Ed Wright (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 15-May-1919
Place of Birth: Dyersburg, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 19-Nov-1995
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ed Wright (baseball)
- Henderson Edward Wright (May 15, 1919 – November 19, 1995) was an American professional baseball pitcher.
- He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1945 and 1952 for the Boston Braves (1945–48) and Philadelphia Athletics (1952).
- Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 180 lb (82 kg), Wright batted and threw right-handed.
- He was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Wright began his professional career in 1940 in the minor leagues.
- In 1945, he threw a no-hitter in the American Association while pitching for the Indianapolis Indians, and later that season was traded to the Braves for Ira Hutchinson and Steve Shemo.
- He made his major league debut on July 29. During the 1946 season, his first full season in the majors, Wright finished 10th in the National League with a .571 winning percentage (a 12–9 win–loss record).
- After going 3–3 with a 6.40 ERA in 1947, Wright spent most of 1948 with the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, then was sent to the Philadelphia Phillies.
- He bounced around the minor leagues for the next several seasons, from the Phillies to the New York Giants and finally to the Athletics.
- In between, he pitched the first shutout in Caribbean Series history in 1949.
- After his return to the majors in 1952, he returned to the minors until 1954 before retiring. In a five-season career, Wright posted a 25–16 record with 93 strikeouts and a 4.00 ERA in 101 appearances, including 39 starts, 16 complete games, three shutouts, one save, and 398?1/3 innings of work. Wright died of cancer in his hometown of Dyersburg, Tennessee, at age 76, on November 19, 1995.
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