Tommy John
Thomas Edward John Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 22, 1943 in Terre Haute, IN
High School: Gerstmeyer (Terre Haute, IN)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1963
Final Game: May 25, 1989
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 CLE AL 20 P 6 3 20.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.77 0.67 .950 1.99 0.78
1964 CLE AL 21 P 25 14 94.1 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.00 0.84 .957 1.90 0.72
1965 CHW AL 22 P 39 27 183.2 60 4 51 5 3 .917 2.70 1.41 .953 2.04 0.75
1966 CHW AL 23 P 34 33 223.0 60 8 47 5 0 .917 2.22 1.62 .953 1.99 0.75
1967 CHW AL 24 P 31 29 178.1 74 17 55 2 4 .973 3.63 2.32 .957 1.96 0.74
1968 CHW AL 25 P 25 25 177.1 65 10 54 1 6 .985 3.25 2.56 .955 1.89 0.73 AS
1969 CHW AL 26 P 33 33 232.0 82 16 66 0 4 1.000 3.18 2.48 .949 1.88 0.69
1970 CHW AL 27 P 37 37 269.1 88 15 65 8 3 .909 2.67 2.16 .953 1.86 0.67
1971 CHW AL 28 P 38 35 229.1 46 9 34 3 2 .935 1.69 1.13 .959 1.98 0.77
1972 LAD NL 29 P 29 29 186.2 56 11 45 0 3 1.000 2.70 1.93 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 LAD NL 30 P 36 31 218.0 80 15 64 1 6 .988 3.26 2.19 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 LAD NL 31 P 22 22 153.0 40 3 36 1 3 .975 2.29 1.77 .943 1.88 0.71
1976 LAD NL 33 P 31 31 207.0 37 3 33 1 2 .973 1.57 1.16 .949 1.88 0.72
1977 LAD NL 34 P 31 31 220.1 54 6 47 1 5 .981 2.16 1.71 .948 1.85 0.67 CYA-2,MVP-12
1978 LAD NL 35 P 33 30 213.0 56 8 45 3 1 .946 2.24 1.61 .952 1.91 0.72 AS,CYA-8
1979 NYY AL 36 P 37 36 276.1 69 15 51 3 5 .957 2.15 1.78 .949 1.92 0.81 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
1980 NYY AL 37 P 36 36 265.1 63 16 46 1 4 .984 2.10 1.72 .956 1.85 0.77 AS,CYA-4
1981 NYY AL 38 P 20 20 140.1 38 11 27 0 2 1.000 2.44 1.90 .961 1.98 0.81
1982 TOT AL 39 P 37 33 221.2 60 10 48 2 1 .967 2.35 1.57 .958 1.80 0.73
1982 NYY AL 39 P 30 26 186.2 50 8 40 2 1 .960 2.31 1.60 .958 1.80 0.73
1982 CAL AL 39 P 7 7 35.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.57 1.43 .960 1.80 0.73
1983 CAL AL 40 P 34 34 234.2 55 16 39 0 4 1.000 2.11 1.62 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 41 P 32 29 181.1 42 15 27 0 2 1.000 2.08 1.31 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 TOT AL 42 P 23 17 86.1 30 8 22 0 2 1.000 3.13 1.30 .953 1.86 0.70
1985 CAL AL 42 P 12 6 38.1 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.05 1.08 .954 1.85 0.70
1985 OAK AL 42 P 11 11 48.0 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 3.19 1.55 .953 1.86 0.70
1986 NYY AL 43 P 13 10 70.2 22 4 15 3 2 .864 2.42 1.46 .959 1.83 0.68
1987 NYY AL 44 P 33 33 187.2 40 4 31 5 1 .875 1.68 1.06 .960 1.84 0.67
1988 NYY AL 45 P 35 32 176.1 48 4 40 4 2 .917 2.25 1.26 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 NYY AL 46 P 10 10 63.2 24 3 21 0 0 1.000 3.39 2.40 .958 1.87 0.66
26 Seasons P 760 700 4710.0 1314 237 1028 49 69 .963 2.42 1.66 .954 1.88 0.72
26 Seasons TOT 760 700 4710.0 1314 237 1028 49 69 .963 2.42 1.66 .916 1.88 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 CLE AL 20 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CLE AL 21 25 14 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 22 39 27 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 23 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 24 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHW AL 25 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHW AL 26 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHW AL 27 38 37 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 CHW AL 28 38 35 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 29 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 LAD NL 30 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 31 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 33 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 34 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 35 33 30 