John Smoltz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: May 15, 1967 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Waverly HS (Lansing, MI).

High School: Waverly HS (Lansing, MI)

Debut: July 23, 1988 (Age 21-069d, 15,503rd in major league history)
vs. NYM 8.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 2009 (Age 42-138d)
vs. CIN 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 6 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2015. (Voted by BBWAA on 455/549 ballots)
View John Smoltz's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Lonnie Cooper, Myles Shoda

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: John Andrew Smoltz

Nicknames: Smoltzie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

69.0

213

155

ERA

3.33

723

481

154

3473.0

3084

WHIP

1.176

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-15 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	13	3	Apr 6	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	6	2	1	3	7	0	0	1.13	2.14	33	114	73	21	10	11	12	6	2	0	68			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.004	2.13	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a1
2	14	7	Apr 11	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.57	3.33	27	97	59	15	9	12	9	1	2	1	49			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	.92	-0.106	1.49	-0.10%	-0.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	15	12	Apr 16(1)	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-2	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	5.0	8	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.84	3.50	23	90	62	16	9	5	11	4	5	1	47			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.133	1.06	-0.14%	-0.84	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out a5
4	16	18	Apr 22	ATL		SDP	W,5-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	8.0	3	1	1	5	5	1	0	2.33	3.95	32	111	68	18	11	12	10	2	1	0	72			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.389	2.34	0.37%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
5	17	23	Apr 28	ATL	@	MON	L,4-10	GS-6	L(3-2)	5	5.1	3	5	4	5	6	0	0	3.06	3.85	24	104	59	13	13	6	7	1	0	0	45			0	1	0	17	2	1	0	0	1	1	1.18	-0.349	1.35	-0.24%	-2.20	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	18	28	May 3	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	9	1	0	3.05	3.63	35	152	102	28	16	10	14	0	1	0	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.227	.60	0.10%	1.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	19	33	May 9	ATL	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	6	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.68	3.30	33	106	74	19	12	12	14	5	3	0	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.16	0.156	1.45	0.12%	1.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	20	37	May 14	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	4	2	1	6	5	0	0	2.51	3.37	31	133	79	12	16	7	13	1	3	0	62			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.207	1.78	0.15%	0.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
9	21	43	May 21	ATL		STL	L,1-6	GS-9		6	9.0	4	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.17	3.15	32	109	76	14	11	13	12	3	0	0	82			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	0.513	1.10	0.27%	3.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	22	47	May 26	ATL	@	STL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(6-3)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	6	0	1	2.33	3.08	29	96	61	16	12	9	11	3	2	0	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.144	.26	-0.04%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	23	52	May 31	ATL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9	W(7-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.32	3.11	27	88	61	15	6	8	15	4	1	0	68			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.189	.56	0.06%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	24	57	Jun 5(2)	ATL		LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	7.0	5	4	4	4	9	2	0	2.55	3.31	29	116	70	14	14	9	7	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.265	.39	-0.06%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
13	25	61	Jun 10	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7	L(7-5)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.45	3.10	25	89	63	24	9	10	7	2	1	0	73			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.151	.22	0.02%	1.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	26	65	Jun 15	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.33	2.95	38	119	79	19	13	11	16	8	4	0	76			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.84	0.590	.16	0.03%	2.82	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	27	70	Jun 21(2)	ATL		CIN	W,1-0	GS-6	W(9-5)	5	5.1	6	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.22	2.95	24	108	62	17	14	4	10	6	3	0	58			1	2	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.53	0.210	.22	0.02%	1.83	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
16	28	75	Jun 27	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-9	GS-6	L(9-6)	5	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.26	2.91	27	93	59	15	9	7	16	9	2	0	48			0	0	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.005	.04	0.00%	0.73	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	29	81	Jul 2	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(10-6)	4	9.0	5	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.09	2.83	31	115	74	18	12	6	18	6	5	0	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.523	.06	0.01%	2.90	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
18	30	86	Jul 7	ATL		PHI	W,5-3	GS-8	W(11-6)	4	8.0	6	3	2	5	1	1	0	2.10	3.02	33	111	67	15	6	13	14	6	2	0	56			3	1	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.072	.03	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
19	31	90	Jul 14	ATL		NYM	W,3-2	GS-8		6	8.0	4	2	2	0	7	1	0	2.11	3.00	28	97	62	12	16	4	17	2	5	0	73			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.255	.02	0.00%	1.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	32	95	Jul 19	ATL	@	MON	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.13	2.95	30	116	68	17	11	11	9	2	1	0	61			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	2	0	1.56	0.094	.01	0.00%	1.09	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
21	33	100	Jul 24	ATL		SFG	L,0-2	CG	L(11-7)	4	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	1	0	2.13	2.90	30	117	81	20	18	4	16	3	2	0	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.068	.00	0.00%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
22	34	105	Jul 29	ATL		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.20	2.96	28	99	67	19	10	11	11	1	5	0	57			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.115	.00	0.00%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	35	109	Aug 3	ATL		SDP	L,5-6	GS-7	L(11-9)	4	7.0	11	6	6	4	7	0	0	2.43	2.94	36	128	88	15	18	12	13	2	3	0	34			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.420	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
24	36	114	Aug 8	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-10	GS-4	L(11-10)	4	4.0	5	5	5	4	3	1	0	2.63	3.04	20	78	46	8	9	7	6	2	2	0	31			2	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.373	.00	0.00%	-3.27	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
25	37	119	Aug 14(1)	ATL	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-6	L(11-11)	5	6.0	7	6	6	2	5	0	0	2.84	3.01	26	87	49	16	7	11	8	2	3	0	37			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.381	.00	0.00%	-3.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	38	124	Aug 19	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-8	W(12-11)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.86	3.05	32	133	82	16	12	9	14	2	3	0	61			0	1	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.090	.00	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
27	39	129	Aug 25	ATL	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.89	3.03	30	126	84	15	13	9	15	6	3	0	56			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.28	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
28	40	134	Aug 30	ATL	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-7		4	6.0	7	5	4	4	2	0	1	2.99	3.08	29	120	69	13	5	6	16	4	5	0	38			0	2	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.40	-0.374	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	41	139	Sep 5	ATL		SDP	L,5-7	GS-6		5	6.0	2	4	1	3	9	2	0	2.94	3.15	25	105	68	19	14	5	8	4	1	0	64			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	2	.58	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-1.32	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							14-15		W-L:12-11	4.4	208.0	160	79	68	72	168	15	2	2.94	3.15	847	3157	64%	15%	11%	0.73		16%	12%	2	60		---%	14	7	3	756	30	3	2	13	7	13	1.14	1.004	.53	0.58%	11.59

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