Curtis pride biography

Deaf American baseball player (born 1968)

Baseball player

Curtis John Pride (born December 17, 1968) is a former professional baseballoutfielder who is deaf. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed, and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1993 to 2006 for the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

In 2015, Pride was named MLB's Ambassador For Inclusion. Since 2009, Pride has been the head baseball coach at Gallaudet University.

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Youth

Deaf at birth from rubella, Pride developed oral skills early in his life and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He excelled in baseball, basketball, and soccer in high school. After high school, Curtis Pride attended the College of William and Mary. He was the starting point guard on the basketball team.

He also was an excellent soccer player who played for the United States at the 1985