John Curtis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: March 9, 1948 in Newton, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (12th) of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Smithtown HS (Nesconset, NY) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (10th) of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Clemson University (Clemson, SC).

High Schools: Central HS (Smithtown, NY), Smithtown HS (Nesconset, NY)

School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

Debut: August 13, 1970 (Age 22-157d, 10,653rd in MLB history)
vs. KCR 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1984 (Age 36-203d)
vs. TEX 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Duffield Curtis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

W

L

ERA

3.96

G

438

GS

199

SV

IP

1641.0

SO

825

WHIP

1.441

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1968	20	BOS-min	A	6	8	.429	3.41	16	13		7	1		103.0	82	49	39	8	41	1	101	1	0	9				1.194	7.2	0.7	3.6	8.8	2.46	WSM CARL
1969	21	BOS-min	A	6	12	.333	4.47	25	23		8	1	0	149.0	141	91	74	12	97	5	158	3	1	12				1.597	8.5	0.7	5.9	9.5	1.63	GRV WCRS
1970	22	BOS-min	AA	9	8	.529	3.72	21	19		9	0	0	138.0	113	65	57	11	75	2	114	2	0	6				1.362	7.4	0.7	4.9	7.4	1.52	PAW EL
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	8.64	2.143	15.4	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
1971	23	BOS-min	AAA	10	12	.455	3.42	27	27		11	0	0	187.0	167	99	71	10	111	5	165	3	3	3				1.487	8.0	0.5	5.3	7.9	1.49	LOU IL
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	121	3.18	1.385	10.4	1.0	2.1	6.6	3.17
1972	24	BOS-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.01	8	8		3	0	0	67.0	55	19	15	3	27	2	64	1	0	2				1.224	7.4	0.4	3.6	8.6	2.37	LOU IL
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	2.67	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	112	4.22	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	95	3.97	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	110	4.20	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	4.38	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	4.27	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	2.97	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	3.98	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	3.73	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	5.21	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	4.41	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	85	4.68	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	69	1.80	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	107	4.08	1.433	8.9	0.5	4.0	3.6	0.90
1984	36	CAL-min	AAA	0	0		7.20	9	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	6	0	0	1				2.000	12.6	1.8	5.4	10.8	2.00	EDM PCL
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	4.48	1.430	9.4	1.3	3.5	5.7	1.64
15 Yrs				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	3.98	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	3.98	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	101	3.58	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	3.82	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	94	4.16	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	4.29	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	3.96	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	4.12	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	3.68	1.401	9.3	0.8	3.3	4.9	1.50

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