DATE: 1982 ORIGINAL or DUPLICATE: Original Film TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECT: APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm in Ektachrome slide mount NUMBER OF SLIDES: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is an original color transparency (film) which, like original negatives, can be used to produce high-quality prints (and unlike negatives, can be viewed and enjoyed with the naked eye, without having to use software to invert the image). See scan for further details. This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Thomas Edward (Jr.) John was born in 1943 in Terre Haute, IN. He played major league baseball from 1963 to 1989 as pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, California Angels, Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, appeared in the 1977, 1978 and 1981 World Series, and was selected 4 times as an All-Star. Although pitcher Tommy John won 288 major league games and may well end up in the Hall of Fame, he is perhaps most famous because he missed the 1975 season due to the ligament replacement surgery that now bears his name, Tommy John surgery. That surgery, which he pioneered, has saved the career of countless pitchers after him. He was 31 years old when injured and sat out the entire 1975 season. But John came back to get 164 of his 288 wins after the surgery and pitched to the age of 46. After his playing career ended, John was a Minnesota Twins broadcaster for several years, then became a minor league pitching coach for the Harrisburg Senators, in the Montreal Expos organization, in 2002 and the Edmonton Trappers in 2003. John managed the Staten Island Yankees in 2004. In 2007, he returned to managing with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League. SKU: LSP01321
Item: LSP01321
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