Doug Rau vs Tommy John

Doug Rau Tommy John

Doug Rau and Tommy John compared on their MLB careers: Doug Rau played 9 seasons, 1972 to 1981, Tommy John 26 seasons, 1963 to 1989. Doug Rau has 81 wins to Tommy John's 288.

Who has the better career numbers?

Doug Rau and Tommy John career totals

222	GP	760
81	W	288
60	L	231
3.4	ERA	3.3
1,261	IP	4710.1
697	K	2,245
382	BB	1,259
1.3	WHIP	1.3
3	SV	4

How do they compare in the postseason?

Doug Rau and Tommy John postseason

6	GP	14
0	R	0
13	H	82

Where each stands all time

Doug Rau and Tommy John all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	62nd (2,245)
—	Wins (pitching)	25th (288)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Doug Rau: 0 championships; none on file
Tommy John: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Doug Rau and Tommy John season by season

1st	1972	2	2	2.20	1963	0	2	2.21
2nd	1973	4	2	3.96	1964	2	9	3.91
3rd	1974	13	11	3.72	1965	14	7	3.09
4th	1975	15	9	3.11	1966	14	11	2.62
5th	1976	16	12	2.57	1967	10	13	2.47
6th	1977	14	8	3.43	1968	10	5	1.98
7th	1978	15	9	3.26	1969	9	11	3.25
8th	1979	1	5	5.30	1970	12	17	3.27
9th	1981	1	2	8.71	1971	13	16	3.61
10th	—	—	—	—	1972	11	5	2.89
11th	—	—	—	—	1973	16	7	3.10
12th	—	—	—	—	1974	13	3	2.59
13th	—	—	—	—	1976	10	10	3.09
14th	—	—	—	—	1977	20	7	2.78
15th	—	—	—	—	1978	17	10	3.30
16th	—	—	—	—	1979	21	9	2.96
17th	—	—	—	—	1980	22	9	3.43
18th	—	—	—	—	1981	9	8	2.63
19th	—	—	—	—	1982	14	12	3.69
20th	—	—	—	—	1983	11	13	4.33
21st	—	—	—	—	1984	7	13	4.52
22nd	—	—	—	—	1985	4	10	5.53
23rd	—	—	—	—	1986	5	3	2.93
24th	—	—	—	—	1987	13	6	4.03
25th	—	—	—	—	1988	9	8	4.49
26th	—	—	—	—	1989	2	7	5.80

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA