RESEARCH: Tommy John surgery and pitching performance
Jan 3 2014
Could Adam Wainwright be the poster boy for Tommy John (TJ) surgery?
He had the surgery in February, 2011 and returned to the Cardinals’ rotation in April, 2012, 404 days later.
The results were very positive:
Two yrs Two yrs
before since
surgery surgery
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xERA 3.20 3.15
WHIP 1.13 1.15
Dom (K/9) 8.3 8.2
Ctl (K/BB) 3.5 4.8Wainwright was the same pitcher, with better Command. And that’s not all:
- Wainwright led the NL in wins both before his surgery (2009) and after (2013)
- He made the All-Star team before (2010) and after (2013)
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He finished second in Cy Young balloting both before (2010) and after...
Almost!
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