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: 18-16 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	71	1	Apr 12	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	GS-6		99	6.0	4	2	2	4	6	1	0	3.00	4.72	25	8	3	1	0	4	58			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.020	1.98	-0.02%	0.42	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	72	5	Apr 19	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	7.0	3	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.08	4.63	27	9	8	0	0	3	68			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.236	2.20	0.35%	1.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
3	73	10	Apr 25	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.1	6	2	2	4	4	2	0	2.33	5.50	25	7	4	2	0	6	53			0	2	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.021	1.88	-0.03%	0.54	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 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	74	14	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	7.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	1	2.05	4.83	30	9	4	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.98	0.171	3.51	0.37%	2.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	75	18	May 7	CHW		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	1	1.53	4.34	35	14	5	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.50	0.657	3.24	0.85%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	76	21	May 11	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	1.70	4.04	28	8	5	3	0	5	61			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.007	1.79	-0.01%	1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	77	25	May 15	CHW	@	DET	L,6-8	GS-3		3	2.1	6	3	3	0	4	0	1	2.22	3.85	14	2	1	0	0	6	37			2	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.227	2.70	-0.37%	-2.30	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out tie
8	78	29	May 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	7	3	0	1	8	0	1	1.92	3.48	31	8	6	0	0	7	64			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.094	1.76	-0.12%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	79	34	May 25	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.2	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.94	3.37	33	16	7	1	0	8	60			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.24	0.224	1.45	0.16%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
10	80	38	May 29	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.69	3.09	30	12	10	3	0	2	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.534	.90	0.27%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	81	43	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	GS-4	L(4-3)	3	4.0	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.21	3.15	22	6	4	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.483	1.92	-0.40%	-3.39	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
12	82	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	0	3	5	0	0	2.02	3.09	29	15	3	0	1	3	67			1	0	0	25	1	0	1	2	0	3	1.54	-0.086	3.09	-0.10%	0.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
13	83	53	Jun 12	CHW		MIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.96	2.94	26	9	4	0	0	6	66			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.42	0.145	1.23	0.08%	1.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	84	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	1	1.87	2.81	32	13	6	0	0	6	77			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.492	.60	0.15%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	85	64	Jun 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,8-9	GS-3		3	2.2	7	5	5	1	3	0	0	2.27	2.78	16	5	1	0	0	6	26			1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.405	.64	-0.11%	-4.03	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
16	86	69	Jun 26(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-2	L(5-5)	4	1.2	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.50	2.96	11	2	3	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.244	.24	-0.04%	-2.37	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d3
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	87	76	Jul 3(2)	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-5)	6	7.1	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	2.50	2.99	31	10	11	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.060	.09	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
18	88	81	Jul 7	CHW	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS-8	W(7-5)	3	7.0	9	4	4	2	0	1	1	2.66	3.15	30	13	5	1	0	9	41			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	3	0	0	.65	0.218	.05	0.01%	-1.00	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a4
19	89	87	Jul 14	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	6	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.54	3.12	35	17	5	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.43	0.405	.04	0.01%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	90	97	Jul 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(8-6)	8	5.0	5	4	4	4	3	2	0	2.72	3.34	22	7	3	0	0	5	40			1	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.169	.04	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
21	91	105	Jul 31(2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-6)	7	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.54	3.30	34	12	13	4	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.229	.01	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	92	110	Aug 6	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(10-6)	5	9.0	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	2.39	3.17	31	13	8	1	0	4	83			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	0.214	.01	0.00%	2.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	93	115	Aug 12	CHW		CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-6)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.25	3.05	30	14	5	0	0	4	86			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.663	.06	0.02%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	94	120	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	L,2-4	GS-7	L(11-7)	3	7.0	5	3	1	1	5	0	0	2.21	2.98	27	13	3	1	0	5	63			2	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.117	.01	0.00%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
25	95	125	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.15	2.93	31	13	10	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.337	.00	0.00%	2.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
26	96	128	Aug 24	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-2	L(12-8)	3	1.1	4	4	4	2	0	1	0	2.34	3.04	11	3	2	0	0	4	28			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.322	.02	0.00%	-4.24	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d4
27	97	134	Aug 29	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-8)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.22	2.99	31	15	9	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.503	.01	0.00%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
28	98	139	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	W,9-8	GS-6		3	6.0	9	7	7	1	6	1	0	2.48	3.00	28	6	6	0	0	9	31			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.578	.01	0.00%	-4.58	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	99	143	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.48	2.99	30	10	7	5	0	5	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.306	.00	0.00%	2.33	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
30	100	148	Sep 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS-6	L(13-9)	6	5.1	9	6	4	1	8	0	0	2.59	2.92	28	8	2	0	0	9	37			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.34	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-2.01	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
31	101	152	Sep 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.52	2.93	35	15	8	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.414	.00	0.00%	2.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	102	155	Sep 23	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-4	L(14-10)	5	3.1	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.65	2.96	18	4	1	0	0	8	31			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-3.12	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
33	103	160	Sep 27(2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GS-7	L(14-11)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.65	2.94	29	11	8	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
34	104	163	Oct 2	CHW		NYY	L,0-2	5-6		4	2.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.62	2.94	9	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.19	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
							18-16		W-L:14-11	4.2	223.0	195	76	65	57	138	13	7	2.62	2.94	904	1.80		4%	0%	190	58	0	---%	15	9	0	829	22	8	4	22	4	15	1.08	2.551	.88	1.06%	16.83

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