LOS ANGELES, Tommy John and On Aug — coverage from 4 publishers

Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. On

Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He

Los Angeles Dodgers former pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe during a memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)2026-

John won 288 games across his 26-year MLB career.

The revolutionary arm surgery, named after the first pitcher to receive it, has extended hundreds of Major League Baseball careers

The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point.

LOS ANGELES (AP/WGN) — Tommy John, the first pitcher to successfully return after groundbreaking elbow surgery that was later named after him, has died at the age of 83. He died at his home in Bradent

Former Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tommy John, the namesake of the surgery which revolutionized baseball, died aged 83 on Saturday.

On Aug. 8, the New York Yankees released a social media post in which John wrote that he wanted to say goodbye: "I will never forget you."

The four-time All-Star underwent an experimental surgery in 1974 that helped to extend his career