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: 22-11 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	683	2	Apr 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-4		99	3.2	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	12.27	7.51	19	11	4	2	0	1	26			2	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.240	1.56	-0.22%	-3.00	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d5
2	684	12	Apr 19(2)	NYY		KCR	W,1-0	GS-7		10	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.22	4.65	26	14	6	1	0	2	69			1	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	0.459	1.75	0.40%	3.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	685	19	Apr 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	6	7.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	2.55	3.83	26	17	2	0	0	1	78			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	.30	0.084	.53	0.09%	3.85	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a14
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	686	23	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	5	6.2	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.59	3.53	27	18	6	2	0	0	51			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.123	1.56	0.11%	1.32	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out a3
5	687	28	May 8	NYY		MIN	W,11-7	GS-2		5	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.81	3.41	11	5	0	0	0	5	28			2	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.280	1.76	-0.29%	-3.25	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d4
6	688	33	May 13	NYY		TEX	L,6-8	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.1	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.60	3.76	23	10	4	1	0	7	32			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.270	2.22	-0.33%	-1.96	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
7	689	38	May 18	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.59	21	13	5	1	1	0	61			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.393	2.39	0.51%	3.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
8	690	44	May 25	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(4-1)	6	6.1	8	3	2	0	4	0	0	3.71	3.31	27	13	2	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.178	2.14	0.25%	1.29	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out a4
9	691	49	May 31	NYY		OAK	W,9-5	GS-7	W(5-1)	5	6.0	5	2	2	1	0	2	1	3.62	3.90	23	8	9	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.67	0.094	1.58	0.13%	0.87	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
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
10	692	54	Jun 5	NYY	@	MIL	W,13-1	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.34	3.70	27	16	3	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.199	1.49	0.36%	2.97	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a12
11	693	59	Jun 10	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	GS-8	L(6-2)	4	7.2	6	3	2	4	3	1	0	3.22	3.90	34	14	8	2	1	5	56			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	2	.82	-0.004	2.78	-0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
12	694	63	Jun 15	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	GS-6	W(7-2)	4	5.1	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.23	3.86	23	9	7	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.038	2.54	0.05%	0.31	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
13	695	68	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-5	L(7-3)	4	4.2	10	6	6	0	1	0	0	3.75	3.77	23	11	11	6	0	0	21			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.393	2.85	-0.59%	-3.45	1b start a 3	5b 1-- 2 out d3
14	696	73	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,12-11	GS-2		5	1.1	6	8	8	2	0	1	0	4.64	4.01	12	3	2	1	0	5	8			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.375	1.77	-0.57%	-5.54	1t start tie	2t 123 1 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
15	697	78	Jul 1	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	4.25	4.06	30	18	4	2	0	4	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.465	5.31	1.20%	3.93	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
16	698	84	Jul 7	NYY		MIN	W,12-7	GS-7		5	6.1	6	6	3	1	2	1	0	4.25	4.11	27	14	4	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	.59	-0.145	1.59	-0.23%	-1.64	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d4
17	699	89	Jul 12	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.13	4.05	27	8	8	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.279	2.21	0.48%	1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
18	700	94	Jul 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	W(9-3)	7	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.86	3.96	35	26	7	1	0	0	69			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.94	0.335	2.74	0.59%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
19	701	98	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6		4	5.1	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.83	3.87	25	5	6	0	0	7	49			5	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.11	0.032	3.34	0.06%	0.64	1b start a 1	6b -2- 1 out d1
20	702	102	Jul 30	NYY		KCR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(10-3)	4	6.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.87	3.97	25	11	3	0	0	6	47			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.066	2.92	0.13%	0.27	1t start tie	7t --- 0 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
21	703	107	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-15	GS-3	L(10-4)	4	2.1	6	7	5	3	0	0	1	4.17	4.05	17	4	3	1	0	6	18			0	0	0	13	2	0	1	1	0	1	.77	-0.318	2.53	-0.63%	-6.31	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d7
22	704	111	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.88	3.97	29	16	8	4	1	0	85			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.65	0.275	2.85	0.73%	4.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
23	705	116	Aug 14	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS-4		5	3.1	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.05	3.95	19	5	4	0	0	6	26			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.269	3.67	-0.44%	-2.38	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
24	706	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-0	GS-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.02	3.99	5	3	0	0	0	0	51			1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.042	2.33	0.06%	0.58	1b start a 4	1b 3 out a4
25	707	125	Aug 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.1	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.97	4.01	26	12	9	5	2	1	55			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.056	1.97	0.06%	1.03	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
26	708	129	Aug 29(2)	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(12-4)	4	7.2	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.88	4.01	29	17	4	1	1	6	57			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.244	.83	0.15%	2.11	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
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
27	709	133	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,3-2	GS-7		3	6.2	8	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.83	4.00	29	12	4	0	0	8	49			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.165	1.29	0.11%	1.47	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
28	710	136	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	L,1-3	GS-4	L(12-5)	3	3.2	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.97	20	11	2	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.03	-0.143	1.27	-0.11%	-1.28	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
29	711	140	Sep 11	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	10	5	4	3	3	0	0	3.93	3.95	30	11	4	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.09	-0.222	.69	-0.08%	-1.06	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d1
30	712	145	Sep 16	NYY		MIL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	9	4	2	2	2	0	0	3.89	3.92	27	16	7	3	0	0	43			0	2	1	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.106	.07	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
31	713	150	Sep 22(1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	GS-4	L(12-6)	5	3.1	7	5	5	1	1	0	1	4.07	3.92	18	7	1	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	16	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.17	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-3.47	1b start a 1	4b -2- 1 out d4
32	714	155	Sep 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-9	GS-7		4	6.1	9	5	5	0	2	1	0	4.18	3.93	26	11	4	2	0	9	37			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-0.21	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
33	715	160	Oct 2	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.03	3.88	36	15	13	4	1	0	71			0	1	0	32	3	0	0	1	1	2	1.37	0.517	.00	0.00%	3.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							22-11		W-L:13-6	4.4	187.2	212	95	84	47	63	12	6	4.03	3.88	802	2.34		8%	1%	138	48		---%	17	6	1	736	31	3	7	27	1	16	.98	1.086	1.89	1.94%	10.31

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