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: 26-9 / in Starts: 26-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1996 Pitching Game Log

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1996 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	232	3	Apr 4	ATL		SFG	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	7	7	6	3	6	1	0	8.53	4.75	29	94	62	9	14	11	9	4	2	0	36			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.263	.57	-0.17%	-3.38	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d5
2	233	8	Apr 9	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.1	5	1	1	2	10	0	0	4.61	2.88	28	98	65	16	11	6	10	7	0	0	72			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.106	1.15	0.06%	1.50	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a2
3	234	13	Apr 14	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-0	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	8.0	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	2.91	1.93	26	129	84	15	22	5	7	0	2	0	92			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.437	.75	0.25%	3.94	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a4
4	235	17	Apr 19	ATL		SDP	W,7-1	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.35	2.10	32	115	74	18	12	13	11	5	1	0	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.187	.41	0.12%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	236	22	Apr 24	ATL	@	SFG	W,8-3	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.56	2.42	31	118	74	13	15	3	21	10	2	0	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.014	1.06	-0.01%	0.97	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a4
6	237	27	Apr 30	ATL	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS-8	W(5-1)	5	8.0	5	3	3	1	10	1	0	2.70	2.46	29	131	85	20	18	10	8	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.009	1.69	0.01%	0.85	1b start tie	8b 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	238	31	May 5	ATL		PHI	W,11-8	GS-7	W(6-1)	4	6.2	6	7	1	1	9	2	0	2.53	2.76	28	110	69	21	12	6	12	6	1	0	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.37	0.027	.51	0.02%	-3.49	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a2
8	239	35	May 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,11-0	GS-6	W(7-1)	4	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.28	2.62	21	83	56	11	14	5	8	3	3	0	74			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.150	.58	0.14%	3.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out a11
9	240	39	May 14	ATL		PIT	W,7-3	GS-7	W(8-1)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	0	2.44	2.55	30	110	70	19	17	13	8	3	0	0	58			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	0.195	1.34	0.16%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
10	241	43	May 19	ATL		CIN	W,9-5	GS-7	W(9-1)	4	7.0	2	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.45	2.68	25	89	56	17	9	8	8	1	1	0	70			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.236	1.19	0.19%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
11	242	47	May 24	ATL	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS-6	W(10-1)	4	6.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.50	2.76	26	94	55	11	11	10	10	3	2	0	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.042	1.20	0.03%	1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
12	243	51	May 29	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	13	0	0	2.24	2.57	33	126	89	21	15	11	7	4	1	0	90			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.649	1.35	0.46%	4.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	244	55	Jun 3	ATL		NYM	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	1	10	1	0	2.48	2.57	27	107	77	16	19	5	11	5	1	0	49			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.132	.90	-0.09%	-0.70	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
14	245	60	Jun 9	ATL	@	COL	W,8-3	GS-9	W(12-1)	5	8.1	7	3	3	2	10	1	0	2.54	2.61	31	130	93	30	16	14	5	3	0	0	65			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.47	0.233	.52	0.15%	2.44	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a5
15	246	65	Jun 14	ATL		LAD	W,3-1	GS-8	W(13-1)	4	8.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.36	2.50	28	116	80	22	13	11	9	1	2	0	80			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.515	1.39	0.36%	4.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
16	247	70	Jun 19	ATL		SDP	W,5-1	CG	W(14-1)	4	9.0	2	1	1	0	8	0	0	2.26	2.42	29	94	71	16	11	8	13	6	1	0	87			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.406	.78	0.28%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	248	74	Jun 24	ATL		STL	L,2-9	GS-7	L(14-2)	4	6.1	10	8	8	4	8	2	0	2.71	2.63	33	116	68	18	15	7	14	8	0	0	25			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	1	0	.80	-0.311	.57	-0.13%	-4.44	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d6
18	249	79	Jun 29	ATL	@	FLA	L,3-5	GS-4	L(14-3)	4	4.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	2.98	2.71	20	73	46	8	9	6	9	4	1	0	29			0	1	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.277	.45	-0.15%	-2.97	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
