Taffy Wright
1938–1949 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,029G
.311AVG
.376OBP
.423SLG
More career statistics
1,115H
38HR
553RBI
32SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 33 | 35 |
| Batting · Doubles | 175 | 176 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 155 | 156 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,029 | 3,981 | 3,583 | 465 | 1,115 | 175 | 55 | 38 | 553 | 346 | 155 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 1,514 | .311 | .376 | .423 | .799 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1938-08-31 to 1938-09-27
43longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1946-08-18 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1939-07-18 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1938-06-10 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 514 | 1933 | 548 | 15 | 266 | 161 | 72 | .314 | .367 | .417 |
| Away | 515 | 2048 | 567 | 23 | 287 | 185 | 84 | .309 | .367 | .428 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 292 | 80 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 12 | .304 | .349 | .392 |
| May | 186 | 673 | 162 | 9 | 103 | 64 | 36 | .270 | .336 | .388 |
| June | 177 | 664 | 183 | 4 | 88 | 58 | 23 | .305 | .363 | .405 |
| July | 223 | 858 | 246 | 8 | 125 | 65 | 23 | .315 | .362 | .426 |
| August | 204 | 787 | 229 | 9 | 114 | 71 | 29 | .324 | .381 | .443 |
| September | 165 | 686 | 212 | 6 | 84 | 64 | 32 | .346 | .402 | .468 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .167 | .238 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 155 | 587 | 151 | 7 | 81 | 58 | 26 | .288 | .356 | .381 |
| detroit-tigers | 154 | 558 | 167 | 5 | 76 | 49 | 29 | .334 | .387 | .448 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 145 | 595 | 162 | 8 | 81 | 42 | 13 | .297 | .343 | .405 |
| st-louis-browns | 145 | 566 | 168 | 9 | 97 | 49 | 21 | .329 | .383 | .473 |
| cleveland-guardians | 142 | 531 | 143 | 2 | 65 | 54 | 22 | .302 | .371 | .400 |
| boston-red-sox | 139 | 531 | 152 | 4 | 66 | 52 | 15 | .322 | .384 | .417 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 112 | 486 | 139 | 3 | 69 | 40 | 23 | .319 | .368 | .445 |
| chicago-white-sox | 37 | 127 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 7 | .273 | .276 | .405 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 100 | 263 | 92 | 2 | 36 | 1 | .350 | – | – |
| 1939 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 129 | 499 | 154 | 4 | 93 | 1 | .309 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Chicago White Sox | 147 | 581 | 196 | 5 | 88 | 4 | .337 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 136 | 513 | 165 | 10 | 97 | 5 | .322 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 85 | 300 | 100 | – | 47 | 1 | .333 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 115 | 422 | 116 | 7 | 52 | 10 | .275 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 124 | 401 | 130 | 4 | 54 | 8 | .324 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox | 134 | 455 | 127 | 4 | 61 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 59 | 149 | 35 | 2 | 25 | – | .235 | – | – |