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: 17-18 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	267	1	Apr 1	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.25	1.98	31	105	71	18	12	8	16	11	2	0	63			0	1	0	28	2	0	1	1	1	0	.89	0.125	.90	0.08%	1.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	268	5	Apr 5 susp	ATL		CHC	W,11-5	GS-5	W(1-1)	3	5.0	4	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.77	2.26	22	65	44	9	5	8	8	2	2	0	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.025	1.02	-0.02%	-0.38	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
3	269	9	Apr 10	ATL		HOU	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	6	3	3	4	5	2	0	3.32	4.00	26	116	76	17	13	8	9	2	1	0	49			1	2	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.023	1.07	-0.02%	0.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
4	270	13	Apr 15	ATL		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.25	3.43	34	102	74	12	11	12	13	6	1	0	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.432	1.12	0.31%	4.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	271	17	Apr 20	ATL	@	COL	L,2-9	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.2	14	7	5	1	4	0	0	3.21	3.23	31	95	68	8	10	15	11	6	2	0	20			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	1	.84	-0.218	1.07	-0.17%	-3.81	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d6
6	272	21	Apr 26	ATL		SDP	W,3-2	GS-9		5	9.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.74	2.97	34	112	73	23	11	11	13	6	2	0	73			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.572	1.65	0.42%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
7	273	26	May 1	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	8.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.66	2.83	29	87	60	13	9	11	14	7	1	0	68			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	0.333	.99	0.24%	2.19	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
8	274	31	May 6	ATL	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.65	2.64	28	97	67	14	12	9	10	7	1	0	60			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.66	0.074	1.93	0.05%	1.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
9	275	36	May 11	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-2	GS-7	W(4-3)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	1	2.64	2.68	29	99	68	14	12	14	7	2	1	0	62			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.105	1.29	0.08%	1.70	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
10	276	41	May 17	ATL		STL	W,11-6	GS-7	W(5-3)	5	7.0	5	2	2	0	7	2	0	2.64	2.89	26	91	64	10	17	9	10	3	3	0	66			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.200	.73	0.15%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
11	277	46	May 23	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-3)	5	8.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.60	2.98	30	128	85	25	12	15	9	3	0	0	64			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.298	1.22	0.20%	1.82	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a2
12	278	51	May 29	ATL		SFG	L,2-4	GS-8	L(6-4)	5	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.80	2.94	29	98	66	19	9	13	11	4	2	0	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.197	1.53	-0.13%	-0.68	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d1
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
13	279	56	Jun 3	ATL		SDP	L,2-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.66	3.01	31	118	78	10	11	14	10	4	1	0	63			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	3	0	1	1.26	0.285	1.36	0.19%	2.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
14	280	61	Jun 8	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-8	L(6-5)	4	7.0	8	5	5	1	7	3	0	2.92	3.30	30	105	74	20	14	10	12	7	3	0	47			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.330	.96	-0.16%	-2.47	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out d2
15	281	66	Jun 14	ATL		BAL	L,4-6	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.98	3.28	30					3	11	1	4	7	58			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.013	1.21	0.01%	0.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
16	282	70	Jun 18	ATL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-6)	3	7.0	6	5	5	3	7	2	0	3.19	3.45	30	117	80	14	19	11	9	4	2	0	49			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.234	.76	-0.16%	-1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
17	283	74	Jun 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(6-7)	4	8.0	10	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.20	3.52	35	123	82	24	5	11	18	10	2	0	52			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.063	1.32	-0.05%	0.98	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
18	284	79	Jun 28	ATL		PHI	W,9-1	GS-7	W(7-7)	4	7.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.03	3.44	29	119	77	21	9	11	9	4	1	0	70			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.239	.75	0.14%	3.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
