Autographs of Tommy John

Current items with a signature of Tommy John

These are the most current items with a signature of Tommy John that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Tommy John Signed 1983 Fleer #95 Baseball Card California Angels Autograph TPG	£15.96
	Tommy John Signed 1983 Topps #735 Baseball Card California Angels Autograph TPG	£15.96
	Tommy John Signed 1986 Topps #240 Baseball Card Oakland As A’s Autograph TPG	£15.96
	Tommy John Signed 1994 Upper Deck #78 Card White Sox NY Yankees Autograph TPG	£15.96
	Tommy John Signed 8x10 Photo with Cert lot 1	£11.78
	Tommy John Signed Autographed 8x10 Photo - MLB Dodgers NY Yankees - w/COA	£11.02
	TOMMY JOHN SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 PHOTO NEW YORK YANKEES HERO RARE BECKETT BAS	£51.14
	Tommy John Signed Framed 11x17 Photo Display Yankees	£51.41
	Tommy John SIGNED Hardcover Book T.J. My 26 Years in Baseball 305 Pages	£21.90
	TOMMY JOHN VG SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 1980 Topps Super #23 VG NEW YORK YANKEES AUTO	£11.86

At the age of 18, in 1961, John was signed by the Indians, who were impressed with his curveball. After three seasons in the minor leagues for them, he was called up for the first time in 1963. He pitched two seasons for Cleveland before getting traded to the White Sox, with whom he would spend seven seasons. He established himself as a major league starter in 1965 and became Chicago's Opening Day starter in 1966. In 1968, he finished fifth in the American League (AL) with a 1.98 earned run average (ERA) and was named to his first All-Star team, though he missed the end of the season after he was injured in a fight with Dick McAuliffe. In 1971, pitching coach Johnny Sain tried to have John throw a slider more, but John had his highest ERA since 1964 and was traded to the Dodgers for Dick Allen after the season. He won 11 games in 1972 with the Dodgers, then led the National League (NL) in winning percentage over the next two seasons. In 1974, though, he suffered a potentially career-ending injury when he tore his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in a game against the Montreal Expos. Dr. Frank Jobe, the Dodger physician, performed ligament replacement surgery on John later that year. He missed the 1975 season recovering from surgery, but he became the first pitcher to successfully return to baseball following such surgery. "Tommy John" surgery has since become a common procedure among baseball pitchers, with one out of seven MLB pitchers in 2012 having received it at some point during their careers.

John had a 10–10 record his first year back from recovery. In 1977, John had his first career 20-win season, going 20–7 with a 2.78 ERA as the Dodgers won the NL West and reached the 1977 World Series. He helped the Dodgers return to the World Series in 1978 with a 17–10 record before leaving for the Yankees as a free agent. With the Yankees, John posted 20-win seasons in 1979 and 1980; he was an All-Star in those years as well as in 1978, his final year with the Dodgers. He appeared in three World Series contested between the Dodgers and Yankees, his only World Series appearances, and pitched for the losing team in all three. He was traded to the California Angels in 1982, for whom he made two starts in the AL Championship Series. He remained with the team until 1985, when he was released, though he spent the second half of the season pitching for the Oakland Athletics. Unsigned to begin 1986, it appeared that John's career might be over, but injuries to Yankee pitchers prompted New York to re-sign him. John won 13 games for the Yankees in 1987, then became the oldest player in baseball in 1988 following Phil Niekro's retirement. In 1989, he tied Deacon McGuire's record for most seasons pitched (26, later broken by Nolan Ryan) before retiring. Read even more about Tommy John at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Tommy John

The most expensive item with a signature of Tommy John (1965, Tommy John Autographed (JSA) Sporting News Ins. (Vintage) White Sox) was sold in May 2023 for £109.37 while the cheapest item (Tommy John 1963-1989 Indians White Sox Yankees Signed Autograph Auto Photo Cut) found a new owner for £1.82 in May 2023. The month with the most items sold (4) was November 2021 with an average selling price of £6.07 for an autographed item of Tommy John. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2023 with £20.20 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.11 was May 2021. In average, an autographed item from Tommy John is worth £6.69.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Tommy John were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	New York Yankees Tommy John autographed 8x10 color photo	£5.48
	NY Yankees Tommy John autographed great action 8x10 color Photo	£5.57
	Tommy John Autograph Photo NY Yankees 4x5	£3.89
	Tommy John Autographed Photo 8x10 *Personalized* New York Yankees	£5.47
	Tommy John Hand Signed Baseball Card Authentic Autograph L4.13	£3.93
	TOMMY JOHN SIGNED 1979 TOPPS LOS ANGELES DODGERS baseball card AUTOGRAPH Yankees	£3.53
	TOMMY JOHN SIGNED 1984 DONRUSS CHAMPION JUMBO CARD AUTOGRAPH #36 D6663	£6.47
	Tommy John signed 1986 Fleer Update #U-57 Historic Autograph Buyback Auto Yankee	£4.75
	TOMMY JOHN SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO AUTO AUTOGRAPH JSA COA NEW YORK YANKEES	£24.22
	Tommy John Signed New York Yankees 16x20 Photo AUTO JSA COA	£3.34