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: 20-17 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	544	2	Apr 11(2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.00	2.49	34	10	10	1	1	8	65			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.84	0.106	.96	0.07%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
2	545	7	Apr 17	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-3	L(0-2)	5	3.0	7	5	5	1	0	1	1	5.25	4.13	16	5	2	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.289	1.34	-0.27%	-3.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
3	546	11	Apr 22	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	L(0-3)	4	9.0	10	3	1	1	3	1	0	3.43	4.00	37	15	8	1	0	10	61			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.052	1.54	0.05%	1.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	547	16	Apr 28	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-3)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.40	3.38	33	13	8	1	0	6	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.244	.35	0.14%	4.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	548	21	May 3	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	GS-8	L(1-4)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.92	3.34	29	12	8	0	0	8	44			1	1	0	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.162	1.11	-0.09%	0.08	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out tie
6	549	26	May 9	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-0	GS-8	W(2-4)	5	8.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.40	3.27	30	14	8	2	0	4	74			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.644	.85	0.24%	4.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
7	550	31	May 14	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-4	GS-4		4	3.2	7	4	2	1	3	0	0	2.59	3.17	18	4	3	0	0	7	37			0	2	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.290	1.05	-0.15%	-2.70	1b start a 1	4b -23 2 out d3
8	551	36	May 19	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.59	3.13	28	12	7	2	0	7	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.268	1.01	0.13%	1.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
9	552	40	May 25	NYY		TOR	W,8-0	SHO	W(4-4)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.23	3.09	32	20	5	2	0	5	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.326	.53	0.20%	4.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
10	553	43	May 29	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-7		3	6.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.55	3.08	26	8	6	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	1	1	0	1.25	-0.282	1.31	-0.18%	-1.29	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
11	554	45	May 31	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-5	5-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.48	3.12	9	4	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.027	.40	0.02%	1.33	5b -2- 0 out d4	7b 1-- 0 out d2
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
12	555	48	Jun 3	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-5)	2	8.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.57	3.14	34	15	5	0	0	9	51			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	0	.72	-0.006	.86	0.00%	1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
13	556	52	Jun 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-6)	5	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.67	3.25	29	12	5	0	0	7	52			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.81	-0.048	.64	-0.02%	0.32	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d2
14	557	57	Jun 15	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.2	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.86	3.23	28	11	7	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.32	-0.257	.84	-0.10%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
15	558	61	Jun 20	NYY		BAL	L,3-5	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.94	3.25	27	10	8	3	0	7	46			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.38	-0.061	1.09	-0.03%	0.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
16	559	63	Jun 22	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.91	3.23	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.028	.24	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
17	560	66	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	GS-8	W(5-6)	2	8.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.95	3.28	32	18	3	0	0	7	58			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.44	0.057	.19	0.02%	0.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
18	561	70	Jun 30	NYY		MIL	L,7-9	GS-3		4	2.2	6	6	6	0	2	0	0	3.36	3.23	14	5	1	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.303	.40	-0.09%	-3.85	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d5
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
19	562	73	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-6	GS-6		2	5.2	10	6	5	1	2	1	0	3.57	3.31	29	13	3	1	0	10	28			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.462	.75	-0.15%	-3.36	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d2
20	563	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-7	7-7		2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.31	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.097	.90	-0.04%	-1.62	7b -23 2 out a4	7b 1-- 2 out a2
21	564	79	Jul 9	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	2	8.0	8	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.70	3.31	33	16	5	0	0	8	54			1	0	0	30	0	2	0	0	1	1	.46	-0.167	.36	-0.08%	0.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	565	86	Jul 19	NYY		SEA	W,5-3	GS-8	W(6-7)	9	7.1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.50	3.26	26	14	6	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.72	0.244	.34	0.07%	2.40	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a4
23	566	92	Jul 25	NYY		CAL	L,4-6	GS-4	L(6-8)	5	3.1	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.68	3.28	18	8	1	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.22	-0.416	.81	-0.17%	-3.43	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out tie
24	567	97	Jul 31	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.27	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.028	.47	0.01%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
25	568	102	Aug 4(2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-7	CG	L(6-9)	3	9.0	11	7	7	2	2	2	0	3.86	3.43	40	17	8	0	0	11	37			0	1	0	38	1	1	0	0	0	1	.52	-0.233	.23	-0.06%	-2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d7
26	569	107	Aug 8(2)	NYY		TEX	W,8-5	GS-8	W(7-9)	3	7.1	9	4	3	1	1	1	0	3.85	3.49	32	17	5	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	1	.58	0.072	.17	0.01%	0.02	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a5
27	570	112	Aug 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7	W(8-9)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	1	3.85	3.48	28	14	6	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	0.091	.21	0.01%	0.50	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
28	571	118	Aug 18	NYY		KCR	W,9-2	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.75	3.49	34	14	8	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.46	0.097	.09	0.01%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	572	123	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-10)	5	7.1	8	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.75	3.57	32	14	6	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.006	.21	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d3
30	573	128	Aug 29	NYY	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	1	3.66	3.50	31	18	5	1	0	3	77			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.34	0.174	.02	0.01%	2.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				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
				Player went from New York Yankees to California Angels
31	574	134	Sep 3	CAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(11-10)	4	9.0	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	3.50	3.44	35	13	9	2	0	8	70			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.184	3.19	0.37%	2.23	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
32	575	138	Sep 7	CAL		CHW	L,4-7	GS-3	L(11-11)	3	2.1	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.64	3.41	14	5	0	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.235	4.70	-0.60%	-2.44	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d3
33	576	142	Sep 12	CAL		TOR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(12-11)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.39	28	12	6	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.143	4.85	-0.37%	0.15	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
34	577	147	Sep 17	CAL	@	TOR	L,2-6	GS-3	L(12-12)	4	2.1	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.69	3.44	12	4	1	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.145	3.94	-0.37%	-1.59	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d2
35	578	152	Sep 22	CAL		KCR	W,8-5	GS-6	W(13-12)	4	5.1	8	5	4	1	1	2	0	3.77	3.54	25	12	3	3	0	8	34			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.201	11.26	-1.25%	-2.41	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a2
36	579	157	Sep 27	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	W(14-12)	4	8.0	10	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.71	3.56	34	13	4	3	0	10	57			0	2	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.220	7.33	0.65%	1.62	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
37	580	162	Oct 3	CAL		TEX	W,7-6	GS-1		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.55	4	2	0	0	0	2	49			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	1t 3 out tie
							20-17		W-L:14-12	3.9	221.2	239	102	91	39	68	15	3	3.69	3.55	918	2.29		5%	0%	238	50	3	67%	5	8	0	861	36	13	1	27	7	14	.90	-0.881	1.49	-1.99%	7.15

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