Baseball Pitchers Don't Win More Games Following Tommy John Surgery

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 10:40 in Health & Medicine

Ulnar collateral ligament (UCLR) reconstruction, a common injury for pitchers in Major League Baseball, is often called "Tommy John Surgery" after the New York Yankees pitcher who made it famous, In 1974, Dr. Frank Jobe made medical history when he replaced the pitcher's torn medial collateral ligament with a tendon from John's forearm and he went on to pitch for 14 more years and added 164 more victories - after an injury that had been career-ending in the past. Results out today show that pitchers win more games following Tommy John Surgery but another paper disagrees. The scholars at Henry Ford Hospital say the performance decline is notabled and that they the largest cohort of professional pitchers to date to examine the issue. read more

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