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Tommy John | Major Leaguer 1963-1989

Full Name: Thomas Edward John Jr.
Born: May 22,1943 in Terre Haute, Indiana
Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Left
High School: -
College: Indiana State University

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Debut: September 6,1963

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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Indians in 1961

Transactions: [Jun 12,1961] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Indians. [Jan 20,1965] - Traded by Indians with Johnny Romano and Tommie Agee to White Sox for Cam Carreon and Rocky Colavito. [Dec 2,1971] - Traded by White Sox with Steve Huntz to Dodgers for Dick Allen. [Nov 2,1978] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 21,1978] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Aug 31,1982] - Traded by Yankees to Angels for Dennis Rasmussen. [Jun 19,1985] - Released by Angels. [Jul 12,1985] - Signed as Free Agent by Athletics. [Nov 12,1985] - Granted Free Agency. [May 2,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 12,1986] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 8,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 21,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [Nov 10,1988] - Released by Yankees. [Feb 13,1989] - Signed as Free Agent by Yankees. [May 30,1989] - Released by Yankees.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1961	Dubuque	Midw	18	Cle	A	10	4	3.17	14						88.0	74	47	31		59	99			7.57	---	6.03	10.13	1.51	--
1962	Charleston	East	19	Cle	A	6	8	3.87	21						128.0	129	67	55		71	114			9.07	---	4.99	8.02	1.56	--
	Jcknville	IL	19	Cle	AAA	2	2	4.76	8						34.0	29	20	18		16	27			7.68	---	4.24	7.15	1.32	--
1963	Charleston	East	20	Cle	AA	9	2	1.61	12						95.0	85	25	17		12	45			8.05	---	1.14	4.26	1.02	--
	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	0	2	2.21	6	3	0	0	1	0	20.1	23	10	5	1	6	9	1	0	10.18	0.44	2.66	3.98	1.43	87%
1964	Portland	PCL	21	Cle	AAA	6	6	4.26	13						74.0	75	38	35		24	72			9.12	---	2.92	8.76	1.34	--
	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	2	9	3.91	25	14	2	1	0	0	94.1	97	53	41	10	35	65	5	1	9.25	0.95	3.34	6.20	1.40	66%
1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	14	7	3.09	39	27	6	1	4	3	183.2	162	67	63	12	58	126	8	0	7.94	0.59	2.84	6.17	1.20	63%
1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	14	11	2.62	34	33	10	5	0	0	223.0	195	76	65	13	57	138	10	1	7.87	0.52	2.30	5.57	1.13	67%
1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	10	13	2.47	31	29	9	6	1	0	178.1	143	62	49	12	47	110	5	0	7.22	0.61	2.37	5.55	1.07	68%
1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	10	5	1.98	25	25	5	1	0	0	177.1	135	45	39	10	49	117	2	1	6.85	0.51	2.49	5.94	1.04	66%
1969	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	9	11	3.25	33	33	6	2	0	0	232.1	230	91	84	16	90	128	15	1	8.91	0.62	3.49	4.96	1.38	72%
1970	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	12	17	3.27	37	37	10	3	0	0	269.1	253	117	98	19	101	138	17	0	8.45	0.63	3.38	4.61	1.31	70%
1971	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	13	16	3.61	38	35	10	3	0	0	229.1	244	115	92	17	58	131	10	0	9.58	0.67	2.28	5.14	1.32	64%
1972	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	11	5	2.89	29	29	4	1	0	0	186.2	172	68	60	14	40	117	10	0	8.29	0.68	1.93	5.64	1.14	63%
1973	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	16	7	3.10	36	31	4	2	3	0	218.0	202	88	75	16	50	116	3	0	8.34	0.66	2.06	4.79	1.16	69%
1974	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	13	3	2.59	22	22	5	3	0	0	153.0	133	51	44	4	42	78	5	0	7.82	0.24	2.47	4.59	1.14	61%
1976	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	10	10	3.09	31	31	6	2	0	0	207.0	207	76	71	7	61	91	7	1	9.00	0.30	2.65	3.96	1.29	69%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	20	7	2.78	31	31	11	3	0	0	220.1	225	82	68	12	50	123	6	0	9.19	0.49	2.04	5.02	1.25	76%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	17	10	3.30	33	30	7	0	3	1	213.0	230	95	78	11	53	124	6	1	9.72	0.46	2.24	5.24	1.33	76%
1979	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	21	9	2.96	37	36	17	3	1	0	276.1	268	109	91	9	65	111	11	1	8.73	0.29	2.12	3.62	1.21	62%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	22	9	3.43	36	36	16	6	0	0	265.1	270	115	101	13	56	78	5	0	9.16	0.44	1.90	2.65	1.23	61%
1981	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	9	8	2.63	20	20	7	0	0	0	140.1	135	50	41	10	39	50	6	2	8.66	0.64	2.50	3.21	1.24	64%
1982	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	4	2	3.86	7	7	1	0	0	0	35.0	49	18	15	4	5	14	2	0	12.60	1.03	1.29	3.60	1.54	70%
	NY Yankees	AL	39	Nyy	MLB	10	10	3.66	30	26	9	2	2	0	186.2	190	84	76	11	34	54	5	2	9.16	0.53	1.64	2.60	1.20	64%
1983	California	AL	40	Cal	MLB	11	13	4.33	34	34	9	0	0	0	234.2	287	126	113	20	49	65	11	0	11.01	0.77	1.88	2.49	1.43	65%
1984	California	AL	41	Cal	MLB	7	13	4.52	32	29	4	1	1	0	181.1	223	97	91	15	56	47	11	0	11.07	0.74	2.78	2.33	1.54	57%
1985	Madison	Midw	42	Oak	A	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	3	0		6.00	0.00	6.00	4.50	1.33	--
	Modesto	Calif	42	Oak	A+	0	0	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	8	7	0	6	11	0		9.82	0.00	4.91	9.00	1.64	--
	Oakland	AL	42	Oak	MLB	2	6	6.19	11	11	0	0	0	0	48.0	66	37	33	6	13	8	2	0	12.38	1.13	2.44	1.50	1.65	65%
	California	AL	42	Cal	MLB	2	4	4.70	12	6	0	0	2	0	38.1	51	22	20	3	15	17	5	0	11.97	0.70	3.52	3.99	1.72	60%
1986	Ft. Lauder	FSL	43	Nyy	A+	2	0	0.00	3	3	1	1	0	0	13.2	7	2	0	0	1	7	0		4.61	0.00	0.66	4.61	0.59	--
	NY Yankees	AL	43	Nyy	MLB	5	3	2.93	13	10	1	0	2	0	70.2	73	27	23	8	15	28	2	0	9.30	1.02	1.91	3.57	1.25	62%
1987	NY Yankees	AL	44	Nyy	MLB	13	6	4.03	33	33	3	1	0	0	187.2	212	95	84	12	47	63	9	0	10.17	0.58	2.25	3.02	1.38	65%
1988	NY Yankees	AL	45	Nyy	MLB	9	8	4.49	35	32	0	0	2	0	176.1	221	96	88	11	46	81	5	5	11.28	0.56	2.35	4.13	1.51	62%
1989	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	2	7	5.80	10	10	0	0	0	0	63.2	87	45	41	6	22	18	3	0	12.30	0.85	3.11	2.54	1.71	57%

