the name Tommy John isn't synonymous with a career on the mound, but for the surgery that now bears his name. "It's ulnar ...

He saw how tendons could be transplanted and used ... “It quickly just became, 'Tommy John surgery.'" Now, 50 years later, it has become a fabric of the game, with pitchers coming in for second ...

The procedure repairs the torn ulnar collateral ligament by grafting a tendon from another part of person's body. Tommy John ...

During Tommy John surgery, the UCL is reconstructed using other tissue from the body. Most commonly, the palmaris longus tendon, which is located in the forearm, is harvested via small incisions.

Valuable utility man will be limited to DH duties following his return next season. He won't be able to be a two-way player ...

Guardians All-Star and postseason star David Fry had reconstructive surgery on his right elbow and is expected to need at ...

CLEVELAND — Guardians All-Star and postseason star David Fry had reconstructive surgery on his right elbow and is expected to ...

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner underwent right flexor tendon surgery on Oct. 11th ... have undergone Tommy John surgery and been back the next year, although Harper had to spend some time ...

This year is the 50th anniversary of a groundbreaking procedure called Tommy John surgery that changed baseball, and unintentionally opened the door for what many are calling a baseball pitching ...