Name: Thomas Edward “Tommy” John Jr.
Position: Starting pitcher
Born: May 22, 1943 (Terre Haute, IN)
Yankee Years: 1979-82, 1986-89
Primary number: 25
Yankee statistics: 1,367 IP, 214 G, 91-60, 3.90 ERA, 3.59 FIP, 112 ERA+, 53 CG, 12 SHO, 483 K, 24.0 fWAR, 19.9 rWAR
Biography
Outside of Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, there may be no name more ubiquitous in baseball than Tommy John, although that’s most often in the context of a ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery that’s become endemic to the game.