Curt Barclay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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baseball player
Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1931
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 25-Mar-1985
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Curt Barclay
- Curtis Cordell Barclay (August 22, 1931 – March 25, 1985) was an American professional baseball player.
- A right-handed pitcher, Barclay appeared in 44 games in Major League Baseball for the New York and San Francisco Giants between 1957 and 1959.
- In his only full season in MLB, in 1957, he was a member of the pitching staff of the final Giants team to represent New York, working in 37 games, 28 as a starting pitcher, and posting a 9–9 won–lost record.
- His 3.44 earned run average led Giants' starters and he pitched two shutouts, back-to-back blankings of the Brooklyn Dodgers (August 6) and Philadelphia Phillies (August 11).
- They would be the only shutouts of Barclay's MLB career. A native of Chicago, the 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 210 pounds (95 kg) Barclay signed with the Giants in 1952 after attending the University of Oregon, where he played baseball and basketball.
- He posted 19, 16, and 15-win seasons in three seasons of minor league baseball, losing 11 games as well each year, before joining the Giants as a rookie in 1957.However, that would be Barclay's only full year with the Giants.
- Hampered by a sore shoulder, he split the 1958 and 1959 seasons between San Francisco and its top farm club, the Phoenix Giants, and he retired after the 1960 minor league campaign.
- Barclay's final Major League record was 10–9 (3.48) with 73 strikeouts and 55 bases on balls in 199?1/3 innings, allowing 214 hits.
- He registered five complete games and one save.Barclay died from cancer at age 53 in Missoula, Montana.
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