Joe Wright

Outfielder, Baseball Player

1869 – 1909

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Who was Joe Wright?

Joel Sherman Wright was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates in 1895-96, primarily as an outfielder.

Wright started his professional baseball career in 1890 with the Ottawa team in the Illinois-Iowa League. He broke into the majors in 1895 with the Colonels, where he played the second-most games in the outfield on the team. The next season, he was traded to the Pirates in May.

Wright returned to play in the minor leagues from 1897 to 1900. He died in 1909.

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Born
1869
Oshkosh
Lived in
  • Oshkosh
Died
Sep 20, 1909
Omaha

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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