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Curt Blefary
Curtis Le Roy Blefary (Clank)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
School Wagner College

Debut April 14, 1965
  vs. CHW 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 4, 1972
Born July 5, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
Died January 28, 2001 in Pompano Beach, FL

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 21 BAL AL 144  462   72  120  23  4  22   70   4  2  88  73  .260  .381  .470  139  217   7   1   4   3  10 RoY-1
 1966 22 BAL AL 131  419   73  107  14  3  23   64   1  4  73  56  .255  .371  .468  141  196   7   3   3   6   6
 1967 23 BAL AL 155  554   69  134  19  5  22   81   4  4  73  94  .242  .337  .413  121  229   7   3  11   8   5
 1968 24 BAL AL 137  451   50   90   8  1  15   39   6  3  65  66  .200  .301  .322   89  145   7   8  11   4   4
 1969 25 HOU NL 155  542   66  137  26  7  12   67   8  7  77  79  .253  .347  .393  109  213   4   5  10   4   8
 1970 26 NYY AL  99  269   34   57   6  0   9   37   1  3  43  37  .212  .324  .335   87   90   0   3   3   3   6
 1971 27 TOT AL  71  137   19   29   3  0   6   14   0  1  18  20  .212  .308  .365   93   50   1   0   2   1   2
         NYY AL  21   36    4    7   1  0   1    2   0  0   3   5  .194  .256  .306   63   11   0   0   0   0   1
         OAK AL  50  101   15   22   2  0   5   12   0  1  15  15  .218  .325  .386  103   39   1   0   2   1   1
 1972 28 TOT     82  113   11   25   5  0   3   10   0  0  19  19  .221  .328  .345  100   39   0   2   3   0   1
         OAK AL   8   11    1    5   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .455  .417  .636  218    7   0   1   0   0   0
         SDP NL  74  102   10   20   3  0   3    9   0  0  19  18  .196  .320  .314   88   32   0   1   3   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      974 2947  394  699 104 20 112  382  24 24 456 444  .237  .342  .400  115 1179  33  25  47  29  42
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        490   66  116  17  3  19   64   4  4  76  74  .237  .342  .400  115  196   5   4   8   5   7
 Career High    155  554   73  137  26  7  23   81   8  7  88  94  .260  .381  .470  141  229   7   8  11   8  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 21 BAL AL  561  362   87   6.5    93| .260  .253| .381  .323| .470  .388| .851  .711| 139  .704  26.8   2.8  66%
 1966 22 BAL AL  508  332   77   6.2    89| .255  .247| .371  .314| .468  .381| .839  .695| 141  .702  24.9   2.6  20%
 1967 23 BAL AL  645  439   81   5.0    84| .242  .243| .337  .312| .413  .365| .750  .677| 121  .629  15.6   1.7  50%
 1968 24 BAL AL  535  383   49   3.4    81| .200  .239| .301  .308| .322  .354| .623  .662|  89  .491  -4.8  -0.5  66%
 1969 25 HOU NL  632  429   77   4.8    93| .253  .257| .347  .327| .393  .381| .740  .708| 109  .565   8.9   0.9  53%
 1970 26 NYY AL  318  224   31   3.7    93| .212  .252| .324  .325| .335  .385| .659  .710|  87  .434  -3.6  -0.4  25%
 1971 27 TOT AL  157  112   16   3.8    90| .212  .251| .308  .323| .365  .373| .673  .696|  93  .478  -1.4  -0.2   0%
         NYY AL   39   30    3   2.7    87| .194  .248| .256  .319| .306  .368| .562  .687|  63  .323  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         OAK AL  118   82   13   4.3    91| .218  .253| .325  .324| .386  .375| .711  .700| 103  .527   0.4   0.0   0%
 1972 28 TOT     134   91   14   4.2    84| .221  .247| .328  .314| .345  .363| .673  .677| 100  .514   0.9   0.1   0%
         OAK AL   12    7    3  11.5    79| .455  .241| .417  .309| .636  .348|1.053  .656| 218  .892   1.7   0.2   0%
         SDP NL  122   84   11   3.6    85| .196  .247| .320  .314| .314  .365| .634  .679|  88  .438  -0.8  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3490 2372  432   4.9    88| .237  .248| .342  .318| .400  .374| .742  .692| 115  .600  67.4   7.0  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 21 BAL AL OF 136 227 10 5 3 .979 .978 1.74 1.78 1.88 2.04 131 1136.0 RF 73 126 6 4 3 .971 .978 1.81 1.57 1.95 1.85 69 608.3 LF 63 103 4 1 0 .991 .979 1.70 1.49 1.82 1.87 62 527.7 1966 22 BAL AL LF 109 157 6 4 0 .976 .980 1.50 1.45 1.73 1.83 104 847.7 1B 20 115 12 1 9 .992 .991 6.35 8.18 8.64 9.59 11 132.3 1967 23 BAL AL OF 103 170 13 6 5 .968 .980 1.78 1.76 1.87 2.05 99 882.0 LF 86 143 12 6 4 .963 .976 1.80 1.40 1.89 1.87 84 739.7 1B 52 413 50 5 34 .989 .991 8.90 8.32 9.43 9.53 48 442.0 RF 20 23 2 0 1 1.000 .980 1.25 1.56 1.58 1.82 15 142.3 1968 24 BAL AL OF 92 144 9 6 1 .962 .981 1.66 1.80 1.89 2.08 85 728.3 LF 55 83 2 2 0 .977 .978 1.55 1.45 2.04 1.85 43 375.0 RF 45 47 3 2 1 .962 .977 1.11 1.57 1.27 1.88 42 353.3 C 40 215 22 4 1 .983 .990 5.92 6.01 6.29 6.97 38 339.0 9 15 18 19 1B 12 78 4 1 9 .988 .989 6.83 8.32 9.80 9.59 7 75.3 1969 25 HOU NL 1B 152 1235 103 17 117 .987 .992 8.80 6.58 9.10 6.80 149 1322.7 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.30 3.38 1.69 1 8.0 1970 26 NYY AL RF 79 99 0 3 0 .971 .975 1.25 1.59 1.53 1.98 75 584.0 1B 6 56 2 0 9 1.000 .991 9.67 8.13 11.60 9.60 4 45.0 1971 27 TOT AL OF 20 21 2 1 0 .958 .983 1.15 1.96 1.83 2.24 11 113.0 TOT AL RF 12 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 0.83 1.70 1.48 2.05 6 61.0 NYY AL RF 6 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.00 1.70 1.46 2.04 5 37.0 1B 4 41 2 0 1 1.000 .993 10.75 8.10 13.34 9.59 4 29.0 OAK AL C 14 70 7 2 0 .975 .988 5.50 5.63 6.06 6.37 12 114.3 4 1 9 4 OF 14 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.14 1.96 1.89 2.24 6 76.0 LF 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.60 2.08 1.94 5 52.0 RF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.70 1.50 2.06 1 24.0 3B 5 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 2.60 2.74 4.88 3.04 2 24.0 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.75 3.00 5.40 0 3.0 1972 28 TOT 1B 7 34 4 1 3 .974 .992 5.43 8.36 8.77 9.74 4 39.0 TOT OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.95 1.06 2.20 4 34.0 OAK AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.50 3.00 1.90 1 9.