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Curt Barclay

Curtis Cordell Barclay

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 22, 1931 in Chicago, IL
School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1957
Team: Giants 1957-1959

Final Game: April 16, 1959
Died: March 25, 1985 in Missoula, MT
Cremated
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1952	20	SFG-min	B	4	4	.500	2.93	9	7					61.1	58	29	20		27								1.386	8.5		4.0			KNX · TRIS
1954	22	SFG-min	B	19	11	.633	3.16	35	30					248.0	238	101	87	18	77								1.270	8.6	0.7	2.8			DAN · CARL
1955	23	SFG-min	A,AA	16	11	.593	3.95	34	29					219.0	264	128	96	25	49								1.429	10.8	1.0	2.0			SXC,DAL · WL,TL
1956	24	SFG-min	AAA	15	11	.577	4.11	37	28		7	2		195.0	209	108	89	18	48	11	91	5	0	6			1.318	9.6	0.8	2.2	4.2	1.90	MNE · AA
1957	25	NYG	NL	9	9	.500	3.44	37	28	2	5	2	0	183.0	196	85	70	21	48	4	67	2	0	1	779	114	1.333	9.6	1.0	2.4	3.3	1.40
1958	26	SFG-min	AAA	12	8	.600	3.91	24	24		11	4		161.0	191	75	70	18	31		48	11	0	3			1.379	10.7	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.55	PHX · PCL
1958	26	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	2.81	6	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	16	5	5	3	5	3	6	3	0	0	70	140	1.313	9.0	1.7	2.8	3.4	1.20
1959	27	SFG-min	AAA	8	16	.333	5.51	33	31		10	2		196.0	253	143	120	30	62		71	9	1	6			1.607	11.6	1.4	2.8	3.3	1.15	PHX · PCL
1959	27	SFG	NL	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
1960	28	BAL-SFG-min	AAA	2	4	.333	4.71	12	8					42.0	46	24	22	2	19								1.548	9.9	0.4	4.1			VAN,TAC · PCL
3 Yrs				10	9	.526	3.48	44	29	4	5	2	0	199.1	214	95	77	24	55	7	73	5	0	1	855	113	1.349	9.7	1.1	2.5	3.3	1.33
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.526	3.48	41	27	4	5	2	0	186	199	88	72	22	51	7	68	5	0	1	796	113	1.349	9.7	1.1	2.5	3.3	1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1957	25	NYG	NL	183.0	37	28	85	4.18	4.44	-0.09	101.3	4.59	10	1.1	1.6	-0.0	2.7	28	.529	.507	$
1958	26	SFG	NL	16.0	6	1	5	2.81	4.29	-0.02	94.0	4.06	2	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.4	4	.540	.501	$
1959	27	SFG	NL	0.1	1	0	5	135.00	4.43	0.35	92.0	3.75	-5	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.2	-5	.173	.498	$
3 Seasons				199.1	44	29	95	4.29	4.43	-0.08	100.7	4.54	7	1.0	1.4	0.1	2.9	27	.523	.502	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1957	25	NYG	NL	37	690	716	85	196	24	7	21	1	1	48	67	.274	.319	.415	.733	.276	297	22	2	7	6	4	14
1958	26	SFG	NL	6	70	62	5	16	3	1	3	0	1	5	6	.258	.343	.484	.827	.245	30	0	3	0	0	3	0
1959	27	SFG	NL	1	6	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.667	.750	1.417	.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
3 Yrs				44	766	782	95	214	28	8	24	1	2	55	73	.274	.323	.422	.745	.275	330	22	5	7	6	7	15
162 Game Avg.				41	714	728	88	199	26	7	22	1	2	51	68	.274	.323	.422	.745	.275	307	20	5	7	6	7	14
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.392	.716	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1957	25	NYG	NL	7.6	0.8	700	0.1	11.9	-11.8	.96	-0.9	1.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.96	-9.3	4	2	3
1958	26	SFG	NL	2.3	0.2	71	0.0	0.9	-0.9	.80	-0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	0.80	-3.1	2	0	3
1959	27	SFG	NL	-3.0	-0.3	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.2	-0.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.12	-3.0	0	0	1
3 Yrs				6.8	0.8	777	0.1	12.8	-12.7	.94	-1.2	1.3	-4.5	-0.4	0.94	-15.4	6	2	7

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1957	25	NYG	NL	37	28	7	9	12	1	3	12	16	.429	2	4	5	2	13	46%	48.6	82	26	31	7	13	8	4.0	4.6	5.4
1958	26	SFG	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	0	0	1	0	9.0	13.5	4.7
2 Yrs				43	29	7	9	13	1	3	13	16	.448	2	4	5	2	13	45%	48	82	26	31	7	14	8	4.2	4.9	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						51%	52	111	3					4.3	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1957	25	NYG	NL	37	9	2	2	1	1	0%	2	1	9	3	33%	3	.960	4	2	3	2	1	6	5	4	8	0	8	3	10.3
1958	26	SFG	NL	6	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%	5	.795	2	0	3	0	1	4	4	1	3	1	3	0	6.8
1959	27	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.122	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0
3 Yrs				44	15	4	3	1	1	0%	2	1	17	7	41%		.938	6	2	7	2	2	11	9	6	11	2	11	3	8.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	25	NYG	NL	779	59%	3.0%	9.7%	7.0%	7.5%	27%	1.56	92%	135	22	16%
1958	26	SFG	NL	70	63%	4.3%	8.6%	7.1%	10.0%	44%	1.35	76%	7	0	0%
1959	27	SFG	NL	6	33%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	50%		67%	2	0	0%
3 Yrs				855	59%	3.1%	9.5%	7.2%	7.8%	28%	1.54	90%	144	22	15%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.1%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	1.01	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1957	25	NYG	NL	690	196			21	0	19	10	11	12	9	43	21	4	49%	14	1	3	237	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	89
1958	26	SFG	NL	70	16			3	0	5	1	2	3	0	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	SFG	NL	6	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				766	214			24	0	24	11	13	15	9	48	24	4	50%	15	1	3	261	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	89
MLB Averages																		51%							58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1957	25	9	9	.500	3.44	37	28	2	5	2	183.0	196	85	70	21	48	4	67	2	1	779	114	1.333	9.6	1.0	2.4	3.3	1.40	114
1958	26	10	9	.526	3.39	43	29	4	5	2	199.0	212	90	75	24	53	7	73	5	1	849	116	1.332	9.6	1.1	2.4	3.3	1.38	116
1959	27	10	9	.526	3.48	44	29	4	5	2	199.1	214	95	77	24	55	7	73	5	1	855	113	1.349	9.7	1.1	2.5	3.3	1.33	113

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1957	25	11	9	.550	3.53	186.0	205	81	73	22	50	68	2	1.371	9.9	2.4	3.3	1.36	1.1	37
1958	26	1	0	1.000	2.81	16.0	17	6	5	3	5	6	3	1.375	9.6	2.8	3.4	1.20	1.7	6
1959	27	0	0		27.00	1.0	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.000	18.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
3 Yrs		12	9	.571	3.59	203.0	224	90	81	25	57	74	5	1.384	9.9		3.3	1.30	1.1	44

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1957 NL 3.44 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1957 NL 2 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1957 NL 115 (9th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 NL 3.44 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL 2 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL 115 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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