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: 20-15 / in Starts: 19-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	298	3	Apr 8	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	0.00	2.43	31	14	2	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.25	0.211	1.76	0.18%	1.89	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a4
2	299	8	Apr 13	LAD		ATL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.1	10	3	3	3	6	0	0	1.84	2.29	34	7	8	0	2	10	49			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	-0.020	1.02	-0.01%	0.20	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a4
3	300	13	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,2-7	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.06	2.51	18	4	1	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	-0.252	2.68	-0.23%	-2.04	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d2
4	301	17	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	6-8		3	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.70	2.32	9	5	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.057	.50	0.05%	1.61	6t 123 2 out d3	8t 3 out d3
5	302	19	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	7-9		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	2.17	10	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.271	1.09	0.12%	1.38	7b --- 0 out d1	9b 3 out tie
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
6	303	23	May 1	LAD		CHC	L,5-9	GS-3	L(2-2)	5	2.0	6	5	3	2	1	0	0	3.24	2.37	15	5	3	2	0	4	27			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.319	1.14	-0.20%	-4.03	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d4
7	304	27	May 5	LAD		STL	W,11-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.18	2.24	34	13	6	0	0	7	65			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	2	0	.31	0.027	.29	0.02%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
8	305	35	May 15	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		9	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	2.29	7	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.015	.16	0.01%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
9	306	39	May 19	LAD	@	ATL	T,7-7	GS-8		3	7.2	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.30	2.63	32	10	10	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.209	1.37	0.21%	1.55	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a4
10	307	44	May 24	LAD		NYM	L,3-7	GS-7		4	6.1	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.24	2.59	26	10	5	0	1	10	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.31	-0.096	1.93	-0.08%	-0.24	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a1
11	308	49	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	GS-9	W(4-2)	4	8.1	9	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.24	2.79	35	12	6	1	1	9	56			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.152	1.33	0.17%	-0.52	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a6
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	309	53	Jun 3	LAD		MON	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.49	2.97	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.115	.70	-0.14%	-1.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
13	310	57	Jun 8	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	5	3	1	2	2	1	0	3.24	3.15	30	13	10	1	1	3	60			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.009	1.93	0.01%	0.13	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a2
14	311	62	Jun 13	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-16	GS-2	L(5-3)	4	1.0	6	8	2	0	0	1	0	3.46	3.33	11	3	2	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	.75	-0.414	1.72	-0.57%	-7.15	1b start tie	2b -2- 0 out d7
15	312	67	Jun 19	LAD		ATL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(6-3)	5	7.0	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.13	3.32	29	10	9	2	1	7	62			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.274	3.08	0.43%	2.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
16	313	72	Jun 23(2)	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.90	3.20	31	18	7	2	3	2	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.233	3.20	0.46%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	314	77	Jun 28(2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	GS-6	W(8-3)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	1	3.05	3.23	21	5	8	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.030	2.18	0.05%	0.50	1b start a 2	6b 12- 0 out a3
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	315	83	Jul 3	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	6.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.14	3.13	24	11	4	1	1	6	51			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.096	2.62	-0.15%	-0.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
19	316	88	Jul 8	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.07	28	15	5	0	2	5	69			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.39	0.433	3.73	0.70%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
20	317	92	Jul 13	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.74	3.06	31	16	12	4	1	2	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.240	1.27	0.39%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	318	97	Jul 18	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-6	L(9-5)	4	6.0	5	3	3	2	5	2	0	2.83	3.22	25	10	3	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.159	1.53	-0.17%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
22	319	101	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	3.20	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.021	1.68	0.03%	0.31	8b -2- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
23	320	102	Jul 26	LAD		HOU	W,3-1	GS-9	W(10-5)	3	8.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.70	3.13	34	16	5	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.375	2.33	0.60%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
24	321	107	Jul 31	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	7.0	3	3	3	2	4	0	1	2.76	3.10	27	12	5	0	1	3	61			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	1	.91	-0.134	2.36	-0.21%	0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
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
25	322	112	Aug 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	7.2	7	3	2	1	2	1	0	2.74	3.16	29	16	3	2	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.088	3.67	0.20%	0.53	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a1
26	323	117	Aug 10	LAD		PHI	L,3-5	GS-7	L(11-7)	4	6.0	8	4	4	0	4	1	0	2.87	3.17	25	9	4	1	0	8	44			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.363	3.27	-0.60%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d1
27	324	121	Aug 14	LAD		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.92	3.18	29	13	0	0	0	7	56			0	1	0	27	0	2	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.078	3.04	-0.15%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	325	125	Aug 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.85	3.24	24	17	4	2	1	1	65			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.203	2.92	0.44%	2.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
29	326	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.69	3.15	32	15	6	0	1	2	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.10	0.474	3.71	0.96%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	327	134	Aug 29	LAD	@	MON	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.1	6	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.77	3.10	31	12	6	3	0	6	58			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.187	1.69	0.27%	1.39	1b start a 3	9b 12- 1 out a3
Sept				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
31	328	139	Sep 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-11	GS-7		4	6.2	8	6	6	0	6	1	0	2.96	3.09	27	8	5	0	0	8	40			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.082	2.75	0.23%	-1.07	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a4
32	329	144	Sep 8	LAD		SDP	L,6-9	GS-8		4	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.04	3.18	30	14	3	1	0	6	52			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.196	2.20	-0.41%	-0.91	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d2
33	330	148	Sep 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,8-6	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	5.1	8	6	4	3	5	0	0	3.14	3.16	28	7	5	0	1	8	34			4	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.454	1.37	-0.34%	-3.91	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a1
34	331	153	Sep 18	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.08	3.14	28	11	4	1	1	5	65			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.279	.79	0.12%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a3
35	332	158	Sep 23	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(15-7)	4	7.1	7	4	4	0	4	2	0	3.14	3.20	29	15	3	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	3	0	3	.61	0.105	.00	0.00%	0.41	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a4
36	333	161	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-6	W(16-7)	4	6.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.10	3.20	28	8	6	2	1	8	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.227	.00	0.00%	1.52	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
							20-15		W-L:16-7	3.9	218.0	202	88	75	50	116	16	4	3.10	3.20	888	2.18		5%	4%	190	55	4	0%	6	5	0	821	30	5	2	29	4	16	.93	1.506	1.96	2.37%	12.75

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