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: 25-14 / in Starts: 19-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 6

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	32	1	Apr 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-3.48	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.69	0.134	9.83	0.17%	0.56	9b -23 2 out a2	9b end a 2
2	33	3	Apr 15	CHW		WSA	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.02	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.29	0.012	.59	0.01%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
3	34	7	Apr 19	CHW		BAL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.16	1.20	28	6	8	1	0	7	60			3	0	0	27	3	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.038	1.95	0.05%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 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
4	35	14	May 2(1)	CHW		MIN	L,2-3	GS-7		12	7.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.17	1.47	28	12	5	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	0.429	4.89	0.84%	2.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
5	36	19	May 7	CHW	@	MIN	W,13-5	GS-6		4	5.2	3	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.57	2.52	23	10	4	0	0	3	47			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.008	4.01	-0.02%	-0.58	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out a1
6	37	23	May 12(1)	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	6-GF	W(2-0)	4	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.16	2.32	15	7	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.191	3.52	0.37%	1.63	6t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 3
7	38	29	May 16(2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-0)	3	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.25	2.14	26	7	9	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.297	3.44	0.78%	1.06	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a5
8	39	31	May 18	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-4	9-9	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	2.08	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.057	10.88	0.16%	0.14	9b --- 1 out a1	9b --- 2 out a1
9	40	33	May 21	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-1)	2	8.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.01	1.95	27	12	5	0	0	3	77			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.154	5.83	0.46%	2.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	41	37	May 25	CHW		DET	L,5-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	5.1	10	5	5	0	4	0	0	2.76	1.84	26	8	4	0	0	10	32			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.482	6.23	-1.44%	-3.43	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d1
11	42	40	May 29	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	GS-7	W(4-2)	3	6.1	3	2	2	7	4	0	0	2.77	2.17	27	8	5	2	0	3	56			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.133	4.30	0.34%	0.25	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a3
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	43	46	Jun 6(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-3	L(4-3)	7	2.1	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.31	2.22	13	3	1	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	11	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	-0.233	4.01	-0.56%	-2.54	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
13	44	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	5-6		2	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.36	2.16	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.035	2.59	-0.08%	-0.07	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
14	45	53	Jun 11(2)	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	5-5		1	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.51	2.22	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	-0.092	12.72	-0.24%	-0.65	5b 12- 1 out a2	5b 123 1 out a2
15	46	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-7	4-4		0	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.65	2.32	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.026	1.01	-0.07%	-1.90	4b --- 0 out d5	4b -23 1 out d6
16	47	62	Jun 23(1)	CHW		WSA	L,1-5	4-4		10	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	2.33	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.011	3.58	-0.03%	0.10	4t 1-3 1 out d2	4t 3 out d3
17	48	66	Jun 27(1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(5-3)	3	7.0	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.50	2.49	29	11	6	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.125	4.82	0.35%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
18	49	70	Jun 30(1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-2	3-6		2	3.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.33	2.53	13	5	4	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.108	2.59	0.27%	1.70	3b 12- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
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
19	50	74	Jul 4	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	GS-9	W(6-3)	3	8.1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.96	2.40	29	9	9	2	0	6	76			1	1	1	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.69	0.661	5.07	1.19%	3.61	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a1
20	51	78	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	3	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.82	2.38	27	10	7	0	0	4	67			2	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.146	3.19	0.25%	1.49	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
21	52	82	Jul 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,12-10	8-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.79	2.43	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.011	.53	0.02%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
22	53	85	Jul 17	CHW		CAL	W,5-2	CG	W(8-3)	2	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.71	2.52	33	14	6	1	0	5	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.238	3.23	0.45%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	54	89	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-4		3	4.0	5	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.97	2.48	18	5	1	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.343	4.29	-0.69%	-2.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
24	55	93	Jul 25(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,10-6	GS-5	W(9-3)	3	5.0	6	4	4	1	6	2	0	3.18	2.64	22	6	3	1	0	6	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.208	1.16	-0.25%	-1.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
25	56	97	Jul 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-4	GS-4		3	3.2	4	3	2	2	6	1	0	3.24	2.71	18	5	1	0	0	4	47			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.139	1.19	-0.09%	-1.69	1b start a 3	4b 1-3 2 out a2
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
26	57	101	Aug 1(2)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(9-4)	2	9.0	8	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.06	2.72	37	13	10	0	0	8	65			1	0	0	34	2	0	1	2	0	2	1.48	0.005	1.72	0.00%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
27	58	105	Aug 5	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	GS-5	L(9-5)	3	4.1	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.18	2.84	22	4	7	2	0	7	37			0	0	0	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.188	.92	-0.09%	-1.77	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
28	59	109	Aug 10	CHW		WSA	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	2.95	2.82	35	14	6	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.303	.29	0.07%	3.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	60	114	Aug 15	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	W(11-5)	4	6.0	9	3	3	5	6	0	0	3.02	2.83	30	5	5	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	3	0	1	1.51	0.005	.77	0.00%	0.45	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out a3
30	61	120	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.07	2.80	19	7	2	1	0	6	44			1	0	0	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.069	1.67	-0.06%	-0.63	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 0 out a1
31	62	124	Aug 24	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.06	2.81	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	0.069	8.44	0.08%	0.19	9t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
32	63	126	Aug 26	CHW		BAL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(11-6)	1	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	2	1	3.20	2.96	23	10	2	0	0	7	40			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.233	1.07	-0.24%	-1.96	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
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
33	64	134	Sep 2(1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-6		6	5.2	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.26	2.92	26	8	2	0	0	7	46			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.193	1.43	-0.12%	-0.88	1b start a 1	6b -23 2 out tie
34	65	140	Sep 6(2)	CHW		CAL	W,4-3	GS-2		3	2.0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.28	2.93	9	5	0	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	-0.150	4.12	-0.33%	-1.19	1t start tie	2t 3 out d2
35	66	141	Sep 7	CHW		CLE	L,5-9	5-5	L(11-7)	0	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.44	3.04	6	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.468	6.68	-1.20%	-3.42	5t 1-- 0 out a3	5t 1-- 2 out d1
36	67	146	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	W,4-1	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	8.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.33	3.06	28	14	7	0	0	2	77			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.19	0.293	.07	0.01%	2.26	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
37	68	151	Sep 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS-6		5	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	1	3.37	3.14	24	10	6	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
38	69	155	Sep 25(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(13-7)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.25	3.06	33	15	5	1	0	6	76			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.464	.00	0.00%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	70	160	Oct 1	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(14-7)	5	9.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	0	3.09	2.97	31	15	4	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.294	.00	0.00%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
							25-14		W-L:14-7,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.1	183.2	162	67	63	58	126	12	2	3.09	2.97	752	1.92		3%	0%	160	56	10	20%	12	7	2	684	30	4	6	25	1	17	1.13	1.272	2.58	0.35%	8.75

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