Tommy John
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1943 –
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Who is Tommy John?
Thomas Edward John Jr. is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball whose 288 career victories rank as the seventh highest total among left-handers in major league history. He is also known for the revolutionary surgery, now named after him, which was performed on a damaged ligament in his pitching arm. Well over half of John's career wins came after his surgery.
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- Born
- May 22, 1943
Terre Haute - Spouses
- Sally Simmons
(1970/07/13 - )
- Sally Simmons
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Indiana State University
- Lived in
- Terre Haute
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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