Major League Totals - 26 Season(s)						288	231	3.34	760	700	162	46	22	4	4,710.1	4783	2017	1749	302	1259	2245	187	16	9.14	0.58	2.41	4.29	1.28	66%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						35	22	3.31	74						449.2	415	209	165		193	378			8.31	---	3.87	7.57	1.35	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1963	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	p	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
1964	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	p	9	25	24	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	0	1	.208	.208	.208	416	53%
1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	9	39	59	4	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	22	0	0	6	0	1	.169	.210	.237	447	55%
1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	p	9	34	69	6	10	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	21	0	0	4	0	1	.145	.181	.246	427	67%
1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	9	31	51	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	5	1	0	.157	.170	.157	327	50%
1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	p	9	25	62	3	12	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	15	0	0	5	0	0	.194	.194	.258	452	70%
1969	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	p	9	33	79	6	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	27	0	0	1	1	1	.114	.184	.139	323	66%
1970	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p	9	38	84	4	17	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	17	1	0	9	0	3	.202	.230	.214	444	62%
1971	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p	9	38	69	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	0	0	9	0	0	.145	.181	.145	326	61%
1972	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	p	9	29	63	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	7	0	3	.159	.159	.159	318	63%
1973	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	p	9	36	74	3	15	1	0	0	7	0	0	4	17	0	0	7	0	3	.203	.244	.216	460	67%
1974	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	p	9	22	51	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	9	0	1	.118	.151	.157	308	64%
1976	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	p	9	31	64	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	10	0	4	.109	.136	.125	261	71%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	p	9	31	79	3	14	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	14	0	0	6	1	0	.177	.205	.228	433	62%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	p	9	33	66	2	8	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	13	0	0	12	0	1	.121	.159	.152	311	74%
1979	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	NY Yankees	AL	39	Nyy	MLB	p	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	p	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	California	AL	40	Cal	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	California	AL	41	Cal	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	California	AL	42	Cal	MLB	p	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Oakland	AL	42	Oak	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	NY Yankees	AL	43	Nyy	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	NY Yankees	AL	44	Nyy	MLB	p	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	NY Yankees	AL	45	Nyy	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	NY Yankees	AL	46	Nyy	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 26 Season(s)								761	900	43	141	13	0	5	54	0	0	33	211	1	0	93	3	20	.157	.187	.188	375	64%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	34		Ch	1	0	0.66	2		1			0	13.2	11		1		5	11			7.25	---	3.29	7.25	1.17	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	34		Ws	0	1	6.00	1		0			0	6.0	9		4		3	7			13.50	---	4.50	10.50	2.00	--
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	35		Ch	1	0	0.00	1		1			0	9.0	4		0		2	4			4.00	---	2.00	4.00	0.67	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	35		Ws	1	0	3.07	2		0			0	14.2	14		5		4	6			8.59	---	2.46	3.68	1.23	--
1980	NY Yankees	AL	37		Ch	0	0	2.70	1		0			0	6.2	8		2		1	3			10.81	---	1.35	4.05	1.35	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	38		Div	0	1	6.43	1		0			0	7.0	8		5		2	0			10.29	---	2.57	0.00	1.43	--
	NY Yankees	AL	38		Ch	1	0	1.50	1		0			0	6.0	6		1		1	3			9.00	---	1.50	4.50	1.17	--
	NY Yankees	AL	38		Ws	1	0	0.69	3		0			0	13.0	11		1		0	8			7.62	---	0.00	5.54	0.85	--
1982	California	AL	39		Ch	1	1	5.11	2		1			0	12.1	11		7		6	6			8.03	---	4.38	4.38	1.38	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						6	3	2.65	14		3			0	88.1	82		26		24	48			8.35	---	2.45	4.89	1.20	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	Ch	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	Ws	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	Ch	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	Ws	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1982	California	AL	39	Cal	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1963	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	P	6		20.1	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.77

