John Tsitouris

John Tsitouris
John Tsitouris
	Pitcher
	Born: May 5, 1936; Monroe, North Carolina, U.S.
	Died: October 22, 2015 (aged 79); Monroe, North Carolina, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	June 13, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
	April 24, 1968, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	34–38
Earned run average	4.13
Strikeouts	432
Teams
	Detroit Tigers (1957); Kansas City Athletics (1958–1960); Cincinnati Reds (1962–1968);

John Philip Tsitouris (May 4, 1936 – October 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1957–60 and 1962–68. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Tsitouris graduated from Benton Heights High School in

Kansas City Athletics

.

Tsitouris had trials with the Athletics in both 1958 and 1959. He appeared in 14 games and 33

minor league baseball before getting his chance with Cincinnati in September 1962. Tsitouris made the most of it, giving up only two earned runs in 21⅓ innings and hurling a complete game, five-hit shutout against the Philadelphia Phillies

on September 30.

For the next three seasons, Tsitouris was a full-time member of the Reds' pitching staff, winning 12 (1963), nine (1964), and six (1965) games, mostly as a starting pitcher. On September 21, 1964, he shut out the Phillies 1–0 on six hits at

Connie Mack Stadium, starting the ten-game Philadelphia losing streak that knocked the Phillies out of first place.^[5] However, with his effectiveness diminishing year-by-year, Tsitouris was sent to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

in 1966 and, despite brief trials with Cincinnati in 1967–68, spent the rest of his career in the minors.

Tsitouris' Major League record included 149 games pitched, 34 wins, 18

bases on balls

.

Tsitouris died in Monroe on October 22, 2015.^[6]