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Tommy John Stats

Tommy John was born on Saturday, May 22, 1943, in Terre Haute, Indiana. John was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1963, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tommy John baseball stats page.

"When they operated on my arm, I asked them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did, but it turned out to be Mrs. Koufax." - Tommy John (1979)

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Tommy John

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Birth Name:	Thomas Edward John, Jr.
Nickname:	T.J. or Tommy
Born On:	05-22-1943 (Gemini)
Born In:	Terre Haute, Indiana
Died On:	Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Gerstmeyer High School (Terre Haute, IN)
College:	Indiana State University (DNP)
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Left
Height:	6-03	Weight:	185
First Game:	09-06-1963 (Age 20)
Last Game:	05-25-1989
Draft:	Not Applicable

Tommy John Tommy John Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1963	20	Indians	6	3	1	0	2	.000	2.21	0	0	0	20.1	91	23	5	10	1	6	1	9	1	0	0	-
1964	21	Indians	25	14	0	2	9	.182	3.91	2	1	0	94.1	412	97	41	53	10	35	4	65	5	0	1	-
1965	22	White Sox	39	27	4	14	7	.667	3.09	6	1	3	183.2	752	162	63	67	12	58	6	126	8	2	0	-
1966	23	White Sox	34	33	0	14	11	.560	2.62	10	5	0	223.0	904	195	65	76	13	57	4	138	10	7	1	-
1967	24	White Sox	31	29	1	10	13	.435	2.47	9	6	0	178.1	715	143	49	62	12	47	7	110	5	5	0	-
1968	25	White Sox	25	25	0	10	5	.667	1.98	5	1	0	177.1	705	135	39	45	10	49	4	117	2	12	1	-
1969	26	White Sox	33	33	0	9	11	.450	3.25	6	2	0	232.1	984	230	84	91	16	90	10	128	15	1	1	-
1970	27	White Sox	37	37	0	12	17	.414	3.27	10	3	0	269.1	1,133	253	98	117	19	101	16	138	17	9	0	-
1971	28	White Sox	38	35	0	13	16	.448	3.61	10	3	0	229.1	975	244	92	115	17	58	5	131	10	5	0	-
1972	29	Dodgers	29	29	0	11	5	.688	2.89	4	1	0	186.2	766	172	60	68	14	40	1	117	10	3	0	-
1973	30	Dodgers	36	31	3	16	7	.696	3.10	4	2	0	218.0	888	202	75	88	16	50	2	116	3	4	0	-
1974	31	Dodgers	22	22	0	13	3	.813	2.59	5	3	0	153.0	616	133	44	51	4	42	0	78	5	1	0	-
1976	33	Dodgers	31	31	0	10	10	.500	3.09	6	2	0	207.0	868	207	71	76	7	61	4	91	7	0	1	-
1977	34	Dodgers	31	31	0	20	7	.741	2.78	11	3	0	220.1	906	225	68	82	12	50	3	123	6	3	0	-
1978	35	Dodgers	33	30	3	17	10	.630	3.30	7	0	1	213.0	912	230	78	95	11	53	7	124	6	5	1	-
1979	36	Yankees	37	36	1	21	9	.700	2.96	17	3	0	276.1	1,116	268	91	109	9	65	1	111	11	4	1	-
1980	37	Yankees	36	36	0	22	9	.710	3.43	16	6	0	265.1	1,089	270	101	115	13	56	1	78	5	6	0	-
1981	38	Yankees	20	20	0	9	8	.529	2.63	7	0	0	140.1	580	135	41	50	10	39	2	50	6	3	2	-
1982	39	Yankees	30	26	2	10	10	.500	3.66	9	2	0	186.2	766	190	76	84	11	34	1	54	5	3	2	-
1982	39	Angels	7	7	0	4	2	.667	3.86	1	0	0	35.0	152	49	15	18	4	5	0	14	2	0	0	-
1983	40	Angels	34	34	0	11	13	.458	4.33	9	0	0	234.2	1,010	287	113	126	20	49	5	65	11	2	0	-
1984	41	Angels	32	29	1	7	13	.350	4.52	4	1	0	181.1	797	223	91	97	15	56	3	47	11	4	0	-
1985	42	Angels	12	6	2	2	4	.333	4.70	0	0	0	38.1	176	51	20	22	3	15	1	17	5	1	0	-
1985	42	Athletics	11	11	0	2	6	.250	6.19	0	0	0	48.0	221	66	33	37	6	13	0	8	2	1	0	-
1986	43	Yankees	13	10	2	5	3	.625	2.93	1	0	0	70.2	290	73	23	27	8	15	1	28	2	2	0	-
1987	44	Yankees	33	33	0	13	6	.684	4.03	3	1	0	187.2	802	212	84	95	12	47	7	63	9	6	0	-
1988	45	Yankees	35	32	2	9	8	.529	4.49	0	0	0	176.1	776	221	88	96	11	46	4	81	5	6	5	-
1989	46	Yankees	10	10	0	2	7	.222	5.80	0	0	0	63.2	290	87	41	45	6	22	2	18	3	3	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
26 Years			760	700	22	288	231	.555	3.34	162	46	4	4,710.1	19,692	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	102	2,245	187	98	16	-

