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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 Fielding

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 Awards
1967 BAL AL 26 LF 18 15 12 137.2 37 36 0 1 0 .973 2 22 2.35 2.00 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 BAL AL 26 OF 18 15 12 137.2 37 36 0 1 0 .973 2 22 2.35 2.00 .980 2.05 2.06
1968 BAL AL 27 LF 54 53 40 450.0 93 90 2 1 0 .989 6 16 1.84 1.70 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 BAL AL 27 OF 54 53 40 450.0 94 91 2 1 0 .989 6 16 1.86 1.72 .981 2.08 2.07
1969 BAL AL 28 OF 20 17 11 139.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 1.68 1.30 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 BAL AL 28 LF 16 13 10 109.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 1.65 1.25 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 BAL AL 28 RF 4 4 1 30.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.80 1.50 .973 1.92 1.90
1970 BAL AL 29 OF 21 19 10 152.0 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.95 1.57 .980 2.14 2.13
1970 BAL AL 29 LF 20 17 9 139.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.68 1.30 .978 1.81 1.80
1970 BAL AL 29 RF 2 2 1 13.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -37 1.38 1.00 .975 2.01 1.95
1971 BAL AL 30 OF 16 10 3 98.0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 1.93 1.31 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 BAL AL 30 LF 12 8 3 70.0 14 13 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -5 1.80 1.17 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 BAL AL 30 RF 5 2 0 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 21 2.25 1.40 .980 2.06 2.04
1972 TOT AL 31 LF 12 7 2 61.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 29 2.04 1.17 .980 1.88 1.89
1972 TOT AL 31 OF 12 7 2 61.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2 29 2.19 1.25 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 MIL AL 31 LF 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1972 MIL AL 31 OF 3 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1972 CAL AL 31 LF 9 7 2 57.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2 31 2.18 1.56 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 CAL AL 31 OF 9 7 2 57.2 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2 31 2.34 1.67 .983 2.22 2.21
1973 BAL AL 32 DH 1 1
1973 BAL AL 32 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1973 BAL AL 32 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.30
1974 BAL AL 33 OF 2 1 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 3.60 2.00 .980 2.43 2.40
1974 BAL AL 33 RF 2 1 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 3.60 2.00 .975 2.16 2.15
1974 BAL AL 33 DH 1 0
8 Seasons OF 144 122 79 1050.1 230 224 4 2 0 .991 10 11 1.95 1.58 .981 2.12 2.12
7 Seasons LF 133 113 76 969.1 204 199 3 2 1 .990 9 11 1.88 1.52 .978 1.87 1.87
4 Seasons RF 13 9 3 81.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.11 1.46 .976 2.01 2.00
8 Seasons TOT 144 122 79 1050.1 230 224 4 2 0 .991 10 11 1.95 1.58 .981 2.12 2.12
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1967 BAL AL 26 LF 2 22 2 -2 4 0
1968 BAL AL 27 LF 6 16 5 0 4 1
1969 BAL AL 28 LF -1 -7 0 0 0 -1
1969 BAL AL 28 RF -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1970 BAL AL 29 LF 0 3 1 1 0 -1
1970 BAL AL 29 RF -0 -37 -0 -0 0 0
1971 BAL AL 30 LF -0 -5 -0 -0 -0 0
1971 BAL AL 30 RF 0 21 0 -0 1 0
1972 MIL AL 31 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CAL AL 31 LF 2 31 2 0 1 0
1973 BAL AL 32 LF -0 -120 -0 0 -0 0
1974 BAL AL 33 RF 0 48 0 -0 0 0
7 Seasons LF 9 11 10 0 10 -1
4 Seasons RF 0 6 0 -1 1 0
8 Seasons TOT 10 11 11 -1 12 -1

Appearances

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 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 12 0
1968 BAL AL 27 83 53 83 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 54 0 30 0
1969 BAL AL 28 56 17 56 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 20 0 33 4
1970 BAL AL 29 52 19 52 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 2 21 0 31 1
1971 BAL AL 30 38 10 38 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 16 0 21 3
1972 CAL AL 31 42 7 42 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 16 18
1972 MIL AL 31 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 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 1 5 1
8 Seasons 316 123 316 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 13 144 2 156 28
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 7 6 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 16 10 62.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 564 58% 79% 26% 78 46%
1968 BAL AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 25 22 0 13 3 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 6 6 0 51 34 66.7% 16 1 2.0% 1 1802 59% 75% 25% 190 48%
1969 BAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 18 11 61.1% 7 0 0.0% 0 436 60% 82% 31% 49 41%
1970 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 9 56.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 559 67% 82% 31% 67 42%
1971 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 0 292 49% 77% 27% 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% 0 224 72% 73% 27% 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 13 69% 77% 54% 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 51 44 0 28 5 0 17 10 1 4 0 0 13 12 1 113 71 62.8% 40 2 1.8% 1 3902 60% 77% 27% 439 46%
MLB Averages 59.1% 2.8% 64% 80% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 0 121 81% 73% 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 55 56% 76% 20% 3 67%
1971 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 117 41% 87% 38% 11 64%
1974 BAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 42 71% 88% 29% 8 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 1 335 62% 80% 28% 34 56%
MLB Averages 41.0% 3.3% 64% 80% 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 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 AL  6 (4th)

                                         

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