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Tommy
John		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 22, 1943 in Usa, IN, TERRE HAUTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 20 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8
1964 21 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8
1965 22 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1966 23 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1967 24 BOS AL $ 364,286 8 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1968 25 BOS AL $ 1,450,000 8 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
1969 26 BOS AL $ 1,450,000 8 5 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1970 27 BOS AL $ 2,000,000 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1971 28 BOS AL $ 2,000,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 29 BOS AL $ 2,000,000 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1973 30 BOS AL $ 620,000 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1974 31 BOS AL $ 620,000 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1975 32 BOS AL $ 570,000 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 33 BOS AL $ 570,000 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7
1977 34 BOS AL $ 570,000 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 7 7
1978 35 COL NL   5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000 8 5 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 20 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1964 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1965 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1966 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1967 24 BOS AL $ 364,286   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1968 25 BOS AL $ 1,450,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1969 26 BOS AL $ 1,450,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1970 27 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1971 28 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1972 29 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1973 30 BOS AL $ 620,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1974 31 BOS AL $ 620,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1975 32 BOS AL $ 570,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1976 33 BOS AL $ 570,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1977 34 BOS AL $ 570,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1978 35 COL NL     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1963 20 BOS AL 9 7 .563 20 20 6 2 0 155.0 159 66 12 32 62 3.83 .265 .301 .387 .688 7.3
    AAA   5 3 .625 12 12 1 1 0 87.3 92 32 8 21 66 3.30 .271 .313 .382 .695  
1964 21 BOS AL 16 17 .485 42 42 17 3 0 333.0 353 150 37 67 131 4.05 .270 .306 .414 .720 9.5
1965 22 BOS AL 20 11 .645 37 37 18 5 0 289.3 296 112 22 51 122 3.48 .263 .295 .370 .665 14.6
1966 23 BOS AL 21 15 .583 40 40 16 2 0 319.7 353 163 31 85 146 4.59 .283 .328 .417 .745 12.3
1967 24 BOS AL 19 19 .500 40 40 13 1 0 311.3 325 138 35 83 154 3.99 .267 .316 .409 .725 15.4
1968 25 BOS AL 11 9 .550 43 19 2 1 2 166.3 204 91 25 53 76 4.92 .302 .351 .466 .817 3.0
1969 26 BOS AL 5 2 .714 27 5 2 1 4 74.0 69 24 7 28 27 2.92 .250 .315 .377 .692 6.5
1970 27 BOS AL 8 11 .421 27 25 4 0 0 189.7 181 98 21 70 106 4.65 .249 .315 .385 .700 6.2
1971 28 BOS AL 3 8 .273 50 3 0 0 4 111.3 133 75 11 53 55 6.06 .294 .367 .427 .794 0.5
1972 29 BOS AL 2 12 .143 15 15 3 1 0 107.7 119 73 20 55 41 6.10 .283 .365 .471 .836 0.6
    AAA   4 6 .400 11 11 0 0 0 80.3 73 23 3 26 65 2.58 .237 .296 .305 .602  
1973 30 BOS AL 6 11 .353 35 21 0 0 0 185.0 201 106 22 99 88 5.16 .282 .368 .434 .802 7.6
