# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-john
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:43:31.119Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-john"
name: "Tommy John"
slug: "tommy-john"
description: "Thomas Edward John Jr., nicknamed \"the Bionic Man,\" is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. He played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, California Angels, and Oakland Athletics. He was a four-time MLB All-Star and has the second-most wins (288) of any pitcher since 1900 not in the Hall of Fame. Known for his longevity, John was the Opening Day starter six times – three for the White Sox and three times for the Yankees."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tommy_John_2008_bronx.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.35
  momentum:             1.640378548895899
  historical:           7.654500000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "湯米·約翰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تومي يوحنا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "تومى يوحنا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_John"
    title: "Tommy John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_John"
    title: "Tommy John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3"
    title: "トミー・ジョン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%AF%B8_%EC%A1%B4"
    title: "토미 존"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_John"
    title: "Tommy John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3531327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump