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

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Josh Gibson	C	4	1942	1945	EAS/HG	15.6	15.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5
2	Buck Leonard	1B	6	1941	1947	EAS/HG	13.4	13.2	1.5	0.0	-1.3
3	Ray Brown	SP	5	1941	1945	HG	11.3	2.1	-1.0	10.5	-0.2
4	Sam Bankhead	SS	5	1942	1947	EAS/HG	9.1	3.2	4.1	0.2	1.6
5	Jerry Benjamin	CF	7	1939	1947	MULT	7.1	5.7	1.6	0.0	-0.2
6	Howard Easterling	3B	3	1941	1943	EAS/HG	6.9	5.1	1.7	0.0	0.2
7	Terris McDuffie	SP	4	1937	1945	HG/NE	6.8	0.1	0.0	6.7	0.0
8	Roy Welmaker	SP	3	1942	1945	HG	6.5	-0.3	0.1	6.7	0.0
9	Roy Partlow	SP	4	1941	1945	HG/NST	4.7	0.3	-0.3	4.7	0.0
10	Mule Suttles	1B	3	1937	1939	NE	4.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	-0.4
11	Leon Day	SP	5	1937	1943	MULT	4.2	0.7	0.1	3.4	0.0
12	Willie Wells	SS	4	1937	1945	NE/NST	4.1	2.8	0.6	0.0	0.6
13	Garnett Blair	SP	3	1942	1945	HG	4.1	0.1	0.0	4.0	0.0
14	Ed Stone	RF	5	1937	1945	MULT	4.0	3.8	0.5	0.0	-0.4
15	Cool Papa Bell	LF	3	1943	1945	EAS/HG	3.4	4.9	-0.8	0.0	-0.7
16	Dave Hoskins	RF	2	1944	1945	HG	3.2	1.9	0.6	1.1	-0.4
17	Edsall Walker	SP	5	1941	1945	HG	3.2	1.0	-0.1	2.3	0.0
18	Spoon Carter	SP	6	1939	1945	HG/PC	3.2	-0.3	-0.1	3.5	0.0
19	Ray Dandridge	3B	2	1937	1938	NE	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.1
20	Jud Wilson	3B	5	1941	1945	HG	2.9	4.2	-1.2	0.0	-0.2
21	Jimmy Hill	SP	3	1938	1945	NE	2.7	0.2	0.0	2.4	0.0
22	Frank Thompson	SP	1	1947	1947	HG	2.6	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.0
23	Chester Williams	SS	2	1941	1942	HG	2.2	-0.6	2.2	0.0	0.6
24	Luis Márquez	RF	1	1947	1947	EAS/HG	1.8	2.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
25	R. T. Walker	SP	2	1945	1947	HG	1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
26	Lennie Pearson	LF	6	1937	1945	MULT	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	-0.4
27	Johnny Davis	CF	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	1.3	1.4	0.4	-0.4	-0.1
28	Bus Clarkson	SS	3	1939	1942	HG/PC	1.3	1.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
29	Jimmy Johnson	SP	2	1939	1940	PC	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
30	Luke Easter	LF	1	1947	1947	HG	1.2	1.3	0.2	0.0	-0.3
31	Don Newcombe	SP	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	1.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0
32	Monte Irvin	3B	4	1938	1947	MULT	1.2	1.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Bob Thurman	RF	1	1947	1947	HG	1.1	1.1	0.7	-0.6	-0.2
34	Willie Hubert	SP	2	1939	1944	HG/NE	1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
35	Jesse Houston	SP	1	1941	1941	HG	1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
36	David Whatley	RF	3	1941	1944	HG	1.0	2.7	-1.3	0.0	-0.4
37	Wilmer Fields	SP	3	1941	1947	HG	1.0	0.1	-0.3	1.2	0.0
38	Jesse Brown	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
39	Willie Pope	SP	1	1947	1947	HG	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
40	Leniel Hooker	SP	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	0.9	-0.3	0.0	1.1	0.0
41	Fred Wilson	LF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.8	1.4	-0.5	0.1	-0.1
42	Biz Mackey	C	3	1939	1947	EAS/NE	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
43	Sidney Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
44	Eudie Napier	C	2	1941	1947	HG	0.7	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.1
45	Matt Carlisle	2B	4	1941	1944	HG	0.6	1.4	-1.1	0.0	0.4
46	James Brown	SP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
47	Red Moore	1B	1	1937	1937	NE	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
48	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1939	1939	PC	0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
49	Charlie Shields	SP	1	1943	1943	HG	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
50	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
51	J. C. Hamilton	SP	2	1941	1942	HG	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0
52	Jackie Miller	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
53	Johnny Smith	LF	1	1940	1940	PC	0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	-0.1
54	Ed Young	1B	1	1947	1947	HG	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
55	Curtis Henderson	SS	2	1939	1940	PC	0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
56	Oscar Charleston	1B	2	1939	1940	PC	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
57	Henry Miller	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
58	Johnny Johnson	SP	2	1938	1944	HG/NE	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
59	Lefty Turner	1B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
60	Murray Watkins	SS	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	0.3	-0.4	0.6	0.0	0.1
61	Sylvester Owens	CF	1	1940	1940	PC	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
62	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1941	1941	HG	0.3	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
63	Herbert Taylor	CF	1	1939	1939	PC	0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
64	Fran Matthews	1B	2	1938	1945	NE	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
65	William Bell	SP	1	1937	1937	NE	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
66	Bill Harvey	1B	3	1939	1943	EAS/PC	0.3	0.3	-0.2	0.2	0.0
67	Cecil Kaiser	SP	1	1947	1947	HG	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Dave Barnhill	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
69	Roosevelt Owens	RP	1	1937	1937	NE	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Dick Lundy	SS	1	1937	1937	NE	0.2	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
71	Albert Williams	3B	1	1945	1945	NE	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
72	Earl Ashby	C	1	1947	1947	HG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Vernon Harrison	RP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
74	Clarence White	RP	1	1940	1940	PC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
75	Honey Green	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
76	Lefty Boone	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
77	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
78	Leroy Morney	SS	1	1939	1939	PC	0.2	0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.1
79	Bucky Johnson	2B	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Luis Tiant	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
81	Rainey Bibbs	2B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
82	Curtis Harris	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Jimmy Wilkes	CF	1	1945	1945	NE	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Bad News Hall	2B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Ollie West	RP	1	1943	1943	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
86	Johnny Washington	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Joe Black	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
88	Max Manning	SP	2	1939	1947	EAS/NE	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
89	Jack Johnson	3B	1	1939	1939	PC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Willie Spencer	C	2	1939	1940	PC	0.1	0.6	-0.6	0.0	0.0
91	Thad Christopher	LF	2	1943	1945	HG/NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Joe Echols	CF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	John Nelson	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Dave Thomas	-	1	1945	1945	NST	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
95	John Lewis	RP	1	1945	1945	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
96	Johnny Hayes	C	4	1937	1947	EAS/NE	0.1	-0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
97	Billy Horne	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Bill Casey	C	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
