# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:52:23.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wright"
name: "George Wright"
slug: "george-wright"
description: "George Wright was an American shortstop in professional baseball. He played for the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional team, when he was the game's best player. He then played for the Boston Red Stockings, helping the team win six league championships from 1871 to 1878. His older brother Harry Wright managed both Red Stockings teams and made George his cornerstone. After arriving in Boston, he also entered the sporting goods business. There he continued in the industry, assisting in the development of golf.\nGeorge was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. At the age of 90, George Wright died on August 21st, 1937 of complications from a stroke."
tagline: "Major League Baseball player, manager; Cricket player (1847-1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Wright.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1847-01-28"
deathDate: "1937-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.145933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ஜார்ஜ் ரைட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جورج رايت (لاعب كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جورج رايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wright_(shortstop)"
    title: "George Wright (shortstop)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88_(%E5%86%85%E9%87%8E%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "ジョージ・ライト (内野手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wright_(beisebolista)"
    title: "George Wright (beisebolista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wright_(bejzbola%C5%A1)"
    title: "George Wright (bejzbolaš)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1252827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump