John Smoltz
John Andrew Smoltz
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 15, 1967 in Detroit, MI
High School: Waverly (Lansing, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed September 22, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 ATL NL 21 P 12 12 64.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.41 0.83 .950 1.95 0.69
1989 ATL NL 22 P 29 29 208.0 62 23 32 7 2 .887 2.38 1.90 .950 1.87 0.63 AS
1990 ATL NL 23 P 34 34 231.1 56 26 27 3 4 .946 2.06 1.56 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 ATL NL 24 P 36 36 229.2 50 15 34 1 1 .980 1.92 1.36 .954 1.86 0.59
1992 ATL NL 25 P 35 35 246.2 50 23 26 1 3 .980 1.79 1.40 .952 1.94 0.60 AS
1993 ATL NL 26 P 35 35 243.2 52 29 23 0 1 1.000 1.92 1.49 .950 1.84 0.54 AS
1994 ATL NL 27 P 21 21 134.2 29 10 18 1 1 .966 1.87 1.33 .959 1.86 0.54
1995 ATL NL 28 P 29 29 192.2 32 12 18 2 0 .938 1.40 1.03 .956 1.84 0.51
1996 ATL NL 29 P 35 35 253.2 55 27 27 1 2 .982 1.92 1.54 .953 1.84 0.52 AS,CYA-1,MVP-11
1997 ATL NL 30 P 35 35 256.0 62 29 31 2 2 .968 2.11 1.71 .952 1.85 0.52 SS
1998 ATL NL 31 P 26 26 167.2 32 12 20 0 2 1.000 1.72 1.23 .959 1.85 0.54 CYA-4
1999 ATL NL 32 P 29 29 186.1 40 9 30 1 3 .975 1.88 1.34 .950 1.72 0.48
2001 ATL NL 34 P 36 5 59.0 16 8 7 1 0 .938 2.29 0.42 .962 1.75 0.46
2002 ATL NL 35 P 75 0 80.1 22 11 11 0 0 1.000 2.46 0.29 .964 1.83 0.48 AS,CYA-3,MVP-8
2003 ATL NL 36 P 62 0 64.1 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.40 0.16 .960 1.85 0.48 AS,MVP-18
2004 ATL NL 37 P 73 0 81.2 18 9 9 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.25 .961 1.84 0.47 MVP-21
2005 ATL NL 38 P 33 33 229.2 53 22 31 0 4 1.000 2.08 1.61 .958 1.75 0.46 AS
2006 ATL NL 39 P 35 35 232.0 55 20 33 2 1 .964 2.06 1.51 .956 1.72 0.43 CYA-7
2007 ATL NL 40 P 32 32 205.2 51 19 29 3 1 .941 2.10 1.50 .967 1.68 0.40 AS,CYA-6
2008 ATL NL 41 P 6 5 28.0 8 2 3 3 0 .625 1.61 0.83 .975 1.74 0.43
2009 TOT MLB 42 P 15 15 78.0 18 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.20 .956 1.63 0.41
2009 BOS AL 42 P 8 8 40.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.48 1.38 .955 1.53 0.40
2009 STL NL 42 P 7 7 38.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.66 1.00 .957 1.73 0.41
21 Seasons P 723 481 3473.0 781 320 433 28 30 .964 1.95 1.04 .956 1.81 0.51
21 Seasons TOT 723 481 3473.0 781 320 433 28 30 .964 1.95 1.04 .920 1.81 0.51
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1988 ATL NL 21 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 ATL NL 22 33 29 33 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1990 ATL NL 23 38 34 38 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1991 ATL NL 24 38 36 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1992 ATL NL 25 36 35 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 ATL NL 26 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 ATL NL 27 21 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 ATL NL 28 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 ATL NL 29 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 ATL NL 30 36 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 ATL NL 31 26 25 25 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ATL NL 32 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 ATL NL 34 36 4 35 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ATL NL 35 75 0 72 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ATL NL 36 62 0 58 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ATL NL 37 73 0 69 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 ATL NL 38 33 32 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 ATL NL 39 35 33 33 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 ATL NL 40 32 30 30 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 ATL NL 41 6 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 BOS AL 42 8 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 STL NL 42 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 735 472 709 723 723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1988 ATL NL 21 307 77% 22% 6 100% 1 4 0 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1989 ATL NL 22 885 73% 26% 36 92% 0 22 5 14 30 23 2 7 0 1 6 2 2 2 2 0 9 100%
1990 ATL NL 23 1025 75% 26% 31 94% 0 27 1 22 28 20 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 2 3 1 7 100%
1991 ATL NL 24 993 77% 30% 38 97% 0 15 3 8 34 24 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 88%
1992 ATL NL 25 1057 72% 28% 25 96% 0 23 0 23 26 20 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 9 100%
1993 ATL NL 26 1062 70% 27% 29 90% 0 27 1 22 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 90%
1994 ATL NL 27 582 72% 27% 19 95% 1 10 1 6 17 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 83%
1995 ATL NL 28 836 68% 28% 24 83% 0 12 0 9 18 16 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1996 ATL NL 29 1027 68% 28% 33 97% 0 26 1 22 30 22 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 9 100%
1997 ATL NL 30 1076 72% 31% 44 82% 0 29 2 24 32 25 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 9 78%
1998 ATL NL 31 692 68% 32% 26 92% 0 13 1 5 19 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 100%
1999 ATL NL 32 762 74% 32% 31 100% 0 9 2 6 30 25 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 7 100%
2001 ATL NL 34 243 72% 29% 8 100% 0 8 1 7 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ATL NL 35 322 66% 29% 13 100% 0 3 1 2 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 ATL NL 36 251 68% 30% 7 86% 0 4 0 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
2004 ATL NL 37 335 71% 30% 12 100% 0 9 0 6 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
2005 ATL NL 38 953 77% 35% 38 92% 0 22 2 16 31 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 11 82%
2006 ATL NL 39 978 72% 32% 39 95% 0 20 0 16 33 30 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
2007 ATL NL 40 875 72% 30% 34 88% 1 19 0 13 29 23 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
2008 ATL NL 41 121 64% 29% 6 67% 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2009 BOS AL 42 187 76% 31% 10 90% 0 4 2 2 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
2009 STL NL 42 161 70% 26% 7 71% 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
21 Seasons 14730 72% 29% 516 92% 3 310 23 233 435 348 33 28 1 4 23 7 30 20 27 3 119 90%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 89% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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