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

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	4	2	.667	10	7		4	0	0	64.0	38	30	71	3	20	28	1	0	2	280	4.22	125
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	1	2	.333	7	4		1	0	0	35.1	21	18	27	1	21	17	1	0	1	149	4.58	114
1939	MULT	MULT	22	SP	2	5	.286	8	5		2	0	0	39.2	29	22	48	1	11	16	1	0	0	181	4.99	83
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	1	6	.143	7	7		6	0	0	52.2	17	15	41	0	10	29	1	0	3	206	2.56	168
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	6	0	1.000	10	5		3	2	0	55.2	19	17	38	4	20	29	5	0	0	220	2.75	158
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	4	3	.571	19	7		4	0	3	85.0	40	37	86	3	23	50	1	0	1	363	3.92	99
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	26	SP	20	4	.833	37	27		17	5	1	222.0	66	58	199	1	55	125	1	2	3	916	2.35	182
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	2	0	1.000	3	2		1	0	0	14.1	12	11	15	0	5	9	0	0	0	64	6.91	62
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	4	1	.800	9	7		6	3	0	58.2	11	10	48	1	15	32	2	0	3	244	1.53	234
1947	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	30	SP	4	5	.444	15	11		7	1	0	90.2	44	37	89	3	28	63	2	0	2	388	3.67	111
10	6			SP	48	28	.632	125	82		51	11	4	718.0	297	255	662	17	208	398	15	2	15	3011	3.20	131
162 Game Average					16	9	.632	41	27		17	4	1	236.0	98	84	217	6	68	131	5	1	5	989	3.20	131

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				48	28	.632	124	81		50	10	4	713.0	297	255	659	17	207	394	15	2	15	2990	3.22	130
1	vs Major Leagues				0	0		1	1		1	1	0	5.0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0	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	6	4	.600	19	12		6	0	0	110.1	63	51	106	5	44	49	2	0	3	474	4.16	126
1	South All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9.00	44
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	2	10	.167	13	11		7	0	0	82.1	41	33	78	0	19	42	2	0	3	343	3.61	116
6	Homestead Grays			SP	40	13	.755	89	58		37	10	4	516.1	190	168	467	12	144	301	11	2	9	2152	2.93	137
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	28
1	Negro All Stars			RP	0	0		1	1		1	1	0	5.0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0	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	64.0	1.42	1.52	10.0%	11.9%	7.1%	8.3%	1.40	1.43	1.1%	1.5%
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	35.1	1.36	1.50	11.4%	11.2%	14.1%	9.1%	0.81	1.23	0.7%	1.4%
1939	MULT	MULT	22	SP	39.2	1.49	1.40	8.8%	11.3%	6.1%	7.7%	1.45	1.55	0.6%	1.3%
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	52.2	0.97	1.41	14.1%	13.8%	4.9%	9.2%	2.90	1.51	0.0%	0.5%
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	55.2	1.04	1.40	13.2%	11.9%	9.1%	8.2%	1.45	1.45	1.8%	1.2%
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	85.0	1.28	1.34	13.8%	15.8%	6.3%	8.4%	2.17	1.48	0.8%	1.2%
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	26	SP	222.0	1.14	1.45	13.6%	13.7%	6.0%	9.4%	2.27	1.25	0.1%	0.9%
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	14.1	1.40	1.42	14.1%	11.0%	7.8%	7.6%	1.80	1.45	0.0%	0.8%
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	58.2	1.07	1.33	13.1%	12.5%	6.1%	8.4%	2.13	1.58	0.4%	0.5%
1947	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	30	SP	90.2	1.29	1.39	16.2%	12.7%	7.2%	9.5%	2.25	1.56	0.8%	0.5%
10	6			SP	718.0	1.21	1.42	13.2%	12.6%	6.9%	9.0%	1.91	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				713.0	1.21	1.42	13.2%	12.6%	6.9%	9.0%	1.90	1.41	0.6%	0.9%
1	vs Major Leagues				5.0	0.80	1.05	19.0%	12.8%	4.8%	8.5%	4.00	1.51	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	110.1	1.36	1.50	10.3%	11.6%	9.3%	8.6%	1.11	1.36	1.1%	1.5%
1	South All Stars			-	1.0	3.00	1.93	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	5.7%	0.00	1.67	0.0%	1.2%
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	82.1	1.18	1.39	12.2%	13.5%	5.5%	8.7%	2.21	1.55	0.0%	0.7%
6	Homestead Grays			SP	516.1	1.18	1.41	14.0%	12.7%	6.7%	9.2%	2.09	1.40	0.6%	0.8%
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			RP	5.0	0.80	1.05	19.0%	12.8%	4.8%	8.5%	4.00	1.51	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	10	280	254	38	71	13	4	3	13		20	28		2	4		3	.280	.337	.398	.735
1938	NE	NN2	21	SP	7	149	121	21	27	5	1	1	1		21	17		1	6		5	.223	.343	.306	.648
1939	MULT	MULT	22	SP	8	181	166	29	48	7	5	1	2		11	16	0	0	4		3	.289	.333	.410	.743
1940	TIC	NAL	23	SP	7	206	192	17	41	11	0	0	5		10	29		3	1		4	.214	.263	.271	.534
1941	HG	NN2	24	SP	10	220	199	19	38	9	4	4	4		20	29		0	1		8	.191	.265	.337	.602
1942	HG	NN2/WS	25	SP	19	363	334	40	86	16	3	3	4		23	50		1	5		1	.257	.307	.350	.658
1943	EAS/HG	MULT	26	SP	37	916	845	66	199	20	8	1	6		55	125		3	12		7	.236	.285	.282	.566
1944	HG	NN2	27	SP	3	64	59	12	15	2	1	0	0		5	9		0	0		0	.254	.313	.322	.635
1945	MULT	MULT	28	SP	9	244	222	11	48	7	1	1	2		15	32	2	3	4	0	1	.216	.275	.270	.545
1947	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	30	SP	15	388	352	44	89	11	9	3	6	1	28	63	0	2	6		5	.253	.312	.361	.672
10	6			SP	125	3011	2744	297	662	101	36	17	43	1	208	398	2	15	43	0	37	.241	.298	.323	.621

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				124	2990	2724	297	659	100	36	17	43	1	207	394	2	15	43	0	37	.242	.299	.324	.623
1	vs Major Leagues				1	21	20	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	4	0	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	19	474	417	63	106	19	7	5	14		44	49		3	10		8	.254	.330	.369	.699
1	South All Stars			-	1	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	.500	.500	.667	1.167
2	Pittsburgh Crawfords			RP	13	343	316	41	78	16	3	0	7		19	42		3	5		7	.247	.296	.316	.612
6	Homestead Grays			SP	89	2152	1971	190	467	63	26	12	20		144	301	2	9	27	0	22	.237	.292	.314	.605
2	East All Stars			-	2	15	14	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1		0	.357	.357	.429	.786
1	Negro All Stars			RP	1	21	20	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	4	0	0	0		0	.150	.190	.200	.390

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