He played for 10 different teams in Major League Baseball (MLB): the Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Tampa Bay Rays.

[3] As a senior that year, he had a 7–2 record and an 0.57 earned run average (ERA), with 94 strikeouts in 62 innings pitched, leading Westmoore to a third-place finish in the state tournament.

[3] He began his professional career with eight starts for the rookie-level Arizona League Rockies in 1993 and was promoted to the Class A Asheville Tourists in 1994.

[8] Wright made his Major League debut when he started for the Rockies against the San Francisco Giants on July 3, 1996, allowing one run in six innings.

[9] He recorded his first major league win with a seven-inning start against the Giants on July 17, where he allowed only one earned run.

[10] The pitcher also recorded his first major league hit that day, a double against Osvaldo Fernández, though he injured his knee when sliding into second base.

[4] He pitched his first complete game with a 7–1 win over the Chicago Cubs on July 24, giving up a solo home run to Sammy Sosa.

[1] On August 5, he hit a two-run home run against Francisco Córdova and pitched a complete game in a 6–2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

[1] On December 30, 1999, Wright and Henry Blanco were traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in a three-team trade in which the Oakland Athletics sent Jimmy Haynes to Milwaukee, the Rockies sent Justin Miller to the Athletics, and the Brewers sent Jeff Cirillo and Scott Karl to the Rockies.

[4] Despite entering August with a 6–4 record, Wright won only one more game for the Brewers all season, giving up four runs (three earned) over 7+1⁄3 innings in a 7–4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on September 26.

[4][20] From July 19 through September 5, Wright hit a batter in 10 straight starts, the longest streak in the major leagues since 1970.

His 20 hit batsmen tied Chan Ho Park for the league lead and set a Brewers single-season record.

[4] On July 1, 2002, Wright was traded with cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later (Mike Matthews) and Chris Morris.

In 2013, when Wright expressed his desire to make an appearance in the playoffs, he told reporters that his time with St. Louis "definitely does not count.

[7] The Royals called him up to the majors on September 6, and he pitched a complete game that day against the Anaheim Angels, though the team from California won 3–1.

[31] After posting a 6–16 record and a 5.71 ERA, the Rockies moved Wright to the bullpen at the end of August to make room for Zach Day and Sunny Kim in Colorado's rotation.

Following a strong performance there, in which Wright pitched nine scoreless innings, the Giants promoted him to the major leagues as their No.

[4][36][37] On August 11, Giants' manager Felipe Alou announced that Hennessey would replace the struggling Wright in the rotation.

[40] On January 25, 2007, the Texas Rangers signed Wright to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training.

[41][42] Winning the fifth spot, Wright made one short start for the Rangers on April 10 before being placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.

[1] On February 10, 2009, Wright signed a minor league contract with the Royals and was invited to spring training.

[1] On February 9, 2010, Wright signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians with an invitation to spring training.

[7] On July 15, he opted out of his contract to sign with the Mariners, who added him to the major league roster.

[4] After Wright held opponents scoreless until his 10th game of 2011, Stone wrote that he had "become an increasingly vital member of Seattle's bullpen".

[1] On February 7, 2012, Wright signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers that contained a spring training invitation.

Wright, making his first start since 2007, allowed one run in 1+2⁄3 innings and left with the game tied, but Oakland won 5–1.

[1] On December 24, 2013, the Dodgers announced that they had signed Wright to a one-year Major League contract, the first time since 2005 that he was guaranteed a spot on the roster coming into spring training.

[1] The Dodgers won the NL West, and Wright was part of the playoff roster, though he did not pitch as Los Angeles was eliminated by the Cardinals in four games in the NLDS.

[66] He sat out the rest of the season, then signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers on February 24, 2016.

[71] Once he joined the Mariners in 2010, pitching coach Rick Adair encouraged him to lower his hands to waist-level before starting to throw, which generated a faster arm action.