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: 9-11 / in Starts: 9-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	524	1	Apr 9	NYY		TEX	W,10-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	7	3	2	4	2	0	1	2.25	3.98	36	9	13	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.062	.66	0.02%	0.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
2	525	4	Apr 13	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.2	7	5	5	3	7	0	0	4.30	3.01	28	9	2	0	0	7	44			1	1	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.199	.70	-0.09%	-1.98	1b start a 1	7b --3 2 out d4
3	526	7	Apr 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-6	GS-5		4	4.1	7	4	3	1	2	1	0	4.74	3.55	21	8	3	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.142	.83	-0.06%	-1.70	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a1
4	527	12	Apr 24	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-1)	5	7.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.81	3.41	29	10	7	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	0.336	1.16	0.16%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
5	528	16	Apr 28	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	1	3.09	3.60	32	13	11	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.323	.83	0.17%	3.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	529	21	May 3(2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-0	GS-9	W(4-1)	4	8.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.51	3.34	29	12	10	1	1	3	74			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.423	.94	0.21%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
7	530	25	May 7	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-2)	3	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.47	3.29	31	13	6	2	0	6	62			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.026	.97	0.01%	1.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	531	30	May 13	NYY		OAK	L,4-5	GS-5	L(4-3)	5	4.0	7	5	5	3	0	1	0	3.11	3.64	22	8	4	0	0	7	25			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.226	.79	-0.11%	-2.59	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d4
9	532	34	May 18	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	7.2	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	2.87	3.65	30	14	6	0	0	7	58			0	2	0	27	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.361	.88	0.17%	2.35	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
10	533	37	May 22	NYY		CLE	L,3-7	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	5.0	6	4	4	5	1	1	0	3.19	3.96	25	10	4	0	0	5	35			1	0	0	17	1	0	1	2	1	1	1.47	-0.234	1.55	-0.15%	-1.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
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
11	534	57	Aug 10	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	GS-7	W(6-4)	79	7.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.89	3.67	23	11	4	0	0	2	79			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.390	.89	0.25%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
12	535	66	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	GS-4		8	3.1	10	5	1	0	1	0	1	2.88	3.64	20	8	0	0	0	10	29			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.64	-0.471	1.40	-0.24%	-3.70	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
13	536	70	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	L,2-3	GS-10		4	9.1	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.78	3.46	36	17	8	1	2	8	67			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.47	0.236	.94	0.09%	1.98	1t start tie	10t 1-- 1 out tie
14	537	75	Aug 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-2	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	7.0	6	2	0	1	2	1	0	2.58	3.52	29	12	8	0	0	6	62			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.171	.65	0.06%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
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
15	538	80	Sep 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-5)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.64	3.42	29	13	7	2	0	5	60			1	2	1	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.062	.69	-0.04%	0.56	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
16	539	85	Sep 9(1)	NYY		MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.59	3.47	35	17	7	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.375	1.98	0.39%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	540	90	Sep 14	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-2	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.54	3.51	37	16	10	0	1	8	62			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.111	.74	0.11%	1.89	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
18	541	95	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(9-6)	5	8.0	10	4	3	4	3	2	0	2.59	3.70	37	12	8	1	0	10	47			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.153	1.51	-0.16%	-0.14	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
19	542	100	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	L(9-7)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.49	3.63	36	15	7	0	0	9	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.276	.05	0.01%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
20	543	106	Oct 3	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-3	L(9-8)	7	3.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.63	3.71	15	3	3	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-1.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
							9-11		W-L:9-8	4.4	140.1	135	50	41	39	50	10	3	2.63	3.71	580	1.80		3%	1%	130	55		---%	8	6	1	528	17	2	2	17	2	7	1.06	1.399	.92	0.79%	13.63

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