Johnny Wright - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Johnny Wright

John Richard Wright Jr.
(Needle Nose)
Also played as John Leftwich in 1945
Born: November 28, 1916 in New Orleans, LA
Died: May 10, 1990 in Jackson, MS
(73 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 175

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Notes:

High School: McDonogh 35 HS (New Orleans, LA)
Buried: Providence Memorial Park (Metairie, LA)
Played in the Minor Leagues

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Josh Gibson	C	4	1942	1945	HG/EAS	15.8	15.1	0.1	0.0	0.5
2	Buck Leonard	1B	6	1941	1947	HG/EAS	12.8	13.2	1.1	0.0	-1.3
3	Ray Brown	SP	5	1941	1945	HG	11.4	2.0	-0.9	10.5	-0.2
4	Sam Bankhead	SS	5	1942	1947	HG/EAS	8.9	3.2	3.9	0.2	1.6
5	Howard Easterling	3B	3	1941	1943	HG/EAS	7.2	5.1	1.9	0.0	0.2
6	Jerry Benjamin	CF	7	1939	1947	MULT	6.8	5.7	1.4	0.0	-0.2
7	Terris McDuffie	SP	4	1937	1945	NE/HG	6.7	0.0	0.0	6.7	0.0
8	Roy Welmaker	SP	3	1942	1945	HG	6.6	-0.3	0.1	6.8	0.0
9	Roy Partlow	SP	4	1941	1945	HG/NST	4.6	0.3	-0.3	4.7	0.0
10	Mule Suttles	1B	3	1937	1939	NE	4.3	4.0	0.6	0.0	-0.4
11	Garnett Blair	SP	3	1942	1945	HG	4.1	0.1	0.0	4.0	0.0
12	Willie Wells	SS	4	1937	1945	NE/NST	3.7	2.4	0.6	0.0	0.6
13	Ed Stone	RF	5	1937	1945	MULT	3.6	3.4	0.6	0.0	-0.4
14	Cool Papa Bell	LF	3	1943	1945	HG/EAS	3.5	4.8	-0.6	0.0	-0.7
15	Leon Day	SP	5	1937	1943	MULT	3.3	0.8	0.1	2.5	0.0
16	Spoon Carter	SP	6	1939	1945	PC/HG	3.2	-0.2	-0.1	3.5	0.0
17	Jud Wilson	3B	5	1941	1945	HG	3.1	4.3	-1.0	0.0	-0.2
18	Edsall Walker	SP	5	1941	1945	HG	3.1	1.0	-0.1	2.3	0.0
19	Dave Hoskins	RF	2	1944	1945	HG	3.1	1.9	0.5	1.0	-0.4
20	Jimmy Hill	SP	3	1938	1945	NE	2.8	0.2	0.0	2.5	0.0
21	Frank Thompson	SP	1	1947	1947	HG	2.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.0
22	Ray Dandridge	3B	2	1937	1938	NE	2.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
23	Chester Williams	SS	2	1941	1942	HG	2.3	-0.5	2.2	0.0	0.6
24	Luis Márquez	RF	1	1947	1947	EAS/HG	1.7	2.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
25	R. T. Walker	SP	2	1945	1947	HG	1.5	-0.2	0.0	1.7	0.0
26	Johnny Davis	CF	1	1945	1945	NE/NST	1.3	1.4	0.4	-0.4	-0.1
27	Jimmy Johnson	SP	2	1939	1940	PC	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
28	Bus Clarkson	SS	3	1939	1942	PC/HG	1.3	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
29	Luke Easter	LF	1	1947	1947	HG	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3
30	Monte Irvin	3B	4	1938	1947	MULT	1.1	1.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
31	Jesse Houston	SP	1	1941	1941	HG	1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
32	Willie Hubert	SP	2	1939	1944	NE/HG	1.1	-0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
33	David Whatley	RF	3	1941	1944	HG	1.1	2.8	-1.3	0.0	-0.4
34	Bob Thurman	RF	1	1947	1947	HG	1.1	1.1	0.7	-0.6	-0.2
35	Wilmer Fields	SP	3	1941	1947	HG	1.0	0.1	-0.3	1.2	0.0
36	Jesse Brown	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
37	Biz Mackey	C	3	1939	1947	EAS/NE	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.1
38	Fred Wilson	LF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.9	1.5	-0.5	0.1	-0.1
39	Don Newcombe	SP	1	1945	1945	NST/NE	0.8	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
40	Willie Pope	SP	1	1947	1947	HG	0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
41	Sidney Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
42	Leniel Hooker	SP	1	1945	1945	NST/NE	0.7	-0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
43	Eudie Napier	C	2	1941	1947	HG	0.7	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.1
44	James Brown	SP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
45	William Bell	SP	1	1937	1937	NE	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
46	Matt Carlisle	2B	4	1941	1944	HG	0.6	1.4	-1.2	0.0	0.4
47	Tommie Dukes	C	1	1939	1939	PC	0.5	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
48	Charlie Shields	SP	1	1943	1943	HG	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
49	J. C. Hamilton	SP	2	1941	1942	HG	0.5	-0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0
50	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
51	Oscar Charleston	1B	2	1939	1940	PC	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
52	Johnny Smith	LF	1	1940	1940	PC	0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	-0.1
53	Lennie Pearson	LF	6	1937	1945	MULT	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.3
54	Ed Young	1B	1	1947	1947	HG	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
55	Curtis Henderson	SS	2	1939	1940	PC	0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
56	Henry Miller	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
57	Jackie Miller	SP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
58	Lefty Turner	1B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
59	Cotton Williams	3B	1	1945	1945	NE	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
60	Murray Watkins	SS	1	1945	1945	NST/NE	0.3	-0.4	0.6	0.0	0.1
61	Sylvester Owens	CF	1	1940	1940	PC	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
62	Ameal Brooks	C	1	1941	1941	HG	0.3	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
63	Dick Lundy	SS	1	1937	1937	NE	0.3	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
64	Herbert Taylor	CF	1	1939	1939	PC	0.3	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
