Tommy John played 26 MLB seasons, and is dead in 2026 (Cancer=26 & 44 — Bionic Man=44 — his nickname).

Tommy John was injured on July 17, 1974, only to die on the Jesuit Order’s birthday, aka the Society of Jesus.

He died 85 days after his birthday (Iesus Hominum Salvator=85).

He also died on the 86th day of his age (Blood Sacrifice=86, Human Sacrifice=86).

He also died 280 days before his birthday (Thomas Edward John Jr.=280).

He died at age 83 (Murder=83, *Yeshua=83).

Notice that Tommy John won 201 games in the American League (The Jesuit Order=201).

He also won 87 games in the NL (The Catholic Church=87, Superior General=87).

It ties in with the Jesuit founder (Ignatius of Loyola=201 & 87).

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnto01.shtml

For another point, his death at 83, means he died in his 84th year of life (Tommy John Surgery=78 & 84, Jesuit=78 & 84).

And for one last point, he died on the 144th day of the MLB season (Jesuit Order=144, The United States of America=144).

The season began March 25, the 84th day of the year (The Jesuit Order=84, Jesuit=84).

Update:

He died on the 492nd birthday of the Jesuit Order, and Frank Jobe did the Tommy John surgery.

He died in Bradenton, Florida (Bradenton, Florida=492, Bradenton=322).

The location also has a couple of other interesting connections (Bradenton, Florida=158, 15/8 death).

It also has the 274 connection (Bradenton, Florida=274, Iesus Hominum Salvator=274).

*The LA Sparks got their 492nd loss on August 15 as well (Tommy John is connected to LA).

Notice, the July 17 injury, was one day after his birthday.

He died a span of 163 days from Frank Jobe’s death anniversary (Bionic Man=163).