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George Wright was raised as a cricket "club pro", assisting their father Samuel Wright as Harry had done. Before George's birth, Samuel Wright's St George's Cricket Club moved from Manhattan across the Hudson River to Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, where many New York and New Jersey baseball clubs played in the 1850s. Both boys learned baseball, too, but George
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These percentile rankings are a score to indicate how George Wright ranks among all historic players for several skill categories. For example, a percentile of "85% Power" would indicate a player among the top 15% of players in raw batting power, and a percentile of "Speed 3%" would indicate a player that is among the slowest players in the history of the game. These percentiles are entirely based on career statistical accomplishments for players with over 500 games played or 500 innings pitched, so may not accurately reflect an intangible ability.
Batting & Fielding Skills
Contact
94%
Power
22%
Bunting
8%
Drag
50%
Vision
86%
Discipline
4%
Clutch
50%
Durability
78%
Speed
92%
Arm Str
85%
Arm Acc
72%
Reaction
9%
Fielding
2%
Stealing
74%
Baserunning
83%
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Record of the Boston Base Ball Club since its organization, with a sketch of all its players, for 1871, '72,
/ Record of the Boston Base Ball Club since its organization, with a sketch of all its players, for 1871, '72, '73 and '74, and other items of interest by George Wright, B.B.B.C.
George Wright's Book for 1875 containing record of the Boston Base Ball Club, with scores of base ball and cricket
/ George Wright's Book for 1875 containing record of the Boston Base Ball Club, with scores of base ball and cricket trip to England, and other items of interest, also, base ball attitudes, in twelve different styles, with an explanation of each, Hyde Park, Mass., printed at the Norfolk County Gazette Office, 1875