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American baseball player (1912-1997)

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Baseball player
Guy Curtright
Outfielder
Born: (1912-10-18)October 18, 1912
Holliday, Missouri, U.S.
Died: August 23, 1997(1997-08-23) (aged 84)
Sun City Center, Florida, U.S.
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB debut
April 21, 1943, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
July 18, 1946, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.276
Home runs9
Runs batted in108
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Guy Paxton Curtright (October 18, 1912 – August 23, 1997) was an American professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1943–1946). Born in Holliday, Missouri, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).

A rookie at age 30, it was a long way for Curtright, who spent 11 seasons in the minors before make his way to major league with the Chicago White Sox. As a rookie in 1943, his only season as a regular, he hit .291 (6th in the American League) and posted career-highs in runs (67), hits (142), doubles (20), runs batted in (48), stolen bases (13) and games played (138), including a 26-game hitting streak.

In his four-season MLB career, Curtright was a .276 hitter with nine home runs and 108 RBI in 331 games.

Curtright died in Sun City Center, Florida, at the age of 84.

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