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Tommy John played 26 major-league seasons (1963-1989) as a P (760). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 20 | CLE | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1964 | 21 | CLE | 25 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .208 | .417 | 20 |
| 1965 | 22 | CHA | 39 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .169 | .447 | 31 |
| 1966 | 23 | CHA | 34 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .145 | .427 | 26 |
| 1967 | 24 | CHA | 31 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .157 | .327 | 0 |
| 1968 | 25 | CHA | 25 | 62 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .194 | .452 | 41 |
| 1969 | 26 | CHA | 33 | 79 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .114 | .323 | -5 |
| 1970 | 27 | CHA | 38 | 84 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .202 | .444 | 28 |
| 1971 | 28 | CHA | 38 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .145 | .325 | -3 |
| 1972 | 29 | LAN | 29 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .159 | .317 | -6 |
| 1973 | 30 | LAN | 36 | 74 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .203 | .460 | 33 |
| 1974 | 31 | LAN | 22 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .118 | .308 | -11 |
| 1976 | 33 | LAN | 31 | 64 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .109 | .261 | -23 |
| 1977 | 34 | LAN | 31 | 79 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .177 | .433 | 20 |
| 1978 | 35 | LAN | 33 | 66 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .121 | .311 | -9 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 20 | CLE | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20.1 | 9 | 6 | 2.21 | 164 |
| 1964 | 21 | CLE | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 94.1 | 65 | 35 | 3.91 | 93 |
| 1965 | 22 | CHA | 39 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 183.2 | 126 | 58 | 3.09 | 112 |
| 1966 | 23 | CHA | 34 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 223 | 138 | 57 | 2.62 | 131 |
| 1967 | 24 | CHA | 31 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 178.1 | 110 | 47 | 2.47 | 131 |
| 1968 | 25 | CHA | 25 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 177.1 | 117 | 49 | 1.98 | 150 |
| 1969 | 26 | CHA | 33 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 232.1 | 128 | 90 | 3.25 | 111 |
| 1970 | 27 | CHA | 37 | 37 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 269.1 | 138 | 101 | 3.27 | 113 |
| 1971 | 28 | CHA | 38 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 229.1 | 131 | 58 | 3.61 | 96 |
| 1972 | 29 | LAN | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 186.2 | 117 | 40 | 2.89 | 119 |
| 1973 | 30 | LAN | 36 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 218 | 116 | 50 | 3.10 | 118 |
| 1974 | 31 | LAN | 22 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 153 | 78 | 42 | 2.59 | 140 |
| 1976 | 33 | LAN | 31 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 207 | 91 | 61 | 3.09 | 113 |
| 1977 | 34 | LAN | 31 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 220.1 | 123 | 50 | 2.78 | 141 |
| 1978 | 35 | LAN | 33 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 213 | 124 | 53 | 3.30 | 108 |
| 1979 | 36 | NYA | 37 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 276.1 | 111 | 65 | 2.96 | 142 |
| 1980 | 37 | NYA | 36 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 265.1 | 78 | 56 | 3.43 | 118 |
| 1981 | 38 | NYA | 20 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 140.1 | 50 | 39 | 2.63 | 139 |
| 1982 | 39 | NYA|CAL | 37 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 221.2 | 68 | 39 | 3.69 | 110 |
| 1983 | 40 | CAL | 34 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 234.2 | 65 | 49 | 4.33 | 94 |
| 1984 | 41 | CAL | 32 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 181.1 | 47 | 56 | 4.52 | 88 |
| 1985 | 42 | CAL|OAK | 23 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 86.1 | 25 | 28 | 5.53 | 75 |
| 1986 | 43 | NYA | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 70.2 | 28 | 15 | 2.93 | 143 |
| 1987 | 44 | NYA | 33 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 187.2 | 63 | 47 | 4.03 | 111 |
| 1988 | 45 | NYA | 35 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 176.1 | 81 | 46 | 4.49 | 88 |
| 1989 | 46 | NYA | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 63.2 | 18 | 22 | 5.80 | 67 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | P | 25 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | P | 39 | 27 | 4 | 51 | 5 | 3 |
| 1966 | P | 34 | 33 | 8 | 47 | 5 | 0 |
| 1967 | P | 31 | 29 | 17 | 55 | 2 | 4 |
| 1968 | P | 25 | 25 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 6 |
| 1969 | P | 33 | 33 | 16 | 66 | 0 | 4 |
| 1970 | P | 37 | 37 | 15 | 65 | 8 | 3 |
| 1971 | P | 38 | 35 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 2 |
| 1972 | P | 29 | 29 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 3 |
| 1973 | P | 36 | 31 | 15 | 64 | 1 | 6 |
| 1974 | P | 22 | 22 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 1976 | P | 31 | 31 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 31 | 31 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 5 |
| 1978 | P | 33 | 30 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 1 |
| 1979 | P | 37 | 36 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 5 |
| 1980 | P | 36 | 36 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 4 |
| 1981 | P | 20 | 20 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 1982 | P | 37 | 33 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 1 |
| 1983 | P | 34 | 34 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| 1984 | P | 32 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | P | 23 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | P | 13 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 1987 | P | 33 | 33 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 1 |
| 1988 | P | 35 | 32 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2 |
| 1989 | P | 10 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Tommy John won: TSN All-Star 1980 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 54 / 120 | 3 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 33 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award | NL | 9 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1979 | Cy Young Award | AL | 2 | 51 / 140 | 1 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
| 1980 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 14 / 140 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.