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: 19-16 / in Starts: 19-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 3

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	716	5	Apr 10	NYY		MIL	W,7-6	GS-2		99	1.2	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	21.60	17.17	12	42	26	4	3	7	4	1	0	0	26			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.290	1.32	-0.30%	-3.26	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d4
2	717	6	Apr 11	NYY	@	TOR	L,9-17	3-4		0	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	15.43	15.63	5	20	10	4	1	2	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.028	.50	-0.03%	-0.81	3b 1-3 1 out d5	4b 12- 0 out d4
3	718	10	Apr 15	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	6.0	4	1	1	2	2	1	0	5.40	8.17	23	86	47	14	7	12	6	2	0	1	60			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	1	.52	0.071	1.05	0.09%	0.97	1b start a 5	7b 12- 0 out a5
4	719	15	Apr 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	GS-3		4	2.2	7	5	5	1	1	0	1	8.18	7.22	16	49	25	7	1	9	4	2	0	0	24			2	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.406	2.55	-0.44%	-3.83	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d3
5	720	20	Apr 27	NYY		KCR	L,1-3	GS-8		6	7.1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.91	4.90	24	87	55	12	7	14	5	1	0	0	79			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.452	2.02	0.50%	3.36	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	721	25	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-7		4	6.2	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.32	4.29	26	80	48	13	4	10	13	7	1	0	55			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.105	2.27	0.11%	0.99	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
7	722	30	May 7	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.94	3.74	30	111	63	19	8	14	10	8	0	0	55			1	0	0	29	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.185	2.15	0.23%	1.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
8	723	35	May 14	NYY		CAL	W,6-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	6	8.1	13	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.57	3.91	38	128	76	31	2	17	17	8	0	0	49			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.276	1.74	0.33%	1.19	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a4
9	724	39	May 20	NYY		OAK	L,3-11	GS-4	L(2-1)	5	3.0	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.36	4.20	16	60	32	7	2	9	6	2	0	0	26			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.243	1.99	-0.31%	-2.53	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
10	725	45	May 27	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-1	GS-6	W(3-1)	6	6.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.01	3.96	21	78	47	17	3	8	9	4	0	0	60			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.256	2.14	0.34%	2.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	726	51	Jun 3	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS-8	W(4-1)	6	7.2	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.47	3.87	29	98	61	15	2	14	12	5	0	0	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.453	2.94	0.64%	3.70	1b start a 1	8b --- 2 out a4
12	727	56	Jun 8	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	GS-3	L(4-2)	4	2.1	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.94	3.93	16	61	32	11	2	12	2	1	0	0	23			0	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.14	-0.280	3.00	-0.44%	-3.44	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d4
13	728	57	Jun 10	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	5-GF		1	4.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.68	3.92	17	58	35	13	0	10	4	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.40	0.091	.95	0.13%	2.25	5t -2- 2 out d3	9t end d 2
14	729	59	Jun 12	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	GS-4		1	3.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.76	3.89	17	58	33	9	8	8	5	4	0	0	42			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.148	2.57	-0.22%	-1.62	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d2
15	730	62	Jun 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	3.88	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.11	0.00%	0.44	8b 12- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
16	731	66	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.46	3.65	31	115	69	24	7	16	8	3	2	0	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.223	3.03	0.48%	2.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	732	71	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	7.1	8	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.27	3.45	29	96	65	21	9	17	7	6	0	0	63			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.10	0.209	3.09	0.35%	1.98	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
18	733	76	Jun 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	6.2	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.32	3.36	28	98	63	16	12	12	12	7	0	0	48			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.019	2.89	0.03%	0.20	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	734	81	Jul 5	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-6	W(7-2)	4	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.30	3.40	24	94	60	18	5	14	7	4	1	0	55			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.108	1.50	0.16%	0.99	1b start a 5	6b 3 out a3
20	735	85	Jul 10	NYY		KCR	L,3-5	GS-4		4	3.1	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.38	3.32	18	72	41	14	7	6	4	3	0	0	42			3	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.080	2.96	-0.12%	-0.57	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
21	736	88	Jul 16	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	L(7-3)	5	5.2	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.45	3.43	25	99	57	14	5	10	11	3	0	0	45			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.095	3.16	-0.16%	-0.58	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
22	737	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-8	GS-2		5	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.42	8	24	16	3	1	2	6	5	0	0	27			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.369	3.46	-0.58%	-4.13	1b start a 1	2b -2- 0 out d3
23	738	98	Jul 27	NYY		MIL	W,16-3	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	8.0	6	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.65	3.35	30	99	64	16	7	19	7	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.090	1.87	0.18%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
24	739	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-11	GS-2	L(8-4)	5	1.2	6	7	7	2	1	0	2	4.15	3.43	15	37	20	3	3	6	4	1	0	0	14			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.375	3.20	-0.66%	-4.78	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d4
25	740	107	Aug 6	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	GS-7		3	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.17	3.45	25	102	65	13	5	12	9	3	1	1	49			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.181	2.25	-0.23%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a1
26	741	112	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-6		5	5.1	8	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.06	3.48	25	84	50	10	2	16	5	4	1	0	46			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.016	2.16	0.02%	0.59	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a2
27	742	117	Aug 18	NYY		CAL	L,1-7	GS-8	L(8-5)	5	7.0	6	5	3	1	1	0	0	4.05	3.45	29	96	62	11	7	20	7	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.133	2.18	-0.21%	-1.09	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out d2
28	743	123	Aug 23	NYY		OAK	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	5	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.97	3.44	30	119	73	21	8	18	6	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.67	0.209	.83	0.16%	2.49	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a4
29	744	128	Aug 28	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-13	GS-5	L(8-6)	4	4.1	12	9	8	1	0	0	0	4.34	3.44	27	99	62	16	5	14	12	8	1	0	4			0	0	0	26	5	1	0	1	0	2	.68	-0.258	.86	-0.20%	-6.29	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d8
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
30	745	132	Sep 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	GS-8	W(9-6)	4	7.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.20	3.41	28	105	59	21	5	13	10	4	0	0	56			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.39	0.351	1.79	0.27%	2.34	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a4
31	746	137	Sep 7	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS-4	L(9-7)	4	4.0	9	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.38	3.54	21	64	37	9	3	7	10	4	1	0	26			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.02	-0.379	1.37	-0.30%	-3.06	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
32	747	142	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-8	GS-4	L(9-8)	4	3.2	7	7	7	2	6	0	2	4.68	3.52	22	85	53	11	12	5	7	2	1	0	23			1	0	0	17	3	0	1	0	1	0	.84	-0.361	2.13	-0.55%	-4.23	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d5
33	748	151	Sep 21	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-7		8	7.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.59	3.44	26	77	53	15	5	16	6	3	1	0	57			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.172	.85	0.07%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
34	749	155	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		4	4.0	7	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.64	3.55	22	84	42	8	8	10	6	3	0	0	34			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	-0.117	.06	0.00%	-1.08	1b start a 3	5b 12- 0 out a1
35	750	160	Oct 1	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.2	3	4	0	2	1	0	0	4.49	3.55	22	87	45	16	4	16	3	1	2	0	54			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	.70	0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.41	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out a2
							19-16		W-L:9-8	4.1	176.1	221	96	88	46	81	11	6	4.49	3.55	776	2754	60%	17%	6%	1.61		19%	2%	2	45	5	20%	15	4	0	717	43	3	4	29	2	12	.99	-0.397	1.97	-0.68%	-12.10

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