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: 26-10 / in Starts: 26-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	488	2	Apr 11	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-11	GS-5		99	4.1	9	6	6	1	0	0	0	12.46	3.44	23	11	3	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	22	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.275	1.30	-0.18%	-3.26	1b start a 1	5b -2- 1 out a1
2	489	6	Apr 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	4.05	2.90	28	19	4	0	0	2	85			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.332	.70	0.25%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	490	11	Apr 21	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.2	3	2	1	4	1	0	0	2.86	3.30	32	12	13	4	0	2	69			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.270	2.07	0.22%	2.11	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
4	491	16	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.03	2.82	32	17	4	0	0	6	80			0	1	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.733	1.76	0.56%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	492	20	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	5	7.0	9	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.37	2.96	31	12	8	3	0	9	45			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.40	0.141	2.08	0.13%	0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
6	493	23	May 7	NYY	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.11	2.88	31	18	6	1	0	6	70			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.61	0.537	3.31	0.66%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	494	26	May 11	NYY		MIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-0)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.77	3.02	32	15	8	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.437	1.77	0.48%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	495	30	May 16	NYY		TEX	W,6-2	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	10	2	1	0	5	0	0	1.66	2.83	37	14	8	1	0	10	66			0	1	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	.95	0.244	1.76	0.27%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	496	34	May 20	NYY	@	DET	L,8-12	GS-5	L(7-1)	3	4.2	7	7	7	6	2	2	0	2.45	3.40	25	9	1	0	0	7	18			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	-0.457	2.67	-0.64%	-3.67	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d1
10	497	39	May 25	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-9	GS-3	L(7-2)	4	2.0	7	5	5	4	2	1	0	3.01	3.67	17	3	1	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.406	3.63	-0.69%	-4.79	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d2
11	498	44	May 31	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	GS-6		5	5.2	9	4	4	1	4	0	1	3.26	3.58	28	8	5	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.046	2.66	-0.08%	-1.48	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	499	49	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-2)	5	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.92	3.35	29	14	7	1	0	2	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.573	2.15	0.86%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	500	54	Jun 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,9-7	GS-6		4	5.1	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.14	3.48	24	8	3	1	0	9	34			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	-0.231	2.67	-0.35%	-2.64	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a2
14	501	59	Jun 16	NYY		SEA	W,6-3	GS-8	W(9-2)	4	8.0	10	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.07	3.41	32	12	7	0	0	10	53			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	1	.94	0.236	2.51	0.38%	0.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
15	502	64	Jun 21	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	GS-8	W(10-2)	4	7.1	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.11	3.31	32	11	9	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.077	3.69	0.11%	0.03	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
16	503	68	Jun 25	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(10-3)	3	10.0	9	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.08	3.32	39	15	13	2	0	9	58			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	3	0	1	1.40	-0.040	4.57	-0.08%	0.92	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
17	504	72	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-7	W(11-3)	4	6.2	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.29	30	10	9	3	0	9	44			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.098	3.25	0.19%	0.35	1b start a 1	7b --3 2 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
18	505	77	Jul 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	W(12-3)	4	8.0	4	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.08	3.45	28	15	6	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.334	2.83	0.52%	2.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
19	506	81	Jul 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-0	SHO	W(13-3)	6	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.88	3.36	34	8	11	1	4	7	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.641	2.85	0.92%	4.47	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
20	507	86	Jul 17	NYY		MIN	W,10-3	CG	W(14-3)	4	9.0	8	3	2	0	1	0	0	2.83	3.31	37	18	10	1	0	8	62			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	.53	0.111	1.04	0.13%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
21	508	91	Jul 22(1)	NYY		MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	2.67	3.29	33	12	14	0	1	3	80			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.445	2.74	0.83%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	509	96	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-8	GS-4	L(15-4)	4	3.1	10	8	6	2	0	0	0	2.94	3.32	21	9	3	0	2	7	10			0	0	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.284	1.66	-0.38%	-6.94	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out d8
23	510	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-6	GS-7		3	7.0	9	6	5	1	1	1	0	3.09	3.38	31	16	4	1	1	9	37			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.135	2.87	-0.24%	-2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
24	511	105	Aug 5	NYY		TEX	L,1-8	GS-6	L(15-5)	4	6.0	11	8	8	2	0	2	1	3.39	3.56	31	12	6	1	2	10	16			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.397	.67	-0.49%	-5.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
25	512	109	Aug 10	NYY		BAL	L,5-6	CG	L(15-6)	4	9.0	11	6	6	4	2	1	0	3.52	3.63	41	13	11	2	2	11	39			0	0	0	37	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.609	6.83	-1.81%	-1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	513	114	Aug 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(16-6)	4	6.0	9	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.51	3.70	28	7	7	1	0	9	45			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.150	6.89	0.52%	1.36	1b start a 1	7b -2- 0 out a3
27	514	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS-6	W(17-6)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.49	3.74	23	9	6	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.166	4.04	0.32%	1.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
28	515	124	Aug 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-9	GS-4	L(17-7)	4	4.0	8	6	5	3	0	0	0	3.65	3.77	22	8	3	0	1	8	21			0	0	0	18	1	1	1	1	0	1	.58	-0.337	2.14	-0.75%	-4.15	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
29	516	127	Aug 29	NYY		SEA	W,5-1	CG	W(18-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.53	3.69	32	15	7	0	0	7	72			0	2	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.284	4.28	0.68%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
30	517	132	Sep 3	NYY		OAK	W,8-3	CG	W(19-7)	4	9.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.51	3.66	31	9	9	0	0	5	71			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	0	.77	0.183	3.19	0.45%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	518	137	Sep 8	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-4	GS-9	W(20-7)	4	8.2	7	4	1	1	3	0	1	3.41	3.63	35	14	9	3	3	7	62			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.155	1.94	-0.19%	-0.04	1b start a 2	9b 123 2 out a3
32	519	142	Sep 13	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(21-7)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.60	36	19	6	2	0	9	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.59	0.456	3.55	0.61%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
33	520	146	Sep 18	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	CG	L(21-8)	4	9.0	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	3.27	3.54	35	21	2	1	0	8	71			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.07	0.178	.68	0.07%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
34	521	150	Sep 22	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-8	W(22-8)	3	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.24	3.50	30	14	6	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	0.131	1.91	0.14%	1.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
35	522	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(22-9)	4	8.0	9	5	5	4	4	0	1	3.31	3.50	36	13	5	1	0	9	44			1	1	0	30	0	2	0	3	1	2	.92	-0.082	.16	-0.01%	-0.90	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
36	523	158	Oct 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-7	GS-5		3	4.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.43	3.50	23	9	4	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.076	.51	0.12%	-2.07	1b start a 1	5b -23 2 out a11
							26-10		W-L:22-9	3.9	265.1	270	115	101	56	78	13	6	3.43	3.50	1089	1.89		5%	2%	262	52		---%	2	12	1	1007	50	12	1	33	5	19	1.05	3.379	2.63	3.53%	15.51

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