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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1963 20 CLE AL 0 2 .000 2.21 6 3 1 0 0 0 20.1 23 10 5 1 6 1 9 0 0 1 91 164 1.426 10.2 0.4 2.7 4.0 1.50
1964 21 CLE AL 2 9 .182 3.91 25 14 0 2 1 0 94.1 97 53 41 10 35 4 65 0 1 5 412 92 1.399 9.3 1.0 3.3 6.2 1.86
1965 22 CHW AL 14 7 .667 3.09 39 27 4 6 1 3 183.2 162 67 63 12 58 6 126 2 0 8 752 103 1.198 7.9 0.6 2.8 6.2 2.17
1966 23 CHW AL 14 11 .560 2.62 34 33 0 10 5 0 223.0 195 76 65 13 57 4 138 7 1 10 904 120 1.130 7.9 0.5 2.3 5.6 2.42
1967 24 CHW AL 10 13 .435 2.47 31 29 1 9 6 0 178.1 143 62 49 12 47 7 110 5 0 5 715 121 1.065 7.2 0.6 2.4 5.6 2.34
1968 25 CHW AL 10 5 .667 1.98 25 25 0 5 1 0 177.1 135 45 39 10 49 4 117 12 1 2 705 161 1.038 6.9 0.5 2.5 5.9 2.39 AS
1969 26 CHW AL 9 11 .450 3.25 33 33 0 6 2 0 232.1 230 91 84 16 90 10 128 1 1 15 984 119 1.377 8.9 0.6 3.5 5.0 1.42
1970 27 CHW AL 12 17 .414 3.27 37 37 0 10 3 0 269.1 253 117 98 19 101 16 138 9 0 17 1133 116 1.314 8.5 0.6 3.4 4.6 1.37
1971 28 CHW AL 13 16 .448 3.61 38 35 0 10 3 0 229.1 244 115 92 17 58 5 131 5 0 10 975 100 1.317 9.6 0.7 2.3 5.1 2.26
1972 29 LAD NL 11 5 .688 2.89 29 29 0 4 1 0 186.2 172 68 60 14 40 1 117 3 0 10 766 116 1.136 8.3 0.7 1.9 5.6 2.93
1973 30 LAD NL 16 7 .696 3.10 36 31 3 4 2 0 218.0 202 88 75 16 50 2 116 4 0 3 888 113 1.156 8.3 0.7 2.1 4.8 2.32
1974 31 LAD NL 13 3 .813 2.59 22 22 0 5 3 0 153.0 133 51 44 4 42 0 78 1 0 5 616 132 1.144 7.8 0.2 2.5 4.6 1.86
1976 33 LAD NL 10 10 .500 3.09 31 31 0 6 2 0 207.0 207 76 71 7 61 4 91 0 1 7 868 110 1.295 9.0 0.3 2.7 4.0 1.49
1977 34 LAD NL 20 7 .741 2.78 31 31 0 11 3 0 220.1 225 82 68 12 50 3 123 3 0 6 906 138 1.248 9.2 0.5 2.0 5.0 2.46 CYA-2,MVP-12
1978 35 LAD NL 17 10 .630 3.30 33 30 3 7 0 1 213.0 230 95 78 11 53 7 124 5 1 6 912 106 1.329 9.7 0.5 2.2 5.2 2.34 AS,CYA-8
1979 36 NYY AL 21 9 .700 2.96 37 36 1 17 3 0 276.1 268 109 91 9 65 1 111 4 1 11 1116 137 1.205 8.7 0.3 2.1 3.6 1.71 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
1980 37 NYY AL 22 9 .710 3.43 36 36 0 16 6 0 265.1 270 115 101 13 56 1 78 6 0 5 1089 114 1.229 9.2 0.4 1.9 2.6 1.39 AS,CYA-4
1981 38 NYY AL 9 8 .529 2.63 20 20 0 7 0 0 140.1 135 50 41 10 39 2 50 3 2 6 580 135 1.240 8.7 0.6 2.5 3.2 1.28
1982 39 TOT AL 14 12 .538 3.69 37 33 2 10 2 0 221.2 239 102 91 15 39 1 68 3 2 7 918 108 1.254 9.7 0.6 1.6 2.8 1.74
1982 39 NYY AL 10 10 .500 3.66 30 26 2 9 2 0 186.2 190 84 76 11 34 1 54 3 2 5 766 108 1.200 9.2 0.5 1.6 2.6 1.59
1982 39 CAL AL 4 2 .667 3.86 7 7 0 1 0 0 35.0 49 18 15 4 5 0 14 0 0 2 152 105 1.543 12.6 1.0 1.3 3.6 2.80
1983 40 CAL AL 11 13 .458 4.33 34 34 0 9 0 0 234.2 287 126 113 20 49 5 65 2 0 11 1010 93 1.432 11.0 0.8 1.9 2.5 1.33
1984 41 CAL AL 7 13 .350 4.52 32 29 1 4 1 0 181.1 223 97 91 15 56 3 47 4 0 11 797 89 1.539 11.1 0.7 2.8 2.3 0.84
1985 42 TOT AL 4 10 .286 5.53 23 17 2 0 0 0 86.1 117 59 53 9 28 1 25 2 0 7 397 72 1.680 12.2 0.9 2.9 2.6 0.89
1985 42 CAL AL 2 4 .333 4.70 12 6 2 0 0 0 38.1 51 22 20 3 15 1 17 1 0 5 176 88 1.722 12.0 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.13
1985 42 OAK AL 2 6 .250 6.19 11 11 0 0 0 0 48.0 66 37 33 6 13 0 8 1 0 2 221 62 1.646 12.4 1.1 2.4 1.5 0.62
1986 43 NYY AL 5 3 .625 2.93 13 10 2 1 0 0 70.2 73 27 23 8 15 1 28 2 0 2 290 140 1.245 9.3 1.0 1.9 3.6 1.87
1987 44 NYY AL 13 6 .684 4.03 33 33 0 3 1 0 187.2 212 95 84 12 47 7 63 6 0 9 802 110 1.380 10.2 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.34
1988 45 NYY AL 9 8 .529 4.49 35 32 2 0 0 0 176.1 221 96 88 11 46 4 81 6 5 5 776 89 1.514 11.3 0.6 2.3 4.1 1.76
1989 46 NYY AL 2 7 .222 5.80 10 10 0 0 0 0 63.2 87 45 41 6 22 2 18 3 0 3 290 66 1.712 12.3 0.8 3.1 2.5 0.82
26 Seasons 288 231 .555 3.34 760 700 22 162 46 4 4710.1 4783 2017 1749 302 1259 102 2245 98 16 187 19692 110 1.283 9.1 0.6 2.4 4.3 1.78
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .555 3.34 35 33 1 8 2 0 219 223 94 81 14 59 5 105 5 1 9 917 110 1.283 9.1 0.6 2.4 4.3 1.78
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYY (8 yrs) 91 60 .603 3.59 214 203 7 53 12 0 1367.0 1456 621 545 80 324 19 483 33 10 46 5709 111 1.302 9.6 0.5 2.1 3.2 1.49
CHW (7 yrs) 82 80 .506 2.95 237 219 5 56 21 3 1493.1 1362 573 490 99 460 52 888 41 3 67 6168 117 1.220 8.2 0.6 2.8 5.4 1.93
LAD (6 yrs) 87 42 .674 2.97 182 174 6 37 11 1 1198.0 1169 460 396 64 296 17 649 16 2 37 4956 118 1.223 8.8 0.5 2.2 4.9 2.19
CAL (4 yrs) 24 32 .429 4.40 85 76 3 14 1 0 489.1 610 263 239 42 125 9 143 7 0 29 2135 92 1.502 11.2 0.8 2.3 2.6 1.14
CLE (2 yrs) 2 11 .154 3.61 31 17 1 2 1 0 114.2 120 63 46 11 41 5 74 0 1 6 503 100 1.404 9.4 0.9 3.2 5.8 1.80
OAK (1 yr) 2 6 .250 6.19 11 11 0 0 0 0 48.0 66 37 33 6 13 0 8 1 0 2 221 62 1.646 12.4 1.1 2.4 1.5 0.62
AL (20 yrs) 201 189 .515 3.47 578 526 16 125 35 3 3512.1 3614 1557 1353 238 963 85 1596 82 14 150 14736 108 1.303 9.3 0.6 2.5 4.1 1.66
NL (6 yrs) 87 42 .674 2.97 182 174 6 37 11 1 1198.0 1169 460 396 64 296 17 649 16 2 37 4956 118 1.223 8.8 0.5 2.2 4.9 2.19

