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Hal
Kurtz		  
Nickname: Bud
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: August 20, 1943 in Usa, DC, WASHINGTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 24 STL NL   4 3 4 4 6 7 6 9 9 9
1969 25 STL NL $ 300,000 4 3 4 3 6 7 6 10 10 10
1970 26 STL NL $ 300,000 4 3 4 4 6 7 6 10 10 10
1971 27 STL NL $ 300,000 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10
1972 28 STL NL $ 300,000 3 4 4 4 6 7 7 10 10 10
1973 29 STL NL $ 1,500,000 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
1974 30 STL NL $ 1,500,000 5 4 4 4 6 7 7 9 9 9
1975 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 9
1976 32 COL NL $ 834,978 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 9 9
1977 33 COL NL $ 834,978 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 9 9 9
1978 34 COL NL $ 400,000 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 9 9 9
1979 35 COL NL $ 400,000 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 8 8 8
1980 36 PHN NL $ 300,000 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6
1981 37 PHN NL $ 300,000 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
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
1968 24 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 25 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 26 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 27 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 28 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 29 STL NL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 30 STL NL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 31 STL NL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 32 COL NL $ 834,978   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 33 COL NL $ 834,978   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 34 COL NL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 35 COL NL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 36 PHN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 37 PHN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1968 24 AAA   1 2 .333 36 0 0 0 0 48.7 39 16 2 12 33 2.96 .220 .270 .316 .586  
1969 25 STL NL 5 10 .333 58 0 0 0 8 92.0 95 39 3 40 35 3.82 .270 .356 .347 .703 7.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 6.7 9 3 1 1 2 4.05 .310 .333 .586 .920  
1970 26 STL NL 4 6 .400 63 0 0 0 19 80.7 92 42 2 37 32 4.69 .286 .363 .382 .745 6.1
1971 27 STL NL 4 7 .364 37 0 0 0 13 40.7 40 13 0 28 21 2.88 .258 .380 .316 .696 5.6
1972 28 STL NL 3 3 .500 54 0 0 0 12 76.3 76 27 1 37 28 3.18 .255 .347 .312 .659 8.2
1973 29 STL NL 5 5 .500 43 4 0 0 6 68.7 77 37 3 35 23 4.85 .289 .374 .383 .758 3.3
1974 30 STL NL 8 10 .444 55 11 0 0 7 137.7 142 57 7 42 57 3.73 .267 .333 .361 .694 11.8
1975 31 STL NL 7 19 .269 32 32 1 1 0 205.0 206 97 11 78 68 4.26 .260 .332 .356 .688 12.9
1976 32 COL NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 7.3 10 11 1 8 5 13.51 .323 .475 .516 .991 0.0
    AAA   12 8 .600 24 24 4 2 0 172.7 167 57 7 50 83 2.97 .250 .303 .343 .646  
1977 33 COL NL 3 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 4 48.0 52 26 0 23 11 4.88 .272 .359 .330 .689 1.9
1978 34 COL NL 1 1 .500 25 0 0 0 0 55.3 59 29 2 20 18 4.72 .276 .354 .355 .709 2.0
1979 35 COL NL 4 1 .800 38 1 1 1 4 74.3 76 27 6 25 24 3.27 .271 .337 .361 .697 6.3
1980 36 PHN NL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 2 9.3 14 6 0 5 2 5.79 .368 .444 .474 .918 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 18 1 0 0 1 32.3 33 17 5 16 18 4.73 .254 .336 .400 .736  
1981 37 AAA   4 6 .400 68 0 0 0 9 76.7 87 48 2 53 43 5.64 .292 .399 .383 .781  
12 Years Sim 44 63 .411 445 48 2 2 76 895.3 939 411 36 378 324 4.13 .271 .350 .356 .707 65.2
5 Years AAA 18 16 .529 158 25 4 2 10 337.0 335 141 17 132 179 3.77 .257 .326 .360 .686  
Season Average 3 5 .375 37 4 0 0 6 74.6 78 34 3 31 27 4.13 .271 .350 .356 .707  
Career Highs 8 19 1.000 63 32 1 1 19 205.0 206 97 11 78 68 13.51 .368 .475 .516 .991  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   525 239 25 200 211   .271 .339 .358 .697
vs LH   414 172 11 178 113   .270 .346 .355 .701
Home 28 29 .491 235 26 1 1 38 484.6 475 209 20 207 180 3.88 .257 .332 .348 .681
Away 16 34 .320 210 22 1 1 39 410.6 464 202 16 171 144 4.43 .286 .354 .366 .719
Mar/Apr 8 8 .500 68 6 0 0 12 129.6 120 57 6 56 38 3.96 .248 .326 .331 .657
May 11 10 .524 88 9 0 0 14 183.0 182 75 8 87 58 3.69 .262 .344 .340 .684
June 5 12 .294 83 5 0 0 13 148.3 171 77 4 61 57 4.67 .289 .356 .372 .728
July 6 12 .333 75 5 0 0 15 120.6 140 55 3 42 50 4.10 .290 .347 .369 .717
August 7 12 .368 70 11 0 0 15 157.0 163 71 10 67 56 4.07 .269 .342 .378 .720
Sep/Oct 7 9 .438 61 12 2 2 7 156.6 163 76 5 65 65 4.37 .265 .336 .349 .684
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
1969 25 STL NL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1972 28 STL NL 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1977 33 COL NL 16 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 27 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 18 54 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.7  
Career Highs 16 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3  
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   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
vs LH   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Away 16 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 25 STL NL P 58 0 92.0 11 19 5 0 .857 2.93    
1970 26 STL NL P 63 0 80.7 4 10 3 2 .824 1.56    
1971 27 STL NL P 37 0 40.7 0 6 1 1 .857 1.33    
1972 28 STL NL P 54 0 76.3 3 11 1 1 .933 1.65    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 29 STL NL P 43 4 68.7 4 16 1 5 .952 2.62    
1974 30 STL NL P 55 11 137.7 10 18 0 0 1.000 1.83    
1975 31 STL NL P 32 32 205.0 12 28 2 2 .952 1.76    
1976 32 COL NL P 6 0 7.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1977 33 COL NL P 27 0 48.0 2 9 1 0 .917 2.06    
1978 34 COL NL P 25 0 55.3 3 10 0 2 1.000 2.11    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 35 COL NL P 38 1 74.3 1 15 1 2 .941 1.94    
1980 36 PHN NL P 7 0 9.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89    
  P 445 48 895.3 50 147 15 15 .929 1.98    
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   448 48 899.3 50 148 15 15 .930 1.98    
Career Highs   63 32 205.0 12 28 5 5 1.000 2.93    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1971 27 STL NL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 1.7 6 0 0 1 0 0.00 .462 .500 .615 1.115
1972 28 STL NL 0 3 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 7 7 0 3 0 17.21 .438 .526 .500 1.026
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 7 0 0 0 1 5.3 13 7 0 4 0 11.84 .448 .515 .552 1.067
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1975-5-19
 Saves
1970-2-19
1971-2-13
1972-4-12
 Games Pitched
1969-9-58
1970-6-63
1972-7-54
1974-9-55
 OSLG
1975-9-.356
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Tom Hume (966)
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  3. Mace Brown (946)
  4. Tommie Sisk (943)
  5. Ed Rakow (941)
  6. Bob Locker (938)
  7. Sandy Wihtol (937)
  8. Dwayne Henry (936)
  9. Kent Tekulve (934)
  10. Billy Muffett (934)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 89th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1968
Earned first career win on 5/25/1969
3/3/1972: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/6/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $834,978 per year
7/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $400,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/3/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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