Mark Fidrych vs Tommy John

Mark Fidrych Tommy John

Mark Fidrych and Tommy John compared on their MLB careers: Mark Fidrych played 5 seasons, 1976 to 1980, Tommy John 26 seasons, 1963 to 1989. Mark Fidrych has 29 wins to Tommy John's 288.

Who has the better career numbers?

Mark Fidrych and Tommy John career totals

58	GP	760
29	W	288
19	L	231
3.1	ERA	3.3
412.1	IP	4710.1
170	K	2,245
99	BB	1,259
1.2	WHIP	1.3
0	SV	4

Where each stands all time

Mark Fidrych 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

Mark Fidrych: 0 championships; AL Rookie of the Year
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.

Mark Fidrych and Tommy John season by season

1st	1976	19	9	2.34	1963	0	2	2.21
2nd	1977	6	4	2.89	1964	2	9	3.91
3rd	1978	2	0	2.45	1965	14	7	3.09
4th	1979	0	3	10.43	1966	14	11	2.62
5th	1980	2	3	5.68	1967	10	13	2.47
6th	—	—	—	—	1968	10	5	1.98
7th	—	—	—	—	1969	9	11	3.25
8th	—	—	—	—	1970	12	17	3.27
9th	—	—	—	—	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