1974 31 BOS AL 3 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 1 47.7 37 16 9 10 14 3.02 .211 .255 .406 .661 5.8
1975 32 BOS AL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 18.7 30 12 2 8 8 5.79 .361 .413 .518 .931 0.3
1976 33 BOS AL 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 0 9.7 11 8 1 3 5 7.45 .262 .311 .357 .668 0.0
1977 34 BOS AL 1 2 .333 15 0 0 0 1 32.0 34 18 3 18 9 5.06 .281 .371 .388 .760 1.4
    AAA   0 2 .000 30 0 0 0 3 29.3 28 6 1 12 14 1.84 .252 .325 .306 .632  
1978 35 AA   4 3 .571 18 4 1 0 2 38.3 33 10 4 8 23 2.35 .237 .279 .367 .646  
15 Years Sim 124 125 .498 429 267 81 16 12 2350.3 2505 1150 258 715 1044 4.40 .273 .325 .412 .737 91.1
3 Years AAA 9 11 .450 53 23 1 1 3 197.0 193 61 12 59 145 2.79 .254 .308 .340 .648  
1 Years AA 4 3 .571 18 4 1 0 2 38.3 33 10 4 8 23 2.35 .237 .279 .367 .646  
4 Years Minors 13 14 .481 71 27 2 1 5 235.3 226 71 16 67 168 2.72 .252 .304 .344 .648  
Season Average 8 8 .500 28 17 5 1 0 156.7 167 76 17 47 69 4.40 .273 .325 .412 .737  
Career Highs 21 19 1.000 50 42 18 5 4 333.0 353 163 37 99 154 7.45 .361 .413 .518 .931  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1746 750 158 488 697   .276 .328 .406 .734
vs LH   759 400 100 227 347   .266 .320 .426 .746
Home 58 66 .468 216 133 36 7 7 1191.3 1260 595 148 379 530 4.50 .272 .327 .428 .755
Away 66 59 .528 213 134 45 9 6 1158.9 1245 555 110 336 514 4.31 .273 .323 .396 .720
Mar/Apr 13 26 .333 57 44 8 1 1 328.6 426 218 45 123 165 5.97 .314 .371 .472 .843
May 25 19 .568 75 51 10 4 1 432.6 463 202 45 130 193 4.20 .273 .324 .411 .735
June 18 27 .400 83 48 14 1 3 434.3 461 223 48 145 195 4.62 .273 .331 .419 .750
July 22 18 .550 69 44 11 1 3 393.0 403 181 46 114 165 4.15 .265 .316 .404 .720
August 26 22 .542 78 40 18 4 1 384.0 383 164 37 114 190 3.84 .261 .314 .378 .692
Sep/Oct 20 13 .606 67 40 21 6 4 377.6 369 162 37 89 136 3.86 .255 .298 .391 .689
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 20 BOS AL 20 51 3 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 10 .176 .222 .176 .399 1.9 0.0
1964 21 BOS AL 42 119 8 18 3 0 1 11 0 0 3 29 .151 .177 .202 .379 1.8 0.0
1965 22 BOS AL 37 101 3 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 20 .188 .210 .208 .417 3.9 0.0
1966 23 BOS AL 40 112 6 21 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 35 .188 .202 .223 .425 3.0 0.0
1967 24 BOS AL 40 113 7 16 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 39 .142 .157 .177 .334 -0.3 0.0
1968 25 BOS AL 43 44 2 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .091 .109 .114 .222 -0.4 0.0
6 Years Sim 222 540 29 87 14 0 1 39 0 0 14 141 .161 .183 .193 .375 9.8 0.0
162 Game Average 394 21 63 10 0 0 28 0 0 10 102 .161 .183 .193 .375 7.2  
Career Highs 43 119 8 21 4 0 1 11 0 0 3 39 .188 .222 .223 .425 3.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   366 19 59 9 0 1 28 0 0 9 100 .161 .183 .194 .377 6.0
vs LH   174 10 28 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 41 .161 .182 .190 .372 2.8
Home 113 245 12 38 6 0 0 13 0 0 9 59 .155 .185 .180 .365 3.5
Away 109 295 17 49 8 0 1 26 0 0 5 82 .166 .181 .203 .384 5.3
RISP   125 0 22 7 0 0 38 0 0 6 32 .176 .209 .232 .441 4.7
Close/Late   39 2 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 .179 .200 .205 .405 1.0
Mar/Apr 30 73 2 12 4 0 0 9 0 0 1 10 .164 .173 .219 .393 1.4
May 34 89 8 14 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 25 .157 .185 .191 .376 1.5
June 32 91 6 17 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 30 .187 .204 .220 .424 3.0
July 32 88 4 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 22 .159 .167 .182 .348 0.7
August 34 98 2 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 30 .173 .190 .204 .394 2.1
