Johnny Wright (baseball)
| Johnny Wright | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: November 28, 1916 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | |
| Died: May 4, 1990 (aged 73) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Negro leagues debut | |
| 1937, for the Newark Eagles | |
| Last Negro leagues appearance | |
| 1947, for the Homestead Grays | |
| Negro leagues statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 41–20 |
| Earned run average | 3.09 |
| Strikeouts | 302 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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John Richard Wright (November 28, 1916 – May 4, 1990) was an American Negro league pitcher who played briefly in the International League of baseball's minor leagues in 1946, and was on the roster of the Montreal Royals at the same time as Jackie Robinson, making him a plausible candidate to have broken the baseball color barrier. Instead, Wright was demoted from Montreal and returned the next season to the Negro leagues.