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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-14 / in Starts: 17-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	51 (27-14-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	49 (24-16-8)

Most Driven In
J Ferguson	2
B North	1
S Yeager	1
D Baker	1
B Russell	1

Most Driven In By
R Cey	1
B Russell	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	419	2 (1)	Apr 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.80	-0.049	1.32	-0.05%	-0.85	P
2	420	7 (4)	Apr 14	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.58	-0.014	1.01	-0.01%	-0.03	P
3	421	11 (3)	Apr 19	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.30	-0.024	.60	-0.03%	-0.56	P
4	422	16 (4)	Apr 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.90	-0.046	2.18	-0.07%	-0.57	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	423	21 (4)	May 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.75	0.027	1.47	0.03%	0.28	P
6	424	26 (4)	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	.52	-0.012	1.09	-0.02%	-0.10	P
7	425	31 (4)	May 13	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	9	.56	-0.056	.99	-0.06%	-0.95	P
8	426	35 (3)	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,10-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.263	.278	.541	9	.47	0.007	.81	0.01%	0.73	P
9	427	40 (4)	May 23	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.238	.465	9	1.04	-0.100	2.24	-0.13%	-0.88	P
10	428	45 (4)	May 29	LAD		SDP	W,9-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.217	.426	9	.47	-0.025	.83	-0.03%	-0.41	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	429	50 (4)	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.208	.408	9	.30	-0.008	.42	-0.01%	-0.09	P
12	430	55 (4)	Jun 9	LAD	@	MON	L,9-10	GS-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	.439	9	.59	0.028	.73	0.02%	0.48	P
13	431	60 (4)	Jun 14	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	1.47	0.023	2.02	0.02%	0.11	P
14	432	65 (4)	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.192	.407	9	.70	-0.017	1.00	-0.02%	-0.21	P
15	433	70 (4)	Jun 25	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.172	.366	9	.63	-0.045	1.17	-0.05%	-0.64	P
16	434	75 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.182	.161	.343	9	.97	-0.047	2.11	-0.06%	-0.48	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	435	81 (5)	Jul 5	LAD		ATL	L,8-9	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.171	.152	.323	9	.24	-0.007	.55	-0.01%	-0.80	P
18	436	85 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.147	.314	8	.22	-0.005	.55	-0.01%	-0.20	P
19	437	87 (1)	Jul 13	LAD	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.162	.143	.305	9	.45	-0.011	1.10	-0.02%	-0.09	P
20	438	92 (4)	Jul 17	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.154	.135	.289	9	1.38	-0.074	2.96	-0.10%	-0.59	P
21	439	97 (4)	Jul 22	LAD		STL	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.140	.122	.261	9	2.34	-0.239	5.53	-0.34%	-1.96	P
22	440	100 (2)	Jul 25	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.140	.122	.261	9						P
23	441	102 (1)	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.149	.156	.304	9	1.45	0.315	3.83	0.50%	1.75	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	442	107 (4)	Aug 2	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.143	.149	.292	9	.80	-0.040	2.17	-0.07%	-0.32	P
25	443	112 (4)	Aug 7	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.137	.143	.280	9	.31	-0.020	.77	-0.03%	-0.48	P
26	444	117 (4)	Aug 12	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.132	.137	.269	9	.81	-0.040	4.18	-0.12%	-0.30	P
27	445	122 (4)	Aug 18	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.175	.167	.342	9	.50	0.052	1.91	0.12%	1.26	P
28	446	127 (4)	Aug 24	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.140	.183	.175	.359	9	1.40	-0.106	5.61	-0.26%	-0.81	P
29	447	132 (4)	Aug 29	LAD		MON	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.172	.164	.336	9	.67	-0.088	2.69	-0.21%	-1.07	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	448	137 (4)	Sep 3	LAD		NYM	L,5-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.169	.161	.331	9	.36	-0.009	1.36	-0.02%	-0.21	P
31	449	142 (4)	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.167	.159	.325	9	1.07	-0.030	3.87	-0.06%	-0.36	P
32	450	157 (14)	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.164	.156	.320	5	.10	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
33	451	161 (3)	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.159	.152	.311	9	.35	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
							19-14		81	66	2	8	2	0	0	6	3	0	13	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	.121	.159	.152	.311		.80	-0.681	1.94	-1.06%	-8.72

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