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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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-20 / in Starts: 4-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 6

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	7	12	May 3(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	1.61	29	12	7	1	0	3	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.466	2.40	0.82%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	8	17	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS-1	L(1-1)	4	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.89	3.03	5	3	0	0	0	2	31			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.283	3.93	-0.61%	-3.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d3
3	9	21	May 11	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	GS-9	W(2-1)	2	8.2	9	6	1	1	5	0	0	2.00	2.44	34	11	8	2	0	9	56			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.57	0.182	1.48	0.28%	-0.34	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a7
4	10	26	May 17(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	6.0	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.63	3.02	28	10	4	1	0	9	43			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.097	2.91	-0.21%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
5	11	30	May 23	CLE		DET	W,11-9	GS-4		5	4.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.54	3.57	18	5	5	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.272	3.19	-0.47%	-2.19	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
6	12	34	May 29	CLE	@	WSA	L,4-8	GS-5		5	4.2	5	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.86	3.49	22	5	3	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	18	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.08	-0.063	2.60	-0.09%	-0.48	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
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
7	13	40	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	GS-8	L(2-3)	4	7.1	8	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.83	3.73	34	12	8	0	0	8	50			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.12	-0.004	3.75	-0.01%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d3
8	14	45	Jun 7(2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-6	5-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.79	3.80	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.024	2.66	0.03%	0.47	5t 1-3 2 out d3	5t 3 out d3
9	15	49	Jun 10(2)	CLE		LAA	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	2	7.0	7	5	1	2	7	0	0	3.42	3.45	31	11	4	1	0	7	56			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	1	.87	-0.316	1.44	-0.31%	-1.84	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	16	54	Jun 14(2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	3	6.1	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.52	3.61	28	8	6	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.46	-0.244	1.91	-0.19%	-0.32	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
11	17	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-6)	5	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.41	3.48	28	12	3	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	25	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.01	0.033	1.43	0.03%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
12	18	66	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(2-7)	5	8.2	9	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.38	3.61	40	14	9	1	0	9	54			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.91	-0.404	2.27	-0.29%	1.17	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
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
13	19	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-8)	4	7.0	3	2	1	0	6	1	0	3.18	3.54	25	12	4	0	0	3	71			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.071	.37	0.02%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	20	77	Jul 5(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	3-4		3	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.33	3.51	10	2	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.43	-0.072	.10	-0.01%	-1.12	3b --- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d5
15	21	81	Jul 11	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	GS-3	L(2-9)	5	2.2	6	5	4	0	2	2	0	3.67	3.75	14	4	2	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.446	.08	-0.02%	-3.74	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d2
16	22	83	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	8-8		1	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.78	3.95	3	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-2.20	8t 1-- 2 out d3	8t 12- 2 out d5
17	23	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCA	W,12-9	GS-1		2	0.2	3	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.30	4.03	8	1	0	0	0	3	24			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.258	.02	0.00%	-4.75	1b start a 7	1b 1-- 2 out a2
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
18	24	150	Sep 20(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	5-5		65	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.48	4.00	5	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-0.95	5b --- 0 out a1	5b 12- 2 out tie
19	25	153	Sep 22(2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	4.00	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.57	6t -23 2 out d2	6t 3 out d2
20	26	155	Sep 23(2)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	5-6		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.38	3.92	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.59	5t 1-3 1 out d4	6t 3 out d3
21	27	156	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	L,6-10	2-2		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.36	3.92	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.53	2t 1-3 2 out d3	2t 3 out d4
22	28	157	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	7-8		0	2.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	3.92	9	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.39	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.10	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
23	29	158	Sep 27	CLE		BAL	L,0-4	6-8		0	3.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.12	3.90	12	6	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	.28	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.36	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
24	30	162	Oct 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	5-7		4	2.2	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.00	3.79	10	3	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.078	.00	0.00%	2.45	5b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d3
25	31	164	Oct 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	7-8		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.91	3.72	8	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.186	.00	0.00%	0.92	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
							5-20		W-L:2-9	2.8	94.1	97	53	41	35	65	10	0	3.91	3.72	411	2.07		3%	0%	93	49	12	25%	2	0	0	369	16	4	4	14	2	7	1.01	-1.617	1.71	-1.03%	-8.46

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