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Where did George Wright get his start?
During the war, both George Wright and his brother, Harry, played for the Gothams, moved from the juniors to the senior team at 15. At 17, the regular catcher.
How much time passed before he became a professional player?
When the NABBP permitted professionalism for 1869, Harry Wright augmented himself and four incumbents with five new men including his brother George Wright.
Did George Wright have any outstanding accomplishments during his early career?
George Wright holds the NA career record for the most triples, 41, and he led the NA in triples with 15 in 1874.
Did George Wright win any championships?
George Wright helped the Boston Red Stockings win six league championships from 1871 to 1878.
Had George Wright always wanted to play baseball?
George Wright grew up with the national game and was barely in his teens when the American Civil War curtailed its boom.
Where did George Wright grow up?
Before George Wright's birth in Yonkers, New York, Samuel Wright's Cricket Club moved from Manhattan to Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, where many baseball clubs played in the 1850s.

Question: was he influenced by any of the greats
Self-contained rewrite: Was George Wright influenced by any of the greats?