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Historical player · 1963–1989

Tommy John

B/T R/L · HT 75 · WT 180 · Born 5/22/1943 · From Terre Haute, IN USA · Debut 1963-09-06 · Final 1989-05-25

Career · batting

761

900

141

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.157 · 0.375

Career · pitching

760

700

4,710.3

W-L

288-231

2,245

ERA

3.34

WHIP

1.28

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1965–1971

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#384 on the White Sox

↑ 1 A. Bannister

↓ 1 R. Zeider

Hits

#440 on the White Sox

↑ 1 O. Bejma

↓ 1 E. Battey

RBI

#470 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Borchard

↓ 1 J. Whitehead

Runs

#508 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Bonilla

↓ 1 J. Breton

#529 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Boyd

↓ 1 N. Cash

Career with the Los Angeles Dodgers · 1972–1978

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#598 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 T. Abreu

Hits

#522 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 G. Carter

↓ 1 C. Park

RBI

#522 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 J. Bolling

↓ 1 D. Williams

Runs

#694 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 M. Anderson

↓ 1 M. Aderholt

#605 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 T. Benzinger

↓ 1 C. Barger

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1963–1964

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Hits

#978 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Aven

↓ 1 J. Wright

RBI

#1,019 on the Indians

↑ 1 H. Aguirre

Runs

#925 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 J. Aguilar

Career with the California Angels · 1982–1985

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1979–1989

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Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1985–1985

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,291 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 C. Zomphier

Hits

141

#5,448 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Alexander

↓ 1 T. Wilson

RBI

#5,631 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Almeida

↓ 1 A. Wright

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1963	Indians	AL	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1964	Indians	AL	25	24	3	5	0	0	1	0	7	0.208	0.208	0.208
1965	White Sox	AL	39	59	4	10	1	1	2	3	22	0.169	0.210	0.237
1966	White Sox	AL	34	69	6	10	1	2	8	3	21	0.145	0.181	0.246
1967	White Sox	AL	31	51	0	8	0	0	2	1	12	0.157	0.170	0.157
1968	White Sox	AL	25	62	3	12	1	1	9	0	15	0.194	0.194	0.258
1969	White Sox	AL	33	79	6	9	2	0	1	7	27	0.114	0.184	0.139
1970	White Sox	AL	38	84	4	17	1	0	5	2	17	0.202	0.230	0.214
1971	White Sox	AL	38	69	3	10	0	0	2	3	14	0.145	0.181	0.145
1972	Dodgers	NL	29	63	3	10	0	0	2	0	10	0.159	0.159	0.159
1973	Dodgers	NL	36	74	3	15	1	0	7	4	17	0.203	0.244	0.216
1974	Dodgers	NL	22	51	0	6	2	0	2	2	10	0.118	0.151	0.157
1976	Dodgers	NL	31	64	3	7	1	0	3	2	10	0.109	0.136	0.125
1977	Dodgers	NL	31	79	3	14	1	1	4	3	14	0.177	0.205	0.228
1978	Dodgers	NL	33	66	2	8	2	0	6	3	13	0.121	0.159	0.152
1979	Yankees	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1980	Yankees	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1981	Yankees	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1982	Yankees	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1982	Angels	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Angels	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1984	Angels	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Angels	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Athletics	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Yankees	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Yankees	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1988	Yankees	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1989	Yankees	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			761	900	43	141	13	5	54	33	211	0.157	0.187	0.188

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1963	Indians	AL	0	2	6	3	0	20.3	23	5	6	9	2.21	1.43
1964	Indians	AL	2	9	25	14	0	94.3	97	41	35	65	3.91	1.40
1965	White Sox	AL	14	7	39	27	3	183.7	162	63	58	126	3.09	1.20
1966	White Sox	AL	14	11	34	33	0	223.0	195	65	57	138	2.62	1.13
1967	White Sox	AL	10	13	31	29	0	178.3	143	49	47	110	2.47	1.07
1968	White Sox	AL	10	5	25	25	0	177.3	135	39	49	117	1.98	1.04
1969	White Sox	AL	9	11	33	33	0	232.3	230	84	90	128	3.25	1.38
1970	White Sox	AL	12	17	37	37	0	269.3	253	98	101	138	3.27	1.31
1971	White Sox	AL	13	16	38	35	0	229.3	244	92	58	131	3.61	1.32
1972	Dodgers	NL	11	5	29	29	0	186.7	172	60	40	117	2.89	1.14
1973	Dodgers	NL	16	7	36	31	0	218.0	202	75	50	116	3.10	1.16
1974	Dodgers	NL	13	3	22	22	0	153.0	133	44	42	78	2.59	1.14
1976	Dodgers	NL	10	10	31	31	0	207.0	207	71	61	91	3.09	1.29
1977	Dodgers	NL	20	7	31	31	0	220.3	225	68	50	123	2.78	1.25
1978	Dodgers	NL	17	10	33	30	1	213.0	230	78	53	124	3.30	1.33
1979	Yankees	AL	21	9	37	36	0	276.3	268	91	65	111	2.96	1.21
1980	Yankees	AL	22	9	36	36	0	265.3	270	101	56	78	3.43	1.23
1981	Yankees	AL	9	8	20	20	0	140.3	135	41	39	50	2.63	1.24
1982	Yankees	AL	10	10	30	26	0	186.7	190	76	34	54	3.66	1.20
1982	Angels	AL	4	2	7	7	0	35.0	49	15	5	14	3.86	1.54
1983	Angels	AL	11	13	34	34	0	234.7	287	113	49	65	4.33	1.43
1984	Angels	AL	7	13	32	29	0	181.3	223	91	56	47	4.52	1.54
1985	Angels	AL	2	4	12	6	0	38.3	51	20	15	17	4.70	1.72
1985	Athletics	AL	2	6	11	11	0	48.0	66	33	13	8	6.19	1.65
1986	Yankees	AL	5	3	13	10	0	70.7	73	23	15	28	2.93	1.25
1987	Yankees	AL	13	6	33	33	0	187.7	212	84	47	63	4.03	1.38
1988	Yankees	AL	9	8	35	32	0	176.3	221	88	46	81	4.49	1.51
1989	Yankees	AL	2	7	10	10	0	63.7	87	41	22	18	5.80	1.71
Career			288	231	760	700	4	4,710.3	4,783	1,749	1,259	2,245	3.34	1.28

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	760	700	4,709.7	237	1,028	49	69

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2025	Classic Baseball Era	7	12	Ballot
2020	Veterans - Modern Baseball Era		12	Ballot
2018	Veterans - Modern Baseball Era		12	Ballot
2014	Veterans - Expansion Era		12	Ballot
2011	Veterans - Expansion Era		12	Ballot
2009	BBWAA	171	405	Ballot
2008	BBWAA	158	408	Ballot
2007	BBWAA	125	409	Ballot
2006	BBWAA	154	390	Ballot
2005	BBWAA	123	387	Ballot
2004	BBWAA	111	380	Ballot
2003	BBWAA	116	372	Ballot
2002	BBWAA	127	354	Ballot
2001	BBWAA	146	387	Ballot
2000	BBWAA	135	375	Ballot
1999	BBWAA	93	373	Ballot
1998	BBWAA	129	355	Ballot
1997	BBWAA	97	353	Ballot
1996	BBWAA	102	353	Ballot
1995	BBWAA	98	345	Ballot