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Curt
Blefary		  
Nickname: Clank
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 5, 1943 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1970   
Bronze Rookie 1966   
Gold Glove 1974    1977   
All-Star Selections 1966    1967    1968    1970    1972    1973    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 8 9 9 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1966 22 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1967 23 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 8 8
1968 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 8
1969 25 LAD NL $ 4,528,571   8 8 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1970 26 LAD NL $ 4,528,571   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1971 27 LAD NL $ 5,007,857   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1972 28 LAD NL $ 8,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1973 29 LAD NL $ 8,600,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1974 30 NYA AL $ 8,600,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1975 31 NYA AL $ 8,600,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1976 32 NYA AL $ 8,600,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1977 33 CLN NL $ 8,600,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1978 34 CLN NL $ 7,250,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1979 35 CLN NL $ 7,250,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1980 36 CLN NL $ 7,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,600,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 7 8 7 10 10 10 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 21 LAD NL 26 94 14 23 4 1 7 21 0 0 14 16 .245 .339 .532 .871 16.9 3.3
    AAA   135 496 116 161 30 5 59 146 10 9 110 70 .325 .447 .762 1.209 149.4  
1966 22 LAD NL 156 511 85 152 32 8 24 102 2 5 98 80 .297 .408 .532 .940 105.5 25.1
1967 23 LAD NL 157 545 94 153 22 5 35 98 2 2 105 72 .281 .398 .532 .930 113.3 30.6
1968 24 LAD NL 154 529 95 138 20 4 30 98 2 3 104 75 .261 .384 .484 .868 98.9 26.1
1969 25 LAD NL 148 491 87 127 23 4 24 89 1 0 88 75 .259 .371 .468 .839 84.5 21.1
1970 26 LAD NL 95 321 56 96 23 1 16 68 0 0 61 38 .299 .415 .526 .941 65.4 17.2
1971 27 LAD NL 132 446 73 119 17 4 23 90 2 3 80 62 .267 .377 .478 .855 78.4 15.3
1972 28 LAD NL 155 552 85 143 27 2 23 95 12 8 111 88 .259 .388 .440 .828 96.7 20.5
1973 29 LAD NL 156 528 89 143 28 4 21 95 12 9 102 80 .271 .388 .458 .846 97.5 21.9
1974 30 NYA AL 143 483 83 122 33 2 15 75 11 7 91 68 .253 .373 .422 .795 78.5 10.8
1975 31 NYA AL 155 578 113 153 38 6 19 110 17 12 101 79 .265 .370 .450 .819 100.9 19.4
1976 32 NYA AL 154 573 117 165 33 5 31 98 9 7 100 73 .288 .396 .525 .921 113.4 26.8
1977 33 NYA AL 101 354 58 83 20 2 10 48 7 5 62 48 .234 .352 .387 .739 51.3 8.4
  CLN NL 54 179 33 43 7 3 5 21 4 2 31 31 .240 .357 .397 .753 27.0 5.9
  TOT   155 533 91 126 27 5 15 69 11 7 93 79 .236 .354 .390 .744 78.3 14.3
1978 34 CLN NL 153 546 80 119 26 2 22 85 2 1 73 104 .218 .313 .394 .707 70.2 10.8
1979 35 CLN NL 156 544 72 122 24 2 20 68 0 0 102 125 .224 .350 .386 .736 82.9 17.3
1980 36 AAA   128 434 61 83 14 1 10 40 5 4 91 98 .191 .331 .297 .629 51.4  
15 Years Sim 2095 7274 1234 1901 377 55 325 1261 83 64 1323 1114 .261 .376 .462 .838 1281.3 280.4
2 Years AAA 263 930 177 244 44 6 69 186 15 13 201 168 .262 .398 .545 .943 200.8  
162 Game Average 562 95 146 29 4 25 97 6 4 102 86 .261 .376 .462 .838 99.1  
Career Highs 157 578 117 165 38 8 35 110 17 12 111 125 .299 .415 .532 .941 113.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4842 861 1300 262 36 229 859 62 44 895 684 .268 .384 .479 .863 903.7
vs LH   2432 373 601 115 19 96 402 21 20 428 430 .247 .361 .428 .789 393.4
Home 1039 3503 571 924 172 27 157 643 42 35 643 524 .264 .378 .463 .841 629.4
Away 1056 3771 663 977 205 28 168 618 41 29 680 590 .259 .374 .462 .836 667.7
RISP   1884 0 500 112 11 76 864 0 0 445 283 .265 .398 .458 .856 370.5
Pinch Hitting   129 23 31 3 1 6 27 1 0 27 21 .240 .373 .419 .792 22.3
