Guy Paxton Curtright (October 18, 1912 – August 23, 1997) was a 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 tall and weighed .

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.

Guy Curtright

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

Guy Curtright

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

Guy Curtright

External links

Baseball Almanac

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1912 births

1997 deaths

Baseball players from Missouri

Charleston Senators players

Chicago White Sox players

Henderson Oilers players

Major League Baseball left fielders

Muskogee Tigers players

People from Monroe County, Missouri

St. Paul Saints (AA) players

Shreveport Sports players

Sioux City Cowboys players

Truman Bulldogs baseball players