Curly
Ogden
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 24, 1901 in Usa, PA, OGDEN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 21 DET AL   5 4 3 4 5 6 6 9 10 10
1923 22 DET AL   5 3 3 3 6 7 6 10 10 10
1924 23 DET AL   5 4 4 4 6 7 6 10 10 10
1925 24 DET AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 10 10
1926 25 DET AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 10 10
1927 26 DET AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 10 10
1928 27 DET AL $ 1,834,286 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 10 10
1929 28 DET AL $ 2,240,000 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 3 3 4 6 5 9 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,240,000 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1922 21 DET AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1923 22 DET AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1924 23 DET AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1925 24 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1926 25 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1927 26 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1928 27 DET AL $ 1,834,286   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1929 28 DET AL $ 2,240,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,240,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1922 21 AA   4 6 .400 57 3 2 0 18 77.3 87 24 1 28 40 2.79 .284 .344 .350 .694  
1923 22 AAA   1 2 .333 7 1 1 0 0 14.3 16 7 0 6 4 4.40 .302 .373 .472 .845  
    AA   5 2 .714 40 0 0 0 12 34.7 33 11 0 15 19 2.86 .254 .331 .315 .646  
1924 23 AAA   6 5 .545 66 2 1 0 18 97.0 115 51 3 49 26 4.73 .298 .377 .396 .773  
1925 24 DET AL 3 6 .333 39 0 0 0 6 42.3 54 27 1 28 10 5.74 .310 .413 .425 .839 1.3
1926 25 DET AL 6 2 .750 30 0 0 0 6 35.3 31 7 1 15 10 1.78 .230 .303 .267 .569 7.1
1927 26 DET AL 5 2 .714 43 0 0 0 9 61.0 50 9 1 33 12 1.33 .221 .323 .288 .611 10.1
1928 27 DET AL 10 8 .556 45 0 0 0 9 57.7 50 21 0 30 17 3.28 .234 .335 .304 .638 7.7
1929 28 DET AL 7 8 .467 43 13 5 0 4 139.0 156 58 4 62 39 3.76 .281 .352 .379 .731 9.0
5 Years Sim 31 26 .544 200 13 5 0 34 335.3 341 122 7 168 88 3.27 .261 .348 .346 .693 35.2
2 Years AAA 7 7 .500 73 3 2 0 18 111.3 131 58 3 55 30 4.69 .298 .377 .405 .782  
2 Years AA 9 8 .529 97 3 2 0 30 112.0 120 35 1 43 59 2.81 .275 .340 .339 .680  
4 Years Minors 16 15 .516 170 6 4 0 48 223.3 251 93 4 98 89 3.75 .287 .359 .373 .731  
Season Average 6 5 .545 40 2 1 0 6 67.1 68 24 1 33 17 3.27 .261 .348 .346 .693  
Career Highs 10 8 .750 45 13 5 0 9 139.0 156 58 4 62 39 5.74 .310 .413 .425 .839  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   168 59 4 49 57   .275 .329 .378 .707
vs LH   173 63 3 119 31   .249 .359 .317 .676
Home 15 11 .577 83 6 2 0 7 151.7 142 57 2 96 40 3.38 .247 .355 .328 .683
Away 16 15 .516 117 7 3 0 27 183.7 199 65 5 72 48 3.19 .272 .337 .360 .697
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 20 0 0 0 3 23.0 26 11 0 11 7 4.31 .274 .349 .326 .675
May 6 5 .545 41 0 0 0 9 48.0 55 16 1 26 10 3.00 .289 .375 .347 .722
June 3 3 .500 36 0 0 0 6 45.3 38 16 1 33 5 3.18 .229 .357 .307 .664
July 3 4 .429 38 0 0 0 6 48.3 42 19 0 23 17 3.54 .232 .319 .298 .617
August 4 7 .364 30 6 3 0 5 70.7 77 32 4 30 24 4.08 .272 .342 .424 .766
Sep/Oct 14 3 .824 35 7 2 0 5 100.0 103 28 1 45 25 2.52 .264 .340 .331 .671
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1922 21 AA   12 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.5  
1923 22 AA   6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1926 25 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
1927 26 DET AL 43 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3
1928 27 DET AL 45 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.5 0.5
1929 28 DET AL 44 43 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .233 .233 .326 .558 2.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 162 51 5 14 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .275 .302 .373 .674 4.8 0.8
2 Years AA 18 4 8 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.1  
162 Game Average 51 5 14 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .275 .302 .373 .674 4.8  
Career Highs 45 43 4 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   37 3 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .243 .282 .324 .606 3.2
vs LH   14 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .357 .357 .500 .857 2.1
Home 66 26 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .346 .393 .462 .854 4.2
Away 48 25 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .280 .480 1.0
RISP   17 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .176 .294 -0.2
Close/Late   7 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3
Mar/Apr 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3
May 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
June 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
July 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
August 15 19 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .263 .263 .368 .632 1.6
Sep/Oct 25 27 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .222 .250 .333 .583 2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1925 24 DET AL P 39 0 42.3 2 9 1 0 .917 2.34    
1926 25 DET AL P 30 0 35.3 2 12 1 0 .933 3.57    
1927 26 DET AL P 43 0 61.0 2 6 1 0 .889 1.18    
1928 27 DET AL P 45 0 57.7 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.81    
1929 28 DET AL P 43 13 139.0 11 22 2 2 .943 2.14    
Career Totals   200 13 335.3 21 63 5 3 .944 2.25    
Career Highs   45 13 139.0 11 22 2 2 1.000 3.57    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1927 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 2 1 9.00 .375 .500 .875 1.375
1928 27 DET AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 3 3 0.00 .200 .304 .250 .554
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 1 5 4 2.25 .250 .364 .429 .792
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
1928 27 DET AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1925-5-6
1926-8-6
1927-1-9
1928-3-9
1929-9-4
CAR-37-34
Games Pitched
1925-10-39
1927-3-43
1928-5-45
1929-4-43
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 75th overall pick, by Detroit in 1922
Earned first career win on 5/1/1925
Had first career hit (double) on 9/7/1927, off Larry Benton (BOS)
2/12/1928: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,834,286 through salary arbitration
6/16/1928: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $2,240,000 per year, for 3 years