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Tommy John 

Tommy John

Manager Bridgeport Bluefish / Retired Major League Baseball Player

Tommy John is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball whose 288 career victories rank as the 7th highest total among lefthanders in major league history and the most by any pitcher not selected for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. He is also known for the revolutionary surgery, now named after him, which was performed on a damaged ligament in his pitching arm.

Tommy is currently manager of the Bridgeport Bluefish in the Atlantic League, an independent minor league in the Northeast.