Sep/Oct 36 101 7 13 2 0 0 9 0 0 5 24 .129 .176 .149 .324 0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1963 20 BOS AL P 20 20 155.0 13 29 1 6 .977 2.44    
1964 21 BOS AL P 42 42 333.0 34 58 1 2 .989 2.49    
1965 22 BOS AL P 37 37 289.3 19 39 2 4 .967 1.80    
1966 23 BOS AL P 40 40 319.7 22 53 2 7 .974 2.11    
1967 24 BOS AL P 40 40 311.3 24 61 2 2 .977 2.46    
1968 25 BOS AL P 43 19 166.3 15 34 0 2 1.000 2.65    
1969 26 BOS AL P 27 5 74.0 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.07    
1970 27 BOS AL P 27 25 189.7 11 28 1 5 .975 1.85    
1971 28 BOS AL P 50 3 111.3 7 13 3 0 .870 1.62    
1972 29 BOS AL P 15 15 107.7 5 24 1 2 .967 2.42    
1973 30 BOS AL P 35 21 185.0 7 30 0 4 1.000 1.80    
1974 31 BOS AL P 21 0 47.7 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.08    
1975 32 BOS AL P 10 0 18.7 0 1 1 0 .500 0.48    
1976 33 BOS AL P 7 0 9.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1977 34 BOS AL P 15 0 32.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.97    
Career Totals   429 267 2350.3 169 395 14 36 .976 2.16    
Career Highs   50 42 333.0 34 61 3 7 1.000 2.65    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1963 20 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 22 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 1 1 0 16.0 11 4 1 4 6 2.25 .196 .250 .321 .571
1966 23 BOS AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 18 11 2 12 5 6.60 .316 .435 .474 .908
1968 25 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1969 26 BOS AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 3.0 4 2 0 3 2 6.00 .308 .438 .308 .745
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 2 .333 8 4 1 1 1 38.0 33 17 3 19 17 4.03 .239 .331 .355 .686
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 22 BOS AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 23 BOS AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1965-5-20
1966-3-21
1967-7-19
 Losses
1964-8-17
1967-5-19
 Winning Pct
1965-8-.645
 Games Pitched
1971-10-50
 Games Started
1964-5-42
 Complete Games
1964-3-17
1965-5-18
1966-4-16
1967-9-13
Shutouts
1963-5-2
1964-4-3
1965-2-5
1966-6-2
1972-10-1
 Innings Pitched
1964-4-333.0
1967-9-311.3
 Hits Allowed
1964-1-353
1965-10-296
1966-2-353
1967-4-325
 Homeruns Allowed
1964-4-37
1966-10-31
1967-8-35
 Walks per 9IP
1964-3-1.8
1965-5-1.6
1966-9-2.4
1967-10-2.4
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Dick Donovan (934)
  5. Dave Geisel (933)
  6. Bob Apodaca (933)
  7. Bob Reynolds (931)
  8. Dennis Leonard (931)
  9. Joe Heving (929)
  10. Hersh Freeman (928)
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  1. Tim McNamara (994)
  2. Harry Gumbert (993)
  3. Bob Gibson (990)
  4. Randy Gumpert (988)
  5. Jim Perry (987)
  6. Jakie May (987)
  7. Jim Maloney (986)
  8. Bill Lee (986)
  9. George Winn (985)
  10. Pete Richert (985)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1963
Earned first career win on 6/6/1963
Had first career hit on 7/7/1963, off Joe Bonikowski (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/17/1964, off Ken Johnson (PIT)
Pitched PERFECT GAME against Pittsburgh on 5/12/1965, striking out 5
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $364,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Injured on 4/11/1970 with a Strained Back, out for one week
9/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $620,000 per year, for 2 years
7/31/1974: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $570,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/14/1976 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 3/3/1978 to a minor league contract
Injured on 5/25/1978 with a Broken Elbow, out for 9 weeks
 
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