Johnny Cueto

Johnny Cueto
Cueto with the Marlins in 2023
Los Angeles Angels
Pitcher
Born: (1986-02-15) February 15, 1986 (age 38) San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 3, 2008, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics (through September 27, 2023)
Win–loss record	144–111
Earned run average	3.50
Strikeouts	1,851
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (2008–2015) Kansas City Royals (2015) San Francisco Giants (2016–2021) Chicago White Sox (2022) Miami Marlins (2023) Los Angeles Angels (2024)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2014, 2016) World Series champion (2015) NL strikeout leader (2014)

Johnny Cueto Ortiz (Spanish: [ˈkweto]; born February 15, 1986) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins.

Cueto made his MLB debut in 2008. By 2011 he emerged as the ace of the Reds pitching staff and one of the top pitchers in the National League. He won 19 games and posted a 2.78 earned run average (ERA) in 2012, finishing fourth in the voting for the National League Cy Young Award and helping lead the Reds to the NL Central title. In 2014, he won 20 games with a 2.25 ERA and tied for the NL lead in strikeouts with 242, finishing as the runner-up for the Cy Young Award.

In 2016, Cueto won 18 games with the Giants while posting a 2.79 ERA, helping lead them to the postseason, where they lost in the NLDS, and he achieved another top-10 finish in the Cy Young voting. He 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 (behind Clayton Kershaw), managing a 2.94 ERA alongside a 90–51 (.638) record in 1,256+1⁄3 innings. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2018.