65	Max Manning	SP	2	1939	1947	NE/EAS	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
66	Cecil Kaiser	SP	1	1947	1947	HG	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
67	Johnny Johnson	SP	2	1938	1944	HG/NE	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0
68	Honey Green	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
69	Vernon Harrison	RP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
70	Earl Ashby	C	1	1947	1947	HG	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
71	Clarence White	RP	1	1940	1940	PC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
72	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1939	1939	NE	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
73	Lefty Boone	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
74	Willie Spencer	C	2	1939	1940	PC	0.2	0.7	-0.5	0.0	0.0
75	Bucky Johnson	2B	1	1939	1939	NE	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
76	Red Moore	1B	1	1937	1937	NE	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
77	Luis Tiant	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
78	Rainey Bibbs	2B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
79	Roosevelt Owens	RP	1	1937	1937	NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Bad News Hall	2B	1	1940	1940	PC	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
81	Ollie West	RP	1	1943	1943	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
82	Leroy Morney	SS	1	1939	1939	PC	0.1	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.1
83	Jimmy Wilkes	CF	1	1945	1945	NE	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
84	Joe Black	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
85	Johnny Washington	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
86	Thad Christopher	LF	2	1943	1945	HG/NE	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Jack Johnson	3B	1	1939	1939	PC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Dave Thomas	-	1	1945	1945	NST	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
89	Curtis Harris	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
90	John Lewis	RP	1	1945	1945	HG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
91	Bill Casey	C	1	1938	1938	NE	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Rabbit Martínez	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Joe Echols	CF	1	1939	1939	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
94	Bob Romby	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Fran Matthews	1B	2	1938	1945	NE	0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Billy Horne	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Clarence Palm	C	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Jimmie Crutchfield	CF	3	1937	1939	PC/NE	0.0	-0.6	0.7	0.0	-0.1
99	Herman Bell	C	1	1940	1940	PC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Tex Burnett	C	1	1937	1937	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Tetelo Vargas	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Washington	3B	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Douglas Rhone	RP	1	1940	1940	PC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
104	Dolly King	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Cliff Blackmon	-	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Eugene Jones	-	1	1943	1943	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	George Scales	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Henry Kimbro	-	2	1943	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Ernest Thomas	CF	1	1945	1945	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Ted Griffith	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1943	1943	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Booker Robinson	LF	1	1945	1945	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Raymon Lacy	-	1	1947	1947	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Jim Williams	RF	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
115	Lefty Nelson	-	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Piper Davis	1B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Robert Poinsette	LF	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Flash Miller	2B	1	1939	1939	PC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Clay	C	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Dan Wilson	2B	1	1941	1941	HG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Lou Louden	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Alonzo Hicks	-	1	1947	1947	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	Oscar Givens	-	1	1939	1939	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Maurice Peatros	1B	1	1947	1947	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Larry Brown	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Willie Smith	RP	1	1938	1938	NE	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	Urban	-	1	1945	1945	NE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Bill Byrd	-	1	1945	1945	NST	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	George Sias	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Willie Stevenson	RP	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
