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Tommy John
Thomas Edward (Jr.) John

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut September 6, 1963
Final Game May 25, 1989
Born May 22, 1943 in Terre Haute, IN (age 80)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1964 21 SLN NL   2   4  .333  54   0   0  28   2   0   76.2   76   324   38   34  13   27   0   2   60   3  0  3.99  
 1965 22 CHA AL  15  11  .577  33  33   2   0   0   1  191.1  207   835  107   86  20   57   1   6  145   6  0  4.05  
 1966 23 CHA AL  13  13  .500  35  35   3   0   0   1  236.0  187   943   79   66  18   71   5   8  130   9  2  2.52  CY-14
 1967 24 CHA AL  11  11  .500  30  30   4   0   0   4  194.0  166   792   71   56  14   60   2   4  119   4  0  2.60  
 1968 25 CHA AL  12   4  .750  23  23   3   0   0   2  166.2  148   700   50   43   7   51   2   4  122  10  0  2.32  
 1969 26 CHA AL  14  12  .538  36  36   9   0   0   2  252.1  260  1057  119  107  20   75   2   6  136  11  4  3.82  
 1970 27 CHA AL   4  15  .211  26  26   3   0   0   2  154.1  209   709  129  116  28   52   2   7   76   9  0  6.76  
         LAN NL   2   6  .250  11  11   0   0   0   0   73.1   82   326   47   41   6   29   0   3   37   6  0  5.03  
         TOT      6  21  .222  37  37   3   0   0   2  227.2  291  1035  176  157  34   81   2  10  113  15  0  6.21 
 1971 28 LAN NL  14  13  .519  35  35   5   0   0   1  244.0  285  1052  126  115  20   45   1  11  123  10  0  4.24  
 1972 29 LAN NL   7  13  .350  31  31   2   0   0   1  215.0  218   919  113   98  25   65   1   2  123   9  0  4.10  
 1973 30 LAN NL  15   7  .682  33  33   4   0   0   2  233.2  201   928   84   74  23   41   3   6  108   2  0  2.85  CY-14
 1974 31 LAN NL  10   7  .588  24  24   1   0   0   0  164.0  165   686   80   76   6   48   0   2   87   5  0  4.17  
 1975           [Did not play]
 1976 33 LAN NL  12  11  .522  31  31   3   0   0   2  214.2  205   892   78   68   8   59   0   6  117   7  1  2.85  
 1977 34 LAN NL  11   9  .550  33  33   0   0   0   0  218.0  238   917   97   88  17   52   0   6  116   6  0  3.63  
 1978 35 LAN NL  10  12  .455  33  33   4   0   0   0  231.2  257   995  117  103  21   67   3   6  132   6  1  4.00  
 1979 36 NYA AL  20  13  .606  37  37  21   0   0   3  298.2  288  1248  119  109  14   78   3   8  144  16  2  3.28  CY-6
 1980 37 NYA AL  24  10  .706  37  37  12   0   0   3  274.1  256  1123  105   94  17   74  10   4   70   3  0  3.08  CY-2
 1981 38 NYA AL  16  10  .615  31  31   8   0   0   2  216.0  247   934  105   99  21   65   7   4   92  10  3  4.12  
 1982 39 CHN NL  10  18  .357  36  36   3   0   0   1  225.2  277   982  125  110  17   41   2   2   72   3  5  4.39  
 1983 40 CHN NL  14  14  .500  35  35   5   0   0   0  246.0  291  1048  132  115  21   51   3   2   80  13  0  4.21  
 1984 41 CHN NL   8  15  .348  33  31   0   2   0   0  186.2  245   829  103  100   9   52   4   1   59  15  0  4.82  
 1985 42 NYA AL   0   2  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   12.1   16    60   10    9   1    7   0   0    5   2  0  6.57  
 1986 43 NYA AL   3   5  .375  20   9   2   8   1   0   74.1   87   320   45   34  10   19   3   0   29   3  0  4.12  
 1987 44 NYA AL  13  11  .542  28  28   3   0   0   0  184.0  224   814  100   91  19   56   3   1   77   7  0  4.45  
 1988 45 NYA AL   2   6  .250  17  15   2   2   0   0   88.2  132   418   79   76  12   29   1   4   38   2  6  7.71  
         CHA AL   2  10  .167  14  13   0   0   0   0   64.2  108   314   58   51   7   17   1   0   43   4  2  7.10  
         TOT      4  16  .200  31  28   2   2   0   0  153.1  240   732  137  127  19   46   2   4   81   6  8  7.45 
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 24 Seasons     264 262  .502 759 689  99  40   3  27 4737.0 5075 20165 2316 2059 394 1288  59 105 2340 181 26  3.91
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN      81  78  .509 231 231  19   0   0   6 1594.1 1651  6715  742  663 126  406   8  42  843  51  2  3.74
   With CHA      71  76  .483 197 196  24   0   0  12 1259.1 1285  5350  613  525 114  383  15  35  771  53  8  3.75
   With NYA      78  57  .578 173 160  48  10   1   8 1148.1 1250  4917  563  512  94  328  27  21  455  43 11  4.01
   With CHN      32  47  .405 104 102   8   2   0   1  658.1  813  2859  360  325  47  144   9   5  211  31  5  4.44
   With SLN       2   4  .333  54   0   0  28   2   0   76.2   76   324   38   34  13   27   0   2   60   3  0  3.99
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     288 231  .555 760 700 162  22   4  46 4711.1 4783 19692 2017 1749 302 1259 102  98 2245 187 16  3.34
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1964 21 SLN NL  30   43   5.1   5          6   2   0  .333   0    1    1 1.000    5    0 1.000    6   