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYY AL 36 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 37 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 38 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 39 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 39 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 40 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 41 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 42 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 42 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 43 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 44 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 45 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 46 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Seasons 761 410 452 761 760 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 CLE AL 20 92 84% 35% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 CLE AL 21 421 76% 34% 19 89% 0 5 0 4 17 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
1965 CHW AL 22 781 76% 33% 54 93% 0 4 0 3 52 38 8 5 0 4 1 5 3 3 3 0 6 100%
1966 CHW AL 23 941 79% 33% 58 88% 0 7 0 6 52 47 2 5 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1967 CHW AL 24 732 78% 39% 61 95% 1 18 2 12 58 47 4 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 3 1 2 100%
1968 CHW AL 25 722 75% 36% 66 95% 0 12 1 7 59 47 9 1 0 0 1 0 6 6 6 0 1 100%
1969 CHW AL 26 1021 79% 37% 67 91% 2 12 1 10 63 45 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 5 100%
1970 CHW AL 27 1177 79% 39% 71 94% 0 13 2 9 65 53 7 8 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 0 6 100%
1971 CHW AL 28 1003 81% 37% 44 86% 1 9 0 7 37 33 3 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 50%
1972 LAD NL 29 785 80% 36% 53 87% 2 11 2 7 45 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 4 25%
1973 LAD NL 30 902 81% 39% 68 97% 1 14 2 10 66 55 7 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 5 1 6 100%
1974 LAD NL 31 640 81% 35% 40 88% 0 3 1 2 36 28 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 0 5 80%
1976 LAD NL 33 898 83% 40% 35 94% 0 3 1 2 33 25 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0
1977 LAD NL 34 931 81% 43% 59 88% 1 6 0 4 51 42 7 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 5 0 6 67%
1978 LAD NL 35 947 81% 42% 48 92% 0 9 3 6 45 39 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1979 NYY AL 36 1149 84% 40% 59 81% 1 16 1 13 49 39 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 5 0 7 100%
1980 NYY AL 37 1113 87% 39% 52 88% 0 16 2 10 45 39 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 1 7 71%
1981 NYY AL 38 603 85% 36% 33 91% 1 9 0 6 28 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1982 NYY AL 39 784 88% 42% 53 74% 0 8 3 4 39 31 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1982 CAL AL 39 154 88% 39% 14 79% 0 2 0 2 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 CAL AL 40 1034 89% 39% 46 91% 2 16 2 11 38 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 4 100%
1984 CAL AL 41 825 87% 36% 31 100% 0 14 0 10 29 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 2 100%
1985 CAL AL 42 182 82% 31% 10 100% 0 4 1 3 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1985 OAK AL 42 230 90% 36% 14 100% 1 4 1 1 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1986 NYY AL 43 302 85% 44% 17 94% 1 4 0 2 15 11 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
1987 NYY AL 44 832 86% 44% 35 83% 3 5 2 3 30 22 2 5 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 7 57%
1988 NYY AL 45 802 84% 48% 46 89% 0 4 1 2 40 33 2 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1989 NYY AL 46 300 86% 53% 23 100% 1 3 2 1 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
26 Seasons 20303 82% 39% 1179 90% 18 232 30 158 1051 842 107 49 3 25 21 25 71 56 65 6 103 86%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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