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https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/sports/tommy-john-yankees-great-who-had-surgery-named-after-him-dead-at-83/

Tommy John, whose major league career was extended after he
became the first player to undergo the elbow surgery that now
carries his name, has died. He was 83.

He had been in hospice care at his home in Bradenton, Fla.

The left-handed pitcher spent 26 seasons in the majors and won
288 games -- 164 of which came after his elbow was famously
repaired.

Only scandal-plagued Roger Clemens has more career victories
in the Modern Era and isn't in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Already an All-Star pitcher with the White Sox earlier in his
career, John was a standout starter with the Dodgers when he
tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow during
the 1974 season.

Team physician Dr. Frank Jobe replaced the ligament in the
first surgery of its kind.

After missing all of 1975, John returned with Los Angeles a
year later and quickly returned to top form.

In 1977, John finished second in the National League Cy Young
voting.

In a farewell letter published online on Aug. 8 during Old-Timers'
Day at Yankee Stadium, John thanked Jobe, whom John said "saved
my arm and made it possible for me to continue pitching. That
surgery has since gone on to save the careers of countless
pitchers, including many of the very best in the game today."

John was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on May 22, 1943 and
graduated from Gerstmeyer High School. Despite scholarship
offers to play college basketball, John signed with Cleveland
as an amateur free agent out of high school and made his MLB
debut with the then-Indians in 1963, when he was 20.

John was traded to the White Sox prior to the 1965 season and
was an All-Star in 1968.

He spent seven seasons with Chicago before the Dodgers acquired
him in December 1971 in exchange for Hall of Famer Dick Allen.

"We are saddened to hear the news of Tommy John's passing
today," President & CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers Stan Kasten
said. "Tommy was an exceptional pitcher throughout his career
in Major League Baseball, and his courageous role in becoming
the first to have surgery that would go on to bear his name
can't be overstated. His impact both on and off the field has
been felt by ballplayers of all ages and will be for generations
to come."

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