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: 19-14 / in Starts: 17-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	418	2	Apr 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	7	2	2	2	4	1	1	2.35	4.41	31	14	3	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	1	.82	0.209	1.35	0.21%	1.50	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 2 out a3
2	419	7	Apr 14	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.62	4.21	32	17	9	5	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.323	1.42	0.34%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	420	11	Apr 19	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	10	4	2	2	6	0	0	1.75	3.40	37	18	2	0	0	9	59			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.254	2.05	0.30%	-0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	421	16	Apr 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.82	3.10	35	16	4	0	0	6	70			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.389	3.07	0.57%	2.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 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
5	422	21	May 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-6		6	6.0	8	4	3	1	5	0	0	2.21	2.86	25	11	7	6	1	1	46			0	2	1	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.207	1.77	-0.24%	-1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	423	26	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS-6	L(4-1)	4	6.0	9	6	5	3	8	0	0	2.89	2.67	32	11	1	1	0	9	37			8	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.254	1.19	-0.32%	-3.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
7	424	31	May 13	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	W(5-1)	5	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	2.80	2.95	32	19	6	5	1	1	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.217	1.00	0.23%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
8	425	35	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,10-1	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.54	2.82	32	16	2	1	0	4	79			0	1	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.110	.97	0.11%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
9	426	40	May 23	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-2)	5	8.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.51	2.77	35	22	1	1	0	6	62			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	4	1.76	-0.273	3.79	-0.35%	0.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	427	45	May 29	LAD		SDP	W,9-6	GS-8	W(7-2)	5	7.1	8	5	5	3	10	1	0	2.85	2.77	31	8	2	0	1	8	49			0	1	1	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.035	1.64	0.04%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a5
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	428	50	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	GS-2	L(7-3)	5	1.2	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.35	2.80	13	2	2	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	-0.466	2.44	-0.39%	-4.51	1b start a 2	2b 12- 2 out d3
12	429	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	MON	L,9-10	GS-4	L(7-4)	4	3.1	12	8	8	2	2	0	1	4.07	2.85	24	6	1	0	0	12	4			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	-0.550	1.95	-0.41%	-5.58	1b start a 2	4b -23 1 out d1
13	430	60	Jun 14	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.2	12	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.98	2.95	40	18	2	1	0	12	50			2	0	0	37	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	0.044	1.38	0.04%	0.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
14	431	65	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	GS-5	L(8-5)	5	5.0	8	5	2	3	3	0	0	3.96	2.96	25	11	0	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	22	2	1	1	2	0	2	.77	-0.297	1.10	-0.26%	-2.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
15	432	70	Jun 25	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	L(8-6)	4	8.2	12	5	3	3	5	0	0	3.89	2.92	41	18	3	0	0	12	46			1	0	0	36	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.63	-0.380	3.03	-0.43%	-1.59	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out d2
16	433	75	Jun 30(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS-7	W(9-6)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.89	2.90	30	14	4	1	1	7	52			1	0	0	28	5	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.119	1.33	-0.15%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
17	434	81	Jul 5	LAD		ATL	L,8-9	GS-6		4	5.2	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.93	2.88	24	13	0	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.46	0.095	1.05	0.13%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a5
18	435	85	Jul 8(2)	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-5	6-GF	W(10-6)	2	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.80	2.80	14	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.277	4.20	0.42%	1.64	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
19	436	87	Jul 13	LAD	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(10-7)	4	5.0	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.73	2.83	22	9	3	0	1	7	46			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	0	.95	-0.036	2.31	-0.05%	0.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
20	437	92	Jul 17	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		3	6.0	6	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.69	2.85	26	16	7	6	1	0	49			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	1	2	1.17	-0.046	2.52	-0.06%	-0.03	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
21	438	97	Jul 22	LAD		STL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(11-7)	4	8.1	9	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.60	2.92	36	20	6	0	1	7	56			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.137	2.77	0.19%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
22	439	100	Jul 25	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	2.91	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.065	1.92	0.09%	0.44	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
23	440	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	GS-8	W(12-7)	2	7.1	6	3	0	1	5	0	0	3.40	2.85	31	15	4	2	0	6	64			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.20	-0.037	3.18	-0.06%	0.06	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
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
24	441	107	Aug 2	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-7	L(12-8)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	1	3.37	2.77	29	11	4	1	2	6	62			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.035	1.99	-0.06%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	442	112	Aug 7	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.24	2.76	35	18	6	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	0.397	2.82	0.60%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	443	117	Aug 12	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(13-9)	4	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.26	2.88	30	13	6	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.133	4.62	-0.42%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	444	122	Aug 18	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS-8	W(14-9)	5	7.2	9	3	3	0	3	1	1	3.28	2.93	31	13	5	1	1	9	52			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.161	2.25	0.37%	0.03	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out a4
28	445	127	Aug 24	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	GS-8	W(15-9)	5	8.0	10	4	4	2	2	1	1	3.33	3.01	35	10	10	1	1	10	46			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.30	-0.151	5.22	-0.36%	-0.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
29	446	132	Aug 29	LAD		MON	W,4-1	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	6	1	0	4	6	0	0	3.18	2.99	38	18	4	1	0	6	75			2	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.01	0.268	4.06	0.64%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
30	447	137	Sep 3	LAD		NYM	L,5-8	GS-5	L(16-10)	4	5.0	10	7	7	0	5	1	0	3.41	2.99	24	8	1	1	0	10	24			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.392	1.90	-0.89%	-4.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
31	448	142	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-7	GS-2		5	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.42	2.99	8	2	3	0	0	3	45			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.047	3.63	-0.10%	-0.44	1b start a 2	2b 12- 2 out a1
32	449	157	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		16	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.38	2.96	11	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.34	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 4
33	450	161	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	GS-5	W(17-10)	3	5.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.30	2.91	20	9	2	0	0	5	61			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.184	.00	0.00%	2.03	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a4
							19-14		W-L:17-10,Sv:1	4.1	213.0	230	95	78	53	124	11	5	3.30	2.91	912	3.55		7%	2%	207	52	0	---%	21	6	4	848	27	3	7	26	2	23	.99	-0.247	2.30	-0.27%	-0.91

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