99	Bob Romby	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Clarence Palm	C	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Herman Bell	C	1	1940	1940	PC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Douglas Rhone	RP	1	1940	1940	PC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
103	Washington	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Tex Burnett	C	1	1937	1937	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Dolly King	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Cliff Blackmon	-	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	George Scales	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Ernest Thomas	CF	1	1945	1945	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Ted Griffith	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Booker Robinson	LF	1	1945	1945	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1943	1943	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Raymon Lacy	-	1	1947	1947	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Hill	3B	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Piper Davis	1B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Larry Brown	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Robert Poinsette	LF	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Clay	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Dan Wilson	2B	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Flash Miller	2B	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Lou Louden	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Alonzo Hicks	-	1	1947	1947	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Herb Smith	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Oscar Givens	-	1	1939	1939	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Maurice Peatros	1B	1	1947	1947	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Charlie Biot	CF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Jim Davis	C	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Bill Byrd	-	1	1945	1945	NST	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Henry Kimbro	-	2	1943	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Willie Stevenson	RP	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
130	Rabbit Martínez	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
131	George Sias	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	Pen Gilliard	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Rusty Payne	CF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Marlin Carter	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Clarence Bruce	2B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
136	William Randall	CF	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Johnny Taylor	RP	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
138	Peppy Collins	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Ed Butler	SS	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Tetelo Vargas	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Clay	-	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
142	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
143	Vernon Riddick	3B	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Rufus Lewis	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
145	Claro Duany	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Jim Williams	RF	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
147	Tom Walker	RF	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
148	Tom Parker	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
149	Lloyd Davenport	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
150	Chapel	RF	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
151	Minnie Miñoso	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Page	-	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
153	Bill Lynn	-	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Roland Anderson	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
155	Eddie Ducy	2B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Jimmy Shamberger	3B	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Bill Anderson	-	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
158	Hill	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
159	Charlie Humber	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.1
160	Eugene Jones	SP	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
161	Harry Cozart	RF	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
162	Roy Campanella	-	1	1945	1945	NST	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
163	Tommy Butts	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
164	Eugene Smith	RP	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
165	Bob Harvey	RF	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
166	Roosevelt Davis	-	2	1938	1939	NE/SAS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
167	Roy Parnell	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
168	Lefty Wilson	-	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
169	Harold Hairston	-	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
170	Jim Davis	3B	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
171	Charley House	3B	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
172	Norman Banks	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
173	Gabe Patterson	RF	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
174	Ray Robinson	-	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
175	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1937	1937	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
176	Frank Williams	RF	2	1942	1943	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
177	Silvio García	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
178	Lefty Mellix	-	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
179	Willie Wynn	C	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
180	Frank Austin	-	2	1945	1947	EAS/NST	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.1
181	Fred Blaylock	RP	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
182	Blanch Moody	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
183	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	3	1937	1939	NE/PC	-0.4	-0.9	0.7	0.0	-0.1
184	Eddie White	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
185	Ciscero Warren	RP	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
186	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
187	Joe Spencer	2B	2	1943	1944	HG	-0.5	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.1
188	Connie Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
189	Vic Harris	LF	6	1941	1947	EAS/HG	-0.5	0.9	-0.7	0.0	-0.6
190	Clarence Isreal	3B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.5	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
191	Wilbert King	2B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
192	Jimmy Wilson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
193	Bozo Jackson	2B	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
194	Warren Peace	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
195	Bob Evans	SP	3	1937	1939	NE	-0.8	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
196	Ray Battle	3B	2	1944	1945	HG	-0.8	-1.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
197	Dick Seay	2B	3	1937	1939	NE	-0.8	-1.9	0.7	0.0	0.3
198	Joe Hopkins	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
199	Harry Kincannon	-	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
200	Joe Brown	C	3	1937	1939	NE	-0.9	-0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
201	Robert Gaston	C	6	1941	1947	HG	-0.9	0.0	-1.3	0.0	0.3
202	Jelly Jackson	2B	2	1944	1945	HG	-1.0	-1.1	-0.2	0.0	0.4

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