Tommy John

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1961	18	-2.2	Dubuque	MIDW	D	CLE	10	4	.714	3.17	4.81	14	13		4	1		88.0	74	47	31	2	59		99	2	1	7		1.511	7.6	0.2	6.0	10.1	1.68
1962	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	CLE	8	10	.444	4.06	4.83	29	27		8	1		162.0	158	87	73	4	87	4	141	9	1	9		1.512	8.8	0.2	4.8	7.8	1.62
1962	19	-7.1	Jacksonville	IL	AAA	CLE	2	2	.500	4.76	5.29	8	7		1	1		34.0	29	20	18	0	16	0	27	4	0	5		1.324	7.7	0.0	4.2	7.1	1.69
1962	19	-3.6	Charleston	EL	A	CLE	6	8	.429	3.87	4.71	21	20		7	0		128.0	129	67	55	4	71	4	114	5	1	4		1.563	9.1	0.3	5.0	8.0	1.61
1963	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	15	10	.600	2.60	3.56	30	26		12	4		197.0	200	78	57	7	51	4	108	0	0	6		1.274	9.1	0.3	2.3	4.9	2.12
1963	20	-5.7	Jacksonville	IL	AAA	CLE	6	8	.429	3.53	4.68	18	14		4	2		102.0	115	53	40	6	39	3	63	0	0	3		1.510	10.1	0.5	3.4	5.6	1.62
1963	20	-2.6	Charleston	EL	AA	CLE	9	2	.818	1.61	2.37	12	12		8	2		95.0	85	25	17	1	12	1	45	0	0	3		1.021	8.1	0.1	1.1	4.3	3.75
1963	20	-7.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	2	.000	2.21	4.43	6	3	1	0	0	0	20.1	23	10	5	1	6	1	9	0	0	1	91	1.426	10.2	0.4	2.7	4.0	1.50
1964	21	-4.1	Portland	PCL	AAA	CLE	6	6	.500	4.26	4.62	13	11		5	0		74.0	75	38	35	5	24	3	72	4	0	8		1.338	9.1	0.6	2.9	8.8	3.00
1964	21	-6.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	9	.182	3.91	5.06	25	14	0	2	1	0	94.1	97	53	41	10	35	4	65	0	1	5	412	1.399	9.3	1.0	3.3	6.2	1.86
1965	22	-5.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	14	7	.667	3.09	3.28	39	27	4	6	1	2	183.2	162	67	63	12	58	6	126	2	0	8	752	1.198	7.9	0.6	2.8	6.2	2.17
1966	23	-4.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	14	11	.560	2.62	3.07	34	33	0	10	5	0	223.0	195	76	65	13	57	4	138	7	1	10	904	1.130	7.9	0.5	2.3	5.6	2.42
1967	24	-2.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	13	.435	2.47	3.13	31	29	1	9	6	0	178.1	143	62	49	12	47	7	110	5	0	5	715	1.065	7.2	0.6	2.4	5.6	2.34
1968	25	-2.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	10	5	.667	1.98	2.28	25	25	0	5	1	0	177.1	135	45	39	10	49	4	117	12	1	2	705	1.038	6.9	0.5	2.5	5.9	2.39
1969	26	-1.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	9	11	.450	3.25	3.53	33	33	0	6	2	0	232.1	230	91	84	16	90	10	128	1	1	15	984	1.377	8.9	0.6	3.5	5.0	1.42
1970	27	-0.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	12	17	.414	3.27	3.91	37	37	0	10	3	0	269.1	253	117	98	19	101	16	138	9	0	17	1133	1.314	8.5	0.6	3.4	4.6	1.37
1971	28	1.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	13	16	.448	3.61	4.51	38	35	0	10	3	0	229.1	244	115	92	17	58	5	131	5	0	10	975	1.317	9.6	0.7	2.3	5.1	2.26
1972	29	1.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	11	5	.688	2.89	3.28	29	29	0	4	1	0	186.2	172	68	60	14	40	1	117	3	0	10	766	1.136	8.3	0.7	1.9	5.6	2.93
1973	30	2.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	7	.696	3.10	3.63	36	31	3	4	2	0	218.0	202	88	75	16	50	2	116	4	0	3	888	1.156	8.3	0.7	2.1	4.8	2.32
1974	31	3.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	3	.813	2.59	3.00	22	22	0	5	3	0	153.0	133	51	44	4	42	0	78	1	0	5	616	1.144	7.8	0.2	2.5	4.6	1.86

