Curt Motton

Curtell Howard Motton

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: September 24, 1940 in Darnell, LA
High School: Encinal HS (Alameda, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Signed
by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1967
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Angels/Brewers 1967-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
Died: January 21, 2010 in Parkton, MD
Buried: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
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Standard Batting

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
1964 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1967 26 BAL AL 27 75 65 5 13 2 0 2 9 0 1 5 14 .200 .267 .323 .590 74 21 2 2 0 3 0 7
1968 27 BAL AL 83 254 217 27 43 7 0 8 25 1 3 31 43 .198 .298 .341 .639 94 74 7 1 2 3 0 7
1969 28 BAL AL 56 104 89 15 27 6 0 6 21 3 1 13 10 .303 .398 .573 .971 168 51 0 1 1 0 0 7/9
1970 29 BAL AL 52 105 84 16 19 3 1 3 19 1 2 18 20 .226 .369 .393 .762 110 33 0 1 2 0 0 7/9
1971 30 BAL AL 38 65 53 13 10 1 0 4 8 0 0 10 12 .189 .317 .434 .751 113 23 1 0 2 0 0 7/9
1972 31 TOT AL 48 51 45 7 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 14 .156 .255 .244 .499 53 11 1 0 0 0 0 7
1972 31 MIL AL 6 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .667 .952 182 4 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1972 31 CAL AL 42 44 39 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 .154 .250 .179 .429 33 7 1 0 0 0 0 /7
1973 32 BAL AL 5 7 6 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .833 1.262 250 5 0 0 0 0 0 /D7
1974 33 BAL AL 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -37 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9D
8 Yrs 316 671 567 85 121 20 1 25 89 5 7 86 116 .213 .319 .384 .704 105 218 11 5 7 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 344 291 44 62 10 1 13 46 3 4 44 59 .213 .319 .384 .704 105 112 6 3 4 3 0
BAL (7 yrs) 268 620 522 78 114 19 1 24 86 5 7 80 102 .218 .325 .397 .721 109 207 10 5 7 6 0
CAL (1 yr) 42 44 39 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 .154 .250 .179 .429 33 7 1 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 6 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .667 .952 182 4 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1967 26 BAL AL 27 75 -1 -0 -0 2 -1 -0 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 7
1968 27 BAL AL 83 254 -0 1 -1 6 -3 3 0.3 7 10 1.0 .505 .503 0.4 0.3 4 $ 7
1969 28 BAL AL 56 104 9 0 1 -1 -1 8 0.9 3 11 1.2 .516 .506 1.3 -0.2 12 $ 7/9
1970 29 BAL AL 52 105 2 0 0 0 -1 1 0.1 3 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.5 -0.1 5 $ 7/9
1971 30 BAL AL 38 65 1 1 0 0 -1 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .503 .501 0.3 -0.1 3 $ 7/9
1972 31 MIL AL 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $20,500 /7
1972 31 CAL AL 42 44 -3 0 0 2 -0 -1 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .496 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ /7
1973 32 BAL AL 5 7 1 -0 0 -0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .513 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $17,500 /D7
1974 33 BAL AL 7 10 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /9D
8 Seasons 316 671 7 2 1 10 -7 13 1.2 20 33 3.3 .505 .501 2.3 0.2 23 $38,000
BAL (7 yrs) 268 620 10 1 1 8 -7 13 1.3 18 32 3.2 .506 .501 2.4 0.1 24 $17,500
CAL (1 yr) 42 44 -3 0 0 2 -0 -1 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .496 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $
MIL (1 yr) 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .512 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $20,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1967 26 BAL AL 75 58 6 2.8 85 .212 .200 .243 .267 .313 .323 .365 .590 .677 74 .371 -1.9 -0.2 .491 .185 .123 .0
1968 27 BAL AL 254 189 22 3.1 80 .207 .198 .238 .298 .307 .341 .352 .639 .659 94 .448 -1.0 -0.1 .565 .276 .143 1.8
1969 28 BAL AL 104 64 22 9.3 96 .288 .303 .256 .398 .332 .573 .386 .971 .718 168 .809 8.4 0.8 1.063 .438 .270 4.0
