Tommy John

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Full Name: Thomas Edward John	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/180	First Game: September 6, 1963
Birthdate: May 22, 1943	Final Game: May 25, 1989
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana	MLB Experience: 26 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on May 22, 1943 in Terre Haute, Indiana, Tommy John (Thomas Edward John) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, California Angels and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 26 year career. John broke into the bigs on September 6, 1963 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.91 ERA in 94.1 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tommy John's best season was 1977, when he posted a 2.78 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 123 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1963	CLE	A	6	3	0	2	2.21	9	10	5	0	0	0	20.1	23	1	6	1	1	0
1964	CLE	A	25	14	2	9	3.91	65	53	41	2	1	0	94.1	97	10	35	4	5	0
1965	CHI	A	39	27	14	7	3.09	126	67	63	6	1	3	183.2	162	12	58	6	8	2
1966	CHI	A	34	33	14	11	2.62	138	76	65	10	5	0	223	195	13	57	4	10	7
1967	CHI	A	31	29	10	13	2.47	110	62	49	9	6	0	178.1	143	12	47	7	5	5
1968	CHI	A	25	25	10	5	1.98	117	45	39	5	1	0	177.1	135	10	49	4	2	12
1969	CHI	A	33	33	9	11	3.25	128	91	84	6	2	0	232.1	230	16	90	10	15	1
1970	CHI	A	37	37	12	17	3.27	138	117	98	10	3	0	269.1	253	19	101	16	17	9
1971	CHI	A	38	35	13	16	3.61	131	115	92	10	3	0	229.1	244	17	58	5	10	5
1972	LA	N	29	29	11	5	2.89	117	68	60	4	1	0	186.2	172	14	40	1	10	3
1973	LA	N	36	31	16	7	3.10	116	88	75	4	2	0	218	202	16	50	2	3	4
1974	LA	N	22	22	13	3	2.59	78	51	44	5	3	0	153	133	4	42	0	5	1
1976	LA	N	31	31	10	10	3.09	91	76	71	6	2	0	207	207	7	61	4	7	0
1977	LA	N	31	31	20	7	2.78	123	82	68	11	3	0	220.1	225	12	50	3	6	3
1978	LA	N	33	30	17	10	3.30	124	95	78	7	0	1	213	230	11	53	7	6	5
1979	NY	A	37	36	21	9	2.96	111	109	91	17	3	0	276.1	268	9	65	1	11	4
1980	NY	A	36	36	22	9	3.43	78	115	101	16	6	0	265.1	270	13	56	1	5	6
1981	NY	A	20	20	9	8	2.63	50	50	41	7	0	0	140.1	135	10	39	2	6	3
1982	NY	A	30	26	10	10	3.66	54	84	76	9	2	0	186.2	190	11	34	1	5	3
1982	CAL	A	7	7	4	2	3.86	14	18	15	1	0	0	35	49	4	5	0	2	0
1982	TOT	A	37	33	14	12	3.69	68	102	91	10	2	0	221.2	239	15	39	1	7	3
1983	CAL	A	34	34	11	13	4.33	65	126	113	9	0	0	234.2	287	20	49	5	11	2
1984	CAL	A	32	29	7	13	4.52	47	97	91	4	1	0	181.1	223	15	56	3	11	4
1985	OAK	A	11	11	2	6	6.19	8	37	33	0	0	0	48	66	6	13	0	2	1
1985	CAL	A	12	6	2	4	4.70	17	22	20	0	0	0	38.1	51	3	15	1	5	1
1985	TOT	A	23	17	4	10	5.53	25	59	53	0	0	0	86.1	117	9	28	1	7	2
1986	NY	A	13	10	5	3	2.93	28	27	23	1	0	0	70.2	73	8	15	1	2	2
1987	NY	A	33	33	13	6	4.03	63	95	84	3	1	0	187.2	212	12	47	7	9	6
1988	NY	A	35	32	9	8	4.49	81	96	88	0	0	0	176.1	221	11	46	4	5	6
1989	NY	A	10	10	2	7	5.80	18	45	41	0	0	0	63.2	87	6	22	2	3	3
Total	NL		182	174	87	42	2.97	649	460	396	37	11	1	1198	1169	64	296	17	37	16
Total	AL		578	526	201	189	3.47	1596	1557	1353	125	35	3	3512.1	3614	238	963	85	150	82
Total			760	700	288	231	3.34	2245	2017	1749	162	46	4	4710.1	4783	302	1259	102	187	98

