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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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: 13-12 / in Starts: 13-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	136	3	Apr 14	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4		99	4.0	4	4	4	3	2	0	0	9.00	3.64	18	5	4	0	0	4	37			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.18	-0.385	2.08	-0.41%	-2.44	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
2	137	7	Apr 20	CHW		DET	L,1-4	GS-9		5	8.1	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.65	2.30	29	12	9	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.36	0.489	1.57	0.34%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
3	138	11	Apr 26	CHW	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.2	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.00	2.00	20	5	2	0	0	5	59			0	2	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.189	.72	0.07%	1.04	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a2
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	139	15	May 1	CHW		WSA	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	12	0	0	2.33	1.35	33	10	6	1	1	4	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.350	.41	0.13%	2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	140	20	May 6	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	1	0	2.00	1.72	30	12	8	2	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.400	.63	0.16%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	141	24	May 10	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-8		3	7.2	4	1	1	2	9	1	0	1.85	1.86	29	11	3	0	0	4	74			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.155	1.20	0.09%	1.56	1b start tie	8b --3 2 out tie
7	142	28	May 15	CHW		CAL	L,2-4	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	1	1.78	1.89	24	10	6	0	0	2	72			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.177	.99	0.12%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
8	143	31	May 19(1)	CHW		OAK	W,6-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	6	2	0	3	5	0	1	1.51	2.00	36	14	7	1	0	6	73			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	.98	0.057	1.23	0.04%	1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	144	36	May 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-9		4	9.0	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	1.31	2.06	34	13	8	3	0	6	76			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.577	2.25	0.52%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
10	145	40	May 28	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	1.41	2.41	31	14	8	1	0	2	68			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.191	1.10	0.11%	1.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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	146	56	Jun 15	CHW		DET	W,7-4	GS-6	W(5-0)	17	5.2	5	1	1	1	2	1	4	1.42	2.70	26	10	4	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	1	.99	0.063	.56	0.02%	0.69	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a4
12	147	62	Jun 20	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	GS-9	W(6-0)	4	8.0	6	4	4	0	8	0	1	1.69	2.53	31	10	6	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.094	.25	-0.02%	-1.41	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a4
13	148	71	Jun 30	CHW	@	DET	W,12-0	SHO	W(7-0)	9	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.54	2.42	32	13	9	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.28	0.108	.05	0.01%	3.52	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a12
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
14	149	78	Jul 7	CHW	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS-6		6	5.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	1	1.73	2.53	25	9	1	0	0	7	44			2	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.256	.06	-0.01%	-1.53	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 0 out d1
15	150	80	Jul 12	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-1)	4	6.2	6	2	2	2	3	2	0	1.78	2.75	25	12	2	1	0	6	55			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.077	.04	0.00%	0.71	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d1
16	151	85	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-2)	3	5.1	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	2.01	2.90	27	6	6	1	1	8	35			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	-0.243	.07	-0.01%	-1.47	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d1
17	152	89	Jul 20	CHW		CAL	L,6-7	GS-5		3	4.0	6	3	1	1	5	0	1	2.02	2.85	20	7	0	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.138	.03	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out a1
18	153	93	Jul 24(1)	CHW		OAK	L,0-1	GS-8	L(7-3)	3	8.0	8	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.96	2.74	33	16	2	0	0	7	68			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.201	.01	0.00%	2.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	154	98	Jul 29	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-2	GS-10		4	9.1	9	2	1	5	8	0	0	1.90	2.70	42	14	6	1	0	9	67			0	0	0	36	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.67	0.135	.01	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	10b 12- 1 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
20	155	102	Aug 2	CHW		WSA	L,6-11	GS-4	L(7-4)	3	3.2	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.04	2.74	17	4	5	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.270	.01	0.00%	-1.84	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d2
21	156	106	Aug 5	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GS-10	L(7-5)	2	9.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.04	2.80	33	13	9	1	0	3	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.303	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	10t 1-- 0 out tie
22	157	110	Aug 9	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	GS-8	W(8-5)	3	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	1.94	2.83	28	18	1	0	0	3	70			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.84	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
23	158	116	Aug 14(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	W(9-5)	4	8.2	11	3	3	3	3	1	0	2.01	2.90	36	13	6	0	0	11	50			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	4	0	0	1.26	0.178	.00	0.00%	0.47	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 2 out a2
24	159	121	Aug 18(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	1	1.95	2.87	36	15	9	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.293	.00	0.00%	1.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
25	160	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-3		3	2.1	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.98	2.83	10	2	0	0	0	3	50			0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.26	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d1
							13-12		W-L:10-5	3.9	177.1	135	45	39	49	117	10	12	1.98	2.83	705	2.11		4%	1%	132	62		---%	10	6	0	638	19	0	4	19	1	9	1.12	2.543	.53	1.16%	21.55

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