Goose Curry
1933–1949 · bats L / throws R · BFA, Baltimore Elite Giants, CV5, IN6, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, MNR, NAL
670G
.301AVG
.407OBP
.423SLG
More career statistics
588H
26HR
283RBI
67SB
27–39W–L
547.0IP
205K
5.64ERA
60GS
1SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 670 | 414 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,951 | 1,273 |
| Batting · Doubles | 90 | 50 |
| Batting · Hits | 588 | 367 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 22 | 15 |
| Batting · Home runs | 26 | 15 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,338 | 1,547 |
| Batting · Runs | 429 | 295 |
| Batting · RBI | 283 | 98 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 67 | 35 |
| Batting · Triples | 35 | 24 |
| Batting · Walks | 324 | 247 |
| Pitching · Games | 102 | 29 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,485 | 617 |
| Pitching · p cg | 32 | 10 |
| Pitching · p er | 343 | 12 |
| Pitching · p gs | 60 | 19 |
| Pitching · p h | 687 | 187 |
| Pitching · p hr | 32 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,641 | 464 |
| Pitching · p k | 205 | 30 |
| Pitching · p r | 419 | 126 |
| Pitching · p w | 141 | 38 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | 2,338 | 1,951 | 429 | 588 | 90 | 35 | 26 | 283 | 324 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 826 | .301 | .407 | .423 | .830 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 547.0 | 102 | 60 | 32 | 27 | 39 | 1 | 687 | 419 | 343 | 32 | 141 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 5.64 | 1.514 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1941-05-25 to 1941-06-29
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Four-Steal Game | 1937-07-18 | 1 in 894 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1936-07-11 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-06-25 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 199 | 761 | 182 | 8 | 53 | 123 | 12 | .294 | .401 | .404 |
| Away | 215 | 786 | 185 | 7 | 45 | 124 | 7 | .283 | .393 | .398 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .263 | .318 | .368 |
| May | 90 | 341 | 72 | 2 | 18 | 55 | 4 | .254 | .372 | .310 |
| June | 84 | 316 | 74 | 6 | 22 | 56 | 3 | .288 | .411 | .424 |
| July | 121 | 437 | 117 | 4 | 30 | 77 | 10 | .335 | .444 | .487 |
| August | 82 | 300 | 75 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 2 | .294 | .377 | .404 |
| September | 29 | 123 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0 | .235 | .341 | .324 |
| October | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| newark-eagles | 81 | 267 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 4 | .268 | .378 | .321 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 67 | 260 | 59 | 3 | 20 | 48 | 4 | .282 | .412 | .426 |
| homestead-grays | 66 | 249 | 54 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 4 | .250 | .333 | .347 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 45 | 181 | 52 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 2 | .340 | .414 | .510 |
| new-york-cubans | 39 | 145 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 3 | .293 | .428 | .345 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 34 | 137 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | .286 | .372 | .366 |
| philadelphia-stars | 32 | 120 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 0 | .280 | .442 | .462 |
| chicago-american-giants | 9 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .258 | .269 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | NSH | 15 | 45 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1935 | SAS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | .667 | – | – |
| 1936 | WEG | 58 | 216 | 60 | 1 | 10 | 2 | .278 | 19 | 10 |
| 1937 | IN6, Memphis Red Sox | 28 | 87 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .333 | 13 | 6 |
| 1938 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 14 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .314 | 13 | – |
| 1939 | Baltimore Elite Giants, New York Black Yankees | 26 | 76 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .355 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | Baltimore Elite Giants, New York Black Yankees | 31 | 83 | 24 | – | 13 | 2 | .289 | 1 | – |
| 1941 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 33 | 121 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .281 | 9 | 1 |
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Stars | 40 | 135 | 37 | – | 8 | 4 | .274 | – | – |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Stars | 41 | 138 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .261 | 34 | 6 |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Stars | 40 | 124 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 3 | .306 | 37 | – |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 34 | 110 | 35 | 4 | 13 | 10 | .318 | 9 | 1 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Stars | 32 | 73 | 15 | – | 5 | 1 | .205 | 18 | 6 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Stars | 17 | 21 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .429 | – | – |
| 1949 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 4 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | – | – |