Curt Motton
Curtell Howard Motton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 24, 1940 in Darnell, LA
High School: Encinal (Alameda, CA)
School: University of California
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1967
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 BAL AL 26 LF 18 15 137.2 37 36 0 1 0 .973 2.5 21.8 2.5 4.5 -2.0 0 2.35 2.00 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 BAL AL 26 OF 18 15 137.2 37 36 0 1 0 .973 2.5 21.8 2.5 4.5 -2.0 0 2.35 2.00 .981 2.05 1.76
1968 BAL AL 27 LF 54 53 450.0 93 90 2 1 0 .989 5.9 15.7 4.9 4.5 0.5 1 1.84 1.70 .977 1.85 1.45
1968 BAL AL 27 OF 54 53 450.0 94 91 2 1 0 .989 5.9 15.7 4.9 4.5 0.5 1 1.86 1.72 .981 2.08 1.80
1969 BAL AL 28 OF 20 17 139.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -6.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 -1 1.68 1.30 .977 2.13 1.84
1969 BAL AL 28 LF 16 13 109.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -6.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 -1 1.65 1.25 .980 1.99 1.60
1969 BAL AL 28 RF 4 4 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 1.50 .967 1.92 1.60
1970 BAL AL 29 OF 21 19 152.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.2 0.8 -1 1.95 1.57 .979 2.14 1.85
1970 BAL AL 29 LF 20 17 139.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 3.5 1.4 0.2 1.2 -1 1.68 1.30 .977 1.81 1.48
1970 BAL AL 29 RF 2 2 13.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.38 1.00 .950 2.01 1.60
1971 BAL AL 30 OF 16 10 98.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.4 0.2 0.7 -0.4 0 1.93 1.31 .981 2.24 1.96
1971 BAL AL 30 LF 12 8 70.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -0.3 -5.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 1.80 1.17 .979 1.93 1.60
1971 BAL AL 30 RF 5 2 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 21.4 0.5 0.8 -0.2 0 2.25 1.40 .986 2.06 1.70
1972 TOT AL 31 LF 12 7 61.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 29.2 1.5 1.2 0.3 0 2.04 1.17 .979 1.88 1.53
1972 TOT AL 31 OF 12 7 61.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 29.2 1.5 1.2 0.3 0 2.19 1.25 .980 2.22 1.91
1972 MIL AL 31 LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.53
1972 MIL AL 31 OF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1972 CAL AL 31 LF 9 7 57.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 31.2 1.5 1.2 0.3 0 2.18 1.56 .979 1.89 1.53
1972 CAL AL 31 OF 9 7 57.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 31.2 1.5 1.2 0.3 0 2.34 1.67 .980 2.22 1.91
1973 BAL AL 32 DH 1
1973 BAL AL 32 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1973 BAL AL 32 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00
1974 BAL AL 33 OF 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 48.0 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 3.60 2.00 .975 2.43 2.10
1974 BAL AL 33 RF 2 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 48.0 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 3.60 2.00 .975 2.16 1.85
1974 BAL AL 33 DH 1
8 Seasons OF 144 122 1050.1 230 224 4 2 0 .991 9.6 11.0 10.6 11.6 -0.8 -1 1.95 1.58 .980 2.12 1.84
7 Seasons LF 133 113 969.1 204 199 3 2 1 .990 9.2 11.4 10.2 10.3 0.0 -1 1.88 1.52 .977 1.87 1.49
4 Seasons RF 13 9 81.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.9 0.4 1.3 -0.8 0 2.11 1.46 .974 2.01 1.68
2 Seasons DH 2
8 Seasons TOT 144 122 1050.1 230 224 4 2 0 .991 9.6 11.0 10.6 11.6 -0.8 -1 1.95 1.58 .971 2.12 1.84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 BAL AL 26 27 15 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 12 0
1968 BAL AL 27 83 53 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 54 30 0
1969 BAL AL 28 56 17 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 20 33 4
1970 BAL AL 29 52 19 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 2 21 31 1
1971 BAL AL 30 38 10 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 16 21 3
1972 CAL AL 31 42 7 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 16 18
1972 MIL AL 31 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 0
1973 BAL AL 32 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1
1974 BAL AL 33 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 1
8 Seasons 316 123 316 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 13 144 1 156 28
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 BAL AL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 587 56% 76% 25% 78 46%
1968 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 18 15 0 13 3 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 5 5 0 43 26 60.5% 16 1 2.3% 1 1882 57% 72% 24% 190 48%
1969 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 15 9 60.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 449 58% 80% 30% 49 41%
1970 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 574 65% 79% 30% 67 42%
1971 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 40.0% 2 1 20.0% 0 295 48% 76% 26% 27 44%
1972 CAL AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 227 71% 72% 26% 27 52%
1972 MIL AL 31 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 0 0 0 0 0 14 64% 71% 50% 0
1973 BAL AL 32 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 0 0 0 0 0 12 92% 50% 8% 1 0%
7 Seasons 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 38 33 0 28 5 0 17 10 1 4 0 0 11 10 1 98 58 59.2% 38 2 2.0% 1 4040 58% 75% 26% 439 46%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.7% 62% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 123 80% 72% 23% 12 50%
1970 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 59 53% 71% 19% 3 67%
1971 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 122 39% 84% 36% 11 64%
1974 BAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 45 67% 82% 27% 8 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 349 59% 77% 27% 34 56%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.3% 62% 77% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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