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Curt Blefary

Curtis Leroy Blefary (Clank)

Positions: Outfielder, First Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 5, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Mahwah (Mahwah, NJ)
School: Wagner College
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1965
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Astros/Yankees/Padres/Athletics 1965-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
Died: January 28, 2001 in Pompano Beach, FL
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1187. Enos Cabell… #1188. Cookie Rojas… #1189. Cass Michaels… #1190. CURT BLEFARY… #1191. Mule Haas… #1192. Scott Podsednik… #1193. Mike Epstein… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 21 BAL AL 144 561 462 72 120 23 4 22 70 4 2 88 73 .260 .381 .470 .851 139 217 10 3 7 1 4 * RoY-1
1966 22 BAL AL 131 508 419 73 107 14 3 23 64 1 4 73 56 .255 .371 .468 .839 141 196 6 6 7 3 3 *3
1967 23 BAL AL 155 645 554 69 134 19 5 22 81 4 4 73 94 .242 .337 .413 .750 121 229 5 8 7 3 11 3
1968 24 BAL AL 137 535 451 50 90 8 1 15 39 6 3 65 66 .200 .301 .322 .623 89 145 4 4 7 8 11 23
1969 25 HOU NL 155 632 542 66 137 26 7 12 67 8 7 77 79 .253 .347 .393 .740 109 213 8 4 4 5 10 *3/
1970 26 NYY AL 99 318 269 34 57 6 0 9 37 1 3 43 37 .212 .324 .335 .658 86 90 6 3 0 3 3 /3
1971 27 TOT AL 71 157 137 19 29 3 0 6 14 0 1 18 20 .212 .308 .365 .673 93 50 2 1 1 0 2 29/7534
1971 27 NYY AL 21 39 36 4 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .194 .256 .306 .562 63 11 1 0 0 0 0 /93
1971 27 OAK AL 50 118 101 15 22 2 0 5 12 0 1 15 15 .218 .325 .386 .711 103 39 1 1 1 0 2 2/7954
1972 28 TOT MLB 82 134 113 11 25 5 0 3 10 0 0 19 19 .221 .328 .345 .673 100 39 1 0 0 2 3 2/35947
1972 28 OAK AL 8 12 11 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .455 .417 .636 1.053 218 7 0 0 0 1 0 2/3534
1972 28 SDP NL 74 122 102 10 20 3 0 3 9 0 0 19 18 .196 .320 .314 .633 88 32 1 0 0 1 3 2/3534
8 Seasons 974 3490 2947 394 699 104 20 112 382 24 24 456 444 .237 .342 .400 .743 115 1179 42 29 33 25 47
162 Game Avg. 162 580 490 66 116 17 3 19 64 4 4 76 74 .237 .342 .400 .743 115 196 7 5 5 4 8
BAL (4 yrs) 567 2249 1886 264 451 64 13 82 254 15 13 299 289 .239 .347 .417 .764 123 787 25 21 28 15 29
OAK (2 yrs) 58 130 112 16 27 4 0 5 13 0 1 15 16 .241 .333 .411 .744 113 46 1 1 1 1 2
NYY (2 yrs) 120 357 305 38 64 7 0 10 39 1 3 46 42 .210 .317 .331 .648 84 101 7 3 0 3 3
SDP (1 yr) 74 122 102 10 20 3 0 3 9 0 0 19 18 .196 .320 .314 .633 88 32 1 0 0 1 3
HOU (1 yr) 155 632 542 66 137 26 7 12 67 8 7 77 79 .253 .347 .393 .740 109 213 8 4 4 5 10
AL (7 yrs) 745 2736 2303 318 542 75 13 97 306 16 17 360 347 .235 .342 .406 .748 117 934 33 25 29 19 34
NL (2 yrs) 229 754 644 76 157 29 7 15 76 8 7 96 97 .244 .343 .380 .723 106 245 9 4 4 6 13

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 21 BAL AL 561 28 -2 0 0 0 -8 16 34 3.8 34 3.6 0.2 $ * RoY-1
1966 22 BAL AL 508 25 -1 0 1 -3 -7 14 29 3.3 32 3.5 -0.2 $ *3
1967 23 BAL AL 645 14 0 0 2 6 -9 18 32 3.5 25 2.7 0.8 $ 3
1968 24 BAL AL 535 -5 0 0 2 -4 -3 15 5 0.4 9 1.0 -0.6 $26,000 23
1969 25 HOU NL 632 10 0 -1 1 -2 -10 22 20 2.1 22 2.4 -0.3 $ *3/
1970 26 NYY AL 318 -3 0 0 -1 -13 -4 11 -10 -1.1 3 0.3 -1.4 $35,000 /3
1971 27 NYY AL 39 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /93
1971 27 OAK AL 118 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $35,000 2/7954
1972 28 OAK AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 2/3534
1972 28 SDP NL 122 -1 0 1 0 -2 0 4 2 0.2 4 0.5 -0.3 $35,000 2/3534
8 Seasons 3490 68 -3 1 5 -19 -41 105 117 12.8 135 14.6 -1.8 $131,000
BAL (4 yrs) 2249 62 -3 0 5 -1 -27 63 100 11.0 100 10.8 0.2 $26,000
OAK (2 yrs) 130 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $35,000
NYY (2 yrs) 357 -5 0 0 -1 -14 -4 12 -12 -1.3 2 0.2 -1.5 $35,000
SDP (1 yr) 122 -1 0 1 0 -2 0 4 2 0.2 4 0.5 -0.3 $35,000
