George Wright (outfielder)
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George De Witt Wright is a retired professional baseball player who played as an outfielder
in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the Texas Rangers
and Montreal Expos
. In 1983 he had a career year with a surprising Texas Rangers club that was in first place at the all-star break. For the season he played in all 162 games and hit .287 with 18 home runs, 80 rbi, and a .745 OPS. The next several seasons he was often injured and failed to live up to his 1983 performance. In his last game with the Rangers he committed a costly three-base error in the bottom of the 9th inning of a game in which Charlie Hough
would later lose a no-hitter and the game. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198606160.shtml Wright would later play briefly for the Montreal Expos and eventually had two seasons in Japan for the Hawks
, in when they were the Nankai Hawks, and in when they were the Daiei Hawks.
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...
in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
and Montreal Expos
Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League of Major League Baseball . The team moved into the newly built Nationals Park in 2008, after playing their first three seasons in RFK Stadium...
. In 1983 he had a career year with a surprising Texas Rangers club that was in first place at the all-star break. For the season he played in all 162 games and hit .287 with 18 home runs, 80 rbi, and a .745 OPS. The next several seasons he was often injured and failed to live up to his 1983 performance. In his last game with the Rangers he committed a costly three-base error in the bottom of the 9th inning of a game in which Charlie Hough
Charlie Hough
Charles Oliver Hough is a former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher. He is currently a senior adviser of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Playing career:...
would later lose a no-hitter and the game. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CAL/CAL198606160.shtml Wright would later play briefly for the Montreal Expos and eventually had two seasons in Japan for the Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
The are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28, 2005 by the SoftBank Corporation.The team was formerly known as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were...
, in when they were the Nankai Hawks, and in when they were the Daiei Hawks.