Tommy John
Born: May 22, 1943, Terre Haute, INHeight: 6'3" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1963 Cleveland AL 20 0 2 2.21 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 20.1 23 91 10 5 1 5 1 0 9 1964 Cleveland AL 21 2 9 3.91 25 14 2 11 0 0 1 94.1 97 412 53 41 10 31 4 0 65 1965 Chicago AL 22 14 7 3.09 39 27 6 8 4 2 1 183.2 162 752 67 63 12 52 6 2 126 1966 Chicago AL 23 14 11 2.62 34 33 10 1 0 0 5 223.0 195 904 76 65 13 53 4 7 138 1967 Chicago AL 24 10 13 2.47 31 29 9 1 1 0 6 178.1 143 715 62 49 12 40 7 5 110 1968 Chicago AL 25 10 5 1.98 25 25 5 0 0 0 1 177.1 135 705 45 39 10 45 4 12 117 1969 Chicago AL 26 9 11 3.25 33 33 6 0 0 0 2 232.1 230 984 91 84 16 80 10 1 128 1970 Chicago AL 27 12 17 3.27 37 37 10 0 0 0 3 269.1 253 1133 117 98 19 85 16 9 138 1971 Chicago AL 28 13 16 3.61 38 35 10 3 0 0 3 229.1 244 975 115 92 17 53 5 5 131 1972 Los Angeles NL 29 11 5 2.89 29 29 4 0 0 0 1 186.2 172 766 68 60 14 39 1 3 117 1973 Los Angeles NL 30 16 7 3.10 36 31 4 2 3 0 2 218.0 202 888 88 75 16 48 2 4 116 1974 Los Angeles NL 31 13 3 2.59 22 22 5 0 0 0 3 153.0 133 616 51 44 4 42 0 1 78 1976 Los Angeles NL 33 10 10 3.09 31 31 6 0 0 0 2 207.0 207 868 76 71 7 57 4 0 91 1977 Los Angeles NL 34 20 7 2.78 31 31 11 0 0 0 3 220.1 225 906 82 68 12 47 3 3 123 1978 Los Angeles NL 35 17 10 3.30 33 30 7 0 3 1 0 213.0 230 912 95 78 11 46 7 5 124 1979 New York AL 36 21 9 2.96 37 36 17 0 1 0 3 276.1 268 1116 109 91 9 64 1 4 111 1980 New York AL 37 22 9 3.43 36 36 16 0 0 0 6 265.1 270 1089 115 101 13 55 1 6 78 1981 New York AL 38 9 8 2.63 20 20 7 0 0 0 0 140.1 135 580 50 41 10 37 2 3 50 1982 New York AL 39 10 10 3.66 30 26 9 2 2 0 2 186.2 190 766 84 76 11 33 1 3 54 1982 California AL 39 4 2 3.86 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 35.0 49 152 18 15 4 5 0 0 14 1983 California AL 40 11 13 4.33 34 34 9 0 0 0 0 234.2 287 1010 126 113 20 44 5 2 65 1984 California AL 41 7 13 4.52 32 29 4 2 1 0 1 181.1 223 797 97 91 15 53 3 4 47 1985 California AL 42 2 4 4.70 12 6 0 4 2 0 0 38.1 51 176 22 20 3 14 1 1 17 1985 Oakland AL 42 2 6 6.19 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 48.0 66 221 37 33 6 13 0 1 8 1986 New York AL 43 5 3 2.93 13 10 1 1 2 0 0 70.2 73 290 27 23 8 14 1 2 28 1987 New York AL 44 13 6 4.03 33 33 3 0 0 0 1 187.2 212 802 95 84 12 40 7 6 63 1988 New York AL 45 9 8 4.49 35 32 0 1 2 0 0 176.1 221 776 96 88 11 42 4 6 81 1989 New York AL 46 2 7 5.80 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 63.2 87 290 45 41 6 20 2 3 18 TOTALS 288 231 3.34 760 700 162 38 22 3 46 4710.1 4783 19692 2017 1749 302 1157 102 98 2245
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1963 Cleveland AL 6 81 10 23 28 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 5 1 0 9 2 .284 .346 .330 1964 Cleveland AL 25 370 53 97 151 16 4 10 5 2 2 0 31 4 0 65 14 .262 .408 .324 1965 Chicago AL 39 684 67 162 236 30 4 12 7 1 12 7 52 6 2 126 25 .237 .345 .298 1966 Chicago AL 34 829 76 195 272 22 8 13 7 4 15 9 53 4 7 138 22 .235 .328 .289 1967 Chicago AL 31 653 62 143 205 14 6 12 5 5 4 5 40 7 5 110 17 .219 .314 .275 1968 Chicago AL 25 638 45 135 184 19 0 10 5 1 10 6 45 4 12 117 19 .212 .288 .280 1969 Chicago AL 33 881 91 230 312 24 5 16 8 4 13 5 80 10 1 128 31 .261 .354 .329 1970 Chicago AL 37 1009 117 253 357 33 7 19 9 5 13 6 85 16 9 138 41 .251 .354 .323 1971 Chicago AL 38 892 115 244 335 26 7 17 10 10 12 5 53 5 5 131 29 .274 .376 .318 1972 Los Angeles NL 29 706 68 172 246 22 5 14 13 4 7 3 39 1 3 117 21 .244 .348 .286 1973 Los Angeles NL 36 821 88 202 290 30 5 16 9 4 6 5 48 2 4 116 29 .246 .353 .291 1974 Los Angeles NL 22 567 51 133 174 25 2 4 3 3 9 9 42 0 1 78 10 .235 .307 .287 1976 Los Angeles NL 31 792 76 207 269 33 4 7 10 5 14 7 57 4 0 91 23 .261 .340 .312 1977 Los Angeles NL 31 842 82 225 303 34 4 12 10 1 8 10 47 3 3 123 32 .267 .360 .310 1978 Los Angeles NL 33 848 95 230 296 27 3 11 4 2 21 6 46 7 5 124 26 .271 .349 .317 1979 New York AL 37 1031 109 268 347 36 8 9 11 5 10 8 64 1 4 111 45 .260 .337 .305 1980 New York AL 36 1007 115 270 383 50 12 13 15 5 2 12 55 1 6 78 33 .268 .380 .309 1981 New York AL 20 528 50 135 186 17 2 10 8 2 8 6 37 2 3 50 17 .256 .352 .309 1982 New York AL 30 715 84 190 272 25 12 11 7 7 5 6 33 1 3 54 22 .266 .380 .299 1982 California AL 7 146 18 49 74 11 1 4 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 14 5 .336 .507 .358 1983 California AL 34 944 126 287 407 50 5 20 8 7 5 7 44 5 2 65 32 .304 .431 .337 1984 California AL 32 728 97 223 316 38 5 15 3 6 12 6 53 3 4 47 24 .306 .434 .356 1985 California AL 12 155 22 51 72 10 1 3 3 2 0 1 14 1 1 17 7 .329 .465 .387 1985 Oakland AL 11 199 37 66 100 14 1 6 6 2 4 3 13 0 1 8 4 .332 .503 .372 1986 New York AL 13 265 27 73 104 7 0 8 5 3 6 4 14 1 2 28 10 .275 .392 .316 1987 New York AL 33 736 95 212 285 31 3 12 12 1 17 6 40 7 6 63 27 .288 .387 .335 1988 New York AL 35 717 96 221 303 43 3 11 5 2 15 4 42 4 6 81 29 .308 .423 .354 1989 New York AL 10 259 45 87 115 10 0 6 4 2 7 5 20 2 3 18 8 .336 .444 .392
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1963 Cleveland AL 20 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .000 .000 1964 Cleveland AL 21 25 24 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 .208 .208 .208 1965 Chicago AL 22 39 59 4 10 14 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 1 .169 .237 .210 1966 Chicago AL 23 34 69 6 10 17 1 0 2 8 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 1 .145 .246 .181 1967 Chicago AL 24 31 51 0 8 8 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 .157 .157 .170 1968 Chicago AL 25 25 62 3 12 16 1 0 1 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 .194 .258 .194 1969 Chicago AL 26 33 79 6 9 11 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 27 1 .114 .139 .184 1970 Chicago AL 27 38 84 4 17 18 1 0 0 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 17 3 .202 .214 .230 1971 Chicago AL 28 38 69 3 10 10 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 .145 .145 .181 1972 Los Angeles NL 29 29 63 3 10 10 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 .159 .159 .159 1973 Los Angeles NL 30 36 74 3 15 16 1 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 3 .203 .216 .244 1974 Los Angeles NL 31 22 51 0 6 8 2 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 .118 .157 .151 1976 Los Angeles NL 33 31 64 3 7 8 1 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 4 .109 .125 .136 1977 Los Angeles NL 34 31 79 3 14 18 1 0 1 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 .177 .228 .205 1978 Los Angeles NL 35 33 66 2 8 10 2 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 1 .121 .152 .159 1979 New York AL 36 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 New York AL 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 New York AL 38 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 New York AL 39 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 California AL 39 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 California AL 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 California AL 41 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 California AL 42 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Oakland AL 42 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 New York AL 43 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 New York AL 44 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 New York AL 45 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1989 New York AL 46 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 761 900 43 141 169 13 0 5 54 93 3 0 0 33 0 1 211 20 .157 .188 .187