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1977 34 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.66 2 2 0 1 0 0 13.2 11 5 1 1 5 0 11 2 0 0 60 1.171 7.2 0.7 3.3 7.2 2.20
1977 34 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 5 4 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 30 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 10.5 2.33
1978 35 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 30 0.667 4.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 2.00
1978 35 LAD NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.07 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 14 8 5 1 4 0 6 0 0 0 61 1.227 8.6 0.6 2.5 3.7 1.50
1980 37 NYY AL ALCS L KCR 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 8 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 28 1.350 10.8 1.4 1.4 4.1 3.00
1981 38 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 1.429 10.3 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.00
1981 38 NYY AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 24 1.167 9.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
1981 38 NYY AL WS L LAD 1 0 1.000 0.69 3 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 11 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 51 0.846 7.6 0.0 0.0 5.5
1982 39 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 1 1 .500 5.11 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.1 11 9 7 1 6 1 6 1 0 3 54 1.378 8.0 0.7 4.4 4.4 1.00
5 Seasons (9 Series) 6 3 .667 2.65 14 13 1 3 1 0 88.1 82 36 26 6 24 1 48 4 0 4 367 1.200 8.4 0.6 2.4 4.9 2.00
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 6.43 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 1.429 10.3 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.00
3 ALCS 2 1 .667 3.60 4 4 0 1 0 0 25.0 25 12 10 2 8 1 12 1 0 4 106 1.320 9.0 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.50
2 NLCS 2 0 1.000 0.40 3 3 0 2 1 0 22.2 15 5 1 1 7 0 15 2 0 0 90 0.971 6.0 0.4 2.8 6.0 2.14
3 WS 2 1 .667 2.67 6 5 1 0 0 0 33.2 34 14 10 1 7 0 21 1 0 0 142 1.218 9.1 0.3 1.9 5.6 3.00

