Saturday, May 06, 2006
Tommy John surgery
Posted by David GasskoIt's that time of the year when birds start chirping, flowers start growing, and we here at THT start preparing next year's Annual. I'm writing an article for the Annual about Tommy John surgery, and have been trying to get a complete list of pitchers who have had Tommy John surgery done. I'm asking you, the reader, to put your thinking cap on, and help me come up with a list of all these pitchers. I can be reached by e-mail at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Click on "more" for the list I have gathered so far.
Luis Ayala
Kris Benson
Dewon Brazelton
A.J. Burnett
Paul Byrd
Tom Candiotti
Chris Capuano
Chris Carpenter
Brandon Claussen
Rheal Cormier
Ryan Dempster
Octavio Dotel
Adam Eaton
Jesse Foppert
Chad Fox (several times)
Frank Francisco
Eric Gagné
Tom Gordon
Mike Hampton
Pat Hentgen
Jason Isringhausen
Tommy John
Billy Koch
Cory Lidle
Jon Lieber
Matt Mantei
Joe Mays
Jim Morris
Matt Morris
Denny Neagle
Juan Padilla
José Rijo (four times)
Fernando Rodney
Jae Seo
John Smoltz
Chris Spurling
Tim Spooneybarger (twice)
Billy Traber
Bob Wickman
Scott Williamson (several times)
Paul Wilson
Matt Wise
Randy Wolf
Kerry Wood
Tim Worrell
Víctor Zambrano
Please note that some of this list may be wrong, and I'd be glad if you could correct any of my mistakes.
David Gassko is a former consultant to a major league team. He welcomes comments via e-mail.