Guy Paxton Curtright (October 18, 1912 – August 23, 1997) was a

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who played for the

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(1943–1946). Born in

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, 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

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in 1943, his only season as a regular, he hit .291 (6th in the

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) and posted career-highs in runs (67),

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(142), doubles (20),

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(48),

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s (13) and

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(138), including a 26-game hitting streak. In his four-season

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career, Curtright was a .276 hitter with nine

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s and 108 RBI in 331 games. Curtright died in Sun City Center, Florida, at the age of 84.

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