Tommy John Tommy John Hitting Stats
Yr	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1963	20	Indians	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1964	21	Indians	25	24	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	0	1	.208	.208	.208
1965	22	White Sox	39	59	4	10	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	22	6	0	0	1	.169	.210	.237
1966	23	White Sox	34	69	6	10	1	0	2	0	8	3	0	21	4	0	0	1	.145	.181	.246
1967	24	White Sox	31	51	0	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12	5	1	0	0	.157	.170	.157
1968	25	White Sox	25	62	3	12	1	0	1	0	9	0	0	15	5	0	0	0	.194	.194	.258
1969	26	White Sox	33	79	6	9	2	0	0	0	1	7	0	27	1	1	0	1	.114	.184	.139
1970	27	White Sox	38	84	4	17	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	17	9	0	1	3	.202	.230	.214
1971	28	White Sox	38	69	3	10	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	14	9	0	0	0	.145	.181	.145
1972	29	Dodgers	29	63	3	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	7	0	0	3	.159	.159	.159
1973	30	Dodgers	36	74	3	15	1	0	0	0	7	4	0	17	7	0	0	3	.203	.244	.216
1974	31	Dodgers	22	51	0	6	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	9	0	0	1	.118	.151	.157
1976	33	Dodgers	31	64	3	7	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	10	10	0	0	4	.109	.136	.125
1977	34	Dodgers	31	79	3	14	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	14	6	1	0	0	.177	.205	.228
1978	35	Dodgers	33	66	2	8	2	0	0	0	6	3	0	13	12	0	0	1	.121	.159	.152
1979	36	Yankees	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1980	37	Yankees	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1981	38	Yankees	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1982	39	Yankees	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1982	39	Angels	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1983	40	Angels	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1984	41	Angels	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	42	Angels	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1985	42	Athletics	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1986	43	Yankees	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1987	44	Yankees	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1988	45	Yankees	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1989	46	Yankees	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
26 Years			761	900	43	141	13	0	5	0	54	33	0	211	93	3	1	20	.157	.187	.188

Tommy John Tommy John Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1963 Indians	P	6	3	61	4	0.7	4	1	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.77
1964 Indians	P	25	14	283	21	0.8	21	5	16	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.00
1965 White Sox	P	39	27	551	60	1.5	55	4	51	5	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	2.70
1966 White Sox	P	34	33	669	60	1.8	55	8	47	5	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	2.22
1967 White Sox	P	31	29	535	74	2.4	72	17	55	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	3.63
1968 White Sox	P	25	25	532	65	2.6	64	10	54	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	3.25
1969 White Sox	P	33	33	697	82	2.5	82	16	66	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.18
1970 White Sox	P	37	37	808	88	2.4	80	15	65	8	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.909	2.67
1971 White Sox	P	38	35	688	46	1.2	43	9	34	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	1.69
1972 Dodgers	P	29	29	560	56	1.9	56	11	45	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.70
1973 Dodgers	P	36	31	654	80	2.2	79	15	64	1	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.988	3.26
1974 Dodgers	P	22	22	459	40	1.8	39	3	36	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.29
1976 Dodgers	P	31	31	621	37	1.2	36	3	33	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	1.57
1977 Dodgers	P	31	31	661	54	1.7	53	6	47	1	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	2.16
1978 Dodgers	P	33	30	639	56	1.7	53	8	45	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	2.24
1979 Yankees	P	37	36	829	69	1.9	66	15	51	3	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	2.15
1980 Yankees	P	36	36	796	63	1.8	62	16	46	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.10
1981 Yankees	P	20	20	421	38	1.9	38	11	27	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.44
1982 Yankees	P	30	26	560	50	1.7	48	8	40	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	2.31
1982 Angels	P	7	7	105	10	1.4	10	2	8	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.57
1983 Angels	P	34	34	704	55	1.6	55	16	39	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.11
1984 Angels	P	32	29	544	42	1.3	42	15	27	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.08
1985 Angels	P	12	6	115	13	1.1	13	4	9	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.05
1985 Athletics	P	11	11	144	17	1.5	17	4	13	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.19
1986 Yankees	P	13	10	212	22	1.7	19	4	15	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.864	2.42
1987 Yankees	P	33	33	563	40	1.2	35	4	31	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.875	1.68
1988 Yankees	P	35	32	529	48	1.4	44	4	40	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	2.25
1989 Yankees	P	10	10	191	24	2.4	24	3	21	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.39
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		760	700	14,131	1,314	1.7	1,265	237	1,028	49	69	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	2.42
26 Years		760	700	14,131	1,314	1.7	1,265	237	1,028	49	69	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	2.42