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1963 Cleveland AL P 20.1 3 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.77 3 1 0 1964 Cleveland AL P 94.1 14 25 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.00 2 0 0 1965 Chicago AL P 183.2 27 39 4 51 5 3 .917 2.70 12 7 2 1966 Chicago AL P 223.0 33 34 8 47 5 0 .917 2.22 15 9 0 1967 Chicago AL P 178.1 29 31 17 55 2 4 .973 3.63 4 5 0 1968 Chicago AL P 177.1 25 25 10 54 1 6 .985 3.25 10 6 0 1969 Chicago AL P 232.0 33 33 16 66 0 4 1.000 3.18 13 5 1 1970 Chicago AL P 269.1 37 37 15 65 8 3 .909 2.67 13 6 1 1971 Chicago AL P 229.1 35 38 9 34 3 2 .935 1.69 12 5 0 1972 Los Angeles NL P 186.2 29 29 11 45 0 3 1.000 2.70 7 3 0 1973 Los Angeles NL P 218.0 31 36 15 64 1 6 .988 3.26 6 5 0 1974 Los Angeles NL P 153.0 22 22 3 36 1 3 .975 2.29 9 9 2 1976 Los Angeles NL P 207.0 31 31 3 33 1 2 .973 1.57 14 7 1 1977 Los Angeles NL P 220.1 31 31 6 47 1 5 .981 2.16 8 10 0 1978 Los Angeles NL P 213.0 30 33 8 45 3 1 .946 2.24 21 6 4 1979 New York AL P 276.1 36 37 15 51 3 5 .957 2.15 10 8 3 1980 New York AL P 265.1 36 36 16 46 1 4 .984 2.10 2 12 1 1981 New York AL P 140.1 20 20 11 27 0 2 1.000 2.44 8 6 1 1982 New York AL P 186.2 26 30 8 40 2 1 .960 2.31 5 6 0 1982 California AL P 35.0 7 7 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 2 0 1983 California AL P 234.2 34 34 16 39 0 4 1.000 2.11 5 7 0 1984 California AL P 181.1 29 32 15 27 0 2 1.000 2.08 12 6 1 1985 California AL P 38.1 6 12 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.05 0 1 0 1985 Oakland AL P 48.0 11 11 4 13 0 0 1.000 3.19 4 3 0 1986 New York AL P 70.2 10 13 4 15 3 2 .864 2.42 6 4 0 1987 New York AL P 187.2 33 33 4 31 5 1 .875 1.68 17 6 1 1988 New York AL P 176.1 32 35 4 40 4 2 .917 2.25 15 4 0 1989 New York AL P 63.2 10 10 3 21 0 0 1.000 3.39 7 5 2
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (June 12, 1961).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Tommie Agee and John Romano to Chicago White Sox as part of 3-team trade in which Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to Cleveland Indians; Chicago WhiteSox sent Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger to Kansas City Athletics; Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to Cleveland Indians (January 20, 1965); and Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot to Kansas City Athletics (February 10, 1965).
- On disabled list August 22, 1968 through end of season.
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Steve Huntz to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Dick Allen (December 2, 1971).
- Placed on disabled list by Los Angeles Dodgers (July 17, 1974)
- Activated by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 3, 1974)
- Placed on disabled list by Los Angeles Dodgers (April 6, 1975)
- Activated by Los Angeles Dodgers (September 29, 1975)
- Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
- Signed by New York Yankees (November 21, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Yankees, (June 1, 1981).
- Activated by New York Yankees, (August 5, 1981).
- Traded by New York Yankees to California Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (August 31, 1982); New York Yankees received Dennis Rasmussen (November 24, 1982).
- Released by California Angels (June 19, 1985).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (July 12, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by New York Yankees (May 2, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by New York Yankees (January 8, 1987).
- Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
- Signed by New York Yankees (December 21, 1987).
- Released by New York Yankees (November 10, 1988).
- Signed by New York Yankees (February 13, 1989).
- Released by New York Yankees (May 30, 1989).
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