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: 17-21 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 1

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	231	1	Apr 7(1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	9	5	4	2	5	1	0	6.00	3.95	27	5	6	1	0	9	39			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.20	-0.311	1.92	-0.30%	-2.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2	232	4	Apr 10	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	2	7.0	6	4	3	3	2	1	0	4.85	4.53	30	15	4	0	0	6	50			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.14	-0.192	2.19	-0.22%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	233	8	Apr 14	CHW		MIL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(1-2)	3	8.0	6	1	1	5	7	0	0	3.43	3.78	34	11	5	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.223	1.93	0.19%	2.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	234	12	Apr 18(1)	CHW		OAK	L,2-11	GS-5	L(1-3)	3	4.1	10	8	4	2	0	0	0	4.26	3.79	27	12	4	0	0	9	17			1	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	3	.47	-0.389	.60	-0.30%	-4.63	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d6
5	235	16	Apr 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.1	5	7	7	3	2	1	0	5.76	4.20	21	11	2	1	0	3	24			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.350	.66	-0.19%	-4.03	1b start a 1	5b -23 1 out d4
6	236	19	Apr 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-6		3	5.1	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	6.17	3.97	24	11	5	1	0	6	30			0	2	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.526	.84	-0.21%	-3.00	1b start tie	6b 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
7	237	22	May 1	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-6	W(2-4)	3	5.2	4	3	0	1	3	0	0	5.31	3.68	25	13	4	0	1	4	57			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	3	1.10	0.009	.89	0.00%	-0.87	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out a1
8	238	26	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-1	L(2-5)	5	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.88	3.73	6	3	0	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.199	.82	-0.09%	-1.96	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d2
9	239	28	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	7-7		1	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	6.38	3.70	6	3	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.136	.45	-0.05%	-2.56	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d5
10	240	37	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-10	3-5		13	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.15	3.58	11	3	3	1	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	.11	-0.005	.07	0.00%	0.55	3b 1-- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d6
11	241	38	May 25	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	6.08	3.72	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.046	.43	-0.02%	-0.11	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d2
12	242	43	May 31(1)	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-5)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	5.11	3.36	32	13	7	2	0	5	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.693	.65	0.18%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	243	47	Jun 5	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	4.2	9	6	2	2	2	0	0	5.02	3.32	28	12	3	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	3	.91	-0.348	.29	-0.07%	-4.34	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d5
14	244	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-7)	3	5.1	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.02	3.19	22	10	2	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.086	.21	-0.01%	-1.55	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d3
15	245	54	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(3-8)	3	8.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.72	3.11	30	15	4	0	2	6	59			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.20	-0.034	.17	0.00%	1.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	246	58	Jun 17	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-10		3	10.0	8	3	3	6	5	2	0	4.48	3.44	44	19	6	1	0	8	63			1	0	0	37	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.50	0.311	.15	0.02%	1.45	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
17	247	62	Jun 21	CHW		KCR	W,5-1	CG	W(4-8)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	0	4.15	3.51	34	16	6	2	0	6	71			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.320	.05	0.01%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	248	65	Jun 25	CHW		CAL	W,2-0	GS-9	W(5-8)	3	8.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.82	3.36	29	8	9	1	3	6	74			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.250	.06	0.01%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a2
19	249	70	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(5-9)	3	6.0	5	4	2	1	9	0	0	3.77	3.17	24	8	1	1	0	5	58			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.180	.03	0.00%	-1.46	1b start tie	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
20	250	75	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	2	3.48	3.09	37	14	8	0	0	6	80			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.713	.15	0.05%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
21	251	80	Jul 7	CHW		OAK	W,2-1	GS-7	W(7-9)	3	7.0	4	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.36	3.20	25	13	3	1	0	4	64			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.29	0.295	.07	0.01%	2.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
22	252	84	Jul 11(1)	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	CG	L(7-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.20	3.10	34	16	3	0	0	7	73			0	1	0	30	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.50	0.203	.09	0.01%	3.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
23	253	87	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-10)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.99	2.97	34	13	10	0	1	5	83			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.04	0.527	.04	0.01%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	254	92	Jul 19(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(9-10)	2	9.0	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2.81	2.89	33	17	8	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.15	0.373	.03	0.01%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	255	96	Jul 24(1)	CHW		WSA	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.86	2.93	28	13	3	0	0	3	58			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.075	.01	0.00%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
26	256	100	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	GS-7		2	7.0	6	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.01	3.03	29	13	7	2	0	2	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	.79	-0.242	.01	0.00%	-1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	257	104	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,0-6	GS-5	L(9-11)	3	4.1	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.15	3.07	21	6	1	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	.99	-0.220	.10	-0.01%	-2.63	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
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
28	258	109	Aug 4	CHW	@	CAL	W,10-3	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	12	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.09	3.09	40	20	5	0	1	11	55			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	2	0	3	.21	0.076	.00	0.00%	0.58	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
29	259	113	Aug 8(1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,9-7	GS-4		3	4.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	1	3.12	3.12	23	5	5	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.28	-0.219	.01	0.00%	-2.31	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
30	260	118	Aug 13	CHW		BAL	L,1-12	GS-3	L(10-12)	4	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.27	3.12	16	5	3	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.262	.00	0.00%	-2.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
31	261	121	Aug 17(1)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GS-3		3	2.2	6	5	4	1	2	0	1	3.41	3.12	15	4	1	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-3.96	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d5
32	262	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS-1	L(10-13)	3	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.58	3.20	7	2	1	0	0	3	28			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-3.53	1b start tie	1b 3 out d4
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	263	135	Sep 3(1)	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-14)	12	6.1	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.61	3.17	28	10	6	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d2
34	264	141	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	W,8-7	GS-5	W(11-14)	3	5.0	8	5	4	0	5	2	0	3.70	3.23	23	5	6	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-2.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
35	265	144	Sep 11	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	GS-7	L(11-15)	3	6.1	8	4	3	0	4	0	0	3.71	3.17	28	9	7	1	0	8	47			0	0	0	27	5	0	0	0	1	1	1.23	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
36	266	149	Sep 15(2)	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	W(12-15)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	7	1	1	3.68	3.16	35	9	10	1	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	0	.55	0.177	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	267	154	Sep 21(2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	GS-7	W(13-15)	5	6.1	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.66	3.16	29	13	3	0	0	9	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a4
38	268	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(13-16)	3	8.0	4	3	2	0	5	0	0	3.61	3.10	29	15	5	1	2	4	69			2	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.041	.00	0.00%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							17-21		W-L:13-16	3.1	229.1	244	115	92	58	131	17	5	3.61	3.10	975	2.34		4%	2%	220	52	1	0%	12	5	0	892	26	7	5	29	10	26	1.03	-0.875	.34	-1.00%	-15.71

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