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: 16-13 / in Starts: 16-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	269	4	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.29	2.83	27	12	5	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.275	1.69	0.27%	2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
2	270	9	Apr 23	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	0	0	1.93	1.90	27	12	3	1	0	7	60			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.092	2.75	-0.12%	0.16	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out tie
3	271	14	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,11-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.57	1.88	34	15	7	2	2	7	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.105	1.43	0.12%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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	272	19	May 5	LAD	@	MON	L,1-3	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	5.0	6	3	2	1	3	0	1	1.93	1.97	22	9	2	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.174	2.15	-0.20%	-0.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
5	273	24	May 11(2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS-8	W(3-2)	5	7.2	10	4	2	1	1	0	0	2.02	2.09	34	21	2	0	0	9	47			0	0	0	32	1	1	1	2	1	2	1.01	0.241	1.73	0.25%	-0.85	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
6	274	29	May 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS-6	L(3-3)	5	6.0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.73	2.28	22	10	8	2	0	2	64			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.109	2.48	0.16%	1.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
7	275	34	May 22	LAD		SFG	L,8-9	GS-3		4	2.2	6	6	6	2	1	2	0	2.84	2.96	16	4	3	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.528	2.77	-0.67%	-4.82	1t start tie	3t --- 2 out d4
8	276	39	May 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-5		5	4.1	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.96	2.87	21	8	1	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.208	3.31	-0.37%	-1.21	1b start a 3	5b -23 1 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
9	277	44	Jun 2	LAD		STL	W,8-3	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	7.1	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.05	2.79	30	14	6	2	1	7	53			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.159	1.98	0.22%	-0.94	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a5
10	278	49	Jun 8	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-3)	5	8.0	5	1	1	4	9	0	0	2.81	2.65	33	10	5	1	0	5	73			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.285	3.10	0.37%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
11	279	54	Jun 13	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	6.2	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.55	2.55	26	11	2	2	0	8	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.354	2.49	0.42%	2.60	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
12	280	63	Jun 25	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	GS-8	W(7-3)	11	7.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.32	2.39	26	8	6	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.286	2.03	0.30%	2.00	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
13	281	67	Jun 29	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	GS-2		3	1.1	5	4	3	2	0	2	0	2.62	2.79	10	3	0	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.310	1.64	-0.34%	-3.47	1t start tie	2t -23 1 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
14	282	71	Jul 4	LAD	@	MON	L,3-7	GS-4	L(7-4)	4	4.0	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.04	3.13	18	5	5	0	0	5	31			2	1	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.287	.52	-0.14%	-3.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
15	283	75	Jul 8	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS-6		3	6.0	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	2.83	2.97	21	10	4	2	0	2	71			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.00	0.123	1.22	0.09%	1.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	284	80	Jul 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	13	5	5	2	8	0	0	3.03	2.82	42	12	7	1	0	13	47			1	0	0	40	2	1	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.105	.76	-0.07%	-1.03	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
17	285	84	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	GS-9		5	9.0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	2.78	2.69	34	13	11	2	0	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.50	0.489	1.12	0.22%	2.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
18	286	89	Jul 23	LAD		PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.76	2.62	29	11	4	2	0	6	61			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.017	1.20	0.01%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
19	287	94	Jul 30(2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-7		6	6.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	0	2.93	2.65	28	7	10	2	0	7	46			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.12	-0.084	1.03	-0.05%	-0.52	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out a2
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	288	98	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.72	2.59	33	14	6	0	0	3	85			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.471	.89	0.20%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	289	102	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	3	1	1	4	13	0	0	2.61	2.48	33	11	2	1	0	3	86			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	0.406	1.46	0.26%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
22	290	106	Aug 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-5	W(10-5)	3	5.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.64	2.43	22	8	3	2	0	8	46			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.050	.50	0.02%	-0.01	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a2
23	291	112	Aug 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(11-5)	6	9.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.61	2.45	30	16	5	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.07	0.315	.37	0.07%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	292	117	Aug 25(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-8		5	8.0	7	1	1	1	4	1	0	2.53	2.50	32	15	5	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.477	.23	0.05%	2.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
25	293	122	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS-3		4	2.0	4	5	5	2	0	1	0	2.78	2.62	12	1	5	1	0	4	26			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.274	.10	-0.02%	-3.43	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 0 out a2
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
26	294	128	Sep 4(1)	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	2	1	2.86	2.75	22	9	3	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.176	.12	-0.02%	-0.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
27	295	137	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-9		7	9.0	7	2	1	1	3	1	0	2.76	2.79	36	18	7	0	0	7	69			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.24	0.314	.03	0.00%	1.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
28	296	142	Sep 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-6		5	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.77	2.72	24	11	3	0	0	3	61			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.018	.00	0.00%	0.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
29	297	146	Sep 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-4	GS-5		4	4.2	6	4	4	2	2	1	1	2.89	2.81	22	3	8	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-2.08	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a1
							16-13		W-L:11-5	4.4	186.2	172	68	60	40	117	14	3	2.89	2.81	766	2.18		6%	1%	167	56		---%	7	3	0	706	22	5	1	21	4	17	1.10	2.119	1.33	1.04%	8.62

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