HOU (1 yr) 632 10 0 -1 1 -2 -10 22 20 2.1 22 2.4 -0.3 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 22 BAL AL WS LAD W 4 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 0 0 0 0 1
1971 27 OAK AL ALCS BAL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .071 .188 .071 .259 1 0 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .077 .200 .077 .277 1 0 0 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1965 BAL AL 21 OF 136 242 227 10 5 3 .979 0 1.74 .978 2.03 RoY-1
1965 BAL AL 21 RF 73 69 44 608.1 136 126 6 4 3 .971 -1 -3 1.95 1.81 .978 1.85 1.84 RoY-1
1965 BAL AL 21 LF 63 62 35 527.2 108 103 4 1 0 .991 1 3 1.83 1.70 .979 1.87 1.86 RoY-1
1966 BAL AL 22 OF 109 168 159 5 4 0 .976 -3 1.50 .982 2.10
1966 BAL AL 22 1B 20 128 115 12 1 9 .992 0 6.35 .991 9.58
1966 BAL AL 22 LF 109 104 47 847.2 167 157 6 4 0 .976 -3 -5 1.73 1.50 .980 1.83 1.82
1967 BAL AL 23 OF 103 189 170 13 6 5 .968 3 1.78 .980 2.06
1967 BAL AL 23 1B 52 468 413 50 5 34 .989 4 8.90 .991 9.55
1967 BAL AL 23 LF 86 84 78 739.2 161 143 12 6 4 .963 4 7 1.89 1.80 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 BAL AL 23 RF 20 15 13 142.1 25 23 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -10 1.58 1.25 .981 1.82 1.82
1968 BAL AL 24 OF 92 159 144 9 6 1 .962 -2 1.66 .981 2.07
1968 BAL AL 24 C 40 241 215 22 4 1 .983 0 5.93 .990 6.94 9 18 19 51%
1968 BAL AL 24 1B 12 83 78 4 1 9 .988 -2 6.83 .989 9.54
1968 BAL AL 24 LF 55 43 34 375.0 87 83 2 2 0 .977 5 16 2.04 1.55 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 BAL AL 24 RF 45 42 31 353.1 52 47 3 2 1 .962 -7 -24 1.27 1.11 .977 1.88 1.87
1969 HOU NL 25 1B 152 1355 1235 103 17 117 .987 -2 8.80 .992 9.76
1969 HOU NL 25 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 3.00 .973 2.00
1969 HOU NL 25 LF 1 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.38 3.00 .963 1.69 1.70
1970 NYY AL 26 OF 79 107 103 1 3 0 .972 -14 1.32 .980 2.13
1970 NYY AL 26 1B 6 58 56 2 0 9 1.000 1 9.67 .991 9.57
1970 NYY AL 26 RF 79 75 31 584.0 102 99 0 3 0 .971 -14 -29 1.53 1.25 .975 1.98 1.97
1971 TOT AL 27 OF 20 11 7 113.0 24 21 2 1 0 .958 -3 -28 1.83 1.15 .982 100.00 2.22
1971 TOT AL 27 RF 12 6 2 61.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -2 -41 1.48 0.83 .980 2.05 2.03
1971 NYY AL 27 OF 6 5 1 37.0 8 6 1 1 0 .875 -2 -58 1.70 1.17 .982 100.00 2.22
1971 NYY AL 27 RF 6 5 1 37.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -2 -58 1.46 1.00 .980 2.04 2.03
1971 NYY AL 27 1B 4 4 2 29.0 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 1 41 13.34 10.75 .992 55.46 9.52
1971 OAK AL 27 C 14 12 11 114.1 79 70 7 2 0 .975 -1 -10 6.06 5.50 .988 0.00 6.34 4 1 9 4 31% 0
1971 OAK AL 27 OF 14 6 6 76.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 1.89 1.14 .982 99.99 2.22
1971 OAK AL 27 LF 8 5 5 52.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 2.08 1.50 .981 1.94 1.92
1971 OAK AL 27 RF 6 1 1 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -15 1.50 0.67 .980 2.06 2.03
1971 OAK AL 27 3B 5 2 2 24.0 14 2 11 1 0 .929 2 105 4.88 2.60 .956 0.00 3.04
1971 OAK AL 27 2B 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 3.00 0.50 .980 0.00 5.30
1972 TOT MLB 28 1B 7 39 34 4 1 3 .974 -0 5.43 .992 9.76
1972 TOT MLB 28 OF 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1.00 .982 2.20
1972 SDP NL 28 C 12 55 51 3 1 0 .982 -1 4.50 .987 6.63 1 8 3 27%
1972 SDP NL 28 1B 6 39 34 4 1 3 .974 -0 6.33 .992 9.77
1972 SDP NL 28 3B 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 0.33 .940 2.87
1972 SDP NL 28 OF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0.33 .980 2.20
1972 OAK AL 28 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.70
1972 OAK AL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1972 OAK AL 28 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 3.00 .983 2.20
1972 OAK AL 28 LF 1 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 53 3.00 3.00 .980 1.90 1.90
1972 SDP NL 28 RF 3 3 2 25.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -58 0.36 0.33 .980 2.02 2.03