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 SDP NL C 12 51 3 1 0 .982 .987 4.50 5.87 6.85 6.60 7 71.0 1 4 8 3 1B 6 34 4 1 3 .974 .992 6.33 8.42 9.00 9.73 4 38.0 RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.73 0.36 2.02 3 25.0 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.53 1.50 2.85 1 6.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1966 22 BAL AL 1B 20 115 12 1 9 .992 .991 6.35 8.18 8.64 9.59 11 132.3 1967 23 BAL AL 1B 52 413 50 5 34 .989 .991 8.90 8.32 9.43 9.53 48 442.0 1968 24 BAL AL 1B 12 78 4 1 9 .988 .989 6.83 8.32 9.80 9.59 7 75.3 1969 25 HOU NL 1B 152 1235 103 17 117 .987 .992 8.80 6.58 9.10 6.80 149 1322.7 1970 26 NYY AL 1B 6 56 2 0 9 1.000 .991 9.67 8.13 11.60 9.60 4 45.0 1971 27 NYY AL 1B 4 41 2 0 1 1.000 .993 10.75 8.10 13.34 9.59 4 29.0 1972 28 TOT 1B 7 34 4 1 3 .974 .992 5.43 8.36 8.77 9.74 4 39.0 OAK AL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 SDP NL 1B 6 34 4 1 3 .974 .992 6.33 8.42 9.00 9.73 4 38.0 1971 27 OAK AL 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.75 3.00 5.40 0 3.0 1972 28 OAK AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1971 27 OAK AL 3B 5 2 11 1 0 .929 .956 2.60 2.74 4.88 3.04 2 24.0 1972 28 SDP NL 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.53 1.50 2.85 1 6.0 1968 24 BAL AL C 40 215 22 4 1 .983 .990 5.92 6.01 6.29 6.97 38 339.0 9 15 18 19 1971 27 OAK AL C 14 70 7 2 0 .975 .988 5.50 5.63 6.06 6.37 12 114.3 4 1 9 4 1972 28 SDP NL C 12 51 3 1 0 .982 .987 4.50 5.87 6.85 6.60 7 71.0 1 4 8 3 1965 21 BAL AL LF 63 103 4 1 0 .991 .979 1.70 1.49 1.82 1.87 62 527.7 1966 22 BAL AL LF 109 157 6 4 0 .976 .980 1.50 1.45 1.73 1.83 104 847.7 1967 23 BAL AL LF 86 143 12 6 4 .963 .976 1.80 1.40 1.89 1.87 84 739.7 1968 24 BAL AL LF 55 83 2 2 0 .977 .978 1.55 1.45 2.04 1.85 43 375.0 1969 25 HOU NL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.30 3.38 1.69 1 8.0 1971 27 OAK AL LF 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 1.60 2.08 1.94 5 52.0 1972 28 OAK AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.50 3.00 1.90 1 9.0 1965 21 BAL AL OF 136 227 10 5 3 .979 .978 1.74 1.78 1.88 2.04 131 1136.0 1966 22 BAL AL OF 109 159 5 4 0 .976 .982 1.50 1.82 1.74 2.10 104 847.7 1967 23 BAL AL OF 103 170 13 6 5 .968 .980 1.78 1.76 1.87 2.05 99 882.0 1968 24 BAL AL OF 92 144 9 6 1 .962 .981 1.66 1.80 1.89 2.08 85 728.3 1969 25 HOU NL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.80 3.38 2.02 1 8.0 1970 26 NYY AL OF 79 103 1 3 0 .972 .980 1.32 1.85 1.60 2.14 75 584.0 1971 27 TOT AL OF 20 21 2 1 0 .958 .983 1.15 1.96 1.83 2.24 11 113.0 NYY AL OF 6 6 1 1 0 .875 .986 1.17 1.97 1.70 2.24 5 37.0 OAK AL OF 14 15 1 0 0 1.000 .982 1.14 1.96 1.89 2.24 6 76.0 1972 28 TOT OF 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.00 1.95 1.06 2.20 4 34.0 OAK AL OF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.90 3.00 2.20 1 9.0 SDP NL OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.97 0.36 2.20 3 25.0 1965 21 BAL AL RF 73 126 6 4 3 .971 .978 1.81 1.57 1.95 1.85 69 608.3 1967 23 BAL AL RF 20 23 2 0 1 1.000 .980 1.25 1.56 1.58 1.82 15 142.3 1968 24 BAL AL RF 45 47 3 2 1 .962 .977 1.11 1.57 1.27 1.88 42 353.3 1970 26 NYY AL RF 79 99 0 3 0 .971 .975 1.25 1.59 1.53 1.98 75 584.0 1971 27 TOT AL RF 12 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 0.83 1.70 1.48 2.05 6 61.0 NYY AL RF 6 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 1.00 1.70 1.46 2.04 5 37.0 OAK AL RF 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.67 1.70 1.50 2.06 1 24.0 1972 28 SDP NL RF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.73 0.36 2.02 3 25.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total OF* 544 831 40 25 9 .972 .980 1.60 1.81 1.81 2.08 510 4333.0 323 0 232# LF* 323 503 25 13 4 .976 .978 1.63 1.45 1.86 1.85 300 2559.0 1B* 253 1972 177 25 182 .989 .992 8.49 7.26 9.27 7.81 227 2085.3 RF* 232 306 11 10 5 .969 .977 1.37 1.58 1.61 1.91 210 1774.0 C* 66 336 32 7 1 .981 .989 5.58 5.90 6.32 6.79 57 524.3 14 20 35 26 3B* 8 2 12 1 0 .933 .952 1.75 2.66 4.20 3.00 3 30.0 2B* 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 4.63 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 874 3142 261 58 192 .983 .988 3.89 3.71 4.39 4.15 797 6977
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1966   WS    BAL LAD     W   4  13   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   3  .077  .200  .077   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   ALCS  OAK BAL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   5  14   0   1  0  0  0   0   2   4  .071  .188  .071   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
1965-AL-ROY

