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: 4-8 / in Starts: 4-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	1	95	Jul 23	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	2	1.13	3.39	29	103	65	16	4	3	21	10	0	0	71			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.398	.00	0.00%	2.27	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
2	2	100	Jul 28	ATL		CIN	L,2-5	GS-9	L(1-1)	4	8.1	7	5	5	2	2	2	0	3.31	4.79	34	105	62	15	2	12	18	8	0	0	49			0	0	0	32	3	1	1	1	0	1	1.39	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d3
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
3	3	106	Aug 2	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	7	3	3	5	8	1	0	3.63	4.78	30	122	76	25	14	8	8	6	0	1	49			1	0	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
4	4	111	Aug 8	ATL		SFG	L,2-5	GS-3	L(1-3)	5	2.2	4	5	5	6	4	0	0	5.04	4.97	18	74	39	6	10	2	6	2	0	0	28			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.354	.00	0.00%	-3.39	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d3
5	5	118	Aug 15	ATL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-3		6	2.2	4	3	3	6	2	0	0	5.53	5.26	18	78	37	9	3	3	7	3	1	0	34			1	0	0	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.23	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-2.45	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
6	6	125	Aug 23	ATL	@	STL	L,0-7	GS-2	L(1-4)	7	1.2	6	4	4	3	0	1	0	6.44	5.87	14	51	28	4	3	3	8	4	1	0	24			2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.320	.00	0.00%	-3.86	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d4
7	7	130	Aug 28	ATL		CHC	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-4)	4	8.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	5.54	5.31	29	110	74	13	16	4	18	5	0	0	71			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.198	.00	0.00%	1.57	1t start tie	8t 3 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
8	8	138	Sep 8	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-5		10	5.0	8	2	2	3	1	1	0	5.31	5.49	26	97	55	17	6	5	16	6	2	1	41			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.037	.00	0.00%	0.07	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
9	9	143	Sep 13	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-2	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.1	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	5.10	5.43	23	89	55	12	14	7	8	3	1	0	52			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	1	.89	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
10	10	147	Sep 18	ATL		SDP	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	0	3	1	0	5.07	5.21	29	99	66	18	6	8	18	4	1	0	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a3
11	11	152	Sep 23	ATL		CIN	L,4-5	GS-3	L(2-6)	4	2.1	7	5	4	0	1	1	0	5.49	5.30	15	37	24	5	1	6	8	6	0	0	26			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.423	.00	0.00%	-4.79	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
12	12	157	Sep 29	ATL		HOU	L,4-5	GS-7	L(2-7)	5	6.2	10	4	4	3	3	1	0	5.48	5.28	32	119	72	15	5	9	17	7	2	0	38			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
							4-8		W-L:2-7	4.7	64.0	74	40	39	33	37	10	2	5.48	5.28	297	1084	60%	14%	8%	0.46		29%	4%	2	44		---%	6	0	0	260	15	2	4	6	0	3	1.16	-1.419	.00	0.00%	-13.85

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