Tommy John

1963–1989 · bats R / throws L · ALS, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers, NLS, New York Yankees, Athletics

665G

.157AVG

.187OBP

.188SLG

More career statistics

141H

5HR

54RBI

0SB

288–231W–L

4,710.1IP

2,245K

3.34ERA

700GS

4SV

8Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Games	665	761
Pitching · Batters faced	19,692	19,691
Pitching · p ipouts	14,131	14,130

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
665	1,030	900	43	141	13	0	5	54	33	211	0	0	1	3	169	.157	.187	.188	.375

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
4,710.3	760	700	162	288	231	4	4,783	2,017	1,749	302	1,259	2,245	0	0	3.34	1.283

Streaks

4longest hitting streak · 1965-08-10 to 1965-08-26

4longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
76	Four Batters Hit	1968-06-15	1 in 3,022 games	box score ↗
66	13 scoreless innings	1983-09-14	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
51	Three Wild Pitches	1966-08-20	1 in 273 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	369	477	62	2	31	16	85	.152	.164	.184
Away	392	553	79	3	23	17	126	.160	.174	.191

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	98	121	15	1	4	1	23	.140	.132	.178
May	150	209	24	1	11	5	41	.133	.139	.160
June	132	188	22	0	10	6	33	.134	.149	.159
July	125	196	25	0	9	9	38	.150	.173	.168
August	123	161	31	2	9	4	38	.217	.217	.280
September	123	151	23	1	11	8	38	.172	.205	.194
October	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
baltimore-orioles	54	53	10	0	5	1	12	.213	.208	.234
cleveland-guardians	50	63	9	1	3	1	20	.164	.159	.236
minnesota-twins	49	53	4	0	0	1	10	.085	.094	.085
california-angels	47	72	11	0	1	5	15	.169	.222	.185
athletics	47	50	6	1	5	1	17	.136	.140	.205
detroit-tigers	43	44	10	0	4	3	16	.244	.295	.244
new-york-yankees	40	54	5	1	3	3	9	.116	.148	.186
boston-red-sox	38	46	6	0	1	1	9	.150	.152	.150

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1963	Cleveland Guardians	6	6	–	–	–	–	.000	20	9
1964	Cleveland Guardians	25	24	5	–	1	–	.208	94	65
1965	Chicago White Sox	39	59	10	1	2	–	.169	183	126
1966	Chicago White Sox	34	69	10	2	8	–	.145	223	138
1967	Chicago White Sox	31	51	8	–	2	–	.157	178	110
1968	Chicago White Sox	25	62	12	1	9	–	.194	177	117
1969	Chicago White Sox	33	79	9	–	1	–	.114	232	128
1970	Chicago White Sox	38	84	17	–	5	–	.202	269	138
1971	Chicago White Sox	38	69	10	–	2	–	.145	229	131
1972	Los Angeles Dodgers	29	63	10	–	2	–	.159	186	117
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	36	74	15	–	7	–	.203	218	116
1974	Los Angeles Dodgers	22	51	6	–	2	–	.118	153	78
1976	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	64	7	–	3	–	.109	207	91
1977	Los Angeles Dodgers	31	79	14	1	4	–	.177	220	123
1978	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	66	8	–	6	–	.121	213	124
1979	New York Yankees	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	276	111
1980	New York Yankees	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	265	78
1981	New York Yankees	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	140	50
1982	California Angels, New York Yankees	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	221	68
1983	California Angels	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	234	65
1984	California Angels	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	181	47
1985	California Angels, Athletics	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	86	25
1986	New York Yankees	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	70	28
1987	New York Yankees	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	187	63
1988	New York Yankees	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	176	81
1989	New York Yankees	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	63	18