Ab Wright

{{Short description|American baseball and football player (1905–1995)}}

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{{RefImprove|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ab Wright

|position=Outfielder

|image=Ab Wright.JPG

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1905|11|16|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Terlton, Oklahoma, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1995|5|23|1905|11|16}}

|death_place=Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 20

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1935}}

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1944}}

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.248

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=9

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=53

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians (1935)
• Boston Braves (1944)

}}

Albert Owen "Ab" Wright (November 16, 1905 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional baseball outfielder and a National Football League tailback.{{Cite pro-football-reference|name=Ab Wright|id=W/WrigAb20|accessdate=October 18, 2023}} He went to college at Oklahoma State University, then played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the NFL in 1930. He then played two seasons in Major League Baseball, one for the Cleveland Indians in 1935, and one for the Boston Braves in 1944. He had an extensive minor league baseball career, lasting from 1928 until 1946.