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John Smoltz Stats

John Smoltz was born on Monday, May 15, 1967, in Detroit, Michigan. Smoltz was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 23, 1988, with the Atlanta Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John Smoltz baseball stats page.

"[John]'s got a great fastball, a good breaking ball, and he has a good knowledge of pitching. When you're looking at film, if there's a mechanical flaw, he understands. He's not just a thrower. There might be a misconception there as far as his being a thrower and not a pitcher. But he is a pitcher. He knows what he wants to do, and when he executes it consistently, nobody can touch him." - Leo Mazzone in Chop Talk (April 2001)

Birth Name:	John Andrew Smoltz
Nickname:	Smoltzie - Smoltzy
Born On:	05-15-1967 (Taurus)
Born In:	Detroit, Michigan
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Waverly High School (Lansing, MI)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-03	Weight:	210
First Game:	07-23-1988 (Age 21)
Last Game:	09-30-2009
Draft:	1985 : 22nd Round (574th)

John Smoltz John Smoltz Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1988	21	Braves	12	12	0	2	7	.222	5.48	0	0	0	64.0	297	74	39	40	10	33	4	37	2	2	1	0
1989	22	Braves	29	29	0	12	11	.522	2.94	5	0	0	208.0	847	160	68	79	15	72	2	168	8	2	3	0
1990	23	Braves	34	34	0	14	11	.560	3.85	6	2	0	231.1	966	206	99	109	20	90	3	170	14	1	3	0
1991	24	Braves	36	36	0	14	13	.519	3.80	5	0	0	229.2	947	206	97	101	16	77	1	148	20	3	2	0
1992	25	Braves	35	35	0	15	12	.556	2.85	9	3	0	246.2	1,021	206	78	90	17	80	5	215	17	5	1	0
1993	26	Braves	35	35	0	15	11	.577	3.62	3	1	0	243.2	1,028	208	98	104	23	100	12	208	13	6	1	0
1994	27	Braves	21	21	0	6	10	.375	4.14	1	0	0	134.2	568	120	62	69	15	48	4	113	7	4	0	0
1995	28	Braves	29	29	0	12	7	.632	3.18	2	1	0	192.2	808	166	68	76	15	72	8	193	13	4	0	0
1996	29	Braves	35	35	0	24	8	.750	2.94	6	2	0	253.2	995	199	83	93	19	55	3	276	10	2	1	0
1997	30	Braves	35	35	0	15	12	.556	3.02	7	2	0	256.0	1,043	234	86	97	21	63	9	241	10	1	1	0
1998	31	Braves	26	26	0	17	3	.850	2.90	2	2	0	167.2	681	145	54	58	10	44	2	173	3	4	1	0
1999	32	Braves	29	29	0	11	8	.579	3.19	1	1	0	186.1	746	168	66	70	14	40	2	156	2	4	0	0
2001	34	Braves	36	5	20	3	3	.500	3.36	0	0	10	59.0	238	53	22	24	7	10	2	57	0	2	0	5
2002	35	Braves	75	0	68	3	2	.600	3.25	0	0	55	80.1	314	59	29	30	4	24	1	85	1	0	1	0
2003	36	Braves	62	0	55	0	2	.000	1.12	0	0	45	64.1	244	48	8	9	2	8	1	73	2	0	0	0
2004	37	Braves	73	0	61	0	1	.000	2.76	0	0	44	81.2	323	75	25	25	8	13	2	85	6	0	0	0
2005	38	Braves	33	33	0	14	7	.667	3.06	3	1	0	229.2	931	210	78	83	18	53	7	169	2	1	1	0
2006	39	Braves	35	35	0	16	9	.640	3.49	3	1	0	232.0	960	221	90	93	23	55	4	211	5	9	0	0
2007	40	Braves	32	32	0	14	8	.636	3.11	0	0	0	205.2	853	196	71	78	18	47	9	197	8	4	0	0
2008	41	Braves	6	5	0	3	2	.600	2.57	0	0	0	28.0	117	25	8	8	2	8	1	36	2	0	0	0
2009	42	Red Sox	8	8	0	2	5	.286	8.33	0	0	0	40.0	186	59	37	37	8	9	1	33	0	3	0	0
2009	42	Cardinals	7	7	0	1	3	.250	4.26	0	0	0	38.0	158	36	18	18	3	9	1	40	0	0	0	0
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
21 Years			723	481	204	213	155	.579	3.33	53	16	154	3,473.0	14,271	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	84	3,084	145	57	16	5