1964	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	P	25		94.1	5	16	0	21	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.00

1965	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	39		183.2	4	51	5	60	3	-	-	-	.917	2.70

1966	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	P	34		223	8	47	5	60	0	-	-	-	.917	2.22

1967	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	31		178.1	17	55	2	74	4	-	-	-	.973	3.63

1968	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	25	Chw	MLB	P	25		177.1	10	54	1	65	6	-	-	-	.985	3.25

1969	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	26	Chw	MLB	P	33		232.1	16	66	0	82	4	-	-	-	1.000	3.18

1970	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	37		269.1	15	65	8	88	3	-	-	-	.909	2.67

1971	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	38		229.1	9	34	3	46	2	-	-	-	.935	1.69

1972	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	P	29		186.2	11	45	0	56	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.70

1973	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	P	36		218	15	64	1	80	6	-	-	-	.988	3.26

1974	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	P	22		153	3	36	1	40	3	-	-	-	.975	2.29

1976	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	P	31		207	3	33	1	37	2	-	-	-	.973	1.57

1977	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	P	31		220.1	6	47	1	54	5	-	-	-	.981	2.16

1978	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	P	33		213	8	45	3	56	1	-	-	-	.946	2.24

1979	NY Yankees	AL	36	Nyy	MLB	P	37		276.1	15	51	3	69	5	-	-	-	.957	2.15

1980	NY Yankees	AL	37	Nyy	MLB	P	36		265.1	16	46	1	63	4	-	-	-	.984	2.10

1981	NY Yankees	AL	38	Nyy	MLB	P	20		140.1	11	27	0	38	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.44

1982	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	P	7		35	2	8	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.57
1982	NY Yankees	AL	39	Nyy	MLB	P	30		186.2	8	40	2	50	1	-	-	-	.960	2.31

1983	California	AL	40	Cal	MLB	P	34		234.2	16	39	0	55	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.11

1984	California	AL	41	Cal	MLB	P	32		181.1	15	27	0	42	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.08

1985	Madison	Midw	42	Oak	A	P	1			1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	Modesto	Calif	42	Oak	A+	P	2			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	California	AL	42	Cal	MLB	P	12		38.1	4	9	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.05
1985	Oakland	AL	42	Oak	MLB	P	11		48	4	13	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.19