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John Curtis

John Duffield Curtis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 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
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals/Padres/RedSox/Angels 1970-1984
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1984
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:03PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1002. Bobby Jones… #1003. Scott Perry… #1004. Henry Porter… #1005. JOHN CURTIS… #1006. Stump Wiedman… #1007. Connie Marrero… #1008. Slim Harriss… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 22 BOS AL 0 0 11.57 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 40 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
1971 23 BOS AL 2 2 .500 3.12 5 3 1 1 0 0 26.0 30 9 9 3 6 1 19 0 0 0 110 122 1.385 10.4 1.0 2.1 6.6 3.17
1972 24 BOS AL 11 8 .579 3.73 26 21 2 8 3 0 154.1 161 69 64 8 50 6 106 0 0 6 652 87 1.367 9.4 0.5 2.9 6.2 2.12
1973 25 BOS AL 13 13 .500 3.58 35 30 3 10 4 0 221.1 225 103 88 24 83 10 101 2 0 3 946 113 1.392 9.1 1.0 3.4 4.1 1.22
1974 26 STL NL 10 14 .417 3.78 33 29 2 5 2 1 195.0 199 91 82 15 83 6 89 2 0 3 847 96 1.446 9.2 0.7 3.8 4.1 1.07
1975 27 STL NL 8 9 .471 3.44 39 18 8 4 0 1 146.2 151 70 56 13 65 6 67 2 0 7 645 111 1.473 9.3 0.8 4.0 4.1 1.03
1976 28 STL NL 6 11 .353 4.50 37 15 10 3 1 1 134.0 139 68 67 11 65 10 52 0 0 7 579 79 1.522 9.3 0.7 4.4 3.5 0.80
1977 29 SFG NL 3 3 .500 5.49 43 9 13 1 1 1 77.0 95 48 47 5 48 9 47 1 0 4 360 72 1.857 11.1 0.6 5.6 5.5 0.98
1978 30 SFG NL 4 3 .571 3.71 46 0 22 0 0 1 63.0 60 31 26 1 29 8 38 0 0 6 270 93 1.413 8.6 0.1 4.1 5.4 1.31
1979 31 SFG NL 10 9 .526 4.18 27 18 5 3 2 0 120.2 121 62 56 15 42 7 85 0 0 8 520 84 1.351 9.0 1.1 3.1 6.3 2.02
1980 32 SDP NL 10 8 .556 3.51 30 27 0 6 0 0 187.0 184 84 73 9 67 13 71 2 2 10 787 98 1.342 8.9 0.4 3.2 3.4 1.06
1981 33 SDP NL 2 6 .250 5.13 28 8 8 0 0 0 66.2 70 41 38 11 30 2 31 1 0 3 293 64 1.500 9.5 1.5 4.1 4.2 1.03
1982 34 TOT MLB 8 7 .533 4.28 34 18 6 1 1 1 128.1 137 70 61 15 49 2 64 1 0 6 556 83 1.449 9.6 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.31
1982 34 CAL AL 0 1 .000 6.00 8 0 1 0 0 1 12.0 16 8 8 0 3 2 10 0 0 2 54 69 1.583 12.0 0.0 2.3 7.5 3.33
1982 34 SDP NL 8 6 .571 4.10 26 18 5 1 1 0 116.1 121 62 53 15 46 0 54 1 0 4 502 85 1.436 9.4 1.2 3.6 4.2 1.17
1983 35 CAL AL 1 2 .333 3.80 37 3 14 0 0 5 90.0 89 44 38 5 40 11 36 2 0 8 394 107 1.433 8.9 0.5 4.0 3.6 0.90
1984 36 CAL AL 1 2 .333 4.40 17 0 6 0 0 0 28.2 30 16 14 4 11 1 18 0 0 3 127 92 1.430 9.4 1.3 3.5 5.7 1.64
15 Seasons 89 97 .478 3.96 438 199 100 42 14 11 1641.0 1695 810 722 140 669 92 825 13 2 74 7099 92 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.23
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .478 3.96 47 21 11 4 1 1 175 181 86 77 15 71 10 88 1 0 8 758 92 1.441 9.3 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.23
Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BOS (4 yrs) 26 23 .531 3.65 67 54 6 19 7 0 404.0 420 185 164 36 140 17 227 2 0 9 1721 102 1.386 9.4 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.62
SFG (3 yrs) 17 15 .531 4.45 116 27 40 4 3 2 260.2 276 141 129 21 119 24 170 1 0 18 1150 82 1.515 9.5 0.7 4.1 5.9 1.43
STL (3 yrs) 24 34 .414 3.88 109 62 20 12 3 3 475.2 489 229 205 39 213 22 208 4 0 17 2071 95 1.476 9.3 0.7 4.0 3.9 0.98
SDP (3 yrs) 20 20 .500 3.99 84 53 13 7 1 0 370.0 375 187 164 35 143 15 156 4 2 17 1582 86 1.400 9.1 0.9 3.5 3.8 1.09
CAL (3 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.13 62 3 21 0 0 6 130.2 135 68 60 9 54 14 64 2 0 13 575 98 1.446 9.3 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.19
NL (9 yrs) NL 61 69 .469 4.05 309 142 73 23 7 5 1106.1 1140 557 498 95 475 61 534 9 2 52 4803 88 1.460 9.3 0.8 3.9 4.3 1.12
