Curtis Montague Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in ) is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. He helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in and has won World Series championships in with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in and with the Boston Red Sox. Schilling retired with the MLB's best career postseason record of 11–2.

Junior College years

Schilling graduated from Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona in 1985, before attending Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.

Early MLB career (1988–1992)

He began his professional career in the Red Sox farm system as a 2nd Round pick in what would be the final January draft for MLB. After 2.5 years in the minor leagues he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in 1988 for Mike Boddicker. His major league debut was with the Orioles ( – ), and he then spent one year with the Houston Astros ( ).

Phillies career (1992–2000)

Schilling was one of the key factors in the Phillies' pennant run in . In that year, Schilling went 16–7 with a 4.02 ERA and 186 strikeouts. Schilling led the Phillies to an upset against the two-time defending National League champion Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series. Although he received no decisions during his two appearances in the six game series, Schilling's 1.69 ERA and 19 strikeouts (including the first 5 Brave hitters of Game 1, an NLCS record) were enough to earn him the 1993 NLCS Most Valuable Player Award. The Phillies went on to face the defending World Champion Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. After losing Game 1, he pitched brilliantly in his next start. With the Phillies facing elimination the day after losing a bizarre 15–14 contest at home in Veterans Stadium, Schilling pitched a five-hit shutout that the Phillies won 2–0.

Schilling was named to the All-Star Team in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and started the 1999 game. In 1997, he finished fourteenth in Most Valuable Player voting and fourth in Cy Young voting. Unhappy with the team's performance, he requested a trade to a contender in 2000 and was subsequently dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks. His 101 career victories ranks sixth all-time for Phillies pitchers, 20th in ERA (3.35), 23rd in games appeared in (242), sixth in games started (226), 34th in complete games (61), 13th in shutouts (14), fourth in strikeouts (1554), and eighth in innings pitched (1659.1).

Diamondbacks career (2000–2003)

Expand: date=May 2008 He was traded to the Diamondbacks on July 26, 2000 for first baseman Travis Lee and pitchers Vicente Padilla, Omar Daal and Nelson Figueroa . With Arizona, he went 22–6 with a 2.98 ERA in 2001 and went 4–0 with a 1.12 ERA in the playoffs. In the 2001 World Series, the Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees in seven games. Schilling shared the 2001 World Series MVP Award with teammate Randy Johnson. He and Johnson also shared Sports Illustrated magazine's 2001 "Sportsmen of the Year" award. In , he went 23–7 with a 3.23 ERA. On April 7, 2002, Schilling threw a one-hit shutout striking out 17 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Both years he finished second in the Cy Young Award voting to Johnson. Following an 8–9 season in 2003, Schilling was traded to the Boston Red Sox.