#35 Van Earl "Pretty Boy" Wright, Third Base, 32 yrs, New York Firebirds
Monday, 9/4/2019 |
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| Van Earl Wright
Pretty Boy
2/10/1987
32
Australia
6"2
202
Third Base
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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3.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
2021
9 Year(s), 131 Days (1679 total Days)
172 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 62 Days (1782 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Versus LHP | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Versus RHP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Talent | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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| Fielding Ratings
1B : 2 (Range), .998 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 4 (Range), .998 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 9
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 8/22 | CHA | W 17-1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 8/24 | CHA | W 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
| 8/25 | @TOR | W 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #6 | | |
| 8/26 | @TOR | W 11-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 8/27 | @TOR | W 6-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
| 8/30 | BOS | W 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 8/31 | BOS | W 8-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
| 9/1 | BOS | L 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
| 9/2 | @CIN | L 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #4 | | |
| 9/3 | @CIN | L 2-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #6 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 127 | 483 | 120 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 61 | 67 | 48 | 86 | .248 | .318 | .400 | .717 | .668 | .151 |
| Projected | 151 | 575 | 143 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 73 | 80 | 57 | 102 | .248 | .318 | .400 | .717 | .668 | .151 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 126 | 535 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 193 | 43 | 15 | 11 | 57.7 | 65.9 | 4.6 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 145 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .276 | .342 | .421 | .762 |
| vs. RHP | 338 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 50 | 34 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .307 | .391 | .698 |
| Close/Late | 52 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .259 | .423 | .682 |
| Scoring Position | 145 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .366 | .448 | .815 |
| Pinch Hitting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 63 | 231 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 24 | 42 | .229 | .302 | .355 | .657 |
| Road | 64 | 252 | 67 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 24 | 44 | .266 | .332 | .440 | .773 |
| Last Week | 5 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .353 | .450 | .353 | .803 |
| March/April | 23 | 92 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 14 | .293 | .347 | .413 | .760 |
| May | 27 | 103 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 20 | .262 | .327 | .573 | .900 |
| June | 25 | 91 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 19 | .209 | .294 | .341 | .635 |
| July | 24 | 96 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | .208 | .276 | .323 | .599 |
| August | 25 | 90 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 16 | .267 | .343 | .344 | .688 |
| Sept/Oct | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2011 | 99 | 341 | 89 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 42 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 3 | .261 | .311 | .349 | .660 | LV |
| 2012 | 154 | 601 | 183 | 45 | 7 | 16 | 100 | 83 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 98 | 11 | 3 | .304 | .348 | .483 | .830 | LV,BR |
| 2013 | 147 | 540 | 152 | 38 | 4 | 15 | 100 | 79 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 99 | 17 | 7 | .281 | .339 | .450 | .789 | LV |
| 2014 | 142 | 537 | 156 | 45 | 2 | 15 | 96 | 79 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 10 | 5 | .291 | .339 | .466 | .805 | LV |
| 2015 | 151 | 574 | 177 | 47 | 5 | 18 | 94 | 98 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 80 | 5 | 3 | .308 | .357 | .502 | .859 | LV,BR |
| 2016 | 155 | 569 | 157 | 29 | 3 | 18 | 78 | 85 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 83 | 6 | 4 | .276 | .349 | .432 | .782 | LV |
| 2017 | 152 | 552 | 162 | 39 | 7 | 18 | 87 | 82 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 101 | 2 | 3 | .293 | .358 | .487 | .846 | LV |
| 2018 | 154 | 577 | 181 | 53 | 7 | 25 | 126 | 103 | 50 | 0 | 11 | 99 | 21 | 8 | .314 | .362 | .560 | .922 | LV NY,HA |
| 2019 | 127 | 483 | 120 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 61 | 67 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 15 | 11 | .248 | .318 | .400 | .717 | NY |
| Total | 1281 | 4774 | 1377 | 340 | 36 | 144 | 786 | 718 | 418 | 10 | 37 | 795 | 93 | 47 | .288 | .345 | .465 | .810 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2011, AAA | 45 | 209 | 70 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .335 | .348 | .531 | .880 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2014 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .478 | .758 |
| 2015 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .185 | .231 | .416 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .211 | .222 | .433 |
| 2017 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 |
| 2018 | 9 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .211 | .231 | .289 | .520 |
| Total | 32 | 120 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 0 | .183 | .216 | .292 | .508 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 18.00 | | | | |
| Third Base | 127 | 126 | 65 | 254 | 18 | 325 | 6 | .982 | 1125.2 | 2.60 | | | | |
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Transactions
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 9/11/2010 to a minor league deal...
1/31/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration...
1/31/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration...
7/4/2015: Signed a contract extension with Las Vegas, $4,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Traded from Las Vegas to New York on 1/31/2018 (Going to LV: P Beans McGraw, 3B James Gordon. Going to NY: 3B Van Earl Wright)...
All Star
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...
Awards
Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/2012, hitting .440 with 1 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/2013, hitting .391 with 1 HR, 5 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/2018, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/2018, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...
Achievements
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/4/2014...
Drove in 6 runs against Corpus Christi on 7/7/2015...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/3/2018...
Hit for the cycle against Brussels on 7/30/2018...
Milestones
Had first career hit on 6/6/2011, off Whip Rousseau (SF)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/2011, off Albert Khawli (WIC)...
Injuries
Injured on 5/24/2011 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 9/28/2013 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks...
Injured on 7/17/2014 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
2012 - .304 - 9th
| OBP
2017 - .358 - 9th
| SLG
2012 - .483 - 9th
2014 - .466 - 10th
2015 - .502 - 9th
2018 - .560 - 4th
| OPS
2012 - .830 - 10th
2013 - .789 - 10th
2015 - .859 - 9th
2018 - .922 - 5th
| Hits
2012 - 183 - 6th
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Doubles
2012 - 45 - 4th
2013 - 38 - 5th
2014 - 45 - 6th
2015 - 47 - 3rd
2018 - 53 - 1st
| Homeruns
2018 - 25 - 7th
| RBI
2012 - 100 - 4th
2013 - 100 - 6th
2014 - 96 - 7th
2018 - 126 - 4th
| BB
2016 - 66 - 3rd
2017 - 57 - 6th
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