Dr. Frank Jobe is the man responsible for discovering and performing the very first Tommy John surgery. The orthopedic surgeon had performed the surgery on polio patients, but never an athlete. After the success of the surgery on Tommy John, Dr. Jobe went on to complete more successful procedures. He also performed a radical shoulder surgery that saved the career of Orel Hershiser, another MLB pitcher, in 1990.

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