Tommy John Tommy John Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1963 Indians	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	1.50	3.98	2.66
1964 Indians	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.4	24.0	1.86	6.20	3.34
1965 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	59.0	2.7	29.5	2.17	6.17	2.84
1966 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	34.5	3.3	8.6	2.42	5.57	2.30
1967 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.3	25.5	2.34	5.55	2.37
1968 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	62.0	4.1	6.9	2.39	5.94	2.49
1969 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.9	79.0	1.42	4.96	3.49
1970 White Sox	0	0	.000	1	0	n/a	0.0	4.9	16.8	1.37	4.61	3.38
1971 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.9	34.5	2.26	5.14	2.28
1972 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	6.3	31.5	2.93	5.64	1.93
1973 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	4.4	10.6	2.32	4.79	2.06
1974 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.1	25.5	1.86	4.59	2.47
1976 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	6.4	21.3	1.49	3.96	2.65
1977 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	79.0	5.6	19.8	2.46	5.02	2.04
1978 Dodgers	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	5.1	11.0	2.34	5.24	2.24
1979 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.71	3.62	2.12
1980 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.39	2.65	1.90
1981 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.28	3.21	2.50
1982 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.59	2.60	1.64
1982 Angels	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.80	3.60	1.29
1983 Angels	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.33	2.49	1.88
1984 Angels	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.84	2.33	2.78
1985 Angels	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.13	3.99	3.52
1985 Athletics	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.62	1.50	2.44
1986 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.87	3.57	1.91
1987 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.34	3.02	2.25
1988 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.76	4.13	2.35
1989 Yankees	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.82	2.54	3.11
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
26 Years	0	0	.000	1	0	0	180.0	4.3	16.7	1.78	4.29	2.41

Tommy John Tommy John Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1963 Cleveland Indians	37	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Cleveland Indians	37	Undetermined	-	-
1965 Chicago White Sox	25	$7,000.00	-	-
1966 Chicago White Sox	25	$12,000.00	-	-
1967 Chicago White Sox	25	Undetermined	-	-
1968 Chicago White Sox	25	Undetermined	Stats	-
1969 Chicago White Sox	25	Undetermined	-	-
1970 Chicago White Sox	25	Undetermined	-	-
1971 Chicago White Sox	25	$45,000.00	-	-
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	Undetermined	-	-
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	Undetermined	-	-
1974 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	Undetermined	-	-
1976 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	$114,500.00	-	-
1977 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	$170,000.00	-	Stats
1978 Los Angeles Dodgers	25	$190,000.00	Stats	Stats
1979 New York Yankees	25	$575,000.00	Stats	-
1980 New York Yankees	25	$575,000.00	Stats	-
1981 New York Yankees	25	$575,000.00	-	Stats
1982 New York Yankees	25	$652,500.00	-	-
1982 California Angels	35	" "	-	-
1983 California Angels	25	$852,500.00	-	-
1984 California Angels	25	Undetermined	-	-
1985 California Angels	25	$600,000.00	-	-
1985 Oakland Athletics	25	" "	-	-
1986 New York Yankees	25	$500,000.00	-	-
1987 New York Yankees	25	$350,000.00	-	-
1988 New York Yankees	25	$375,000.00	-	-
1989 New York Yankees	25	$375,000.00	-	-
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