Goose Curry

Homer Curry
(Blue Demon)

Born: May 19, 1905 in Mexia, TX
Died: March 30, 1974 in Memphis, TN
(68 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery (Memphis, TN)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1928	CTG	NNL	23	SP	40	118	108	15	38	6	2	2	12	0	0	4	0		2	4			.352	.386	.500	.886	131
1933	NEG	NN2	28	CF	15	63	53	15	14	3	0	0	5	1		6			3	1			.264	.371	.321	.692	92
1936	WEG	NN2	31	LF	45	207	170	40	51	5	2	2	26	2		32	1		0	5			.300	.411	.388	.799	108
1937	MULT	NAL	32	CF	17	69	61	17	19	4	2	0	8	6		7			0	1			.311	.382	.443	.825	134
1938	NBY	NN2	33	RF	11	27	23	2	5	1	0	1	2	1		3			0	1			.217	.308	.391	.699	87
1939	BEG/NBY	NN2	34	CF	27	91	70	17	24	2	1	1	12	0		18				3			.343	.477	.443	.920	148
1940	NBY/BEG	NN2	35	RF	40	139	107	32	33	10	2	2	28	3		31				1			.308	.464	.495	.959	152
1941	BEG	NN2	36	RF	47	215	181	35	48	7	2	2	22	3		28				6			.265	.364	.359	.723	110
1942	PS	NN2	37	RF	46	185	158	39	45	8	0	0	19	1		26				1			.285	.386	.335	.721	106
1943	MULT	MULT	38	RF	49	212	172	47	52	7	5	2	23	4		38			0	2	0		.302	.429	.436	.865	124
1944	PS	NN2	39	LF	44	175	142	31	43	5	4	2	22	3		32				1			.303	.431	.437	.868	124
1945	PS	NN2	40	LF	42	162	137	33	39	4	2	1	23	5		22			0	3			.285	.384	.365	.749	108
1946	PS	NN2	41	RF	35	93	79	11	18	0	3	0	9	1		13			0	1			.228	.337	.304	.641	83
1947	PS	NN2	42	PH	16	20	15	3	7	1	2	0	2	0		4			1	0			.467	.600	.800	1.400	285
14	8			RF	474	1776	1476	337	436	63	27	15	213	30	0	264	1		6	30	0		.295	.404	.405	.810	119
162 Game Average						607	504	115	149	22	9	5	73	11	0	90	54		4	10	0		.295	.404	.405	.810	119

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cleveland Tigers			SP	40	118	108	15	38	6	2	2	12	0	0	4	0		2	4			.352	.386	.500	.886	131
5	Baltimore Elite Giants			RF	139	596	489	118	139	23	6	6	78	7		92	1		3	12			.284	.401	.393	.793	117
1	Indianapolis Athletics			LF	5	22	19	7	6	1	1	0	4	4		3			0	0			.316	.409	.474	.883	140
1	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	1	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0			0	0			.400	.400	.800	1.200	236
2	Memphis Red Sox			CF	12	47	40	10	11	3	0	0	4	2		6			0	1	0		.275	.370	.350	.720	107
3	New York Black Yankees			CF	46	146	115	23	36	5	1	2	17	3		26			0	5			.313	.440	.426	.866	132
6	Philadelphia Stars			RF	230	837	695	163	200	24	16	5	98	13		133			1	8	0		.288	.403	.390	.793	115
1	North All Stars			-	1	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	1		0			0	0	0		.800	.800	1.000	1.800	499

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1928	CTG	NNL	118	.389	.343	3.4%	6.8%	0.0%	0.3%		20.21	1.7%	1.1%	.148	.116
1933	NEG	NN2	63	.329	.324	9.5%	6.4%					0.0%	1.1%	.057	.119
1936	WEG	NN2	207	.375	.349	15.5%	8.7%	0.5%	0.3%	32.00	33.11	1.0%	1.7%	.088	.126
1937	MULT	NAL	69	.377	.324	10.1%			7.2%			0.0%	0.7%	.131	.107
1938	NBY	NN2	27	.310	.336	11.1%	9.2%					3.7%	1.5%	.174	.124
1939	BEG/NBY	NN2	91	.425	.344	19.8%			8.5%			1.1%	1.8%	.100	.114
1940	NBY/BEG	NN2	139	.444	.349	22.3%			9.6%			1.4%	1.4%	.187	.122
1941	BEG	NN2	215	.337	.318	13.0%	8.2%					0.9%	1.2%	.094	.103
1942	PS	NN2	185	.356	.335	14.1%	9.8%					0.0%	1.0%	.051	.096
1943	MULT	MULT	212	.413	.366	17.9%			9.8%			0.9%	0.7%	.134	.107
1944	PS	NN2	175	.410	.358	18.3%	9.0%					1.1%	0.9%	.134	.109
1945	PS	NN2	162	.361	.343	13.6%	8.9%		0.0%		346.00	0.6%	0.8%	.080	.092
1946	PS	NN2	93	.316	.336	14.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.076	.089
1947	PS	NN2	20	.617	.340	20.0%	8.9%					0.0%	1.0%	.333	.103
14	8		1776	.381	.343	14.9%	8.7%	0.3%	0.2%	36.00	134.06	0.8%	1.1%	.110	.108

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1	Cleveland Tigers		118	.389	.343	3.4%	6.8%	0.0%	0.3%		20.21	1.7%	1.1%	.148	.116
5	Baltimore Elite Giants		596	.371	.335	15.4%	8.4%	0.5%	0.3%	32.00	33.11	1.0%	1.4%	.108	.116
1	Kansas City Monarchs		5	.517	.322	0.0%	7.2%					0.0%	0.7%	.400	.106
1	Indianapolis Athletics		22	.408	.337	13.6%	7.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.158	.112
2	Memphis Red Sox		47	.339	.316	12.8%	7.1%					0.0%	0.7%	.075	.102
3	New York Black Yankees		146	.399	.345	17.8%	8.9%					1.4%	1.7%	.113	.118
6	Philadelphia Stars		837	.382	.350	15.9%	9.4%					0.6%	0.9%	.102	.100
1	North All Stars		5	.825	.280	0.0%	4.3%					0.0%	0.3%	.200	.075

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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