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 20 CLE AL 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1964 21 CLE AL 25 27 24 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .208 .208 .208 .417 17 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1965 22 CHW AL 39 68 59 4 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 22 .169 .210 .237 .447 31 14 1 0 6 0 0 1
1966 23 CHW AL 34 76 69 6 10 1 0 2 8 0 0 3 21 .145 .181 .246 .427 26 17 1 0 4 0 0 1
1967 24 CHW AL 31 58 51 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .157 .170 .157 .327 0 8 0 0 5 1 0 1
1968 25 CHW AL 25 67 62 3 12 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 15 .194 .194 .258 .452 33 16 0 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1969 26 CHW AL 33 88 79 6 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 27 .114 .184 .139 .323 -10 11 1 0 1 1 0 1
1970 27 CHW AL 38 96 84 4 17 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 17 .202 .230 .214 .444 23 18 3 1 9 0 0 1
1971 28 CHW AL 38 81 69 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .145 .181 .145 .325 -8 10 0 0 9 0 0 1
1972 29 LAD NL 29 70 63 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .159 .159 .159 .317 -8 10 3 0 7 0 0 1
1973 30 LAD NL 36 85 74 3 15 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 17 .203 .244 .216 .460 31 16 3 0 7 0 0 1
1974 31 LAD NL 22 62 51 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .118 .151 .157 .308 -12 8 1 0 9 0 0 1
1976 33 LAD NL 31 76 64 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .109 .136 .125 .261 -25 8 4 0 10 0 0 1
1977 34 LAD NL 31 89 79 3 14 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 14 .177 .205 .228 .433 16 18 0 0 6 1 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-12
1978 35 LAD NL 33 81 66 2 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 13 .121 .159 .152 .311 -12 10 1 0 12 0 0 1 AS,CYA-8
1979 36 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-22
26 Seasons 452 1030 900 43 141 13 0 5 54 0 0 33 211 .157 .187 .188 .375 7 169 20 1 93 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 369 323 15 51 5 0 2 19 0 0 12 76 .157 .187 .188 .375 7 61 7 0 33 1 0
CHW (7 yrs) 238 534 473 26 76 6 0 4 29 0 0 19 128 .161 .194 .199 .393 13 94 6 1 39 2 0
LAD (6 yrs) 182 463 397 14 60 7 0 1 24 0 0 14 74 .151 .180 .176 .356 0 70 12 0 51 1 0
CLE (2 yrs) 31 33 30 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .167 .167 .167 .333 -6 5 2 0 3 0 0
NYY (8 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (20 yrs) 270 567 503 29 81 6 0 4 30 0 0 19 137 .161 .192 .197 .389 12 99 8 1 42 2 0
NL (6 yrs) 182 463 397 14 60 7 0 1 24 0 0 14 74 .151 .180 .176 .356 0 70 12 0 51 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 34 LAD NL WS NYY L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 35 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 38 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 7 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 NLCS 3 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1968 *
1978
1979
1980 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1976-ML-Hutch Award
1981-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-NL-12-10%
1979-AL-22-1%
0.11 Career Shares (864th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-NL--2--45%
1978-NL--8--1%
1979-AL--2--36%
1980-AL--4--10%
0.92 Career Shares (52nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1966 AL--2.623--5th
1967 AL--2.473--4th
1968 AL--1.979--5th
1977 NL--2.778--5th
1979 AL--2.964--2nd
1981 AL--2.629--5th

