Frank Wilson Jobe (July 16, 1925 – March 6, 2014) was an American orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic.

Jobe pioneered both elbow ligament replacement and major reconstructive shoulder surgery for baseball players.

[1] Jobe also performed the first major reconstructive shoulder surgery on a big league player in 1990, which allowed Dodger star Orel Hershiser to continue his career.

[3] Serving in World War II as a medical staff sergeant in the Army's 101st Airborne Division, he landed by glider at Normandy[4] and later was briefly captured during the Siege of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge.

[3] He worked for three years as a general practitioner before completing a residency in orthopedic surgery at the Los Angeles County Hospital.

They eventually worked for the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, as well as a large number of other professional and amateur athletes from across the country.

[8] On September 25, 1974, Jobe made sports medicine history when he performed the first reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow (UCL) using a revolutionary procedure he had devised.

[2] Other pitchers to extend their careers after Tommy John surgery include Stephen Strasburg, David Wells, A. J. Burnett, Francisco Liriano, Chris Carpenter, Tim Hudson, John Smoltz, Joe Nathan, Brian Wilson, Billy Wagner, and Matt Harvey.

[2] Jobe served as Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopedics, for The Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

[20] Jobe's name has periodically been informally mentioned by sportswriters, fans, and players alike as worthy of a nomination for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

[21][22][23] In August 2012, an official campaign Web site to have Frank Jobe honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame was launched.

Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said Jobe's work is a testament to the positive role of medicine in baseball's growth.