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: 22-4 / in Starts: 22-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	302	15	Apr 16	ATL		PIT	W,3-1	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	2	0	0	2	7	0	1	0.00	2.14	19	75	47	9	19	3	6	2	0	0	68			1	1	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	0.251	1.06	0.16%	2.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
2	303	20	Apr 22	ATL		ARI	W,5-2	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	5.2	5	1	1	2	4	0	1	0.84	2.76	23	89	53	16	9	6	10	7	0	0	57			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.14	0.209	1.36	0.15%	1.83	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a2
3	304	25	Apr 27	ATL	@	ARI	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	2	6	2	0	2.04	4.04	29	94	66	18	11	12	9	4	2	0	51			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.19	0.112	1.44	0.08%	0.58	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
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
4	305	29	May 2	ATL		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.19	3.83	28	97	57	18	7	15	6	0	1	0	60			0	0	0	24	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.27	0.213	1.52	0.15%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
5	306	34	May 7	ATL		SDP	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	7.0	5	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.56	3.52	28	94	61	22	7	9	9	6	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.054	1.06	0.04%	0.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
6	307	39	May 12	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	8.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.27	3.69	29	100	65	12	15	10	10	4	0	0	73			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.364	1.11	0.23%	3.17	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
7	308	44	May 17	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-8	GS-5	L(4-1)	4	4.0	10	8	8	4	7	1	0	3.71	3.89	24	88	55	13	18	6	7	4	0	0	13			2	0	0	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.281	.99	-0.14%	-6.00	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d7
8	309	49	May 23	ATL		CHC	L,6-10	GS-3		5	2.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.94	3.86	12	41	26	6	3	2	10	5	1	0	36			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.206	.71	-0.09%	-1.98	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out tie
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
9	310	74	Jun 20	ATL	@	MON	W,5-1	GS-7	W(5-1)	27	7.0	4	1	0	0	8	0	0	3.42	3.46	26	90	66	16	18	9	9	3	1	0	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	.71	0.255	.44	0.10%	2.51	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
10	311	80	Jun 26	ATL		TOR	L,4-6	GS-7	L(5-2)	5	7.0	8	5	5	1	10	2	1	3.77	3.63	29	110	76	22	15	6	11	5	0	0	50			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.142	.53	-0.07%	-1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
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
11	312	84	Jul 1	ATL	@	TBD	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.84	3.49	27	105	72	20	8	7	12	6	0	0	50			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.110	.77	0.04%	0.43	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
12	313	89	Jul 9	ATL	@	FLA	W,6-4	GS-6	W(6-2)	7	6.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.77	3.32	27	104	69	18	16	8	9	5	2	0	56			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.240	.19	0.03%	0.88	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a4
13	314	93	Jul 14	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-2)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.62	3.23	33	111	72	18	12	17	8	4	1	0	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	0.303	.45	0.06%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
14	315	98	Jul 19	ATL		MIL	W,11-6	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	7.0	7	3	2	0	6	1	0	3.53	3.23	27	88	57	12	13	11	10	1	1	0	59			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	2	.95	0.111	.10	0.01%	0.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
15	316	103	Jul 24	ATL	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	10	0	1	3.20	3.04	31	125	85	23	18	13	7	1	3	0	91			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.500	.07	0.02%	4.69	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
16	317	108	Jul 29	ATL	@	CIN	W,11-5	GS-4		4	3.1	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.18	3.02	16	48	31	9	6	4	8	4	0	0	46			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.010	.05	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	4b --3 1 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
17	318	113	Aug 4	ATL		CIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(10-2)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.14	3.01	28	88	56	15	6	12	10	0	1	0	57			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.189	.02	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
18	319	118	Aug 9	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.1	6	5	5	4	9	2	0	3.36	3.19	29	112	62	19	12	9	7	6	0	0	46			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-1.50	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a1
19	320	123	Aug 15	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS-8	W(11-2)	5	7.0	7	3	2	3	8	1	0	3.32	3.24	32	116	81	20	17	10	11	4	1	0	58			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.59	1b start a 3	8b 12- 0 out a2
20	321	128	Aug 21	ATL		SDP	W,5-4	GS-7	W(12-2)	5	6.1	8	4	4	1	8	0	0	3.44	3.13	28	81	56	18	10	8	11	5	0	0	48			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
21	322	133	Aug 26	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS-7	W(13-2)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.32	3.05	27	99	68	16	16	8	11	1	1	0	69			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	.92	0.263	.00	0.00%	2.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
22	323	138	Aug 31	ATL		HOU	L,3-4	GS-9	L(13-3)	4	8.0	5	4	3	1	6	0	0	3.33	2.99	30	103	74	21	11	10	13	6	1	0	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.093	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a2
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
23	324	143	Sep 6	ATL	@	NYM	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-3)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	3.13	2.84	30	103	74	30	13	9	9	1	0	0	93			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.488	.00	0.00%	4.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	325	148	Sep 11	ATL		FLA	W,8-2	GS-7	W(15-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	3	8	0	0	3.10	2.81	30	111	72	24	16	11	8	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.213	.00	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
25	326	153	Sep 16	ATL		PHI	W,5-1	GS-6	W(16-3)	4	6.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.99	2.81	22	85	56	14	10	8	8	5	0	0	68			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.289	.00	0.00%	3.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
26	327	159	Sep 23	ATL	@	FLA	W,11-0	GS-5	W(17-3)	6	5.0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.90	2.71	17	67	49	14	15	6	2	1	0	0	74			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.180	.00	0.00%	2.40	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a6
							22-4		W-L:17-3	4.5	167.2	145	58	54	44	173	10	4	2.90	2.71	681	2424	66%	18%	13%	0.99		20%	3%	0	60		---%	8	2	0	627	22	7	2	14	2	7	1.06	3.448	.44	0.77%	25.65

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