John Curtis
John Duffield Curtis
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 9, 1948 in Newton, MA
High School: Central (Smithtown, NY)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1970
Final Game: September 28, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 BOS AL 22 P 1 0 2.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.71 2.00 .950 1.93 0.70
1971 BOS AL 23 P 5 3 26.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.35 0.20 1.000 1.97 0.76
1972 BOS AL 24 P 26 21 154.1 29 4 23 2 4 .931 1.57 1.04 .952 1.86 0.75
1973 BOS AL 25 P 35 30 221.1 44 9 33 2 1 .955 1.71 1.20 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 STL NL 26 P 33 29 195.0 41 10 31 0 2 1.000 1.89 1.24 .941 1.88 0.71
1975 STL NL 27 P 39 18 146.2 39 7 31 1 3 .974 2.33 0.97 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 STL NL 28 P 37 15 134.0 29 7 22 0 1 1.000 1.95 0.78 .948 1.88 0.72
1977 SFG NL 29 P 43 9 77.0 23 9 14 0 3 1.000 2.69 0.53 .948 1.85 0.67
1978 SFG NL 30 P 46 0 63.0 17 6 9 2 1 .882 2.14 0.33 .953 1.91 0.72
1979 SFG NL 31 P 27 18 120.2 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.27 0.63 .947 1.80 0.66
1980 SDP NL 32 P 30 27 187.0 43 5 37 1 2 .977 2.02 1.40 .951 1.91 0.69
1981 SDP NL 33 P 28 8 66.2 13 0 12 1 1 .923 1.62 0.43 .962 1.97 0.68
1982 TOT MLB 34 P 34 18 128.1 22 2 18 2 1 .909 1.40 0.59 .955 1.94 0.71
1982 SDP NL 34 P 26 18 116.1 21 2 17 2 1 .905 1.47 0.73 .952 1.96 0.70
1982 CAL AL 34 P 8 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.13 1.000 1.80 0.72
1983 CAL AL 35 P 37 3 90.0 12 1 10 1 1 .917 1.10 0.30 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 36 P 17 0 28.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88 0.35 .950 1.79 0.70
15 Seasons P 438 199 1641.0 338 66 260 12 21 .964 1.79 0.74 .949 1.87 0.72
15 Seasons TOT 438 199 1641.0 338 66 260 12 21 .964 1.79 0.74 .914 1.87 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 BOS AL 22 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 23 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 24 27 21 27 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 BOS AL 25 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 26 34 29 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 STL NL 27 39 18 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 28 38 15 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 SFG NL 29 44 9 44 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 SFG NL 30 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 31 29 18 29 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1980 SDP NL 32 31 27 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 SDP NL 33 28 8 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 SDP NL 34 26 18 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 34 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 35 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 36 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 445 166 348 439 438 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 BOS AL 22 13 85% 54% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 23 113 78% 23% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 24 678 77% 27% 28 89% 1 5 3 2 24 18 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 7 86%
1973 BOS AL 25 970 81% 30% 33 94% 1 9 1 6 32 23 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 5 100%
1974 STL NL 26 875 80% 29% 37 97% 0 10 2 4 32 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1975 STL NL 27 673 80% 28% 33 91% 0 6 2 4 32 22 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 5 100%
1976 STL NL 28 601 81% 27% 22 100% 0 7 0 5 22 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1977 SFG NL 29 375 74% 22% 19 89% 0 9 2 4 16 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 4 75%
1978 SFG NL 30 288 77% 24% 12 92% 0 6 1 2 9 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
1979 SFG NL 31 542 77% 27% 16 94% 0 3 1 2 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1980 SDP NL 32 829 83% 32% 31 100% 0 4 2 1 35 24 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 8 100%
1981 SDP NL 33 305 80% 25% 13 92% 0 0 0 0 12 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1982 SDP NL 34 526 81% 27% 18 94% 0 2 0 1 16 14 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1982 CAL AL 34 57 77% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 35 408 81% 28% 12 83% 0 1 0 1 10 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1984 CAL AL 36 131 78% 31% 4 100% 0 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Seasons 7384 80% 28% 283 94% 2 64 14 33 262 194 29 12 1 6 5 6 22 11 15 7 52 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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