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: 7-6 / in Starts: 6-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 2

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	670	22	May 2	NYY		TEX	L,0-7	6-8		99	2.1	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	3.86	11.34	11	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.001	.08	0.00%	0.47	6t 12- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d7
2	671	27	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.93	5.13	26	12	5	0	0	5	63			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	0.299	1.76	0.31%	2.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
3	672	32	May 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	7.0	5	4	3	1	1	2	1	2.76	5.95	27	18	4	2	0	2	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	-0.118	2.18	-0.14%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
4	673	37	May 18	NYY		SEA	W,11-3	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.60	5.77	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
5	674	42	May 24	NYY		CAL	W,7-6	GS-5		5	5.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.82	5.14	23	12	4	1	0	5	45			1	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.34	0.047	2.48	0.05%	0.56	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
6	675	49	Jun 1	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-1	GS-8	W(3-0)	7	8.0	9	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.37	4.16	32	15	1	0	0	8	66			0	2	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	0.253	2.01	0.28%	2.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
7	676	54	Jun 7	NYY		BAL	L,5-7	GS-4	L(3-1)	5	4.0	4	6	3	1	0	2	0	2.88	4.84	18	11	2	1	0	4	35			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.297	1.44	-0.33%	-3.96	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
8	677	55	Jun 8	NYY		BAL	L,9-18	7-GF		0	3.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.62	5.02	16	9	2	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	.02	-0.007	.03	-0.01%	-3.47	7t 12- 0 out d6	9t end d10
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
9	678	111	Aug 8	NYY		KCR	W,2-0	GS-8	W(4-1)	60	7.2	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.00	4.48	29	12	6	0	0	5	73			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.446	1.63	0.38%	3.86	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
10	679	116	Aug 13	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	GS-8	W(5-1)	4	7.1	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.58	4.19	26	12	5	1	0	5	68			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.386	2.18	0.54%	3.17	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
11	680	120	Aug 19	NYY		SEA	L,3-7	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.2	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.00	4.31	21	9	5	1	0	5	34			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	.98	0.004	1.56	0.00%	0.11	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out a1
12	681	124	Aug 24	NYY		OAK	L,4-11	GS-6		4	5.2	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.16	4.38	26	9	6	0	0	6	42			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.040	1.38	-0.03%	0.29	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out tie
13	682	129	Aug 30(1)	NYY	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-3)	5	8.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	1	2.93	4.17	32	21	1	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.65	0.224	2.15	0.18%	3.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							7-6		W-L:5-3	4.4	70.2	73	27	23	15	28	8	2	2.93	4.17	290	3.11		4%	0%	56	54	4	50%	6	4	0	265	7	0	1	10	3	6	1.04	1.196	1.71	1.24%	9.89

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