AL (7 yrs) AL 28 28 .500 3.77 129 57 27 19 7 6 534.2 555 253 224 45 194 31 291 4 0 22 2296 101 1.401 9.3 0.8 3.3 4.9 1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1970 22 BOS AL 2.1 0 4 1 0 .1 -3 -0.2 $
1971 23 BOS AL 26.0 3 9 14 0 1.3 5 0.6 $
1972 24 BOS AL 154.1 21 69 79 -5 1.1 10 1.2 $
1973 25 BOS AL 221.1 30 103 124 9 1.1 21 2.2 $
1974 26 STL NL 195.0 29 91 102 4 1.0 11 1.2 $
1975 27 STL NL 146.2 18 70 87 -4 1.0 17 1.6 $
1976 28 STL NL 134.0 15 68 72 0 1.0 4 0.2 $
1977 29 SFG NL 77.0 9 48 46 -1 .8 -2 -0.4 $
1978 30 SFG NL 63.0 0 31 34 -1 .7 3 -0.2 $
1979 31 SFG NL 120.2 18 62 70 -6 1.1 8 0.9 $
1980 32 SDP NL 187.0 27 84 95 1 1.1 11 1.3 $
1981 33 SDP NL 66.2 8 41 34 -1 1.1 -7 -1.0 $
1982 34 SDP NL 116.1 18 62 56 5 .9 -6 -0.7 $
1982 34 CAL AL 12.0 0 8 7 0 1.1 -1 -0.2 $
1983 35 CAL AL 90.0 3 44 55 -3 .9 11 0.6 $
1984 36 CAL AL 28.2 0 16 17 0 .5 1 -0.1 $
15 Seasons 1641.0 199 810 893 -2 1.0 83 7.0 $
BOS (4 yrs) 404.0 54 185 218 4 1.1 33 3.8 $
SFG (3 yrs) 260.2 27 141 150 -8 .9 9 0.3 $
STL (3 yrs) 475.2 62 229 261 0 1.0 32 3.0 $
SDP (3 yrs) 370.0 53 187 185 5 1.0 -2 -0.4 $
CAL (3 yrs) 130.2 3 68 79 -3 .8 11 0.3 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 22 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 23 BOS AL 5 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 24 BOS AL 27 58 53 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23 .094 .127 .094 .222 -35 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1973 25 BOS AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 26 STL NL 34 73 63 7 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 30 .159 .209 .175 .384 9 11 2 0 6 0 0 1
1975 27 STL NL 39 48 38 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 16 .211 .302 .211 .513 42 8 1 0 5 0 0 1
1976 28 STL NL 38 42 35 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 .200 .243 .286 .529 50 10 1 0 5 0 0 1
1977 29 SFG NL 44 17 13 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 .231 .286 .385 .670 79 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1978 30 SFG NL 46 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 31 SFG NL 29 43 34 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .147 .216 .176 .393 12 6 0 1 6 0 0 1
1980 32 SDP NL 31 69 62 2 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 31 .194 .219 .210 .428 24 13 0 0 5 0 0 1
1981 33 SDP NL 28 16 13 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .077 .067 .077 .144 -58 1 1 0 1 2 0 1
1982 34 TOT MLB 34 41 37 1 11 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 .297 .297 .351 .649 85 13 0 0 4 0 0 1
1982 34 CAL AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1982 34 SDP NL 26 41 37 1 11 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 15 .297 .297 .351 .649 85 13 0 0 4 0 0 1/1
1983 35 CAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 36 CAL AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 445 419 359 29 63 4 3 0 16 0 0 18 157 .175 .216 .203 .419 19 73 5 1 39 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 153 131 11 23 1 1 0 6 0 0 7 57 .175 .216 .203 .419 19 27 2 0 14 1 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BOS (4 yrs) 68 67 62 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .097 .125 .097 .222 -35 6 0 0 3 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 119 63 49 7 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 18 .163 .226 .224 .451 26 11 0 1 10 0 0
STL (3 yrs) 111 163 136 16 25 2 1 0 3 0 0 11 59 .184 .245 .213 .458 29 29 4 0 16 0 0
SDP (3 yrs) 85 126 112 4 24 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 52 .214 .224 .241 .465 34 27 1 0 10 2 0
CAL (3 yrs) 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 315 352 297 27 57 4 3 0 15 0 0 16 129 .192 .234 .226 .460 30 67 5 1 36 2 0
