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Wright was an outstanding shortstop who led the NL in assists and double plays his first two seasons. He also led the NL with 616 at-bats as a Pirate rookie in 1924. In 1925 he made an unassisted triple play on a line drive hit by the Cardinals' Jim Bottomley. He batted more than .300 in three of five seasons with Pittsburgh and played in the 1925 and 1927 World Series. Though he reached career highs of 22 HR, 126 RBI, and a .321 batting average with Brooklyn in 1930, the strong, accurate arm that had earned him the nickname Buckshot was gone, ruined in a 1929 handball accident. His playing career quickly declined, but he remained in baseball as a minor league manager and scout. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 7, 1925: Pirates SS Glenn Wright pulls a solo triple play at 2B in the 9th, grabbing Jim Bottomley's liner, stepping on the bag before Johnny Cooney can get back, and tagging Rogers Hornsby coming down from 1B to end the game. The Pirates win 10–9 after scoring six runs in the 8th. » September 23, 1925: Rogers Hornsby will win the MVP honor in the NL, rewriting the offensive record book while bringing the Cards home fourth. Other strong contenders ar Kiki Cuyler, the Pirates top hitter at .357; the Giants' George Kelly; Pirates' SS Glenn Wright; Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance; and Dave Bancroft, who hit .319 and topped NL shortstops in fielding average while managing the fifth-place Braves. » December 9, 1925: Cards' player-manager Rogers Hornsby is named the MVP in the National League, gathering 73 out of a possible 80 votes. Hornsby was runnerup in 1924 to Dazzy Vance. Other strong contenders are Kiki Cuyler, the Pirates top hitter at .357; the Giants' George Kelly; Pirates' SS Glenn Wright; Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance; and Dave Bancroft, who hit .319 and topped NL shortstops in fielding average while managing the 5th-place Braves. » June 30, 1927: Pirates SS Glenn Wright, heading home from St. Louis after a beaning in a game with the Cards, is slightly injured when the train he is riding is wrecked near Dennison, Ohio. Pitcher Lee Meadows, accompanying Wright, is also shook up. » October 7, 1927: The 60,695 on hand for game 3 see the Yankees' Herb Pennock (19-8) take an 8-0 lead and a perfect game into the 8th. He retires Glenn Wright, but Pie Traynor breaks the spell with a single, and Clyde Barnhart doubles him home. Pennock settles for a 3-hit 8-1 victory. » December 11, 1928: Brooklyn sends P Jesse Petty to Pittsburgh for SS Glenn Wright. Wright will injure his arm in a handball accident and will play just 24 games in 1929, but in 1930 he'll post career highs in hitting and home runs. » August 31, 1930: At Ebbets Field, the Dodgers also roll up a football-like score when they tally 23 hits, including round trippers by Babe Herman, Glenn Wright, and Rube Bressler, to stomp the Phils 14–3. » September 15, 1930: The Dodgers win their 11th straight, although Babe Herman once again stops to watch a HR disappear for a record second time in one season. This time, Glenn Wright lopes past the awestruck Herman to reduce a HR to a single.