Harry Wright
Major League Baseball player, manager
Died when: 60 years 266 days (728 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
William Henry "Harry" Wright (January 10, 1835 – October 3, 1895) was an English-born 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.
Wright was also the first to make baseball into a business by paying his players up to seven times the pay of the average working man.
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