Born:(1938-01-18)January 18, 1938 Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died: January 20, 1997(1997-01-20) (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1956, for the Cincinnati Redlegs
Last MLB appearance
April 25, 1971, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average
.293
Home runs
85
Runs batted in
636
Teams
Cincinnati Redlegs (1956–1957)
St. Louis Cardinals (1958–1969)
Washington Senators (1971)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1964, 1966, 1968)
2× World Series champion (1964, 1967)
7× Gold Glove Award (1963–1969)
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
Curtis Charles Flood Sr. (January 18, 1938 – January 20, 1997) was an American professional baseball player and activist.[1][2][3] He was a center fielder who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Redlegs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators.
Flood was a three-time All-Star, a Gold Glove winner for seven consecutive seasons, and batted over .300 in six seasons.[4] He led the National League (NL) in hits (211) in 1964 and in singles, 1963, 1964, and 1968. Flood also led the National League in putouts as center fielder four times and in fielding percentage as center fielder three times. He retired with the third most games in center field (1683) in NL history, trailing Willie Mays and Richie Ashburn.
Flood became one of the pivotal figures in the sport's labor history when he refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season, ultimately appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.[5] Although his legal challenge was unsuccessful, it brought about additional solidarity among players as they fought against baseball's reserve clause and sought free agency.
^"Curt Flood, Baseball Player, and Union Activist born". African American Registry. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference barra was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Dreier, Peter (August 27, 2021). "The Ballplayer Who Fought for Free Agency". The Nation. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
^Leggett, William (August 19, 1968). "Not just a Flood, but a deluge". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
^Leggett, William (March 23, 1970). "A Bird in hand and a burning Busch". Sports Illustrated. p. 18.
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appeared at a preliminary trial following former Cardinals outfielder CurtFlood's lawsuit against Major League Baseball, challenging the game's reserve...
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played in prime time. On October 7, 1969, the St. Louis Cardinals traded CurtFlood, catcher Tim McCarver, outfielder Byron Browne, and left-handed pitcher...
was a Northrup triple that was seemingly misplayed by center fielder CurtFlood and could have been the third out with no runs scoring. The World Series...
holdout for many years. In October 1969, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder CurtFlood unsuccessfully challenged his trade to the Philadelphia Phillies and sacrificed...
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Gibson, as well as former two-time American League MVP Roger Maris and CurtFlood. Twenty-two-year-old Steve Carlton won 14 games in his first full major...
Ford and allowed a two-out RBI single to Carl Warwick and a single to CurtFlood to put the Cardinals up 6–4. The Yankees cut the lead to one in the eighth...
Of Marvin Miller & CurtFlood". Forbes. Retrieved December 19, 2019. Baer, Bill (December 18, 2019). "Gerrit Cole thanks CurtFlood and Marvin Miller in...
documentaries: Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals, The Curious Case of CurtFlood (2011) and the Emmy Award-winning Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush...
prejudice played a major role in his misuse of Gibson, as well as of teammate CurtFlood, both of whom were told by Hemus that they would not make it as major...
Edmonds, Alex Gordon and Garry Maddox), and five 7-time awardees (Winfield, CurtFlood, Larry Walker, Devon White and Carl Yastrzemski). Murphy, Mookie Betts...
is given to a former player, living or deceased, who in the image of CurtFlood demonstrated a selfless, longtime devotion to the Players Association...
game. Despite an unsettled start, when he surrendered an RBI single to CurtFlood and a two-run home run to Orlando Cepeda in the first inning, Lolich remained...
Harvey Dinnerstein: The Wide Swing (1979) sold at auction for $95,000 CurtFlood: painting of DiMaggio sold at auction for $9,500 Bart Forbes: illustration...
former member of the Three Degrees. Rudy Fernández basketball player. CurtFlood, baseball player, purchased a bar in Palma, Majorca after leaving the...
Louise Fazenda (1895–1962), actress Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), singer CurtFlood (1938–1997), baseball player Clara Shortridge Foltz (1849–1934), first...
base. The next batter, CurtFlood, singled to center field, and he, too, was picked off by Mahaffey, who threw to first with Flood tagged out on a throw...
on to success with the Orioles and Giants. Former major league players CurtFlood, Reggie Jackson, Harmon Killebrew, and Jim Piersall served as A's announcers...
against owners in 1966, by Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. CurtFlood, MLB player and plaintiff in Flood v. Kuhn, a 1972 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court...
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