# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:17.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-wright"
name: "Harry Wright"
slug: "harry-wright"
description: "William Henry \"Harry\" Wright was an American professional baseball player, manager, and developer. He assembled, managed, and played center field for baseball's first fully professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. He is credited with introducing innovations such as backing up infield plays from the outfield and shifting defensive alignments based on hitters' tendencies. For his contributions as a manager and developer of the game, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953 by the Veterans Committee."
tagline: "Major League Baseball player, manager (1835-1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Wright_Baseball_Card_Cropped.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: "1835-01-10"
deathDate: "1895-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.646692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "هارى رايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wright"
    title: "Harry Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wright_(baseball)"
    title: "Harry Wright (baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "ハリー・ライト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Wright"
    title: "Harry Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1251693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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