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Tommy John’s Legacy Lives On | New York City News
Tommy John, the legendary pitcher whose name forever changed baseball medicine, has died at 83. A four-time All-Star with 280 wins and a career spanning 26 seasons, his true legacy lies in the groundbreaking elbow surgery that revived his career—and countless others’. In 1974, Dr. Frank Jobe performed the first Tommy John surgery, a risky procedure with just a 10% success rate, giving pitchers like Verlander and Ohtani a second chance. John himself pitched over 3,000 innings and won more games than any Hall of Famer who never made it to Cooperstown. He even started Opening Day for two teams…
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