Ken Wright

Ken Wright is exactly the kind of ballplayer I never want to forget. A pitcher from Pensacola, Florida, signed by the Red Sox out of high school in 1964, plucked in the rule 5 draft, and given five Major League seasons with the Royals and Yankees. He was no headline star, but anyone who understands the game knows what it takes simply to stand on a big-league mound. I have a soft spot for these unsung craftsmen who poured sweat into every single pitch. He passed in 2017, and honoring workhorses like him feels important to me. That was a good baseball life.

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Name (English)

Ken Wright

Name (Japanese)

ケン・ライト

Reading

けん・らいと

Born

September 4, 1946 – January 21, 2017

Origin

Pensacola, Florida, United States

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Wright%20(baseball)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6388724

Tags

• Florida
• baseball player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.