Tommy John

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg)

Born: May 22, 1943 in Terre Haute, IN us

High School: Gerstmeyer HS (Terre Haute, IN)

School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)

Debut: September 6, 1963 (Age 20-107d, 12,153rd in major league history)
vs. WSA 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 25, 1989 (Age 46-003d)
vs. CAL 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Agents: Bob Cohen

Full Name: Thomas Edward John

Twitter: @TommyJohn288

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

61.6

288

231

ERA

3.34

760

700

4710.1

2245

WHIP

1.283

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-8 / in Starts: 6-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1977	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.2	4	4	0	3	3	1	1	0.00	6.81	23	83	43	12	6	11	1	0	0	4	48			1	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.186	28.68	-3.75%	-2.01	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
2	1977	NLCS g4	Oct 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	1	0.66	3.62	37	130	81	11	24	15	4	0	1	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.369	51.88	10.51%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	1977	WS g3	Oct 14	LAD		NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	9	5	4	3	7	0	1	2.29	3.25	30	102	64	15	21	10	2	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.307	64.55	-12.44%	-2.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
1978 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1978	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.36	30	106	65	18	11	18	2	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.90	0.376	25.74	6.54%	4.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	1978	WS g1	Oct 10	LAD		NYY	W,11-5	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.2	8	5	3	2	4	1	0	1.62	3.13	33	122	71	14	9	18	2	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.171	26.52	4.96%	-1.67	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a5
6	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	1.90	3.05	28	110	67	19	8	15	4	0	2	5	55			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.110	76.30	3.15%	0.82	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
1980 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1980	ALCS g3	Oct 10	NYY		KCR	L,2-4	GS-7		8	6.2	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.70	4.25	28	101	61	16	8	11	7	4	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.207	25.47	2.67%	2.13	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	1981	ALDS g3	Oct 9	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	5	7.0	8	5	5	2	0	2	0	6.43	7.17	29					12	7	1	2	8	39			0	1	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	-0.463	10.06	-2.75%	-1.25	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
9	1981	ALCS g1	Oct 13	NYY		OAK	W,3-1	GS-6	W(1-1)	3	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.15	4.83	24	74	46	7	7	11	3	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.09	0.199	34.13	3.43%	1.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
10	1981	WS g2	Oct 21	NYY		LAD	W,3-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	7	7.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.70	3.65	25	78	51	13	6	15	4	2	0	2	75			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.436	66.98	12.72%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
11	1981	WS g4	Oct 24	NYY	@	LAD	L,7-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	3.37	8	32	18	3	3	3	3	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.031	62.17	-1.02%	0.64	7b 123 0 out tie	8b end d 1
12	1981	WS g6	Oct 28	NYY		LAD	L,2-9	GS-4		3	4.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.42	3.10	18	48	33	4	4	7	6	3	0	3	48			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.069	92.50	3.38%	0.78	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
1982 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	1982	ALCS g1	Oct 5	CAL		MIL	W,8-3	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	1	1	3.00	3.72	36	128	83	23	10	12	10	1	2	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.035	18.03	-0.97%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	1982	ALCS g4	Oct 9	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-9	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.1	4	6	4	5	1	0	0	5.11	4.50	18	66	35	8	1	7	2	0	1	3	28			0	1	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	1	.78	-0.283	35.41	-7.01%	-4.28	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d5
											88.1	82	36	26	24	48	6	4	2.65		367																			1

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