Tommy John

Thomas Edward John
Born: May 22, 1943
Terre Haute, IN USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: R
Throws: L
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 180
Career: 1963-1989
Minor League Statistics

Tommy John compiled a career record of 288 wins and 231 losses in his 761-game career with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, California Angels and Oakland Athletics. He began playing during the 1963 season and last took the field during the 1989 campaign.

Cleveland Indians

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1963	AL	Cleveland Indians	0	2	.000	2.21	6	3	1	0	0	0	20.3	23	10	5	1	6	1	9	0	0	1	91
1964	AL	Cleveland Indians	2	9	.182	3.91	25	14	0	2	1	0	94.3	97	53	41	10	35	4	65	0	1	5	412
1965	AL	Chicago White Sox	14	7	.667	3.09	39	27	4	6	1	3	183.7	162	67	63	12	58	6	126	2	0	8	752
1966	AL	Chicago White Sox	14	11	.560	2.62	34	33	0	10	5	0	223.0	195	76	65	13	57	4	138	7	1	10	904
1967	AL	Chicago White Sox	10	13	.435	2.47	31	29	1	9	6	0	178.3	143	62	49	12	47	7	110	5	0	5	715
1968	AL	Chicago White Sox	10	5	.667	1.98	25	25	0	5	1	0	177.3	135	45	39	10	49	4	117	12	1	2	705
1969	AL	Chicago White Sox	9	11	.450	3.25	33	33	0	6	2	0	232.3	230	91	84	16	90	10	128	1	1	15	984
1970	AL	Chicago White Sox	12	17	.414	3.27	37	37	0	10	3	0	269.3	253	117	98	19	101	16	138	9	0	17	1133
1971	AL	Chicago White Sox	13	16	.448	3.61	38	35	0	10	3	0	229.3	244	115	92	17	58	5	131	5	0	10	975
1972	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	5	.688	2.89	29	29	0	4	1	0	186.7	172	68	60	14	40	1	117	3	0	10	766
1973	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	16	7	.696	3.10	36	31	3	4	2	0	218.0	202	88	75	16	50	2	116	4	0	3	888
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	13	3	.813	2.59	22	22	0	5	3	0	153.0	133	51	44	4	42	0	78	1	0	5	616
1976	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	10	10	.500	3.09	31	31	0	6	2	0	207.0	207	76	71	7	61	4	91	0	1	7	868
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	20	7	.741	2.78	31	31	0	11	3	0	220.3	225	82	68	12	50	3	123	3	0	6	906
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	17	10	.630	3.30	33	30	3	7	0	1	213.0	230	95	78	11	53	7	124	5	1	6	912
1979	AL	New York Yankees	21	9	.700	2.96	37	36	1	17	3	0	276.3	268	109	91	9	65	1	111	4	1	11	1116
1980	AL	New York Yankees	22	9	.710	3.43	36	36	0	16	6	0	265.3	270	115	101	13	56	1	78	6	0	5	1089
1981	AL	New York Yankees	9	8	.529	2.63	20	20	0	7	0	0	140.3	135	50	41	10	39	2	50	3	2	6	580
1982	AL	New York Yankees	10	10	.500	3.66	30	26	2	9	2	0	186.7	190	84	76	11	34	1	54	3	2	5	766
1982	AL	California Angels	4	2	.667	3.86	7	7	0	1	0	0	35.0	49	18	15	4	5	0	14	0	0	2	152
1983	AL	California Angels	11	13	.458	4.33	34	34	0	9	0	0	234.7	287	126	113	20	49	5	65	2	0	11	1010
1984	AL	California Angels	7	13	.350	4.52	32	29	1	4	1	0	181.3	223	97	91	15	56	3	47	4	0	11	797
1985	AL	California Angels	2	4	.333	4.70	12	6	2	0	0	0	38.3	51	22	20	3	15	1	17	1	0	5	176
1985	AL	Oakland Athletics	2	6	.250	6.19	11	11	0	0	0	0	48.0	66	37	33	6	13	0	8	1	0	2	221
1986	AL	New York Yankees	5	3	.625	2.93	13	10	2	1	0	0	70.7	73	27	23	8	15	1	28	2	0	2	290
1987	AL	New York Yankees	13	6	.684	4.03	33	33	0	3	1	0	187.7	212	95	84	12	47	7	63	6	0	9	802
1988	AL	New York Yankees	9	8	.529	4.49	35	32	2	0	0	0	176.3	221	96	88	11	46	4	81	6	5	5	776
1989	AL	New York Yankees	2	7	.222	5.80	10	10	0	0	0	0	63.7	87	45	41	6	22	2	18	3	0	3	290
Totals			288	231	.555	3.34	760	700	22	162	46	4	4710.3	4783	2017	1749	302	1259	102	2245	98	16	187	19692