John Smoltz John Smoltz Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1988	21	Braves	12	17	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	3	0	0	0	.118	.167	.176
1989	22	Braves	29	62	6	7	1	1	1	0	6	6	0	23	6	0	0	0	.113	.191	.210
1990	23	Braves	34	74	7	12	2	0	0	0	4	6	0	32	7	0	0	2	.162	.225	.189
1991	24	Braves	36	65	7	7	3	0	0	0	3	5	0	28	8	0	0	0	.108	.171	.154
1992	25	Braves	35	75	7	12	0	0	1	0	4	6	0	32	10	0	0	1	.160	.222	.200
1993	26	Braves	35	71	2	13	1	0	0	0	4	9	0	24	11	0	0	2	.183	.275	.197
1994	27	Braves	21	37	6	6	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	14	6	0	0	1	.162	.244	.270
1995	28	Braves	29	56	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	25	6	0	0	0	.107	.206	.107
1996	29	Braves	35	78	3	17	3	0	1	0	12	3	0	26	15	1	1	0	.218	.253	.295
1997	30	Braves	35	79	10	18	3	0	0	0	4	9	0	22	6	0	0	0	.228	.307	.266
1998	31	Braves	26	51	4	10	1	0	0	0	5	8	0	16	8	0	1	1	.196	.317	.216
1999	32	Braves	29	62	11	17	4	0	1	0	7	5	0	28	4	0	1	1	.274	.338	.387
2001	34	Braves	36	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000
2002	35	Braves	75	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2003	36	Braves	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2004	37	Braves	73	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2005	38	Braves	32	68	1	10	2	1	0	0	3	3	0	26	12	0	0	3	.147	.183	.206
2006	39	Braves	33	64	5	8	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	27	18	0	0	2	.125	.176	.172
2007	40	Braves	30	54	1	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	19	13	0	0	0	.093	.109	.111
2008	41	Braves	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2009	42	Red Sox	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2009	42	Cardinals	7	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	.077	.143	.077
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
21 Years			718	948	77	151	26	2	5	0	61	79	0	365	136	1	3	16	.159	.226	.207

John Smoltz John Smoltz Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1988 Braves	P	12	12	192	10	0.8	10	4	6	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.41
1989 Braves	P	29	29	624	62	2.1	55	23	32	7	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.887	2.38
1990 Braves	P	34	34	694	56	1.6	53	26	27	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	2.06
1991 Braves	P	36	36	689	50	1.4	49	15	34	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	1.92
1992 Braves	P	35	35	740	50	1.4	49	23	26	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	1.79
1993 Braves	P	35	35	731	52	1.5	52	29	23	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.92
1994 Braves	P	21	21	404	29	1.4	28	10	18	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	1.87
1995 Braves	P	29	29	578	32	1.1	30	12	18	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	1.40
1996 Braves	P	35	35	761	55	1.6	54	27	27	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.982	1.92
1997 Braves	P	35	35	768	62	1.8	60	29	31	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.11
1998 Braves	P	26	26	503	32	1.2	32	12	20	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.72
1999 Braves	P	29	29	559	40	1.4	39	9	30	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	1.88
2001 Braves	P	36	5	177	16	0.4	15	8	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	2.29
2002 Braves	P	75	0	241	22	0.3	22	11	11	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.46
2003 Braves	P	62	0	193	10	0.2	10	4	6	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.40
2004 Braves	P	73	0	245	18	0.2	18	9	9	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.98
2005 Braves	P	33	33	690	53	1.6	53	22	31	0	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.07
2006 Braves	P	35	35	696	55	1.6	53	20	33	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.06
2007 Braves	P	32	32	618	51	1.6	48	19	29	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.941	2.10
2008 Braves	P	6	5	84	8	1.3	5	2	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.625	1.61
2009 Red Sox	P	8	8	120	11	1.4	11	4	7	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.48
2009 Cardinals	P	7	7	114	7	1.0	7	2	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.66
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		723	481	10,421	781	1.1	753	320	433	28	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	1.95
21 Years		723	481	10,421	781	1.1	753	320	433	28	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	1.95

