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Tommy John

White Sox Career team 1965 to 1971
Position P
Born May 22, 1943

Key Insights

1989
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Ned Yost III has hit .833/.786/1.417 against John over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

10 for 12 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .687 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

John has struck Gene Richards out 8 times in 13 plate appearances, 61.5% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 13 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what John throws than Dick Ruthven: 100% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 165 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

John has faced Robin Yount more than any other hitter: 92 plate appearances, and Robin Yount has hit .306/.348/.424 in them.

26 hits, 1 home run and 0 strikeouts across 92 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Rich Reese is 0 for 13 against John, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

13 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Harmon Killebrew has taken John deep 6 times, once every 12.3 plate appearances between them.

74 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 22, 1943