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1963	AL	Cleveland Indians	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
1964	AL	Cleveland Indians	25	27	24	3	5	0	0	1	0	7	.208	.208	.208	.417	5	1	0	3	0
1965	AL	Chicago White Sox	39	68	59	4	10	1	1	2	3	22	.169	.210	.237	.447	14	1	0	6	0
1966	AL	Chicago White Sox	34	76	69	6	10	1	2	8	3	21	.145	.181	.246	.427	17	1	0	4	0
1967	AL	Chicago White Sox	31	58	51	0	8	0	0	2	1	12	.157	.170	.157	.327	8	0	0	5	1
1968	AL	Chicago White Sox	25	67	62	3	12	1	1	9	0	15	.194	.194	.258	.452	16	0	0	5	0
1969	AL	Chicago White Sox	33	88	79	6	9	2	0	1	7	27	.114	.184	.139	.323	11	1	0	1	1
1970	AL	Chicago White Sox	38	96	84	4	17	1	0	5	2	17	.202	.230	.214	.444	18	3	1	9	0
1971	AL	Chicago White Sox	38	81	69	3	10	0	0	2	3	14	.145	.181	.145	.325	10	0	0	9	0
1972	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	29	70	63	3	10	0	0	2	0	10	.159	.159	.159	.317	10	3	0	7	0
1973	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	36	85	74	3	15	1	0	7	4	17	.203	.244	.216	.460	16	3	0	7	0
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	22	62	51	0	6	2	0	2	2	10	.118	.151	.157	.308	8	1	0	9	0
1976	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	76	64	3	7	1	0	3	2	10	.109	.136	.125	.261	8	4	0	10	0
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	89	79	3	14	1	1	4	3	14	.177	.205	.228	.433	18	0	0	6	1
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	81	66	2	8	2	0	6	3	13	.121	.159	.152	.311	10	1	0	12	0
1979	AL	New York Yankees	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1980	AL	New York Yankees	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1982	AL	New York Yankees	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1982	AL	California Angels	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1983	AL	California Angels	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1984	AL	California Angels	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	AL	California Angels	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	AL	Oakland Athletics	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1986	AL	New York Yankees	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1987	AL	New York Yankees	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1988	AL	New York Yankees	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1989	AL	New York Yankees	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals			761	1030	900	43	141	13	5	54	33	211	.157	.187	.188	.375	169	20	1	93	3

