58 Facts About Johnny Cueto

Johnny Cueto Ortiz is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.

Johnny Cueto has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, and San Francisco Giants.

Johnny Cueto was an MLB All-Star in 2014 and 2016, and was chosen as the starting pitcher for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game.

From 2011 to 2017, Cueto accumulated the second-lowest ERA of all pitchers with at least 750 innings pitched, managing a 2.

Johnny Cueto signed with the Reds in 2004 as an undrafted amateur free agent for a $35,000 signing bonus.

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Johnny Cueto was in the minor leagues for three seasons, and excelled at many levels, but really turned heads during the 2007 season.

Johnny Cueto started his career for the Gulf Coast Reds of the Rookie Gulf Coast League, posting a 5.

In 2006, Johnny Cueto was assigned to the Low A Dayton Dragons, and posted a 2.

Johnny Cueto was later promoted back to Sarasota, where he finished his season for the second consecutive year.

Johnny Cueto pitched 14 games for the team, before going on a hot streak and advancing through three levels in one season.

Johnny Cueto was named the Reds' Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the second consecutive season.

Johnny Cueto made his MLB debut on April 3,2008, for the Reds at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks, where he carried a perfect game through five innings before surrendering a home run to Justin Upton in the top of the sixth inning.

Johnny Cueto was the first Red since 1900 to throw ten strikeouts in his MLB debut.

Johnny Cueto was the first MLB pitcher to have 10 strikeouts and 0 walks in his debut.

Johnny Cueto was the third in MLB history to have 10 strikeouts and give up only 1 hit.

Johnny Cueto struck out several batters in his starts, but found himself unable to pitch himself deep into games rather frequently due to high pitch counts and giving up many home runs.

Johnny Cueto's ERA continued to be one of the strongest in the National League through the first three months of the season.

Johnny Cueto began the season on the disabled list due to irritation in his right triceps suffered towards the end of spring training.

Johnny Cueto struck out 104 batters, and gave up just 123 hits, 47 walks and eight home runs.

Johnny Cueto pitched 3 complete games, 1 of which was a shutout.

Johnny Cueto started on Opening Day for the Reds and went on to win 19 games against only 9 losses with a 2.

Johnny Cueto threw 23 quality starts, and ranked third in wins and ERA, fourth in complete games, fifth in innings pitched, eighth in hits allowed and ninth in winning percentage in the National League, while breaking his career bests in all of those categories.

Johnny Cueto started Game 1 of the National League Division Series against San Francisco, but left after only eight pitches because of a strained muscle in his back.

Johnny Cueto suffered from a variety of injuries in 2013, including a lat strain, a shoulder strain and tightness in his lat, limiting him to only 11 starts on the season.

Johnny Cueto gave up no more than three earned runs in ten of his 11 starts, and no more than one earned run in eight of them.

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Johnny Cueto was met by a raucous, loud Pittsburgh crowd who had not seen a playoff game in 20 years.

Johnny Cueto took the loss in the game, which ended the season for both Johnny Cueto and the Reds.

Johnny Cueto settled down to just allow the one run and another two hits, both of them singles, striking out four and walking three while throwing 117 pitches and outdueling former Reds teammate Edinson Volquez.

On September 28,2014, Johnny Cueto recorded his 20th win of the 2014 season, becoming the first Cincinnati Reds player to achieve 20 or more victories in a season since Danny Jackson achieved the feat in 1988.

Johnny Cueto hit a go-ahead single and Aroldis Chapman picked up the save for the game in the 9th.

Johnny Cueto pitched 4 complete games, never pitched less than 5 innings in any outing, pitched 6 or more innings in 29 of his 34 starts, 7 or more innings in 23 starts, and 8 or more innings in 15 starts.

Johnny Cueto gave up 2 earned runs or fewer in 27 starts, gave up 7 hits or fewer in all but one of his starts, struck out 8.

On November 12,2014, Johnny Cueto finished second in the National League Cy Young Award voting to Clayton Kershaw.

Johnny Cueto received the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award for his defensive excellence.

Johnny Cueto finished his fourth consecutive Opening Day start allowing just five baserunners across seven scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts, a personal Opening Day high.

Johnny Cueto pitched at least seven innings in eight of his nine first starts, continuing his trend of pitching deep into games as established during the 2011 season.

Johnny Cueto was a candidate for the Final Vote on the NL All-Star ballot, but lost to Carlos Martinez.

On July 26,2015, Johnny Cueto was traded to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Brandon Finnegan and minor leaguers John Lamb and Cody Reed.

Johnny Cueto started in game two of the World Series, delivering by far the best postseason performance in his entire career up to that point.

Johnny Cueto became the first AL pitcher to throw a complete game in the World Series since Minnesota's Jack Morris in 1991.

Johnny Cueto's contract includes a $500,000 bonus if he is traded to another team, as well as the option to opt out of the contract after two years with a guaranteed $5 million pay for the buyout.

Johnny Cueto became the twelfth Dominican-born pitcher in Major League history to win one hundred games.

Johnny Cueto struck out 11 batters, giving up seven hits while issuing one walk.

Johnny Cueto became only the fourth Giants pitcher since 1958 to win 10 of his first eleven decisions on a season and the first since Tim Lincecum in 2008.

At the time, Johnny Cueto had 12 wins against just one loss, having won nine straight decisions, compiling a 2.

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Johnny Cueto allowed just one run on five hits, walking only one batter and striking out eight, retiring 17 of the final 18 batters he faced, his Major-League leading 13th win on the season.

Manager Terry Collins chose Johnny Cueto to start the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the National League, making him the first Giants pitcher to start the All-Star game since Matt Cain in 2012.

Johnny Cueto ranked among the league and baseball leaders in all major categories.

Johnny Cueto was one of only six pitchers in the National League to pitch at least 200 innings during the 2016 season, and pitched more innings per game than any other qualified pitcher in the National League, averaging approximately 6.

Johnny Cueto finished in sixth place in the voting for the National League Cy Young Award, behind Kershaw, Bumgarner, Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester and Max Scherzer.

Johnny Cueto received 3 third-place votes, 3 fourth-place votes and 4 fifth-place votes.

Johnny Cueto finished his 2019 season with the Giants garnering a 5.

Johnny Cueto retired the first 9 batters he faced before giving up a single to Whit Merrifield in the 4th inning.

Johnny Cueto's road to the Major League was a trying one because many teams were wary of his small stature.

However, rather than give in to the criticism, Johnny Cueto looked to another undersized Dominican pitcher, Pedro Martinez, for inspiration.

Ausmus argued to umpire Joe West during the game and to reporters after the game that Johnny Cueto sometimes stops in his wind-up, thereby making those pitches illegal.

Johnny Cueto was a member of the Dominican Republic national baseball team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Johnny Cueto was scheduled to represent the Dominican Republic in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, but was unable to attend the opening rounds due to his father falling ill, thus Johnny Cueto missed the tournament again.