Researching Ed Wright
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The name Ed means "Form of EDWARD - guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Ed Wright on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ed Wright and the Wright Genealogy
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Ed Wright (baseball)
Henderson Edward Wright (May 15, 1919 – November 19, 1995) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1945 and 1952 for the Boston Braves (1945–48) and Philadelphia Athletics (1952). Listed at,, Wright batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Wright began his professional career in 1940 in the minor leagues. In 1945, he threw a no-hitter in the American Association while pitching for the Indianapolis Indians, and later that season was traded to the Braves for Ira Hutchinson and Steve Shemo. He made his major league debut on July 29.
During the 1946 season, his first full season in the majors, Wright finished 10th in the National League with a .571 winning percentage (a 12–9 win–loss record). After going 3–3 with a 6.40 ERA in 1947, Wright spent most of 1948 with the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, then was sent to the Philadelphia Phillies. He bounced around the minor leagues for the next several seasons, from the Phillies to the New York Giants and finally to the Athletics. In between, he pitched the first shutout in Caribbean Series history in 1949. After his return to the majors in 1952, he returned to the minors until 1954 before retiring.
In a five-season career, Wright posted a 25–16 record with 93 strikeouts and a 4.00 ERA in 101 appearances, including 39 starts, 16 complete games, three shutouts, one save, and 398 innings of work.
Wright died of cancer in his hometown of Dyersburg, Tennessee, at age 76, on November 19, 1995.
Source: Ed Wright (baseball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaEd Wright (politician)
Ed Wright (June 27, 1827 – December 6, 1895) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War.
Born in Salem, Ohio, Wright went to the public schools. Wright moved to Cedar County, Iowa in 1852 and was a teacher and carpenter. Wrighr served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1858 to 1862 and from 1866 to 1868. He was a Republican. He was commissioned a major in the 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, a group of soldiers that were eventually stationed in Helena, Arkansas. His was later attached to the 13th Corps and fought in the Vicksburg Campaign. During the Battle of Champion Hills, Major Wright was severely wounded at the Battle of Champion Hill. He also served in the Red River Campaign, Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign, and Savannah, Georgia. He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 13, 1865.
In 1866, he was elected Secretary of State of Iowa three times.
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