Career
Listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 m), 180 pounds Wight batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Rio Vista, California.
In a twelve-season career, Wight posted a 77–99 record with 574 strikeouts and a 3.95 European Research Area in 347 appearances, including 198 starts, 66 complete games, 15 shutouts and eight saves in 1,563 innings of work.
Wight scouted for the Houston Colt.45s/Astros and Atlanta Braves for 37 years after his active career ended — signing Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan for Houston in 1962. He died in Mount Shasta, California, at the age of 85.