1976	33	5.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	10	10	.500	3.09	3.30	31	31	0	6	2	0	207.0	207	76	71	7	61	4	91	0	1	7	868	1.295	9.0	0.3	2.7	4.0	1.49
1977	34	6.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	20	7	.741	2.78	3.35	31	31	0	11	3	0	220.1	225	82	68	12	50	3	123	3	0	6	906	1.248	9.2	0.5	2.0	5.0	2.46
1978	35	7.0	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	10	.630	3.30	4.01	33	30	3	7	0	1	213.0	230	95	78	11	53	7	124	5	1	6	912	1.329	9.7	0.5	2.2	5.2	2.34
1979	36	8.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	21	9	.700	2.96	3.55	37	36	1	17	3	0	276.1	268	109	91	9	65	1	111	4	1	11	1116	1.205	8.7	0.3	2.1	3.6	1.71
1980	37	9.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	22	9	.710	3.43	3.90	36	36	0	16	6	0	265.1	270	115	101	13	56	1	78	6	0	5	1089	1.229	9.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	1.39
1981	38	10.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	8	.529	2.63	3.21	20	20	0	7	0	0	140.1	135	50	41	10	39	2	50	3	2	6	580	1.240	8.7	0.6	2.5	3.2	1.28
1982	39		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CAL-NYY	14	12	.538	3.69	4.14	37	33	2	10	2	0	221.2	239	102	91	15	39	1	68	3	2	7	918	1.254	9.7	0.6	1.6	2.8	1.74
1982	39	10.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	10	10	.500	3.66	4.05	30	26	2	9	2	0	186.2	190	84	76	11	34	1	54	3	2	5	766	1.200	9.2	0.5	1.6	2.6	1.59
1982	39	10.8	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	4	2	.667	3.86	4.63	7	7	0	1	0	0	35.0	49	18	15	4	5	0	14	0	0	2	152	1.543	12.6	1.0	1.3	3.6	2.80
1983	40	11.5	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	11	13	.458	4.33	4.83	34	34	0	9	0	0	234.2	287	126	113	20	49	5	65	2	0	11	1010	1.432	11.0	0.8	1.9	2.5	1.33
1984	41	12.6	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	7	13	.350	4.52	4.81	32	29	1	4	1	0	181.1	223	97	91	15	56	3	47	4	0	11	797	1.539	11.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	0.84
1985	42		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	OAK	0	0		4.76	5.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	10	9	0	10	0	14	1	0	0		1.529	8.5	0.0	5.3	7.4	1.40
1985	42		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CAL-OAK	4	10	.286	5.53	6.15	23	17	2	0	0	0	86.1	117	59	53	9	28	1	25	2	0	7	397	1.680	12.2	0.9	2.9	2.6	0.89
1985	42	19.4	Modesto	CALL	A	OAK	0	0		5.73	6.55	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	8	7	0	6	0	11	1	0	0		1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	9.0	1.83
1985	42	20.1	Madison	MIDW	A	OAK	0	0		3.00	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	0		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	4.5	0.75
1985	42	13.6	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	2	4	.333	4.70	5.17	12	6	2	0	0	0	38.1	51	22	20	3	15	1	17	1	0	5	176	1.722	12.0	0.7	3.5	4.0	1.13
1985	42	13.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	2	6	.250	6.19	6.94	11	11	0	0	0	0	48.0	66	37	33	6	13	0	8	1	0	2	221	1.646	12.4	1.1	2.4	1.5	0.62
1986	43	20.7	Fort Lauderdale	FLOR	A	NYY	2	0	1.000	0.00	1.32	3	3	0	1	1	0	13.2	7	2	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0		0.585	4.6	0.0	0.7	4.6	7.00
1986	43	14.8	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	3	.625	2.93	3.44	13	10	2	1	0	0	70.2	73	27	23	8	15	1	28	2	0	2	290	1.245	9.3	1.0	1.9	3.6	1.87
1987	44	15.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	13	6	.684	4.03	4.56	33	33	0	3	1	0	187.2	212	95	84	12	47	7	63	6	0	9	802	1.380	10.2	0.6	2.3	3.0	1.34
1988	45	16.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	9	8	.529	4.49	4.90	35	32	2	0	0	0	176.1	221	96	88	11	46	4	81	6	5	5	776	1.514	11.3	0.6	2.3	4.1	1.76
1989	46	17.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	7	.222	5.80	6.36	10	10	0	0	0	0	63.2	87	45	41	6	22	2	18	3	0	3	290	1.712	12.3	0.8	3.1	2.5	0.82
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (26 seasons)					Majors		288	231	.555	3.34	3.85	760	700	22	162	46	3	4710.1	4783	2017	1749	302	1259	102	2245	98	16	187	19692	1.283	9.1	0.6	2.4	4.3	1.78
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		41	30	.577	3.34	4.27	92	83	0	30	7	0	551.2	530	262	205	18	232	11	441	17	2	30		1.381	8.6	0.3	3.8	7.2	1.90
All Levels (28 Seasons)							329	261	.558	3.34	3.90	852	783	22	192	53	3	5262.0	5313	2279	1954	320	1491	113	2686	115	18	217	19692	1.293	9.1	0.5	2.6	4.6	1.80

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		14	16	.467	3.99	4.76	39	32		10	3		210.0	219	111	93	11	79	6	162	8	0	16		1.419	9.4	0.5	3.4	6.9	2.05
AA (1 season)					Minors		9	2	.818	1.61	2.37	12	12		8	2		95.0	85	25	17	1	12	1	45	0	0	3		1.021	8.1	0.1	1.1	4.3	3.75
A (3 seasons)					Minors		8	8	.500	3.63	4.48	27	26	0	8	1	0	158.2	152	79	64	4	82	4	135	7	1	4		1.475	8.6	0.2	4.7	7.7	1.65
D (1 season)					Minors		10	4	.714	3.17	4.81	14	13		4	1		88.0	74	47	31	2	59		99	2	1	7		1.511	7.6	0.2	6.0	10.1	1.68