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1963	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	6	3	20.3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.770	.667
1964	AL	Cleveland Indians	P	25	14	94.3	5	16	0	2	1.000	2.004	.840
1965	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	39	27	183.7	4	51	5	3	.917	2.695	1.410
1966	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	34	33	223.0	8	47	5	0	.917	2.220	1.618
1967	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	31	29	178.3	17	55	2	4	.973	3.634	2.323
1968	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	25	25	177.3	10	54	1	6	.985	3.248	2.560
1969	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	33	33	232.0	16	66	0	4	1.000	3.181	2.485
1970	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	37	37	269.0	15	65	8	3	.909	2.677	2.162
1971	AL	Chicago White Sox	P	38	35	229.0	9	34	3	2	.935	1.690	1.132
1972	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	29	29	187.0	11	45	0	3	1.000	2.695	1.931
1973	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	36	31	218.0	15	64	1	6	.988	3.261	2.194
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	22	22	153.0	3	36	1	3	.975	2.294	1.773
1976	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	31	31	207.0	3	33	1	2	.973	1.565	1.161
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	31	31	220.3	6	47	1	5	.981	2.165	1.710
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	30	213.0	8	45	3	1	.946	2.239	1.606
1979	AL	New York Yankees	P	37	36	276.3	15	51	3	5	.957	2.150	1.784
1980	AL	New York Yankees	P	36	36	265.3	16	46	1	4	.984	2.103	1.722
1981	AL	New York Yankees	P	20	20	140.3	11	27	0	2	1.000	2.437	1.900
1982	AL	New York Yankees	P	30	26	186.7	8	40	2	1	.960	2.314	1.600
1982	AL	California Angels	P	7	7	35.0	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.571	1.429
1983	AL	California Angels	P	34	34	234.7	16	39	0	4	1.000	2.109	1.618
1984	AL	California Angels	P	32	29	181.3	15	27	0	2	1.000	2.085	1.313
1985	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	11	11	48.0	4	13	0	0	1.000	3.187	1.545
1985	AL	California Angels	P	12	6	38.3	4	9	0	2	1.000	3.052	1.083
1986	AL	New York Yankees	P	13	10	70.7	4	15	3	2	.864	2.420	1.462
1987	AL	New York Yankees	P	33	33	187.7	4	31	5	1	.875	1.679	1.061
1988	AL	New York Yankees	P	35	32	176.3	4	40	4	2	.917	2.246	1.257
1989	AL	New York Yankees	P	10	10	63.7	3	21	0	0	1.000	3.393	2.400
Totals				760	700	4709.7	237	1028	49	69	.963	2.417	1.664

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	0	1.000	0.66	2	2	0	1	0	13.7	11	5	1	1	5	0	11	2	0	60
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	5	4	0	3	0	7	1	0	30
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	30
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	1	0	1.000	3.07	2	2	0	0	0	14.7	14	8	5	1	4	0	6	0	0	61
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	0	0		2.70	1	1	0	0	0	6.7	8	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	28
1981	AL	New York Yankees	AEDIV	0	1	.000	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	29
1981	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	24
1981	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	0	1.000	0.69	3	2	1	0	0	13.0	11	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	51
1982	AL	California Angels	ALCS	1	1	.500	5.11	2	2	0	1	0	12.3	11	9	7	1	6	1	6	1	3	54
Totals				6	3	.667	2.65	14	13	1	3	1	88.3	82	36	26	6	24	1	48	4	4	367

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	2	5	5	1	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	1	2	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	4	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	2	0	0	0	0					0	0
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0					0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	AEDIV	1	0	0	0	0					0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0					0	0
1981	AL	New York Yankees	WS	3	3	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1982	AL	California Angels	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals				14	14	12	1	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	2	2	13.7	0	1	1.000	.659	.500
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	P	1	1	6.0	0	0		.000	.000
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	1	1	9.0	0	0		.000	.000
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	14.7	0	4	1.000	2.455	2.000
1980	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	1	1	6.7	0	0		.000	.000
1981	AL	New York Yankees	AEDIV	P	1	1	7.0	0	3	1.000	3.857	3.000
1981	AL	New York Yankees	ALCS	P	1	1	6.0	0	0		.000	.000
1981	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	3	2	13.0	0	3	1.000	2.077	1.000
1982	AL	California Angels	ALCS	P	2	2	12.3	3	1	1.000	2.919	2.000
Totals					14	13	88.3	3	12	1.000	1.528	1.071

Awards

1980 - AL TSN All-Star LHP

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