On-base %
1965 AL-.381-3
1966 AL-.371-6

Slugging %
1965 AL-.470-9
1966 AL-.468-10

OPS
1965 AL-.851-6
1966 AL-.839-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1967 AL-645-9

Triples
1969 NL-7-9

Home Runs
1967 AL-22-8

RBI
1967 AL-81-7

Bases on Balls
1965 AL-88-2
1966 AL-73-8
1967 AL-73-8
1969 NL-77-10

Adjusted OPS+
1965 AL-139-6
1966 AL-141-6

Runs Created
1965 AL-87-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1965 AL-27-6
1966 AL-25-9

Batting Wins
1965 AL-2.8-6
1966 AL-2.6-9

Offensive Win%
1965 AL-.704-6
1966 AL-.702-6

Hit By Pitch
1966 AL-6-8
1967 AL-8-6

Sac. Flies
1968 AL-8-1

Intentional Walks
1967 AL-11-6
1968 AL-11-6

At Bats per Home Run
1965 AL-21.0-6
1966 AL-18.2-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 23 (906) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

April 29, 1963: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Yankees as first-year waiver pick.

December 4, 1968: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with John Mason (minors) to the Houston Astros for Mike Cuellar, Enzo Hernandez, and Elijah Johnson (minors).

December 4, 1969: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Yankees for Joe Pepitone.

May 26, 1971: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rob Gardner.

May 17, 1972: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with a player to be named later and Mike Kilkenny to the San Diego Padres for Ollie Brown. The Oakland Athletics sent Greg Schubert (minors) (September 11, 1972) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

December 27, 1972: Released by the San Diego Padres.

January 21, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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