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George Wright
Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. The batter hits the hard ball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made up of wood or metal. The batsman scores by running counter-clockwise within the four markers called the bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.
George Wright is one of the former baseball players who hold the honor of being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Wright was born on January 28, 1847 in the New York City of United States. He was the star shortstop of baseball's first openly all professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. He died on August 21, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Wright hit 49 home runs in 57 games and batted an astounding 0.633 for the Cincinnati Red Stockings team. He went on to become a captain for the Boston Red Stockings to four straight National Association flags from 1872 to 1875. He also piloted Boston to National League pennants in 1877 and 1878, and in 1879 led Providence to the city's first league championship.
As a member of the Boston Red Caps during the 1876 to 1878 and 1880 to 1881 seasons, Wright twice led his teams to National League championships, and as a member of the Providence Grays, he led his teams to another National League pennant in 1879. He retired after the 1882 season with a 0.302 batting average. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937 and also into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2005.
Wright never had any equal as a fielder, base runner and batsman, combined with heady work of a quality. Besides being a feared slugger, he was renowned as a superior fielder, revolutionizing play at shortstop.
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