1970 29 BAL AL 105 69 14 5.5 98 .262 .226 .259 .369 .334 .393 .395 .762 .729 110 .608 1.7 0.2 .761 .369 .167 1.5
1971 30 BAL AL 65 46 8 4.7 91 .162 .189 .254 .317 .326 .434 .377 .751 .702 113 .568 0.8 0.1 .750 .434 .245 .0
1972 31 TOT AL 51 39 3 2.1 79 .200 .156 .240 .255 .308 .244 .347 .499 .655 53 .264 -2.5 -0.3 .436 .222 .089 .0
1972 31 MIL AL 7 5 1 5.4 81 .000 .167 .243 .286 .311 .667 .351 .952 .663 182 .673 0.5 0.1 1.000 .667 .500 .0
1972 31 CAL AL 44 34 2 1.6 78 .222 .154 .240 .250 .308 .179 .346 .429 .654 33 .179 -3.0 -0.3 .353 .154 .026
1973 32 BAL AL 7 4 2 13.4 93 .250 .333 .258 .429 .327 .833 .380 1.262 .707 250 .888 1.2 0.1 1.500 .667 .500 .0
1974 33 BAL AL 10 8 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .255 .200 .319 .000 .366 .200 .685 -37 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .250 .250 .000
8 Yrs 671 477 77 4.3 87 .222 .213 .247 .319 .318 .384 .368 .704 .686 105 .555 5.2 0.5 .662 .319 .171 8.3
162 Game Avg. 344 245 39 4.3 87 .222 .213 .247 .319 .318 .384 .368 .704 .686 105 .555 3 0 .662 .319 .171 4
BAL (7 yrs) 620 438 74 4.5 88 .224 .218 .247 .325 .319 .397 .369 .721 .688 109 .574 7.7 0.8 .682 .328 .178 8.3
CAL (1 yr) 44 34 2 1.6 78 .222 .154 .240 .250 .308 .179 .346 .429 .654 33 .179 -3.0 -0.3 .353 .154 .026
MIL (1 yr) 7 5 1 5.4 81 .000 .167 .243 .286 .311 .667 .351 .952 .663 182 .672 0.5 0.1 1.000 .667 .500 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1969 28 BAL AL ALCS MIN W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 28 BAL AL WS NYM L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 30 BAL AL ALCS OAK W 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1974 33 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 5 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 4 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 26 BAL AL 75 2.7% 18.7% 6.7% 5.3% 31% 2.80 4.6 32.5 7.2 1.05 69%
1968 27 BAL AL 254 3.2% 16.9% 12.2% 5.9% 35% 1.39 5.0 27.1 8.7 1.07 67%
1969 28 BAL AL 104 5.8% 9.6% 12.5% 11.5% 44% 0.77 8.9 14.8 4.2 2.64 70%
1970 29 BAL AL 105 2.9% 19.1% 17.1% 6.7% 37% 1.11 4.2 28.0 4.4 0.53 58%
1971 30 BAL AL 65 6.2% 18.5% 15.4% 7.7% 50% 1.20 4.4 13.3 6.6 1.13 57%
1972 31 TOT AL 51 2.0% 27.5% 11.8% 3.9% 29% 2.33 3.2 45.0 15.0 0.73 59%
1972 31 MIL AL 7 14.3% 28.6% 14.3% 14.3% 100% 2.00 3.0 6.0 3.0 2.00 43%
1972 31 CAL AL 44 0.0% 27.3% 11.4% 2.3% 17% 2.40 3.3 39.0 0.64 61%
1973 32 BAL AL 7 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 14.3% 50% 1.00 6.0 6.0 1.5 0.00 57%
1974 33 BAL AL 10 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 1.00 4.0 2.00 60%
8 Yrs 671 3.7% 17.3% 12.8% 6.9% 38% 1.35 4.9 22.7 6.4 1.07 64%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.7% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.71 6.1 45.5 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1967 26 BAL AL -1.9 -0.2 76 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 .97 -0.4 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.92 -1.7 1.40 11
1968 27 BAL AL -1.2 -0.1 260 0.2 4.1 -3.9 .89 0.4 -0.1 3.8 0.4 0.89 6.3 1.16 27
1969 28 BAL AL 8.4 0.8 109 2.2 4.0 -1.8 1.19 1.1 0.8 12.5 1.3 0.98 9.7 1.59 28
1970 29 BAL AL 1.7 0.2 111 1.6 3.2 -1.6 1.18 0.4 1.0 10.0 1.0 1.06 4.9 1.91 26
1971 30 BAL AL 0.8 0.1 66 -0.0 1.2 -1.2 1.12 0.1 -0.2 1.4 0.2 1.02 2.1 1.88 15
1972 31 TOT AL -2.5 -0.3 54 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 1.02 -0.3 -0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.96 -0.2 1.12 18
1972 31 MIL AL 0.5 0.1 7 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.21 -0.1 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.10 2.0 1.41 5
1972 31 CAL AL -3.0 -0.3 47 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 .99 -0.2 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.94 -2.2 1.00 13
1973 32 BAL AL 1.2 0.1 7 0.2 0.3 -0.1 .64 0.1 0.2 2.7 0.3 0.91 1.6 0.89 2
1974 33 BAL AL -1.4 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.85 -0.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.00 -1.3 2.33 4
8 Yrs 5.0 0.4 693 3.5 14.5 -11.0 1.04 1.2 2.1 29.1 3.0 0.95 21.2 1.53 131

