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 George Wright

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George Wright Berühmte Gedenkstätte

Geburt
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA
Tod
21 Aug 1937 (im Alter von 90)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Bestattung
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Breitengrad: 42.3197144, Längengrad: -71.1679921
Grabstelle
Field of St. Mary
Gedenkstätten-ID
2470 Quelle ansehen

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Yonkers, New York, he was a shortstop on baseball's first openly all-professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, when he hit 49 home runs in 57 games and batted an astounding .633 average. For twelve seasons, he played with the Boston Red Stockings 1871 to 1875, Boston Red Caps 1876 to 1878, 1880 to 1881 and the Providence Grays 1879 and 1882. He ended his career with 866 hits, 665 runs scored, 11 home runs, 326 runs batted in and a .301 batting average. Wright was the founder of the Wright and Ditson Sporting Goods Company and is also credited with setting up New England's first nine-hole golf course, Boston's Franklin Park in 1890. He died at age 90 in Boston, Massachusetts and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame the same year of his death.

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Yonkers, New York, he was a shortstop on baseball's first openly all-professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, when he hit 49 home runs in 57 games and batted an astounding .633 average. For twelve seasons, he played with the Boston Red Stockings 1871 to 1875, Boston Red Caps 1876 to 1878, 1880 to 1881 and the Providence Grays 1879 and 1882. He ended his career with 866 hits, 665 runs scored, 11 home runs, 326 runs batted in and a .301 batting average. Wright was the founder of the Wright and Ditson Sporting Goods Company and is also credited with setting up New England's first nine-hole golf course, Boston's Franklin Park in 1890. He died at age 90 in Boston, Massachusetts and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame the same year of his death.

Biografie von: John "J-Cat" Griffith



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  • Hinzugefügt: 25 Apr 1998
  • ID der Find-a-Grave-Gedenkstätte: 2470
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