John Smoltz John Smoltz Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1988 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.1	0.0	1.12	5.20	4.64
1989 Braves	0	0	.000	1	3	n/a	62.0	2.7	10.3	2.33	7.27	3.12
1990 Braves	1	0	1.000	0	4	n/a	0.0	2.3	18.5	1.89	6.61	3.50
1991 Braves	0	0	.000	0	2	n/a	0.0	2.3	21.7	1.92	5.80	3.02
1992 Braves	0	0	.000	1	0	n/a	75.0	2.3	18.8	2.69	7.84	2.92
1993 Braves	1	1	.500	0	0	n/a	0.0	3.0	17.8	2.08	7.68	3.69
1994 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	37.0	2.6	37.0	2.35	7.55	3.21
1995 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.2	56.0	2.68	9.02	3.36
1996 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	78.0	3.0	6.5	5.02	9.79	1.95
1997 Braves	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0.0	3.6	19.8	3.83	8.47	2.21
1998 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	3.2	10.2	3.93	9.29	2.36
1999 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	62.0	2.2	8.9	3.90	7.53	1.93
2001 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	0.0	5.70	8.69	1.53
2002 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	3.54	9.52	2.69
2003 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.13	10.21	1.12
2004 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.54	9.37	1.43
2005 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	22.7	3.19	6.62	2.08
2006 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	16.0	3.84	8.19	2.13
2007 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.8	27.0	4.19	8.62	2.06
2008 Braves	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	4.0	8.0	4.50	11.57	2.57
2009 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.67	7.43	2.03
2009 Cardinals	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	0.0	4.44	9.47	2.13
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
21 Years	3	2	.600	2	10	0	189.6	2.6	15.5	3.05	7.99	2.62

John Smoltz John Smoltz Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1988 Atlanta Braves	57, 29	$62,500.00	-	-
1989 Atlanta Braves	29	$86,000.00	Stats	-
1990 Atlanta Braves	29	$210,000.00	-	-
1991 Atlanta Braves	29	$355,000.00	-	Stats
1992 Atlanta Braves	29	$1,600,000.00	Stats	Stats
1993 Atlanta Braves	29	$2,700,000.00	Stats	-
1994 Atlanta Braves	29	$3,250,000.00	-	n/a
1995 Atlanta Braves	29	$4,894,445.00	-	Stats
1996 Atlanta Braves	29	$6,000,000.00	Stats	Stats
1997 Atlanta Braves	29	$7,000,000.00	-	-
1998 Atlanta Braves	29	$7,750,000.00	-	-
1999 Atlanta Braves	29	$7,750,000.00	-	Stats
2001 Atlanta Braves	29	$8,000,000.00	-	-
2002 Atlanta Braves	29	$7,666,667.00	Stats	-
2003 Atlanta Braves	29	$10,666,667.00	Stats	-
2004 Atlanta Braves	29	$11,666,667.00	-	-
2005 Atlanta Braves	29	$9,000,000.00	Stats	-
2006 Atlanta Braves	29	$11,000,000.00	-	-
2007 Atlanta Braves	29	$8,000,000.00	Stats	-
2008 Atlanta Braves	29	$14,000,000.00	-	-
2009 Boston Red Sox	29	$5,500,000.00	-	-
2009 St. Louis Cardinals	30	" "	-	-
John Smoltz Stats by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that John Smoltz was the first pitcher elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame who had Tommy John Surgery [Hall of Fame Pitchers]? On January 6, 2015, Smoltz was elected on his first ballot, receiving 82.9% of the vote, and was joined that year by Randy Johnson (97.3%), Pedro Martinez (91.1%) and Craig Biggio (82.7%).

John Smoltz Hall of Fame Plaque

John Smoltz | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 2015 (HOF)

John Smoltz is the only pitcher in baseball history with at least two-hundred career wins (Top 1,000) and one-hundred fifty career saves (Top 1,000). Some additional numbers of interest:

2 - John Smoltz and Dennis Eckersley are the only two pitchers in baseball history with a 20-win season, and a 50-save season. #Elite

29 - John Smoltz's number 29 was retired by the Atlanta Braves in 2012, the tenth number retired in franchise history, joining Hank Aaron, Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Eddie Mathews, Dale Murphy, Phil Niekro and Warren Spahn.

55 - John Smoltz saved fifty-five games in 2002, breaking the National League (NL) record for saves in a season set originally by Randy Myers, who had 53 saves in 1993, tied by Trevor Hoffman in 1998. [Do you know what NL pitcher tied Smoltzie's record in 2003? Answer]

154 - John Smoltz saved one-hundred fifty-four games when he converted to a closer, the second most in Braves history behind Craig Kimbrel (186).

276 - John Smoltz struck out two-hundred seventy-six batters in 1996, the single season record for strikeouts in a season by an Atlanta Braves pitcher.

3,011 - John Smoltz struck out three-thousand eleven batters while wearing an Atlanta Braves uniform (plus 33 as a Red Sox and 40 as a Cardinal), the most in franchise history for the Braves.

On April 22, 2008, John Smoltz struck out Felipe Lopez and entered the 3,000 Strikeout Club. Smoltzie was the sixteenth pitcher to reach the plateau, the fourteenth right-hander - only five pitchers entered the club in fewer career innings [Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Nolan Ryan and Curt Schilling].