Baseball player, manager, and developer (1835–1895)
For other people named Harry Wright, see Harry Wright (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Harry Wright
Center fielder / Manager
Born:(1835-01-10)January 10, 1835 Sheffield, England
Died: October 3, 1895(1895-10-03) (aged 60) Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 5, 1871, for the Boston Red Stockings
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1877, for the Boston Red Caps
MLB statistics
Batting average
.272
Home runs
4
Runs batted in
111
Managerial record
1225–885–35
Winning %
.581
Teams
National Association of Base Ball Players
New York Knickerbockers (1858–1862)
Gotham of New York (1863–1865)
Cincinnati Red Stockings (1866–1870)
League player
Boston Red Stockings (1871–1875)
Boston Red Caps (1876–1877)
League manager
Boston Red Stockings (1871–1875)
Boston Red Caps (1876–1881)
Providence Grays (1882–1883)
Philadelphia Quakers/Phillies (1884–1893)
Career highlights and awards
4× NA pennant (1872–1875)
2× NL pennant (1877–1878)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1953
Vote
Veterans Committee
William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. He is credited with introducing innovations such as backing up infield plays from the outfield and shifting defensive alignments based on hitters' tendencies. For his contributions as a manager and developer of the game, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 by the Veterans Committee.
Wright was the first to make baseball into a business by paying his players up to seven times the pay of the average working man. He is the oldest former professional player in the Hall: a few other inductees were born before him, but none of them played professionally. His younger brother George Wright is also in the Hall. The Wrights are one of only two pairs of brothers in the Hall, alongside Paul and Lloyd Waner.
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