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 26 BAL AL 2 0 17% 23 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1968 27 BAL AL 4 0 28% 91 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 68% 10 4 6 3 1 2 6 1 5
1969 28 BAL AL 2 0 26% 59 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 58% 7 4 3 0 0 0 5 1 4
1970 29 BAL AL 1 0 37% 41 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 57% 9 5 4 1 1 0 4 0 4
1971 30 BAL AL 0 0 56% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 57% 8 5 3 3 1 2 3 0 3
1972 31 TOT AL 0 0 50% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 55% 7 4 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
1972 31 MIL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 31 CAL AL 0 0 55% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 55% 7 4 3 0 0 0 4 1 3
1973 32 BAL AL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 33 BAL AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 9 0 32% 287 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 22 59% 44 24 20 7 3 4 24 4 20

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1967 26 BAL AL 75 36% 13 11 1 0 1 1.40 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 2 15% 5 4 80% 40 7 18% 4 4 100% 1 1 100% 0
1968 27 BAL AL 254 36% 43 27 5 2 3 1.16 8 0 4 1 7 3 5 0 3 2 67% 44 7 16% 22 6 27% 128 17 13% 9 5 56% 11 5 45% 0
1969 28 BAL AL 104 56% 27 28 8 2 6 1.59 6 0 5 1 5 2 4 0 2 1 50% 21 0 0% 11 3 27% 72 16 22% 9 5 56% 4 1 25% 0
1970 29 BAL AL 105 67% 19 26 4 0 4 1.91 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 3 2 67% 29 0 0% 9 2 22% 84 17 20% 3 2 67% 8 5 63% 0
1971 30 BAL AL 65 86% 10 15 3 1 1 1.88 4 1 3 0 4 3 1 0 2 2 100% 16 1 6% 6 2 33% 44 4 9% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1972 31 TOT AL 51 65% 7 18 1 0 1 1.12 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0% 12 1 8% 5 0 0% 29 2 7% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
1972 31 MIL AL 7 86% 1 5 0 0 1 1.41 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1972 31 CAL AL 44 61% 6 13 1 0 0 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 4 0 0% 22 1 5% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1973 32 BAL AL 7 71% 2 2 0 0 0 0.89 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1974 33 BAL AL 10 60% 0 4 0 0 0 2.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 671 52% 121 131 22 5 16 1.53 25 1 18 5 20 12 13 0 11 7 64% 138 11 8% 58 17 29% 410 66 16% 29 19 66% 27 12 44% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 26 27 75 65 5 13 2 0 2 9 0 1 5 14 .200 .267 .323 .590 74 21 2 2 0 3 0
1968 27 110 329 282 32 56 9 0 10 34 1 4 36 57 .199 .291 .337 .627 89 95 9 3 2 6 0
1969 28 166 433 371 47 83 15 0 16 55 4 5 49 67 .224 .316 .394 .710 109 146 9 4 3 6 0
1970 29 218 538 455 63 102 18 1 19 74 5 7 67 87 .224 .326 .393 .720 109 179 9 5 5 6 0
1971 30 256 603 508 76 112 19 1 23 82 5 7 77 99 .220 .326 .398 .723 110 202 10 5 7 6 0
1972 31 304 654 553 83 119 20 1 24 85 5 7 83 113 .215 .320 .385 .705 105 213 11 5 7 6 0
1973 32 309 661 559 85 121 20 1 25 89 5 7 84 114 .216 .321 .390 .711 107 218 11 5 7 6 0
1974 33 316 671 567 85 121 20 1 25 89 5 7 86 116 .213 .319 .384 .704 105 218 11 5 7 6 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 26 27 76 66 6 14 2 0 2 10 0 5 14 .212 .276 .333 .610 6 27
1968 27 83 268 225 35 51 8 0 9 33 1 37 43 .227 .335 .382 .717 29 83
1969 28 56 105 90 16 28 6 0 6 22 3 13 10 .311 .404 .578 .982 21 56
1970 29 52 107 85 17 20 3 1 3 21 1 19 20 .235 .381 .400 .781 13 52
1971 30 38 67 54 14 11 1 0 4 9 0 11 12 .204 .338 .444 .783 8 38
1972 31 50 57 49 10 9 1 0 1 4 0 8 15 .184 .298 .265 .564 4 48
1973 32 5 7 6 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 .333 .429 .833 1.262 2 5
1974 33 7 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 7
8 Yrs 318 697 583 100 135 21 1 26 103 5 96 117 .232 .342 .405 .747 83 316
162 Game Avg. 162 355 297 51 69 11 1 13 52 3 49 60 .232 .342 .405 .747 42 316

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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