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: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	581	2	Apr 6	CAL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.00	3.76	33	14	11	3	0	6	65			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.437	1.76	0.35%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	582	7	Apr 11	CAL		SEA	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.00	3.31	35	21	5	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.302	.86	0.25%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	583	12	Apr 17	CAL	@	MIN	L,8-11	GS-5		5	5.0	7	6	6	3	0	1	0	3.91	4.15	25	11	4	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.346	1.80	-0.35%	-3.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
4	584	17	Apr 23	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	CG	L(2-1)	5	9.0	14	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.66	3.44	38	12	7	0	1	14	52			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	3	0	0	.87	0.003	1.33	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
5	585	21	Apr 30	CAL		BOS	W,4-1	GS-4		6	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.34	3.47	10	6	2	0	0	1	56			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.110	1.27	0.11%	1.11	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out tie
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
6	586	28	May 9	CAL	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-3	L(2-2)	8	2.0	6	7	7	2	0	0	0	4.86	3.59	14	3	3	0	0	6	14			0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.426	2.02	-0.49%	-5.32	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d4
7	587	33	May 15	CAL		MIN	L,6-8	GS-6		5	5.1	8	5	4	1	2	2	0	5.10	4.08	25	12	2	0	0	8	35			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.059	1.84	-0.08%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a2
8	588	37	May 20	CAL		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	W(3-2)	4	7.2	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.88	31	13	10	1	0	8	55			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	1	3	1.06	0.101	1.82	0.11%	0.65	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
9	589	42	May 25	CAL		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.97	3.91	36	16	8	3	0	9	66			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	2	.52	0.207	1.05	0.25%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
10	590	46	May 30	CAL	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	12	5	4	2	2	0	0	4.09	3.82	34	12	6	2	0	12	35			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.180	2.10	-0.26%	-1.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
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	591	51	Jun 4	CAL	@	MIL	W,8-3	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	9	3	2	0	1	1	0	3.84	3.84	35	16	9	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.65	-0.022	1.56	-0.03%	1.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	592	56	Jun 9	CAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	11	2	0	2	1	0	0	3.43	3.77	39	15	10	1	0	11	60			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.87	0.303	5.34	0.52%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	593	61	Jun 15	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6	L(6-3)	5	5.1	7	5	5	1	4	0	0	3.73	3.65	25	13	1	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	24	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.274	2.92	-0.44%	-2.30	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out d2
14	594	65	Jun 20	CAL	@	TEX	W,10-9	GS-5		4	4.2	10	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.02	3.62	25	12	1	0	0	10	24			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.340	4.19	-0.64%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out tie
15	595	69	Jun 24	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-11	GS-7	L(6-4)	3	6.0	9	6	6	1	1	0	0	4.32	3.58	26	9	6	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	-0.478	4.21	-0.88%	-2.61	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
16	596	73	Jun 29	CAL		TEX	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.08	3.42	30	8	12	0	0	5	73			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.426	3.89	0.89%	2.97	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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	597	78	Jul 4	CAL		KCR	L,1-5	GS-2	L(6-5)	4	1.2	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.27	3.45	12	3	1	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.245	2.79	-0.41%	-2.78	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
18	598	81	Jul 10	CAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	W(7-5)	5	6.2	8	3	2	0	1	1	0	4.18	3.50	29	9	11	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.04	-0.037	2.61	-0.06%	0.52	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
19	599	86	Jul 15	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-10	GS-6	L(7-6)	4	5.1	9	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.44	3.59	26	10	3	2	0	9	26			1	0	0	24	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.491	3.15	-0.70%	-2.98	1b start a 2	6b --3 1 out d1
20	600	91	Jul 20	CAL		BOS	L,4-6	GS-9	L(7-7)	4	8.0	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.51	3.63	34	17	4	0	0	10	43			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.284	3.20	-0.44%	-0.65	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
21	601	97	Jul 25	CAL		BAL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(8-7)	4	7.2	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	4.39	3.67	30	10	7	0	1	7	59			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.234	1.71	0.27%	1.74	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
22	602	102	Jul 30(2)	CAL		OAK	L,1-2	CG(12)	L(8-8)	4	12.0	9	2	2	3	2	0	1	4.16	3.65	47	22	10	1	0	9	75			1	0	0	41	2	0	3	2	0	0	1.87	0.459	2.51	0.37%	3.96	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
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
23	603	107	Aug 3	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS-6		3	5.2	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.18	3.68	24	14	1	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.043	1.70	-0.04%	-0.40	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a2
24	604	112	Aug 8	CAL		MIN	L,2-4	GS-8	L(8-9)	4	7.1	9	4	4	1	3	2	0	4.21	3.78	33	14	6	1	0	9	46			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	2	1.07	-0.115	1.14	-0.07%	-0.60	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d1
25	605	117	Aug 14	CAL		SEA	W,7-2	CG	W(9-9)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	2	0	4.10	3.85	31	16	5	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.36	0.210	.23	0.08%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	606	122	Aug 20	CAL	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(9-10)	5	8.0	10	6	5	3	1	1	0	4.17	3.91	35	10	11	1	1	10	38			0	2	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.337	.16	-0.06%	-2.14	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
27	607	127	Aug 25	CAL	@	MIL	L,0-7	GS-5	L(9-11)	4	5.0	13	7	7	0	0	1	1	4.39	3.97	27	9	4	0	0	13	13			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.229	.12	-0.02%	-4.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out d7
28	608	132	Aug 30	CAL		CLE	W,10-6	GS-5		4	4.1	5	6	6	7	2	0	0	4.58	4.03	24	7	3	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.145	.03	0.00%	-3.09	1t start tie	5t 123 1 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
29	609	136	Sep 4	CAL		MIL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(10-11)	4	8.2	11	3	1	3	2	0	0	4.42	4.00	39	15	8	2	0	11	53			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.13	0.347	.01	0.00%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
30	610	141	Sep 9	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-11	GS-3	L(10-12)	4	2.1	5	5	5	1	1	3	0	4.60	4.19	13	6	0	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d4
31	611	145	Sep 14	CAL		KCR	L,0-1	GS-13		4	13.0	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.32	4.04	47	17	11	1	0	13	87			1	2	0	47	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.58	1.231	.00	0.00%	6.46	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
32	612	151	Sep 20	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS-9	W(11-12)	5	8.1	11	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.32	4.00	37	14	10	2	0	11	45			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1b start a 3	9b 123 1 out a3
33	613	156	Sep 25	CAL		CHW	L,5-8	GS-6	L(11-13)	4	5.2	9	6	4	3	3	0	0	4.37	3.98	28	10	3	1	0	9	31			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	1	2	1	.99	-0.375	.00	0.00%	-3.25	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
34	614	160	Sep 30	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	11	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.33	3.96	33	12	5	2	0	11	47			0	0	0	29	4	0	1	2	0	0	1.62	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
							16-18		W-L:11-13	4.4	234.2	287	126	113	49	65	20	2	4.33	3.96	1010	2.04		4%	0%	286	46		---%	5	7	0	944	50	5	5	32	7	19	1.08	-0.181	1.64	-1.77%	-6.30

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