8 Seasons OF 544 11 7 113.0 896 831 40 25 9 .972 -20 -213 1.83 1.60 .980 100.00 2.08
7 Seasons LF 323 300 201 2559.0 541 503 25 13 4 .976 7 3 1.86 1.63 .978 1.85 1.85
7 Seasons 1B 253 4 2 29.0 2174 1972 177 25 182 .989 2 66 13.34 8.49 .992 55.46 9.68
6 Seasons RF 232 210 123 1774.0 327 306 11 10 5 .969 -27 -18 1.61 1.37 .977 1.91 1.90
3 Seasons C 66 12 11 114.1 375 336 32 7 1 .981 -2 -21 6.06 5.58 .989 0.00 6.76 14 1 35 26 43% 0
2 Seasons 3B 8 2 2 24.0 15 2 12 1 0 .933 2 95 4.88 1.75 .955 0.00 2.97
2 Seasons 2B 3 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 3.00 0.33 .980 0.00 5.23
8 Seasons TOT 874 29 22 283.1 3461 3142 261 58 192 .983 -19 -80 4.99 3.89 .988 45.56 4.65 14 1 35 26 43% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award)
1965 AL Rookie of the Year

On-Base% s c a p y
1965 AL  .381 (3rd)
1966 AL  .371 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1965 AL  .470 (9th)
1966 AL  .468 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1965 AL  .851 (6th)
1966 AL  .839 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1967 AL  645 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1969 NL  7 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 AL  22 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1967 AL  81 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  88 (2nd)
1966 AL  73 (8th)
1967 AL  73 (8th)
1969 NL  77 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1965 AL  139 (6th)
1966 AL  141 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1965 AL  87 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1965 AL  27 (6th)
1966 AL  25 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  2.8 (6th)
1966 AL  2.6 (9th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1965 AL  .704 (6th)
1966 AL  .703 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL  6 (8th)
1967 AL  8 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  8 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL  11 (6th)
1968 AL  11 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1965 AL  21.0 (6th)
1966 AL  18.2 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1965 AL  37.02 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1965 AL  4.7 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1965 AL  3.4 (6th)
1966 AL  3.4 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1965 AL  3.8 (6th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  9 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1968 AL  51.4 (1st)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1969 NL  152 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1969 NL  103 (1st)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1969 NL  17 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1967 AL  13 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1966 AL  1.73 (4th)
1967 AL  1.89 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 AL  1.50 (4th)
1967 AL  1.80 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 AL  .976 (5th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 23 (932), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1771), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Sammy Sosa (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dwight Evans (927)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ken Harrelson (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. John Briggs (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196824Baltimore Orioles$26,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197026New York Yankees$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197127Oakland Athletics$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan databaseBaseball's Last Dynasty 36: $40,000
197228San Diego Padres$35,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$131,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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