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1963	CLE	A	P	6	3	20.1	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.000
1964	CLE	A	P	25	14	94.1	5	16	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	1.000
1965	CHI	A	P	39	27	183.2	4	51	5	3	0	0	12	7	2	.917
1966	CHI	A	P	34	33	223	8	47	5	0	1	1	15	9	0	.917
1967	CHI	A	P	31	29	178.1	17	55	2	4	0	3	4	5	0	.973
1968	CHI	A	P	25	25	177.1	10	54	1	6	0	0	10	6	0	.985
1969	CHI	A	P	33	33	232	16	66	0	4	0	4	13	5	1	1.000
1970	CHI	A	P	37	37	269.1	15	65	8	3	0	2	13	6	1	.909
1971	CHI	A	P	38	35	229.1	9	34	3	2	0	2	12	5	0	.935
1972	LA	N	P	29	29	186.2	11	45	0	3	0	1	7	3	0	1.000
1973	LA	N	P	36	31	218	15	64	1	6	0	1	6	5	0	.988
1974	LA	N	P	22	22	153	3	36	1	3	0	1	9	9	2	.975
1976	LA	N	P	31	31	207	3	33	1	2	0	0	14	7	1	.973
1977	LA	N	P	31	31	220.1	6	47	1	5	0	2	8	10	0	.981
1978	LA	N	P	33	30	213	8	45	3	1	0	1	21	6	4	.946
1979	NY	A	P	37	36	276.1	15	51	3	5	0	2	10	8	3	.957
1980	NY	A	P	36	36	265.1	16	46	1	4	0	2	2	12	1	.984
1981	NY	A	P	20	20	140.1	11	27	0	2	0	1	8	6	1	1.000
1982	NY	A	P	30	26	186.2	8	40	2	1	0	1	5	6	0	.960
1982	CAL	A	P	7	7	35	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
1982	TOT	A	P	37	33	221.2	10	48	2	1	0	1	5	8	0	.967
1983	CAL	A	P	34	34	234.2	16	39	0	4	0	0	5	7	0	1.000
1984	CAL	A	P	32	29	181.1	15	27	0	2	0	0	12	6	1	1.000
1985	OAK	A	P	11	11	48	4	13	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1.000
1985	CAL	A	P	12	6	38.1	4	9	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
1985	TOT	A	P	23	17	86.1	8	22	0	2	0	1	4	4	0	1.000
1986	NY	A	P	13	10	70.2	4	15	3	2	0	0	6	4	0	.864
1987	NY	A	P	33	33	187.2	4	31	5	1	0	1	17	6	1	.875
1988	NY	A	P	35	32	176.1	4	40	4	2	0	0	15	4	0	.917
1989	NY	A	P	10	10	63.2	3	21	0	0	0	0	7	5	2	1.000
Total			P	760	700	4710	237	1028	49	69	1	29	240	154	20	.963

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	CLE	A	6	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
1964	CLE	A	25	24	3	5	0	1	.208	.208	.208	0	0	0	7	0	3	0	0	1
1965	CHI	A	39	59	4	10	1	2	.169	.210	.237	1	0	3	22	0	6	0	0	1
1966	CHI	A	34	69	6	10	2	8	.145	.181	.246	1	0	3	21	0	4	0	0	1
1967	CHI	A	31	51	0	8	0	2	.157	.170	.157	0	0	1	12	0	5	0	0	0
1968	CHI	A	25	62	3	12	1	9	.194	.194	.258	1	0	0	15	0	5	0	0	0
1969	CHI	A	33	79	6	9	0	1	.114	.184	.139	2	0	7	27	0	1	0	0	1
1970	CHI	A	38	84	4	17	0	5	.202	.230	.214	1	0	2	17	1	9	0	0	3
1971	CHI	A	38	69	3	10	0	2	.145	.181	.145	0	0	3	14	0	9	0	0	0
1972	LA	N	29	63	3	10	0	2	.159	.159	.159	0	0	0	10	0	7	0	0	3
1973	LA	N	36	74	3	15	0	7	.203	.244	.216	1	0	4	17	0	7	0	0	3
1974	LA	N	22	51	0	6	0	2	.118	.151	.157	2	0	2	10	0	9	0	0	1
1976	LA	N	31	64	3	7	0	3	.109	.136	.125	1	0	2	10	0	10	0	0	4
1977	LA	N	31	79	3	14	1	4	.177	.205	.228	1	0	3	14	0	6	0	0	0
1978	LA	N	33	66	2	8	0	6	.121	.159	.152	2	0	3	13	0	12	0	0	1
1979	NY	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	NY	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	NY	A	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	NY	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CAL	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	TOT	A	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CAL	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CAL	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	OAK	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	CAL	A	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	TOT	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	NY	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	NY	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	NY	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	NY	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		182	397	14	60	1	24	.151	.180	.176	7	0	14	74	0	51	0	0	12
Total	AL		579	503	29	81	4	30	.161	.192	.197	6	0	19	137	1	42	0	0	8
Total			761	900	43	141	5	54	.157	.187	.188	13	0	33	211	1	93	0	0	20

[edit] 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 White Sox 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).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Steve Huntz to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Dick Allen (December 2, 1971).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by New York Yankees (November 21, 1978).
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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