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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, 13,037th in major league 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

ERA

3.96

438

199

1641.0

825

WHIP

1.441

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-20 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 10

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	351	5	Apr 13	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-3	7-7		99	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	8.72	5	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.038	1.27	0.03%	0.45	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
2	352	8	Apr 16	SDP		LAD	W,8-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	2	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.09	28	12	4	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.097	1.53	0.08%	0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	353	12	Apr 20	SDP		SFG	W,8-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	3	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.86	3.15	25	6	7	0	0	6	48			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.036	1.30	0.04%	-0.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
4	354	16	Apr 27	SDP		NYM	W,8-5	GS-4		6	4.0	8	5	4	0	5	1	0	5.00	3.22	19	6	0	0	0	8	33			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.261	1.65	-0.29%	-3.26	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	355	21	May 2	SDP		PHI	L,0-3	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	6.0	4	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.88	3.97	26	10	6	2	1	4	50			3	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.098	1.82	-0.11%	-0.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
6	356	25	May 7	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	4	1	1	0	3.98	4.39	32	12	10	1	0	5	62			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.389	2.27	0.41%	2.64	1b start a 2	8b --- 2 out a1
7	357	34	May 18	SDP		STL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-2)	10	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.63	4.46	33	9	11	2	2	7	60			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.049	1.60	0.05%	1.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	358	39	May 23	SDP		PIT	L,2-4	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	5.0	8	4	2	0	5	0	0	3.63	4.04	22	2	7	2	1	8	44			1	0	0	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.260	1.12	-0.25%	-1.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
9	359	44	May 29	SDP	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-3)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.42	3.91	28	10	8	1	1	7	59			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.239	1.99	0.25%	1.66	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	360	49	Jun 4	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	5.0	6	4	3	2	0	2	0	3.59	4.36	22	9	5	0	2	6	39			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.329	2.02	-0.41%	-2.02	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
11	361	54	Jun 10	SDP		HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-3)	5	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.11	4.08	28	15	9	1	0	2	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.325	1.30	0.43%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	362	59	Jun 15	SDP		LAD	L,0-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	6.2	4	3	3	5	5	1	1	3.19	4.24	29	8	6	0	0	4	54			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.101	3.07	0.16%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
13	363	64	Jun 21	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-4	GS-3		5	2.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.45	4.21	13	3	3	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.262	1.68	-0.30%	-3.22	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
14	364	69	Jun 26	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.2	6	5	5	3	2	2	0	3.76	4.49	26	8	7	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.203	1.89	-0.26%	-2.40	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	365	75	Jul 2(1)	SDP		SFG	L,4-8	GS-6		5	5.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.86	4.44	21	4	7	1	0	6	47			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.006	1.92	-0.01%	0.21	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a2
16	366	80	Jul 6	SDP	@	MON	W,5-1	GS-6	W(6-4)	3	5.2	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.72	4.37	23	7	6	0	1	4	57			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.195	2.18	0.23%	1.36	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
17	367	85	Jul 10	SDP	@	NYM	L,7-9	GS-6	L(6-5)	3	6.0	9	6	3	2	1	2	0	3.77	4.57	29	6	11	1	1	9	35			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.500	2.14	-0.71%	-3.31	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
18	368	91	Jul 19	SDP		PHI	L,6-7	GS-3	L(6-6)	8	2.0	5	6	6	1	1	2	0	4.23	4.81	12	2	3	1	1	5	22			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.462	2.31	-0.55%	-4.09	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d1
19	369	97	Jul 27(1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-9	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.32	4.94	11	2	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-1.06	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	370	104	Aug 1	SDP	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-6	W(7-6)	4	5.1	9	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.28	4.85	27	11	4	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	2	.95	-0.034	1.34	-0.03%	-1.75	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a5
21	371	117	Aug 14	SDP		ATL	L,5-6	6-6		12	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	4.84	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.064	7.15	0.11%	0.40	6t 12- 2 out tie	6t 3 out tie
22	372	122	Aug 20	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.22	4.79	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.028	1.36	0.04%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
23	373	124	Aug 22	SDP	@	CHC	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.27	4.79	6	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.058	1.58	-0.08%	-0.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
24	374	128	Aug 25	SDP	@	PIT	L,6-7	8-8	H(1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.34	4.78	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.191	5.41	-0.19%	-0.69	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-3 1 out a1
25	375	129	Aug 27	SDP		STL	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.26	4.75	9	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.074	.85	0.06%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
26	376	130	Aug 29(1)	SDP		STL	W,9-4	5-GF	W(8-6)	1	4.1	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.10	4.68	20	4	7	1	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.099	.41	0.04%	1.20	5t 1-3 2 out a3	9t end a 5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from San Diego Padres to California Angels
27	377	132	Sep 1	CAL	@	DET	L,3-5	7-7		2	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.15	4.69	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.139	4.05	-0.29%	-1.48	7b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
28	378	135	Sep 4	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-8	6-7		2	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.18	4.67	7	4	0	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.002	.25	0.00%	-0.61	6b 1-- 1 out d5	7b -23 2 out d6
29	379	137	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,8-6	4-7		1	3.1	2	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.14	4.56	13	2	3	1	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.042	3.50	0.10%	0.73	4t 1-- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d2
30	380	139	Sep 8	CAL		CHW	L,3-5	7-8	BL(8-7)	1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.26	4.55	7	2	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.26	-0.388	10.22	-1.05%	-1.68	7t -2- 2 out a1	8t 1-3 2 out d1
31	381	142	Sep 12	CAL		TOR	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.22	4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	0.277	17.62	0.71%	0.88	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
32	382	146	Sep 16	CAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	10-10		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	4.50	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.05	0.185	20.55	0.45%	0.70	10b 1-3 1 out tie	10b 1-3 2 out tie
33	383	148	Sep 18	CAL	@	TOR	W,8-6	1-6		1	4.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.28	4.41	18	4	6	1	2	6		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.103	2.54	-0.27%	-0.87	1b -2- 2 out d2	6b 1-- 0 out d1
34	384	156	Sep 26	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-7	6-6		7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.41	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.018	.87	-0.03%	-1.00	6b 12- 1 out d4	6b 12- 1 out d5
							14-20		W-L:8-7,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.6	128.1	137	70	61	49	64	15	1	4.28	4.41	556	1.14		6%	6%	136	48	14	21%	15	4	0	496	27	3	2	7	1	8	.97	-1.077	2.06	-1.65%	-12.24

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