Jermaine Curtis #55

2016

Spent the entire season at Triple-A Louisville in the Cincinnati Reds farm system and hit .291 with nine home runs and 50 RBI in 89 games in a season that ended in early August with a hamstring injury…the home runs and RBI were career highs…led the Bats in RBI…added 42 walks and was hit by a pitch 14 times for a .404 on-base percentage…tied for second in the International League in hit by pitches…shared the Mary E. Barney Louisville Team MVP award with Hernan Iribarren…batted .337 (33-for-98) against left-handed pitchers compared to .267 (50-for-187) against right-handers…hit seven of his nine home runs off righties…eight of his long balls were solo shots…had a .323 batting average with runners in scoring position…hit .314 with six of his nine home runs and 32 of his 50 RBI on the road…appeared in 34 games at third base, nine at first base and eight at second base…had never played first base prior to 2016…committed two errors as a third baseman (.975 fielding percentage), one as a first baseman (.986) and none as a second baseman…also batted .330 in 33 games as the designated hitter and was 2-for-4 (.500) with two walks as a pinch hitter…hit in every spot in the order except first, seventh and eighth…saw his most action with 29 games batting clean-up where he batted .200…combined for a .364 average in 34 games batting second and third.