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
19	285	84	Jul 3	ATL	@	MON	W,15-2	GS-5	W(8-7)	4	5.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.92	3.38	19	59	45	10	5	8	8	5	1	0	62			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.144	.46	0.08%	2.54	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a15
20	286	88	Jul 10	ATL		NYM	L,7-10	GS-8		6	7.0	11	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.03	3.44	35	123	78	17	15	13	13	7	1	0	42			2	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.32	0.045	.90	0.02%	-0.34	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
21	287	93	Jul 15	ATL		PHI	L,1-8	GS-8	L(8-8)	4	8.0	9	8	7	2	5	1	0	3.29	3.48	36	115	77	19	10	9	20	8	0	0	37			0	0	0	34	4	1	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.315	.55	-0.13%	-3.81	1t start tie	8t 3 out d7
22	288	98	Jul 20	ATL		LAD	L,3-8	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	10	6	3	3	8	0	0	3.31	3.42	34	108	68	15	18	8	15	6	1	0	44			1	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.325	.58	-0.12%	-2.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
23	289	103	Jul 25	ATL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	2	3	3	4	10	1	0	3.29	3.43	32	130	82	24	16	7	11	2	1	0	77			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.163	.51	0.06%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	290	108	Jul 30	ATL		CHC	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	4	10	0	0	3.28	3.38	27	104	62	13	20	7	6	1	1	0	58			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.199	.41	0.04%	1.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
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
25	291	113	Aug 4	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.12	3.30	33	124	92	23	12	10	12	3	0	0	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.379	.33	0.09%	4.76	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
26	292	118	Aug 9	ATL		FLA	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-9)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.08	3.24	31	110	77	16	18	8	11	8	1	0	70			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.15	0.233	.80	0.10%	2.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
27	293	122	Aug 13	ATL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(11-10)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.04	3.17	35	113	80	19	15	20	4	0	1	0	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.194	.26	0.03%	2.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	294	126	Aug 19	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-8	W(12-10)	5	8.0	7	3	2	2	11	1	0	3.00	3.16	32	92	68	20	14	12	7	4	1	0	67			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.264	.49	0.06%	0.95	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a1
29	295	130	Aug 24	ATL		CIN	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.2	7	4	2	1	12	1	0	2.98	3.12	30	121	83	22	20	5	12	7	3	0	64			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	-0.238	.16	-0.02%	-0.26	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
30	296	134	Aug 29	ATL	@	BOS	W,9-1	GS-7	W(13-10)	4	7.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.89	3.05	26	96	63	16	14	5	11	5	2	0	77			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.360	.08	0.02%	3.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
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
31	297	139	Sep 3	ATL		DET	L,4-12	GS-4	L(13-11)	4	3.1	10	8	8	0	4	1	0	3.16	3.07	21	71	53	13	12	8	9	1	2	0	12			0	0	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.425	.03	-0.01%	-4.84	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d4
32	298	144	Sep 9	ATL	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-8	W(14-11)	5	8.0	5	2	2	0	10	1	0	3.13	3.04	28	119	78	23	13	9	9	1	0	0	74			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.08	0.275	.01	0.00%	1.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
33	299	148	Sep 14	ATL		COL	L,0-4	GS-9	L(14-12)	4	8.1	9	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.17	3.07	36					4	12	0	1	9	54			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.114	.00	0.00%	0.43	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out d4
34	300	153	Sep 19	ATL		MON	W,2-1	CG	W(15-12)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	1	0	3.10	3.08	32	117	84	13	19	13	11	5	1	0	79			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.570	.00	0.00%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	301	161	Sep 27	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-6		7	6.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.02	3.04	22	94	53	14	13	7	5	2	1	0	74			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.354	.00	0.00%	2.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
							17-18		W-L:15-12	4.3	256.0	234	97	86	63	241	21	1	3.02	3.04	1043	3473	68%	16%	12%	0.92		21%	7%	16	60		---%	14	11	1	966	42	4	9	18	3	9	1.04	3.577	.77	1.38%	35.76

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