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: 6-9 / in Starts: 6-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 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	709	72	Jun 25	BOS	@	WSN	L,3-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	5	5	1	5	0	1	9.00	2.30	24	92	62	17	12	8	9	6	0	0	37			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.293	.86	-0.22%	-2.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
2	710	77	Jun 30	BOS	@	BAL	L,10-11	GS-4		4	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.00	2.54	15	52	34	14	4	5	7	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	.60	0.082	.74	0.06%	1.19	1b start a 2	4b 3 out a8
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
3	711	82	Jul 6	BOS		OAK	L,0-6	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	0	6.60	2.56	29	99	68	15	12	14	11	4	1	0	34			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.181	1.21	-0.15%	-1.59	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
4	712	87	Jul 11	BOS		KCR	W,15-9	GS-5	W(1-2)	4	5.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	1	5.40	2.30	21	97	63	16	9	5	7	3	1	0	61			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.134	.59	0.12%	1.85	1t start tie	5t 3 out a8
5	713	92	Jul 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS-6	L(1-3)	8	5.2	9	6	6	0	5	3	0	6.31	3.60	26	96	65	15	9	6	15	4	0	0	32			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.320	1.66	-0.29%	-2.73	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out d4
6	714	97	Jul 26	BOS		BAL	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	5	5.0	9	6	6	1	6	1	0	7.04	3.65	24	83	58	17	10	7	10	1	2	0	30			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.258	1.32	-0.26%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
7	715	102	Jul 31	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS-6	W(2-4)	4	6.0	8	5	5	0	2	2	1	7.12	4.24	25	87	58	15	10	12	10	1	0	0	38			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.286	1.99	-0.31%	-1.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
8	716	107	Aug 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-13	GS-4	L(2-5)	5	3.1	9	8	8	4	3	2	0	8.33	4.95	22	92	52	17	2	4	11	5	0	0	9			0	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.461	2.40	-0.60%	-4.37	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d2
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Cardinals
9	717	126	Aug 23	STL	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-5	W(3-5)	16	5.0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	7.40	4.34	18	75	53	18	12	4	5	0	1	0	70			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.162	.58	0.08%	2.24	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
10	718	130	Aug 28	STL		WSN	W,3-2	GS-6		4	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	6.71	4.02	22	93	62	20	10	11	4	1	0	0	65			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.235	.53	0.07%	1.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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
11	719	135	Sep 3	STL		MIL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-6)	5	6.0	6	4	4	0	6	1	0	6.63	3.94	24	84	60	17	9	6	12	3	2	0	50			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	-0.247	.26	-0.03%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
12	720	140	Sep 8	STL	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	0	7	1	0	6.53	3.86	21	83	53	12	10	4	10	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.140	.10	-0.01%	-0.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	721	148	Sep 18	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-6		9	6.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	6.22	3.80	27	108	65	20	10	6	14	5	4	0	53			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.070	.31	0.01%	0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
14	722	153	Sep 23	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-7)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	5.96	3.61	23	88	60	13	12	10	8	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.040	.27	0.01%	0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
15	723	158	Sep 30	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-4	L(3-8)	6	4.0	6	6	6	5	3	1	0	6.35	3.87	23	87	52	12	10	3	12	3	3	0	24			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.293	.26	-0.05%	-4.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
							6-9		W-L:3-8	5.2	78.0	95	55	55	18	73	11	3	6.35	3.87	344	1316	66%	18%	11%	0.72		18%	6%	0	44		---%	3	1	0	317	26	1	2	5	4	1	.90	-1.756	.89	-1.60%	-12.68

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