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Curtis
Kumar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 8, 1909 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1943   
Top Fielders Award 1939    1942   
All-Star Selections 1938    1939    1940    1942    1944    1945   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 29 KNX SA 127 429 68 135 18 1 18 76 1 0 51 41 .315 .385 .487 .872 78.6  
1939 30 KNX SA 123 405 72 129 14 0 23 65 2 0 63 42 .319 .411 .523 .934 84.8  
1940 31 SPR EL 123 415 81 135 18 0 25 65 1 0 65 51 .325 .414 .549 .963 87.1  
1941 32 SPR EL 93 323 62 99 10 0 22 51 3 0 47 17 .307 .394 .542 .935 66.4  
1942 33 SPR EL 120 450 94 165 26 0 22 84 2 0 61 35 .367 .441 .571 1.012 102.1  
1943 34 SPR EL 118 436 72 119 18 2 16 54 0 1 64 52 .273 .370 .433 .804 68.5  
1944 35 WIL EL 125 441 70 150 18 0 16 70 0 4 65 49 .340 .429 .490 .918 85.0  
1945 36 WIL EL 123 428 72 127 11 1 16 46 0 0 50 43 .297 .374 .439 .813 67.5  
1946 37 WIL EL 119 368 52 113 18 0 8 33 2 0 38 35 .307 .378 .421 .799 56.0  
1947 38 WIL EL 114 373 50 93 13 1 9 42 0 0 25 88 .249 .297 .362 .659 39.8  
1948 39 WIL EL 58 186 10 42 9 1 1 15 0 0 9 55 .226 .268 .301 .569 13.8  
11 Years Sim 1243 4254 703 1307 173 6 176 601 11 5 538 508 .307 .386 .475 .861 749.6  
162 Game Average 554 91 170 22 0 22 78 1 0 70 66 .307 .386 .475 .861 97.7  
Career Highs 127 450 94 165 26 2 25 84 3 4 65 88 .367 .441 .571 1.012 102.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1938 29 KNX SA C 121 108 990.7 835 43 4 3 .995 7.98 66 15 .227 8  
1939 30 KNX SA C 119 106 964.3 803 46 6 3 .993 7.92 75 26 .347 8  
1940 31 SPR EL C 116 100 936.3 892 32 7 0 .992 8.88 103 19 .184 4  
1941 32 SPR EL C 86 81 723.7 689 34 4 4 .994 8.99 60 16 .267 5  
1942 33 SPR EL C 111 107 969.3 1093 56 7 1 .994 10.67 86 24 .279 5  
1943 34 SPR EL C 113 108 985.7 1055 45 0 0 1.000 10.04 65 19 .292 15  
1944 35 WIL EL C 120 104 970.3 1009 56 2 4 .998 9.88 75 23 .307 3  
1945 36 WIL EL C 120 104 962.3 996 35 4 1 .996 9.64 81 18 .222 7  
1946 37 WIL EL C 106 86 801.3 826 29 5 0 .994 9.60 76 12 .158 5  
1947 38 WIL EL C 111 110 884.7 877 43 7 3 .992 9.36 95 24 .253 7  
    RF 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1948 39 WIL EL C 53 53 443.3 463 12 0 1 1.000 9.64 39 8 .205 1  
  C 1176 1067 9632.0 9538 431 46 20 .995 9.31 821 204 .248 68  
  RF 3 0 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1180 1067 9636.3 9539 431 46 20 .995 9.31 821 204 .248 68  
Career Highs   121 110 990.7 1093 56 7 4 1.000 10.67 103 26 .347 15  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 30 KNX SA 3 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231 .462
1941 32 SPR EL 9 38 7 9 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 .237 .341 .395 .736
1942 33 SPR EL 3 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .357 .571
1943 34 SPR EL 11 44 1 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .227 .271 .318 .589
1947 38 WIL EL 4 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .200 .388
Career Post-Season Batting 30 124 11 27 7 0 2 9 0 0 8 23 .218 .274 .323 .597
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1938-8-.315
1939-5-.319
1940-2-.325
1942-1-.367
1944-3-.340
CAR-12-.307
 On-Base Pct
1939-5-.411
1940-4-.414
1942-2-.441
1943-9-.370
1944-4-.429
1945-9-.374
1946-10-.364*
CAR-13-.386
 Slugging Pct
1940-7-.549
1942-7-.571
CAR-44-.475
 OPS
1939-7-.934
1940-5-.963
1942-5-1.012
1944-5-.918
CAR-33-.861
 XR
1939-10-84.8
1940-8-87.1
1942-5-102.1
1944-10-85.0
 Runs
1940-7-81
1942-5-94
Hits
1940-7-135
1942-2-165
1944-5-150
 Total Bases
1940-10-228
1942-7-257
 Singles
1938-4-98
1939-8-92
1940-6-92
1942-2-117
1944-2-116
1945-5-99
CAR-37-952
 Homeruns
1940-9-25
 RBIs
1942-9-84
 Walks
1939-8-63
1940-8-65
1942-9-61
1943-7-64
1944-10-65
CAR-38-538
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 40)
 
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  6. Gene Fentress (826)
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  8. Russel Benson (795)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Knoxville in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/15/1938, off Jon Grubb (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1938, off Ray Quinn (NO)
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Won Top Fielders Award at Catcher in 1939
Signed as a free agent by Springfield on 2/19/1940 to a 3-year deal worth $6,809,600 per year
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Injured on 6/21/1941 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1942, hitting .392 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Won Top Fielders Award at Catcher in 1942
Won Class A Championship with Springfield in 1943
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
 
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