George Wright (outfielder)

George De Witt Wright (December 22, 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a retired professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1982-1986. He played for the Texas Rangers and Montreal Expos. In 1983 he had a career year with a surprising Texas Rangers club that was in first place at the all-star break. For the season he played in all 162 games and hit .287 with 18 home runs, 80 rbi, and a .745 OPS. The next several seasons he was often injured and failed to live up to his 1983 performance. In his last game with the Rangers he committed a costly three-base error in the bottom of the 9th inning of a game in which Charlie Hough would later lose a no-hitter and the game. [1] Wright would later play briefly for the Montreal Expos and eventually had two seasons in Japan for the Hawks, in 1988 when they were the Nankai Hawks, and in 1993 when they were the Daiei Hawks.

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