The Bionic Legacy: Remembering Tommy John's Last Pitch Tommy John's passing at 83 marks the end of an era for baseball and a poignant reminder of the evolving relationship between injury and recovery.
As the "bionic man," John's career was marked by 509 wins, but also by numerous surgeries to repair damaged elbows.
John's storied career began in the late 1960s, when pitching injuries were often seen as a rite of passage.