Jermaine Curtis | |
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Left fielder | |
Born: Panorama City, California, U.S. | July 10, 1987|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 27, 2013, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 14, 2013, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .000 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Teams | |
Jermaine Antwann Curtis (born July 10,1987) is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Curtis attended the University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA),where he played college baseball for the UCLA Bruins baseball team. In 2007,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. [1] [2] [3]
The St. Louis Cardinals selected Curtis in the fifth round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that season playing for the Class A-Short Season Batavia Muckdogs. In 2009,he played for the Class A-Advanced Palm Beach Cardinals and Class A Quad City River Bandits. He played for Palm Beach and the Double-A Springfield Cardinals in 2010. Curtis spent the entire 2011 season with Springfield,but played that winter with the Cañeros de Los Mochis of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. He opened the 2012 season with the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds,but ended the season with Double-A Springfield. He again played winter ball with Los Mochis after the season.
He began the 2013 season with Memphis,but was called up by the St. Louis Cardinals on April 26 after Matt Adams was placed on the disabled list. [4] Curtis made his major league debut the next day as a pinch hitter. He was optioned back to Triple-A about a week later after appearing in three games. He was recalled in mid-August,hitting off the bench in two games. He was outrighted to Triple-A on November 20,2013.
That winter,Curtis played for the Águilas Cibaeñas of the Dominican Winter League. He played the entire 2014 season with Triple-A Memphis. He was granted free agency after the season.
On December 23,2014,Curtis signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds. Excluding a month-and-a-half stint on the disabled list late in the season,he played the entire 2015 season with the Triple-A Louisville Bats. He elected free agency on November 6,2015, [5] but later re-signed with the Reds. [6]
Curtis spent the 2016 campaign back with Louisville,playing in 89 games and batting .291/.404/.435 with nine home runs and 50 RBI. He elected free agency following the season on November 7,2016. [7]
On December 1,2016,Curtis signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics organization. [8] In 78 games split between the Double–A Midland RockHounds and Triple–A Nashville Sounds,he batted .296/.412/.374 with one home run and 32 RBI. Curtis elected free agency following the season on November 6,2017. [9]
On January 21,2018,Curtis signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. [10] He was released on June 6,2018.
On June 26,2018,Curtis signed with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He was released on July 28,2018.
On October 13,2020,Curtis signed with the Indians Barn Owls of the Liberation Professional Baseball League. [11] He played in four games for the team,going 3–for–11 (.273) with one RBI and three walks.
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