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: 13-19 / in Starts: 12-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 1

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	615	6	Apr 8	CAL		TOR	W,4-3	GS-7		99	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.29	1.91	24	5	12	0	0	4	68			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.246	.90	0.13%	2.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	616	10	Apr 13	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	L(0-1)	4	8.1	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.76	2.44	31	13	9	0	0	7	61			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	-0.158	1.24	-0.11%	1.60	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
3	617	14	Apr 17	CAL	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-1)	3	6.2	8	3	2	2	0	1	2	2.05	3.68	33	8	14	2	0	7	46			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.09	0.060	1.20	0.04%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
4	618	18	Apr 22	CAL	@	TOR	W,9-6	GS-6		4	5.2	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	2.60	3.60	27	12	6	0	0	8	38			1	0	0	26	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.23	-0.141	1.63	-0.11%	-0.52	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out tie
5	619	22	Apr 26	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	7.2	10	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.55	3.53	37	10	9	0	0	10	51			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.076	1.58	0.08%	1.37	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
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	620	27	May 1	CAL		OAK	W,4-1	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	8.0	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.08	3.34	29	11	10	0	0	2	78			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.379	2.28	0.53%	2.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
7	621	31	May 6	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	7	3	3	3	0	1	0	2.28	3.68	34	16	8	0	0	7	53			1	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	.98	0.018	2.47	0.03%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
8	622	36	May 12	CAL	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.24	3.58	33	12	9	0	0	8	63			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.28	0.381	2.02	0.36%	2.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	623	40	May 18	CAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9		5	8.2	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.35	3.62	33	14	6	0	0	9	56			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.25	0.328	2.29	0.36%	2.52	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a2
10	624	44	May 23	CAL		DET	L,2-4	GS-5		4	5.0	8	2	2	5	2	0	1	2.43	3.75	26	7	3	0	0	8	40			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.023	2.53	0.03%	0.45	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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
11	625	53	Jun 2	CAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-6		9	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.48	3.79	25	7	6	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	0.118	1.82	0.16%	1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
12	626	58	Jun 7	CAL	@	CHW	L,10-11	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	4.1	8	8	8	1	0	1	0	3.20	3.93	22	7	6	0	0	8	14			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.243	2.38	-0.41%	-4.34	1b start a 4	5b 12- 1 out a1
13	627	62	Jun 13	CAL		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-5)	5	7.0	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3.05	3.96	30	10	10	0	0	9	54			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.081	3.20	0.16%	1.43	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	628	67	Jun 18	CAL		TEX	L,2-6	GS-3	L(3-6)	4	2.2	7	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.45	4.02	16	4	2	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	.74	-0.329	2.09	-0.56%	-3.76	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
15	629	71	Jun 23	CAL		KCR	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	12	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.64	4.07	25	9	3	0	0	12	28			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.30	-0.196	3.74	-0.34%	-1.55	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
16	630	76	Jun 28	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-6)	4	6.0	10	3	3	1	0	0	1	3.69	4.05	29	15	2	0	0	10	39			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.092	2.96	-0.15%	-0.53	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a4
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
17	631	81	Jul 3	CAL	@	TOR	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	7.0	8	4	4	0	3	3	0	3.78	4.27	29	12	6	0	0	8	48			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.43	-0.119	1.25	-0.21%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
18	632	86	Jul 8(2)	CAL	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-7)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.50	4.19	34	17	6	1	0	8	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.395	1.91	0.58%	4.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	633	90	Jul 15	CAL		MIL	W,7-6	GS-8		6	7.0	8	5	5	4	1	1	0	3.66	4.29	32	12	7	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.067	2.78	-0.12%	-1.57	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
20	634	95	Jul 21	CAL		BOS	L,4-16	GS-5	L(5-8)	5	4.1	9	6	5	2	1	2	0	3.88	4.47	24	8	4	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.499	3.29	-0.94%	-4.07	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
21	635	100	Jul 27	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(5-9)	5	6.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.84	4.39	28	12	2	0	0	9	47			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	.77	0.020	3.28	0.05%	1.09	1b start tie	6b 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
22	636	105	Aug 1	CAL	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS-8	W(6-9)	4	7.1	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.83	4.34	29	14	6	0	0	6	53			1	1	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.122	3.38	0.24%	0.99	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a4
23	637	110	Aug 6	CAL	@	SEA	W,8-4	GS-7	W(7-9)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.77	4.29	29	12	9	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.171	1.60	0.33%	1.39	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a5
24	638	114	Aug 10	CAL		OAK	L,6-7	GS-3		3	2.1	6	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.01	4.34	12	2	1	0	0	6	26			0	1	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.177	2.88	-0.35%	-2.71	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out a2
25	639	119	Aug 15	CAL	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	10	4	3	1	3	0	0	4.02	4.26	27	10	3	0	0	10	40			1	1	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.214	3.79	-0.44%	-1.06	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
26	640	124	Aug 20	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	L(7-11)	4	4.2	8	8	8	3	1	0	0	4.35	4.26	24	10	2	0	0	8	14			0	0	0	21	2	2	0	2	0	0	.71	-0.408	1.65	-0.57%	-4.85	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 2 out d5
27	641	129	Aug 26	CAL		DET	L,6-12	GS-3	L(7-12)	5	2.1	2	5	5	6	0	0	0	4.55	4.35	14	4	2	0	0	2	27			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.193	2.44	-0.21%	-2.09	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
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
28	642	138	Sep 5	CAL	@	CLE	W,11-4	8-GF		9	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.32	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.005	.12	0.01%	1.01	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
29	643	141	Sep 9	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-8	6-6		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.49	4.34	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.015	.47	-0.04%	-1.52	6b 12- 1 out d5	6b 12- 2 out d7
30	644	149	Sep 18	CAL		KCR	L,0-10	7-8		8	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.49	4.31	9	5	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.15	0.00%	-0.02	7t --- 0 out d7	8t 3 out d8
31	645	153	Sep 22	CAL		TEX	L,7-9	GS-3		3	2.2	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.58	4.32	15	6	1	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.205	7.34	-0.76%	-2.13	1t start tie	3t -23 2 out a1
32	646	159	Sep 27	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-13)	4	6.1	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.52	4.32	28	10	5	2	0	9	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.33	0.014	.26	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d1
							13-19		W-L:7-13	4.5	181.1	223	97	91	56	47	15	4	4.52	4.32	797	1.75		1%	0%	222	44	2	100%	12	6	1	728	38	5	3	24	6	8	.97	-0.619	2.26	-2.22%	-3.89

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