Wins s c a p y
1966 AL--14--6th
1973 NL--16--7th
1977 NL--20--3rd
1978 NL--17--7th
1979 AL--21--2nd
1980 AL--22--2nd
Career--288--26th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 AL--.667--5th
1972 NL--.688--5th
1973 NL--.696--1st
1977 NL--.741--4th
1978 NL--.630--6th
1979 AL--.700--5th
1980 AL--.710--5th
1987 AL--.684--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1967 AL--1.065--4th
1968 AL--1.038--6th
1972 NL--1.136--10th
1973 NL--1.156--8th
1979 AL--1.205--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL--7.217--6th
1968 AL--6.852--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL--2.300--8th
1967 AL--2.372--9th
1971 AL--2.276--9th
1972 NL--1.929--6th
1973 NL--2.064--7th
1977 NL--2.042--2nd
1978 NL--2.239--7th
1979 AL--2.117--5th
1980 AL--1.900--3rd
1982 AL--1.584--1st
1983 AL--1.879--3rd
1987 AL--2.254--7th
Career--2.406--242nd

Games Played s c a p y
Career--760--54th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1966 AL--223.0--10th
1970 AL--269.3--8th
1979 AL--276.3--2nd
1980 AL--265.3--5th
Career--4710.3--20th

Strikeouts s c a p y
Career--2245--49th

Games Started s c a p y
1966 AL--33--9th
1979 AL--36--4th
1980 AL--36--4th
1983 AL--34--9th
Career--700--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 AL--10--9th
1977 NL--11--6th
1979 AL--17--2nd
1980 AL--16--4th
Career--162--195th

Shutouts s c a p y
1966 AL--5--1st
1967 AL--6--1st
1970 AL--3--6th
1974 NL--3--8th
1977 NL--3--4th
1979 AL--3--6th
1980 AL--6--1st
Career--46--26th

Home Runs s c a p y
Career--302--46th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL--101--4th
Career--1259--41st

Hits s c a p y
1969 AL--230--9th
1970 AL--253--7th
1978 NL--230--8th
1979 AL--268--3rd
1980 AL--270--6th
1983 AL--287--1st
Career--4783--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 AL--2.421--10th
1972 NL--2.925--8th
1973 NL--2.320--9th
1977 NL--2.460--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL--.588--9th
1966 AL--.525--4th
1968 AL--.507--9th
1970 AL--.635--5th
1976 NL--.304--1st
1977 NL--.490--4th
1978 NL--.465--9th
1979 AL--.293--1st
1980 AL--.441--1st
1982 AL--.609--10th
1987 AL--.576--2nd
1988 AL--.561--5th

Losses s c a p y
1970 AL--17--3rd
1971 AL--16--7th
Career--231--19th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1983 AL--113--5th
Career--1749--16th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 AL--10--7th
1969 AL--15--3rd
1970 AL--17--1st
1971 AL--10--5th
1972 NL--10--6th
1979 AL--11--4th
1981 AL--6--8th
1983 AL--11--3rd
1984 AL--11--7th
Career--187--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL--7--3rd
1968 AL--12--2nd
1970 AL--9--3rd
1980 AL--6--7th
Career--98--65th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1970 AL--1133--8th
1979 AL--1116--2nd
1980 AL--1089--5th
1983 AL--1010--10th
Career--19692--16th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1966 AL--120--7th
1967 AL--121--8th
1968 AL--161--3rd
1977 NL--138--6th
1979 AL--137--3rd
1981 AL--135--6th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1970 AL--9--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1981 AL--born 1943-05-22--8th
1982 AL--born 1943-05-22--8th
1983 AL--born 1943-05-22--5th
1984 AL--born 1943-05-22--3rd
1985 AL--born 1943-05-22--2nd
1986 AL--born 1943-05-22--2nd
1987 AL--born 1943-05-22--2nd
1988 AL--born 1943-05-22--1st
1989 AL--born 1943-05-22--1st

Youngest s c a p y
1963 AL--born 1943-05-22--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 8 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 137 (121), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 111 (79), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 44 (53), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Jon Matlack (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eppa Rixey (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Guy Morton (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jon Matlack (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Mitchell (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jon Matlack (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jon Matlack (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Burt Hooton (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  13. Burt Hooton (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Rube Marquard (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jim Bunning (937) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jim Bunning (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Luis Tiant (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Dennis Martinez (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Dennis Martinez (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Dennis Martinez (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Dennis Martinez (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Dennis Martinez (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Jim Kaat (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  24. Phil Niekro (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  25. Phil Niekro (858) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 12, 1961: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

January 20, 1965: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians with Tommie Agee and Johnny Romano to the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later, Mike Hershberger and Jim Landis to the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Steve Huntz to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dick Allen.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

August 31, 1982: Traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for . The California Angels sent Dennis Rasmussen (November 24, 1982) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

June 19, 1985: Released by the California Angels.

July 12, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

May 2, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 10, 1988: Released by the New York Yankees.

February 13, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

May 30, 1989: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Oakland Athletics$600,000
1986California Angels$440,000
New York Yankees$60,000
1987New York Yankees$350,000
1988New York Yankees$375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,825,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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