Name: Thomas John, Jr.
Position: Starting pitcher
Born: May 22, 1943 (Terre Haute, IN)
Yankee Years: 1979-82, 1986-89
Primary number: 25
Yankee statistics: 91-60, 3.59 ERA, 3.59 FIP, 203 GS, 1,367 IP, 483 K, 53 CG, 12 SHO, 89 ERA-, 89 FIP-, 20.0 rWAR, 24.0 fWAR
Biography
Tommy John might be the most famous person in baseball history who is not in the Hall of Fame, at least for reasons not pertaining to gambling or potential PED use. No, his fate was decided by the BBWAA in the traditional sense.