Close/Late   916 174 252 46 8 48 158 0 0 185 119 .275 .398 .500 .898 184.7
Mar/Apr 319 1124 189 288 66 8 51 196 13 11 224 182 .256 .381 .465 .847 205.5
May 376 1332 227 340 69 8 61 233 17 13 243 190 .255 .372 .456 .829 233.1
June 362 1268 213 346 78 9 59 238 17 10 207 183 .273 .376 .488 .864 232.2
July 326 1114 199 304 51 8 49 201 12 9 211 175 .273 .389 .465 .854 206.9
August 346 1197 204 312 58 11 45 198 10 5 199 207 .261 .367 .440 .807 199.9
Sep/Oct 366 1239 202 311 55 11 60 195 14 16 239 177 .251 .373 .458 .832 219.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 21 LAD NL C 11 11 104.3 62 5 0 0 1.000 5.78 5 4 .800 7 0.3
    LF 12 11 100.0 22 0 2 0 .917 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 3 2 21.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.43 0 0 .000 0  
1966 22 LAD NL LF 138 137 1200.3 220 10 3 1 .987 1.72 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 12 0 24.0 25 2 0 5 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1967 23 LAD NL RF 86 85 785.7 115 5 6 1 .952 1.37 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 61 58 529.3 71 5 4 0 .950 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 7 0 14.7 21 2 0 1 1.000 14.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 24 LAD NL LF 146 142 1268.0 227 7 4 0 .983 1.66 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 5 0 12.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 25 LAD NL LF 135 121 1120.3 209 9 5 2 .978 1.75 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 5 2 23.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 6.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 26 LAD NL LF 88 85 761.7 140 7 4 1 .974 1.74 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    1B 4 0 8.0 10 1 1 0 .917 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 27 LAD NL LF 126 120 1082.0 209 12 8 2 .965 1.84 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 3 0 6.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1972 28 LAD NL LF 146 144 1273.0 240 12 5 1 .981 1.78 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    RF 8 1 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
1973 29 LAD NL LF 64 59 532.7 95 4 3 2 .971 1.67 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 58 56 505.3 92 5 2 1 .980 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 0 9.7 14 2 0 1 1.000 14.91 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 30 NYA AL LF 136 131 1161.3 289 10 3 2 .990 2.32 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    RF 3 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.7 6 0 0 1 1.000 14.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 31 NYA AL LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 32 NYA AL 1B 147 146 1300.3 1457 91 7 116 .995 10.71 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    LF 6 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 33 NYA AL LF 96 92 855.7 204 11 2 1 .991 2.26 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 3 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLN NL LF 51 49 431.9 103 5 1 1 .991 2.25 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 147 141 1287.6 307 16 3 2 .991 2.26   4.0
      RF 4 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .82   0.0
      1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1978 34 CLN NL LF 126 124 1100.3 206 4 3 0 .986 1.72 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 23 22 189.0 26 0 1 0 .963 1.24 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 35 CLN NL 1B 7 5 49.7 65 6 1 9 .986 12.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1337 1273 11436.6 2240 96 47 13 .980 1.84 0 0 .000 0 30.4
  RF 205 168 1598.7 256 10 10 2 .964 1.50 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  1B 195 151 1426.0 1615 105 9 135 .995 10.86 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  C 11 11 104.3 62 5 0 0 1.000 5.78 5 4 .800 7 0.3
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1749 1603 14566.5 4173 216 66 150 .985 2.71 5 4 .800 7 37.3