131	Pen Gilliard	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	Peppy Collins	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	William Randall	CF	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Bill Harvey	1B	3	1939	1943	PC/EAS	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
135	Rusty Payne	CF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Marlin Carter	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
137	Johnny Taylor	RP	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
138	Clay	-	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Ed Butler	SS	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
141	Rufus Lewis	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
142	Claro Duany	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Charlie Biot	CF	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Tom Parker	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
145	Vernon Riddick	3B	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Lloyd Davenport	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
147	Tom Walker	RF	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
148	Chapel	RF	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	Clarence Bruce	2B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
150	Minnie Miñoso	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
151	Page	-	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Bill Lynn	-	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
153	Charlie Humber	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
154	Roland Anderson	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
155	Jimmy Shamberger	3B	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
156	Eddie Ducy	2B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Hill	3B	2	1939	1944	PC/HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
158	Bob Harvey	RF	1	1945	1945	NST/NE	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
159	Bill Anderson	-	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
160	Johnny Hayes	C	4	1937	1947	NE/EAS	-0.2	-0.5	0.1	0.0	0.2
161	Roy Parnell	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
162	Dave Barnhill	-	1	1943	1943	EAS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
163	Roy Campanella	-	1	1945	1945	NST	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
164	Tommy Butts	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
165	Roosevelt Davis	-	2	1938	1939	NE/SAS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
166	Eugene Smith	RP	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
167	Lefty Wilson	-	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
168	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1937	1937	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
169	Harold Hairston	-	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
170	Jim Davis	3B	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
171	Charley House	3B	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
172	Ray Robinson	-	1	1938	1938	NE	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
173	Frank Williams	RF	2	1942	1943	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
174	Norman Banks	2B	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
175	Gabe Patterson	RF	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
176	Silvio García	-	1	1947	1947	EAS	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
177	Blanch Moody	-	1	1939	1939	SAS	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
178	Lefty Mellix	-	1	1943	1943	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
179	Frank Austin	-	2	1945	1947	EAS/NST	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	0.0	0.1
180	Willie Wynn	C	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
181	Harry Cozart	RF	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
182	Fred Blaylock	RP	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
183	Vic Harris	LF	6	1941	1947	HG/EAS	-0.4	1.0	-0.7	0.0	-0.6
184	Eddie White	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
185	Ciscero Warren	RP	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
186	Connie Johnson	-	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
187	Leon Ruffin	C	1	1939	1939	NE	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
188	Wilbert King	2B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
189	Jimmy Wilson	RF	1	1940	1940	PC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
190	Bozo Jackson	2B	1	1945	1945	HG	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
191	Clarence Isreal	3B	1	1947	1947	HG	-0.5	-0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
192	Joe Spencer	2B	2	1943	1944	HG	-0.5	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
193	Warren Peace	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
194	Dick Seay	2B	3	1937	1939	NE	-0.7	-1.8	0.8	0.0	0.3
195	Joe Brown	C	3	1937	1939	NE	-0.8	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.0
196	Emmett Hopkins	-	1	1945	1945	NE	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
197	Ray Battle	3B	2	1944	1945	HG	-0.8	-1.2	0.2	0.0	0.1
198	Harry Kincannon	-	1	1939	1939	PC	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
199	Robert Gaston	C	6	1941	1947	HG	-0.9	0.0	-1.3	0.0	0.3
200	Jelly Jackson	2B	2	1944	1945	HG	-1.1	-1.1	-0.4	0.0	0.4
201	Bob Evans	SP	3	1937	1939	NE	-1.1	-0.7	0.0	-0.4	0.0

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