John Cerutti Stats

John Cerutti was born on Thursday, April 28, 1960, in Albany, New York. Cerutti was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 1, 1985, with the Toronto Blue Jays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Cerutti baseball stats page.

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"When I first came to the big leagues, my best pitch was probably my curveball, even though I only threw it 25-35 percent of the time. As I learned to throw a better sinker, that became my best pitch. I was I had developed more change-ups, but that's another story." - Cerutti, John. The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches. James, Bill & Neyer, Rob. Touchstone Publishing. 15 June 2004.

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John Cerutti Autograph on a 1990 Score Baseball Card (#429)

John Cerutti Autograph on a 1990 Score Baseball Card (#429)

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Birth Name:   John Joseph Cerutti
Nickname:   None
Born On:   04-28-1960  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Albany, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-03-2004 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, NY)
College:   Amherst College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   09-01-1985 (Age 25)
Last Game:   10-05-1991
Draft:   1981 : 1st Round (21st)

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John Cerutti Pitching Stats

1985 25 Blue Jays 4 1 1 0 2 .000 5.40 0 0 0 6.2 36 10 4 7 1 4 0 5 2 1 0 -
1986 26 Blue Jays 34 20 3 9 4 .692 4.15 2 1 1 145.1 616 150 67 73 25 47 2 89 8 1 0 -
1987 27 Blue Jays 44 21 6 11 4 .733 4.40 2 0 0 151.1 638 144 74 75 30 59 5 92 5 1 1 -
1988 28 Blue Jays 46 12 11 6 7 .462 3.13 0 0 1 123.2 524 120 43 56 12 42 6 65 7 3 3 -
1989 29 Blue Jays 33 31 1 11 11 .500 3.07 3 1 0 205.1 856 214 70 90 19 53 2 69 4 6 2 -
1990 30 Blue Jays 30 23 1 9 9 .500 4.76 0 0 0 140.0 609 162 74 77 23 49 3 49 4 4 1 -
1991 31 Tigers 38 8 10 3 6 .333 4.57 1 0 2 88.2 389 94 45 49 9 37 9 29 4 2 1 -
7 Years 229 116 33 49 43 .533 3.94 8 2 4 861.0 3,668 894 377 427 119 291 27 398 34 18 8 -

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John Cerutti Hitting Stats

1985 25 Blue Jays 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1986 26 Blue Jays 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 27 Blue Jays 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1988 28 Blue Jays 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1989 29 Blue Jays 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1990 30 Blue Jays 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1991 31 Tigers 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
7 Years 229 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

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John Cerutti Fielding Stats

1985 Blue Jays P 4 1 20 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.35
1986 Blue Jays P 34 20 436 29 0.9 29 8 21 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1987 Blue Jays P 44 21 454 21 0.5 20 5 15 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.19
1988 Blue Jays P 46 12 371 40 0.9 40 13 27 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.91
1989 Blue Jays P 33 31 616 62 1.9 61 16 45 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.67
1990 Blue Jays P 30 23 420 29 1.0 29 11 18 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.86
1991 Tigers P 38 8 266 24 0.6 21 1 20 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 2.13
P Totals 229 116 2,583 206 0.9 201 54 147 5 10 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.10
7 Years 229 116 2,583 206 0.9 201 54 147 5 10 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.10

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John Cerutti Miscellaneous Stats

1985 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.25 6.75 5.40
1986 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.89 5.51 2.91
1987 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.56 5.47 3.51
1988 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.55 4.73 3.06
1989 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.30 3.02 2.32
1990 Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 3.15 3.15
1991 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.78 2.94 3.76
7 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.37 4.16 3.04

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John Cerutti Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1985 Toronto Blue Jays 55 $60,000.00 - -
1986 Toronto Blue Jays 55 $90,000.00 - -
1987 Toronto Blue Jays 55 $115,000.00 - -
1988 Toronto Blue Jays 55 $230,000.00 - -
1989 Toronto Blue Jays 55 $417,000.00 - -
1990 Toronto Blue Jays 55 $762,500.00 - -
1991 Detroit Tigers 55 $800,000.00 - -

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John Joseph Cerutti was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays (1985-1990) and Detroit Tigers (1991). When Cerutti made his big league debut on September 1, 1985, he became the first former Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, NY) student to play in the majors!

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John Cerutti Rookie Card | 1986 Donruss The Rookies Baseball Card (#20)
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Did you know that when the Toronto Blue Jays selected John Cerutti in the 1981 Baseball Draft, during the first round, he became the highest draft pick ever selected out of Amherst College, passing Rich Thompson?

Did you know that John Cerutti surrendered a grand slam to Don Mattingly on June 29, 1987, his second of the year in what would become a new all-time Major League record (6) for grand slams in a season?

Did you know that John Cerutti pitched a complete game June 7, 1989, the first Blue Jays victory in their new stadium — the Skydome?

John Cerutti Video | 7 June 1989 | Skydome

John Cerutti died on October 3, 2004, the last day of the regular season. He was a Blue Jays broadcaster / color commentator since 1997, and when he missed the pregame meeting that morning, police broke down the door at his hotel room, deceased at age 44 (natural causes / ventricular arrhythmia). The Blue Jays Good Guy award, given annually since 1977, by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, was posthumously awarded to Cerutti and renamed in his honor.