 1965 22 CHA AL  18  103   4.8   0  4.64   54   6   0  .111   8   10    2  .200   13    7  .650   63   
 1966 23 CHA AL  14   74   2.8   0  3.03   71   8   1  .113   5    7    2  .286   16   15  .516  -57   
 1967 24 CHA AL  19   68   3.2   0  3.43   66   6   0  .091   1    3    2  .667    2    3  .400   -3   
 1968 25 CHA AL  23   61   3.2   0  3.48   55   8   1  .145   0    5    5 1.000   15    3  .833   35   
 1969 26 CHA AL  18  113   4.1   0  4.56   83   7   0  .084   0    7    7 1.000   20   17  .541  -21   
 1970 27 CHA AL  14  128   7.5   0  4.58   49  10   0  .204   2    4    1  .250   12   11  .522  195   
         LAN NL  17   40   5.0   0  4.45   26   1   0  .038   2    4    2  .500    1    4  .200   47   
         TOT         168   6.6   0         75  11   0  .147   4    8    3  .375   13   15  .464
 1971 28 LAN NL  26  123   4.5   0  4.51   79   8   0  .101   3    9    6  .667   16   12  .571   -5   
 1972 29 LAN NL  20  109   4.5   0  3.35   65   6   0  .092   0    5    5 1.000   18    5  .783   50   
 1973 30 LAN NL  21   79   3.0   0  4.82   83  17   0  .205   1   11    9  .818    7    1  .875  -53   
 1974 31 LAN NL  21   68   3.8   0  5.17   55   5   0  .091   0    7    7 1.000    9    4  .692   38   
 1975           [Did not play]
 1976 33 LAN NL  24   84   3.6   0  3.29   63   3   0  .048   2    8    5  .625   16    4  .800  -39   
 1977 34 LAN NL  17  113   4.7   0  4.09   70   9   2  .129   1    7    6  .857   22    8  .733   35   
 1978 35 LAN NL  15  122   4.7   0  4.12   79   7   0  .089   3    7    3  .429   27   13  .675   23   
 1979 36 NYA AL  25  116   3.5   0  4.65    0   0   0  .000   1   14   12  .857    7    6  .538  -24   
 1980 37 NYA AL  21  113   3.8   0  6.05    0   0   0  .000   1   12    9  .750    2    2  .500  -41   
 1981 38 NYA AL  23  110   4.6   0  4.87    0   0   0  .000   0   10    9  .900   10   13  .435   38   
 1982 39 CHN NL  24  127   5.1   0  4.31   73   8   0  .110   4   19   10  .526    7    2  .778   16   
 1983 40 CHN NL  13  140   5.2   0  4.57   76   4   0  .053   0    3    3 1.000   24   10  .706  -30   
 1984 41 CHN NL  15  117   5.7   0  4.23   60   9   0  .150   0    8    8 1.000    8    4  .667  -32   
 1985 42 NYA AL  37   10   7.4   0  3.00    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   27   
 1986 43 NYA AL  21   41   5.0   1  2.78    0   0   0  .000   4    5    1  .200    1    1  .500   52   
 1987 44 NYA AL  20  105   5.1   0  5.39    2   0   0  .000   7   11    3  .273   14    5  .737   26   
 1988 45 NYA AL  17   75   7.7   0  5.40    1   0   0  .000   0    2    0  .000   10    2  .833   78   
         CHA AL  16   62   8.5   0  3.00    0   0   0  .000   3    3    0  .000    9    2  .818  141   
         TOT         137   8.0   0          1   0   0  .000   3    5    0  .000   19    4  .826
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 24 Seasons         2354   4.5   6       1116 124   4  .111  48  182  118  .648  291  154  .654    9   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 33.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 81.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1966 WS    CHA SFN   W    1  1.29   1-0   0  1   7.0   5   1   1   4
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    1 12.00   0-0   0  1   3.0   6   4   0   0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    1  1.29   1-0   0  1   7.0   5   1   2   4
 1980 ALCS  NYA OAA   W    1  3.68   1-0   0  1   7.1   7   3   2   1
      WS    NYA LAN   L    2  2.77   1-1   0  2  13.0  12   4   3   2
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1964  SLN   67-95   Mike Rescigno
 1965  CHA   79-83   Jon Fellows
 1966  CHA   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1967  CHA   88-74   Jon Fellows
 1968  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1969  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1970  CHA   53-109  Ben Lea
 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell
 1971  LAN  102-60   Scott Campbell
 1972  LAN   78-84   Scott Campbell
 1973  LAN  109-54   Scott Campbell
 1974  LAN   92-70   Scott Campbell
 1976  LAN   77-85   Billy Vanson
 1977  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1978  LAN   73-89   Billy Vanson
 1979  NYA   80-82   Robert Rescigno
 1980  NYA  105-57   Robert Rescigno
 1981  NYA   92-70   Robert Rescigno
 1982  CHN   56-106  Alan Bosslet
 1983  CHN   54-108  Alan Bosslet
 1984  CHN   76-86   Alan Bosslet, Stan Berger
 1985  NYA  100-62   Robert Rescigno
 1986  NYA   85-77   Robert Rescigno
 1987  NYA   76-86   Robert Rescigno
 1988  NYA   83-79   Robert Rescigno
 1988  CHA   80-82   Ben Lea

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