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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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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 34 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 0 110 120 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 71 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 82 1.449 9.6 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.31
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 84 1.436 9.4 1.2 3.6 4.2 1.17
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 67 1.583 12.0 0.0 2.3 7.5 3.33
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 8 394 106 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 91 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
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 81 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 94 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 97 1.446 9.3 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.19
NL (9 yrs) 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) 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

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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
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 43 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 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
16 Seasons 348 419 359 29 63 4 3 0 16 0 0 18 157 .175 .216 .203 .419 19 73 5 1 39 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 195 167 14 29 2 1 0 7 0 0 8 73 .175 .216 .203 .419 19 34 2 0 18 1 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
BOS (4 yrs) 33 67 62 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .097 .125 .097 .222 -35 6 0 0 3 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
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) 33 67 62 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .097 .125 .097 .222 -35 6 0 0 3 0 0

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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 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  .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 (196th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary).

December 7, 1973: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Mike Garman and Lynn McGlothen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Cleveland, Terry Hughes and Diego Segui.

October 20, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Willie Crawford and Vic Harris to the San Francisco Giants for Mike Caldwell, John D'Acquisto and Dave Rader.

November 1, 1979: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1979: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

August 31, 1982: Purchased by the California Angels from the San Diego Padres.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

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