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	250	84	Jul 4	ATL		HOU	L,2-5	GS-4	L(14-4)	4	4.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	0	3.16	2.66	19	69	45	14	7	7	8	8	0	0	34			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.211	.59	-0.09%	-1.80	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
20	251	90	Jul 13	ATL		FLA	W,3-0	SHO	W(15-4)	8	9.0	2	0	0	3	10	0	0	2.96	2.62	31	115	68	19	18	11	7	3	2	0	90			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.517	.62	0.21%	4.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	252	94	Jul 18	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-9	W(16-4)	4	8.1	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.91	2.60	33	120	84	28	12	11	13	5	2	0	66			1	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.82	0.090	.58	0.02%	1.44	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a1
22	253	99	Jul 23	ATL	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(17-4)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.88	2.54	31	121	75	18	20	11	8	2	1	0	72			3	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.407	.46	0.09%	2.14	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a1
23	254	104	Jul 28	ATL	@	SFG	L,3-10	GS-6	L(17-5)	4	6.0	7	5	5	3	7	1	0	3.05	2.61	28	136	87	19	15	6	12	6	1	0	42			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.02	-0.258	.23	-0.04%	-2.02	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
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
24	255	108	Aug 2	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(17-6)	4	8.0	9	2	2	2	12	1	1	3.01	2.62	34	142	98	26	19	14	5	1	0	0	66			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.050	.22	0.01%	1.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
25	256	112	Aug 7	ATL		PHI	W,14-1	GS-5	W(18-6)	4	5.0	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	2.93	2.57	21	71	52	17	9	10	5	1	1	0	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.42	0.153	.05	0.01%	1.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out a10
26	257	116	Aug 11	ATL		COL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(19-6)	3	8.0	4	1	1	3	10	1	0	2.85	2.61	29	114	76	21	23	7	9	4	1	0	77			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.331	.22	0.05%	3.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	258	121	Aug 16	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9	W(20-6)	4	8.1	7	4	4	1	6	0	0	2.91	2.59	32	98	70	22	5	18	7	2	1	0	58			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.134	.05	0.01%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a2
28	259	125	Aug 21	ATL		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.90	2.62	28	102	69	17	7	5	18	10	1	0	60			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.165	.01	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
29	260	130	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(20-7)	5	7.0	7	3	3	0	6	0	0	2.93	2.58	28	103	73	12	14	11	11	4	0	0	57			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.19	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.77	1b start tie	7b 3 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
30	261	136	Sep 1	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	2	1	1	3	9	1	0	2.85	2.63	28	126	81	25	10	11	5	1	0	0	85			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	0.578	.00	0.00%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
31	262	141	Sep 7	ATL		NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(21-7)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	13	0	0	2.78	2.55	34	124	86	12	21	10	10	4	1	0	81			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.335	.01	0.00%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	263	145	Sep 12	ATL	@	COL	L,8-16	GS-6	L(21-8)	4	6.0	12	9	8	2	5	1	0	3.02	2.60	31	111	73	18	14	8	16	9	2	0	17			1	2	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.580	.06	-0.02%	-5.14	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d2
33	264	150	Sep 17	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	GS-8	W(22-8)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	7	1	1	3.03	2.64	32	108	75	19	22	5	18	10	3	0	60			0	1	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	.94	0.205	.13	0.02%	1.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
34	265	155	Sep 22	ATL		MON	W,8-2	GS-8	W(23-8)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	10	1	0	3.00	2.65	31					6	12	5	2	1	72			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.167	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
35	266	160	Sep 27	ATL	@	MON	W,6-4	GS-5	W(24-8)	4	5.0	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.94	2.64	19	58	41	7	12	6	8	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.174	.00	0.00%	1.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
							26-9		W-L:24-8	4.2	253.2	199	93	83	55	276	19	2	2.94	2.64	995	3651	66%	16%	13%	0.88		24%	6%	1	63		---%	10	13	1	922	45	2	3	13	4	14	.94	4.432	.56	1.94%	42.09

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