Career Highs   154 146 1329.7 1458 91 10 116 .996 11.46 5 4 .800 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 25 LAD NL 7 26 5 8 2 1 2 7 0 0 6 5 .308 .438 .692 1.130
1970 26 LAD NL 18 67 9 14 4 2 0 6 0 1 13 13 .209 .333 .328 .662
1974 30 NYA AL 19 71 11 13 2 0 1 5 0 1 15 14 .183 .326 .254 .579
1975 31 NYA AL 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .188 .143 .330
1976 32 NYA AL 7 20 5 6 1 0 1 3 2 1 6 7 .300 .462 .500 .962
1977 33 CLN NL 6 25 4 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 3 6 .360 .429 .640 1.069
1978 34 CLN NL 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 .143 .538 .143 .681
Career Post-Season Batting 65 230 36 53 11 4 5 27 2 3 50 50 .230 .365 .378 .744
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1966-10-.297
 On-Base Pct
1966-2-.408
1967-1-.398
1968-4-.384
1969-10-.371
1971-8-.377
1972-8-.388
1973-3-.388
1976-4-.396
 Slugging Pct
1966-4-.532
1967-3-.532
1968-9-.484
1971-10-.478
1976-4-.525
 OPS
1966-2-.940
1967-2-.930
1968-4-.868
1969-8-.839
1971-8-.855
1973-8-.846
1976-3-.921
 XR
1966-3-105.5
1967-1-113.3
1968-5-98.9
1972-6-96.7
1973-6-97.5
1975-9-100.9
1976-3-113.4
 Games
1966-9-156
1967-4-157
1972-7-155
1973-10-156
1979-2-156
Runs
1967-4-94
1968-4-95
1975-2-113
1976-3-117
 Total Bases
1967-4-290
1976-5-301
 Doubles
1966-5-32
1975-6-38
 Triples
1966-3-8
1967-6-5
1975-6-6
 Homeruns
1967-2-35
1968-3-30
1976-7-31
 RBIs
1966-6-102
1967-8-98
1968-5-98
1973-10-95
1975-4-110
Caught Stealing
1972-9-8
 Walks
1966-3-98
1967-1-105
1968-1-104
1969-4-88
1971-9-80
1972-1-111
1973-2-102
1974-8-91
1975-4-101
1976-8-100
1979-4-102
CAR-24-1323
 Strikeouts
1978-5-104
1979-2-125
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 97    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Eddie Lukon (901)
  2. Frank Robinson (894)
  3. Dwight Evans (894)
  4. Charlie Keller (889)
  5. Rick Monday (886)
  6. Wally Post (879)
  7. Dick Kokos (876)
  8. Bill White (874)
  9. Earl Torgeson (872)
  10. Randy Jackson (869)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1965
Had first career hit on 9/1/1965, off Howie Koplitz (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 9/11/1965, off Jim Coates (TAM)
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 6/15/1966
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1966, hitting .297 with 24 HR, 102 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 7/17/1968
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Colorado on 7/20/1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,528,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against New York (N) on 7/21/1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/13/1970 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Drove in 8 runs against Colorado on 6/19/1970
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Injured on 7/17/1970 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/31/1971 with a Concussion, out for one week
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $8,600,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1971, hitting .389 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/5/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1972, hitting .412 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (A) on 3/3/1974 (Going to LAD: 3B Bill Madlock, P Jim Maloney. Going to NYA: LF Curt Blefary, 2B Aaron Pointer)
Injured on 6/27/1974 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1974
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 7/27/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1976, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1977 (Going to NYA: RF Jose Ortiz, RF Steve Garvey. Going to CLN: LF Curt Blefary)
10/14/1977: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $7,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1977
Injured on 4/27/1980 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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