John Smoltz

Full Name: John Andrew Smoltz Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/210 First Game: July 23, 1988 Birthdate: May 15, 1967 MLB Experience: 18 years Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on May 15, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan, Boston Red Sox pitcher John Smoltz (John Andrew Smoltz) played for the Atlanta Braves for the first 20 years of his career before joining the Sox in January 2009. Smoltz broke into the bigs on July 23, 1988 with the Braves, and put up a 5.48 ERA in 64 innings pitched in 1988, his rookie year.

Most people believe that John Smoltz's best season was 1996, when he posted a 2.94 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 276 batters.

Smoltz is the first pitcher ever to record 200 wins and 150 saves, having made a remarkable transition from an ace starter to one of the game's best closers—and then back to a starter again—in the 2000s.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1988	ATL	N	12	12	2	7	5.48	37	40	39	0	0	0	64	74	10	33	4	2	2
1989	ATL	N	29	29	12	11	2.94	168	79	68	5	0	0	208	160	15	72	2	8	2
1990	ATL	N	34	34	14	11	3.85	170	109	99	6	2	0	231.1	206	20	90	3	14	1
1991	ATL	N	36	36	14	13	3.80	148	101	97	5	0	0	229.2	206	16	77	1	20	3
1992	ATL	N	35	35	15	12	2.85	215	90	78	9	3	0	246.2	206	17	80	5	17	5
1993	ATL	N	35	35	15	11	3.62	208	104	98	3	1	0	243.2	208	23	100	12	13	6
1994	ATL	N	21	21	6	10	4.14	113	69	62	1	0	0	134.2	120	15	48	4	7	4
1995	ATL	N	29	29	12	7	3.18	193	76	68	2	1	0	192.2	166	15	72	8	13	4
1996	ATL	N	35	35	24	8	2.94	276	93	83	6	2	0	253.2	199	19	55	3	10	2
1997	ATL	N	35	35	15	12	3.02	241	97	86	7	2	0	256	234	21	63	9	10	1
1998	ATL	N	26	26	17	3	2.90	173	58	54	2	2	0	167.2	145	10	44	2	3	4
1999	ATL	N	29	29	11	8	3.19	156	70	66	1	1	0	186.1	168	14	40	2	2	4
2001	ATL	N	36	5	3	3	3.36	57	24	22	0	0	10	59	53	7	10	2	0	2
2002	ATL	N	75	0	3	2	3.25	85	30	29	0	0	55	80.1	59	4	24	1	1	0
2003	ATL	N	62	0	0	2	1.12	73	9	8	0	0	45	64.1	48	2	8	1	2	0
2004	ATL	N	73	0	0	1	2.76	85	25	25	0	0	44	81.2	75	8	13	2	6	0
2005	ATL	N	33	33	14	7	3.06	169	83	78	3	1	0	229.2	210	18	53	7	2	1
2006	ATL	N	35	35	16	9	3.49	211	93	90	3	1	0	232	221	23	55	4	5	9
Total			670	429	193	137	3.27	2778	1250	1150	53	16	154	3161.1	2758	257	937	72	135	50

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1988	ATL	N	P	12	12	64	4	6	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	1.000
1989	ATL	N	P	29	29	208	23	32	7	2	0	1	14	7	3	.887
1990	ATL	N	P	34	34	231.1	26	27	3	4	0	2	31	10	2	.946
1991	ATL	N	P	36	36	229.2	15	34	1	1	0	1	14	13	2	.980
1992	ATL	N	P	35	35	246.2	23	26	1	3	0	3	11	7	2	.980
1993	ATL	N	P	35	35	243.2	29	23	0	1	0	5	12	5	0	1.000
1994	ATL	N	P	21	21	134.2	10	18	1	1	0	1	2	4	1	.966
1995	ATL	N	P	29	29	192.2	12	18	2	0	0	2	10	4	1	.938
1996	ATL	N	P	35	35	253.2	27	27	1	2	0	2	10	13	1	.982
1997	ATL	N	P	35	35	256	29	31	2	2	0	1	14	11	1	.968
1998	ATL	N	P	26	26	167.2	12	20	0	2	0	1	8	2	0	1.000
1999	ATL	N	P	29	29	186.1	9	30	1	3	0	1	9	7	1	.975
2001	ATL	N	P	36	5	59	8	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.938
2002	ATL	N	P	75	0	80.1	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
2003	ATL	N	P	62	0	64.1	4	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
2004	ATL	N	P	73	0	81.2	9	9	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
2005	ATL	N	P	33	33	229.2	22	31	0	4	0	3	10	6	0	1.000
2006	ATL	N	P	35	35	232	20	33	2	1	0	0	10	4	0	.964
Total			P	670	429	3161.1	293	389	22	28	0	26	167	97	14	.969

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1988	ATL	N	12	17	1	2	0	0	.118	.167	.176	1	0	1	8	0	3	0	0	0
1989	ATL	N	33	62	6	7	1	6	.113	.191	.210	1	1	6	23	0	6	0	0	0
1990	ATL	N	38	74	7	12	0	4	.162	.225	.189	2	0	6	32	0	7	1	0	2
1991	ATL	N	38	65	7	7	0	3	.108	.171	.154	3	0	5	28	0	8	0	0	0
1992	ATL	N	36	75	7	12	1	4	.160	.222	.200	0	0	6	32	0	10	0	0	1
1993	ATL	N	35	71	2	13	0	4	.183	.275	.197	1	0	9	24	0	11	1	0	2
1994	ATL	N	21	37	6	6	1	1	.162	.244	.270	1	0	4	14	0	6	0	0	1
1995	ATL	N	29	56	5	6	0	1	.107	.206	.107	0	0	7	25	0	6	0	0	0
1996	ATL	N	35	78	3	17	1	12	.218	.253	.295	3	0	3	26	1	15	0	0	0
1997	ATL	N	36	79	10	18	0	4	.228	.307	.266	3	0	9	22	0	6	1	0	0
1998	ATL	N	26	51	4	10	0	5	.196	.317	.216	1	0	8	16	1	8	0	0	1
1999	ATL	N	29	62	11	17	1	7	.274	.338	.387	4	0	5	28	1	4	0	0	1
2001	ATL	N	36	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	1
2002	ATL	N	75	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	ATL	N	62	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	ATL	N	73	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2005	ATL	N	33	68	1	10	0	3	.147	.183	.206	2	1	3	26	0	12	0	0	3
2006	ATL	N	35	64	5	8	0	4	.125	.176	.172	3	0	4	27	0	18	0	0	2
Total			682	871	75	145	5	58	.166	.236	.217	25	2	77	337	3	122	3	0	14

Transactions

• Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed September 22, 1985).
• Traded by Detroit Tigers to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Doyle Alexander (August 12, 1987).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 1996).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 20, 1996).
• Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
• Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 4, 2001).