John Duffie

John Brown Duffie

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 7", Weight 210 lb.
• School Brewton-Parker College
• Debut September 18, 1967
• Final Game September 24, 1967
• Born October 4, 1945 in Greenwood, SC USA
• Died April 19, 2018 in Douglas, GA USA

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Biographical Information

John Duffie was up in the majors with the Los Angeles Dodgers in September 1967. He had been with the Albuquerque Dodgers that year, going 16-9 with a 2.40 ERA. His manager at Albuquerque was Duke Snider, and his teammates there included Charlie Hough, Willie Crawford and Ted Sizemore. Duffie led the Albuquerque pitching staff in wins.

He was not quite 22 when he made his major league debut. In 9 2/3 innings of work he had an ERA of 2.79, but lost both of his starts. He was a year younger than fellow pitcher Don Sutton and two years younger than Bill Singer.

John was born in Greenwood, SC in 1945. He was the only major leaguer born in South Carolina that year. He attended Brewton-Parker College in Georgia in 1965 and 1966, and was signed by Los Angeles as a free agent in 1966. That same summer, he went 13-8 for the Jamestown Dodgers in the New York-Penn League. The only other player from that team who eventually made the majors was Leon Everitt, who was up in 1969.

After John's successful season in 1967, he was back in the minors in 1968 and 1969 with the Spokane Indians, used primarily as a reliever.

Although there has (through 2011) never been another major leaguer named Duffie, there was a minor leaguer in the 1960s named Douglas Duffie.

Notable Achievements

• 1967 Pitcher of the Year Texas League Albuquerque Dodgers