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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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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

61.6

288

231

ERA

3.34

760

700

4710.1

2245

WHIP

1.283

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-21 / in Starts: 17-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	50 (27-16-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (25-15-8)

Most Driven In
W Williams	1
M Andrews	1
M Hershberger	0
B Melton	0

Most Driven In By
P Kelly	2
W Williams	0

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	232	1	Apr 7 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.10	-0.036	1.75	-0.03%	-0.25	P
2	233	4 (2)	Apr 10	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.58	-0.078	3.04	-0.09%	-0.62	P
3	234	8 (3)	Apr 14	CHW		MIL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.055	1.49	-0.05%	-0.42	P
4	235	12 (3)	Apr 18 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,2-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.23	-0.006	.29	0.00%	-0.14	P
5	236	16 (3)	Apr 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.23	-0.041	1.11	-0.02%	-0.45	P
6	237	19 (2)	Apr 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.75	-0.119	1.16	-0.05%	-1.01	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	238	22 (2)	May 1	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.11	-0.001	.90	0.00%	0.21	P
8	239	26 (3)	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	240	28 (1)	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
10	241	37 (8)	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-10	3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
11	242	38	May 25	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
12	243	43 (4)	May 31 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.93	-0.014	.39	0.00%	-0.05	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	244	47 (3)	Jun 5	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.99	0.061	.32	0.01%	0.84	P
14	245	50 (2)	Jun 9	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	1.64	-0.215	.40	-0.03%	-1.81	P
15	246	54 (3)	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300	9	.99	-0.005	.14	0.00%	0.09	P
16	247	58 (3)	Jun 17	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	9	1.61	-0.110	.16	-0.01%	-0.86	P
17	248	62 (3)	Jun 21	CHW		KCR	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9	.52	0.004	.02	0.00%	0.55	P
18	249	65 (2)	Jun 25	CHW		CAL	W,2-0	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	9	.33	0.006	.02	0.00%	0.06	P
19	250	70 (4)	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.138	.331	9	1.28	-0.071	.05	0.00%	-0.69	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	251	75 (4)	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	1.06	-0.077	.11	-0.01%	-0.42	P
21	252	80 (4)	Jul 7	CHW		OAK	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	1.29	-0.067	.08	0.00%	-0.55	P
22	253	84 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.154	.108	.262	9	1.06	-0.082	.07	0.00%	-0.44	P
23	254	87 (2)	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.140	.098	.237	9	.65	-0.061	.03	0.00%	-0.83	P
24	255	92 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.133	.093	.226	9	1.12	-0.078	.03	0.00%	-1.08	P
25	256	96 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.128	.089	.217	9	1.98	-0.089	.03	0.00%	-0.66	P
26	257	100 (3)	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.125	.087	.212	9	1.18	-0.045	.02	0.00%	-0.39	P
27	258	104 (3)	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.122	.085	.208	9	.70	-0.017	.07	0.00%	-0.14	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	259	109 (4)	Aug 4	CHW	@	CAL	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	.08	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
29	260	113 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,9-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.164	.115	.279	9	.69	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.13	P
30	261	118 (4)	Aug 13	CHW		BAL	L,1-12	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.164	.115	.279	9						P
31	262	121 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.164	.115	.279	9						P
32	263	125 (3)	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.164	.115	.279	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	264	135 (9)	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	9	1.18	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
34	265	141 (5)	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.169	.125	.294	9	.29	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.03	P
35	266	144 (2)	Sep 11	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.177	.136	.313	9	.94	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
36	267	149 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	.13	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
37	268	154 (4)	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.188	.152	.340	9	1.20	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
38	269	158 (3)	Sep 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.181	.145	.325	9	1.34	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
							17-21		81	69	3	10	0	0	0	2	3	0	14	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	.145	.181	.145	.325		.97	-1.413	.32	-0.29%	-11.27

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