8%	4.6%	8.2%	2.27	1.69
6	Homestead Grays			SP	481.2	1.18	1.40	13.7%	12.5%	6.4%	9.0%	2.15	1.39	0.5%	0.7%
2	East All Stars			-	3.0	1.67	0.96	13.3%	14.1%	0.0%	7.5%	0.00	2.05	0.0%	1.3%
1	Negro All Stars			-	5.0	0.80	1.07	19.0%	12.7%	4.8%	8.6%	4.00	1.47	0.0%	0.0%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1937	NE	NN2	20	SP	6	141	130	23	40	7	2	3	7		9	19		0	2		2	.308	.353	.462	.814
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	6	145	117	21	26	5	1	1	1		21	16		1	6		5	.222	.345	.308	.653
1939	TC/NE	NN2/NAL	22	SP	5			14	29						8	9		0
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	5			13	35						5	19		2
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	7			14	28						11	21		0
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	16	36	33	39	76	1	1	1	3		20	35		1	1		0	2.303	1.796	2.485	4.281
1943	HG/EAS	MULT	26	SP	36	882	816	63	191	20	8	1	11		52	120		3	10	0	0	.234	.282	.282	.564
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	3			11	15						5	9		0
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	9	56	52	11	49	4	0	1	1		13	32		4	0		0	.942	.957	1.077	2.033
1947	HG/EAS	NN2/EWA	30	SP	15	388	352	44	89	11	9	3	6	1	28	63	0	2	6	0	5	.253	.312	.361	.672
10	5			SP	108	1648	1500	253	578	48	21	10	29	1	172	343	0	13	25	0	12	.245	.302	.325	.627

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
10	Negro Leagues				107	1627	1480	253	575	47	21	10	29	1	171	339	0	13	25	0	12	.247	.304	.327	.631
1	vs Major Leagues				1	21	20	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	4		0	0		0	.150	.190	.200	.390

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
4	Newark Eagles			SP	14	286	247	48	74	12	3	4	8		33	39		1	8		7	.267	.349	.389	.738
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	9			23	56						11	25		2				.000	.000	.000	.000
6	Homestead Grays			SP	82	1326	1219	180	440	34	18	6	19		127	273		10	16		5	.241	.293	.313	.607
2	East All Stars			-	2	15	14	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786
1	Negro All Stars			-	1	21	20	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	4		0	0		0	.150	.190	.200	.390

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