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: 16-21 / in Starts: 16-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	194	1	Apr 7	CHW		MIN	L,0-12	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	8	6	5	1	3	1	0	9.64	4.78	23	9	2	0	0	8	28			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.282	1.10	-0.27%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d6
2	195	5	Apr 12(1)	CHW		MIL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	7	5	4	1	3	1	0	6.94	4.35	28	12	5	0	0	7	47			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.228	.94	-0.18%	-1.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
3	196	9	Apr 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	6.2	10	3	3	4	5	0	1	5.89	4.00	33	9	4	1	0	10	43			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.26	-0.134	1.64	-0.11%	-0.26	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d2
4	197	11	Apr 21	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-4)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.55	4.36	24	12	2	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.38	-0.154	2.03	-0.14%	-0.13	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
5	198	15	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-5	L(0-5)	3	4.2	10	6	4	2	5	2	0	5.90	4.84	25	5	3	0	0	10	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	2	0	1	.95	-0.395	.95	-0.24%	-3.81	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d3
6	199	19	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	5	4	1	1	5.50	5.05	31	13	1	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	3	0	0	.96	-0.013	.84	-0.01%	0.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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
7	200	23	May 5	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(2-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.60	4.62	35	17	3	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	3	0	2	1.66	0.592	1.64	0.35%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	201	26	May 9	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-6)	3	6.0	3	4	1	3	3	1	1	4.24	4.76	25	8	7	0	0	3	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.313	1.20	-0.18%	-1.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	202	32	May 16	CHW		KCR	W,6-1	CG	W(3-6)	6	9.0	3	1	1	5	4	1	0	3.75	4.77	34	18	4	0	0	3	76			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.11	0.352	.93	0.18%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	203	37	May 20	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	4	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.39	4.46	33	19	4	0	0	4	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.50	0.118	.86	0.04%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	204	40	May 24(1)	CHW		OAK	L,1-5	GS-8	L(4-7)	3	7.1	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	3.66	4.29	33	13	6	0	0	9	41			1	1	0	30	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.11	-0.153	.42	-0.04%	-1.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d3
12	205	45	May 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.0	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.52	4.23	34	20	8	1	1	0	66			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	3	1.40	0.364	.23	0.04%	2.63	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 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
13	206	49	Jun 3	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS-8	L(4-8)	4	7.0	7	5	5	5	5	0	0	3.74	4.16	31	12	3	2	0	6	43			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.05	-0.265	.13	-0.02%	-2.25	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 0 out d1
14	207	53	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.68	4.18	35	17	6	0	1	6	61			0	0	0	31	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.13	-0.018	.09	0.00%	0.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
15	208	57	Jun 12	CHW		WSA	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-8)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	4	0	1	3.38	4.09	31	13	9	1	0	1	84			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	0.457	.08	0.02%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	209	61	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-9)	3	7.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.48	4.00	27	14	4	1	2	4	46			0	1	1	25	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.14	-0.249	.05	-0.01%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
17	210	65	Jun 21(1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	GS-6	L(5-10)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	5	0	0	3.68	3.86	25	7	5	0	0	8	41			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.296	.04	-0.01%	-2.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	211	70	Jun 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-7	GS-5	L(5-11)	3	5.0	9	6	2	2	4	0	0	3.68	3.79	28	8	5	1	2	9	35			0	0	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	2	.86	-0.271	.02	0.00%	-3.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
19	212	75	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	GS-8	L(5-12)	4	8.0	11	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.72	3.80	33	10	9	0	0	10	46			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	0	.75	-0.165	.01	0.00%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 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
20	213	79	Jul 4	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	GS-9		3	8.1	9	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.70	3.68	33	7	9	4	1	8	58			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.341	.00	0.00%	2.42	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
21	214	84	Jul 8	CHW	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	W(6-12)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.48	3.58	32	17	5	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.66	0.613	.00	0.00%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	215	89	Jul 12	CHW	@	KCR	W,10-5	GS-6	W(7-12)	3	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.52	3.64	28	8	11	2	2	5	44			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
23	216	91	Jul 17	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.55	3.71	27	11	4	0	2	7	45			0	0	0	24	0	2	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
24	217	96	Jul 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(8-12)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.52	3.80	37	16	6	1	1	9	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.258	.00	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	218	102	Jul 26	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-12)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.74	35	16	8	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.504	.00	0.00%	4.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
26	219	105	Jul 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	12	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.36	3.72	37	14	6	1	0	12	43			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.65	-0.086	.00	0.00%	0.33	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
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
27	220	110	Aug 4	CHW		KCR	W,2-1	CG	W(10-12)	3	9.0	6	1	0	4	8	0	0	3.21	3.65	37	13	6	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.76	0.574	.00	0.00%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	221	115	Aug 9(1)	CHW		CAL	L,0-5	GS-8	L(10-13)	4	8.0	5	3	3	3	2	2	1	3.21	3.78	32	13	8	2	3	5	59			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
29	222	120	Aug 14	CHW	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	8	5	3	2	4	0	1	3.25	3.75	28	12	2	0	0	7	42			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.09	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	223	125	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	5	5	3	3	0	1	3.35	3.74	33	16	8	3	0	2	39			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	.85	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
31	224	128	Aug 23(1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-13)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.22	3.68	33	18	3	0	1	3	82			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.635	.00	0.00%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	225	132	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	L(11-14)	4	8.0	9	4	4	3	8	1	1	3.26	3.69	37	18	5	4	0	2	53			0	0	0	33	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.28	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 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
33	226	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-8		3	8.0	7	4	2	8	6	0	0	3.23	3.70	39	11	7	0	0	7	54			0	1	0	31	1	1	1	1	0	2	1.68	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
34	227	140	Sep 7(1)	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	GS-2	L(11-15)	5	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.29	3.76	6	3	0	0	0	2	40			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d2
35	228	148	Sep 19	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	GS-8	L(11-16)	11	7.0	5	4	3	4	1	0	0	3.30	3.77	27	13	4	1	0	5	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.22	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
36	229	155	Sep 25(1)	CHW		MIL	W,5-1	CG	W(12-16)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.22	3.78	37	14	9	0	2	6	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	1	0	0	.98	0.320	.00	0.00%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	230	161	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(12-17)	4	7.0	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.27	3.76	27	13	5	0	1	5	51			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
							16-21		W-L:12-17	3.7	269.1	253	117	98	101	138	19	9	3.27	3.76	1133	2.39		4%	3%	220	54		---%	13	6	1	1009	33	7	16	41	5	21	1.17	0.609	.34	-0.57%	10.93

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