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2019 Angels

John
John BORN: APR. 5, 1993 OPENING DAY AGE: 25
Cur
Curtisstiss SIGNED THRU: 2019 RESIDES: SOUTHLAKE, TX
BIRTHPLACE: DALLAS, TX
MLB SERVICE: 69 DAYS
RHP 43 ACQUIRED: FROM MINNESOTA FOR INF DANIEL OZORIA,
JAN. 15, 2019

height: 6-5 Weight: 220 bats: r throws: r
CURTISS’ LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2014— Elizabethton 2-1 2.30 9 6 0 1 0 0 31.1 33 8 8 1 0 7 0 41 3 0 .273
2015— Cedar Rapids 3-3 6.07 16 7 0 7 0 2 46 62 33 31 10 3 10 0 44 3 0 .323
Twins (GCL) 1-0 1.13 5 0 0 2 0 0 8 7 2 1 0 1 4 0 7 1 0 .233
2016— Cedar Rapids 0-0 0.00 6 0 0 6 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 2 0 .077
Fort Myers 0-2 3.06 38 0 0 14 0 3 53 42 20 18 0 2 23 1 68 5 0 .220
2017— Chattanooga 2-0 0.72 21 0 0 19 0 13 25 12 3 2 0 0 12 0 35 3 0 .140
Rochester 0-0 1.85 18 0 0 13 0 6 24.1 11 5 5 0 0 10 0 33 3 0 .131
MINNESOTA 0-0 8.31 9 0 0 4 0 0 8.2 9 8 8 2 1 2 0 10 2 0 .257
2018— Rochester 2-4 2.77 38 1 0 28 0 10 55.1 41 21 17 3 1 31 1 61 2 0 .200
MINNESOTA 0-1 5.68 8 0 0 2 0 0 6.1 8 4 4 0 0 4 1 7 3 0 .308
MAJOR TOTALS 0-1 7.20 17 0 0 6 0 0 15 17 12 12 2 1 6 1 17 5 0 .279
MINOR TOTALS 10-10 2.94 151 14 0 90 0 36 251 210 92 82 14 8 99 2 306 22 0 .225
2018 SEASON
◆ ◆ Began season with Triple-A Rochester...Played in five games for Red Wings before being recalled April 30.
◆ ◆ Made two appearances for Twins and was optioned back to Rochester May 2.
CURTISS
◆ ◆ Allowed just three home runs on season for Red Wings (55.1 IP) and led team in saves (10).
◆ ◆ Combined to go 2-5, 3.06 ERA (61.2 IP - 21 ER) with 35 walks and 68 strikeouts in 46 games between Minnesota and Rochester.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2017
◆ ◆ Began year with Double-A Chattanooga and went 2-0, 0.72 ERA (25.0 IP, 2 ER) with 35 strikeouts and 13 saves.
◆ ◆ Named Twins Minor League Player of the Week May 27, pitching three scoreless innings with one hit, one walk,
six strikeouts and three saves in three games.
◆ ◆ Promoted to Triple-A Rochester, June 23...Appeared in 18 games for Red Wings with a 1.85 ERA (24.1 IP - 5 ER).
◆ ◆ Had contract selected by Twins on Aug. 23 and made Major League debut Aug. 25 at Toronto, striking out Steve
Pearce in a perfect ninth inning of Minnesota’s 6-1 victory.
NOTABLE MINOR LEAGUE AWARDS AND HONORS
◆ ◆ 2017 Southern League Mid-Season All-Star...MiLB.com Organization All-Star.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ ◆ June 7, 2011...Selected by Rockies in 30th round of 2011 First-Year Player Draft (did not sign).
◆ ◆ June 6, 2014...Selected by Twins in sixth round of 2014 First-Year Player Draft (signed July 1, 2014).
◆ ◆ Jan. 15, 2019...Traded by Twins to Angels for INF Daniel Ozoria.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ ◆ John Pickens Curtiss..On Twitter: @JohnCurtiss43.
◆ ◆ Enjoys playing guitar and singing country music...Performed national anthem prior to Rochester’s game vs.
Lehigh Valley, Sept. 2, 2018.
◆ ◆ Participated in 2017-18 Twins Winter Caravan.
◆ ◆ Underwent Tommy John and thoracic outlet surgery in 2012 and 2013.
◆ ◆ Attended University of Texas, where he was a double-major (English and history) and named to Capital One
Academic All-America First-Team (by CoSIDA) in 2014, as well as being named to Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
◆ ◆ Lettered twice at Southlake HS (TX)...Was team captain senior year and won Hustle Award as a junior...USA
Today Second-Team All-American as a senior and Rawlings Preseason Second-Team All-American.
◆ ◆ Played for Logan Stout and Dallas Patriots in AABC Summer League.
◆ ◆ Originally signed by Twins scout Marty Esposito.
CAREER FIELDING
POS PCT G PO A E TC DP
P 1.000 17 2 3 0 5 1
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