Please answer the following question: What key details about tommy john can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: thomas edward john jr. -lrb- born may 22 , 1943 -rrb- is a former pitcher in major league baseball whose 288 career victories rank as the seventh highest total among left-handers in major league history . he is also known for the revolutionary surgery , now named after him , which was performed on a damaged ligament in his pitching arm . well over half of john 's career wins came after his surgery .
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- finalteam is new york yankees- finalyear is 1989- statlabel is win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts- image alt is tommy john- position is pitcher- statvalue is 288 -- 231 3.34 2,245- caption is john in the bronx . in 2008 , attending a pre-all-star game party- throws is left- bats is right- debutdate is september 6- debutteam is cleveland indians- birth date is 22 may 1943- finaldate is may 25- name is tommy john- image is tommy_john_2008_bronx . jpg- birth place is terre haute , indiana- debutyear is 1963