AL (7 yrs) 130 67 62 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .097 .125 .097 .222 -35 6 0 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 23 BOS AL 9 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1972 24 BOS AL 58 -8 0 1 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 1
1974 26 STL NL 73 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1975 27 STL NL 48 -3 0 -1 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1976 28 STL NL 42 -3 -1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1977 29 SFG NL 17 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ 1
1978 30 SFG NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1979 31 SFG NL 43 -4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1980 32 SDP NL 69 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $415,000 1
1981 33 SDP NL 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $340,000 1
1982 34 SDP NL 41 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $340,000 1/1
11 Seasons 419 -39 -1 1 0 0 31 10 2 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $1,095,000
SFG (3 yrs) 63 -5 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $
STL (3 yrs) 163 -14 -1 -1 0 0 12 4 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
SDP (3 yrs) 126 -10 0 0 0 0 9 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $1,095,000
BOS (2 yrs) 67 -10 0 1 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1970 BOS AL 22 P 1 2.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.71 2.00 .950 1.93 1.80
1971 BOS AL 23 P 5 26.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.35 0.20 .960 1.97 1.96
1972 BOS AL 24 P 26 154.1 29 4 23 2 4 .931 1.57 1.04 .950 1.86 1.85
1973 BOS AL 25 P 35 221.1 44 9 33 2 1 .955 1.71 1.20 .951 1.86 1.85
1974 STL NL 26 P 33 195.0 41 10 31 0 2 1.000 1.89 1.24 .944 1.88 1.88
1975 STL NL 27 P 39 146.2 39 7 31 1 3 .974 2.33 0.97 .946 1.86 1.86
1976 STL NL 28 P 37 134.0 29 7 22 0 1 1.000 1.95 0.78 .950 1.88 1.87
1977 SFG NL 29 P 43 77.0 23 9 14 0 3 1.000 2.69 0.53 .950 1.85 1.85
1978 SFG NL 30 P 46 63.0 17 6 9 2 1 .882 2.14 0.33 .951 1.91 1.89
1979 SFG NL 31 P 27 120.2 17 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.27 0.63 .951 1.80 1.80
1980 SDP NL 32 P 30 187.0 43 5 37 1 2 .977 2.02 1.40 .952 1.91 1.91
1981 SDP NL 33 P 28 66.2 13 0 12 1 1 .923 1.62 0.43 .959 1.97 1.98
1982 TOT MLB 34 P 34 128.1 22 2 18 2 1 .909 1.40 0.59 .952 1.94 1.93
1982 SDP NL 34 P 26 116.1 21 2 17 2 1 .905 1.47 0.73 .952 1.96 1.97
1982 CAL AL 34 P 8 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.13 .960 1.80 1.80
1983 CAL AL 35 P 37 90.0 12 1 10 1 1 .917 1.10 0.30 .958 1.80 1.78
1984 CAL AL 36 P 17 28.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88 0.35 .958 1.79 1.78
15 Seasons P 438 1641.0 338 66 260 12 21 .964 1.79 0.74 .950 1.87 1.87
15 Seasons TOT 438 1641.0 338 66 260 12 21 .964 1.79 0.74 .950 1.87 1.87
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1973 AL  4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL  0.433 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 NL  14 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1979 NL  8 (10th)
1980 NL  10 (3rd)
1983 AL  8 (10th)
Career  74 (218th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1974 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1705), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197325Boston Red Sox$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
198032San Diego Padres$415,0001980 TSN Guide$75K bonus, $400K salary
198133San Diego Padres$340,0001980 TSN Guide$75K bonus, $325K salary
198234San Diego Padres$340,0001980 TSN Guide$75K bonus, $325K salary
198335California Angels$340,0001980 TSN Guide$75K bonus, $325K salary
198436California Angels$365,0001980 TSN Guide$75K bonus, $350K salary
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,820,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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