John Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and active sportscaster. He is best known for his prolific career of more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, in which he garnered eight All-Star selections and received the Cy Young Award in 1996. Though predominantly known as a starting pitcher, Smoltz was converted to a reliever in 2001, following his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and spent four years as the team's closer before returning to a starting role. In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a 50-save season (the other being Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley). He is the only pitcher in major league history to top both 200 wins and 150 saves. He became the 16th member of the 3,000 strikeout club on April 22, 2008 when he fanned Felipe Lopez of the Washington Nationals in the third inning in Atlanta.
The fact that we've won division titles in such strange ways every single year, I don't think there is one thing you can say other than Bobby Cox.
What this team needs to do is continue (from) this. This was a big win for us. When we've had big wins, we haven't followed them. We need to ride this.
If I could stand up there with my whole side protected, ... why would I give up anything?
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| Year | Team | W-L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | ATL | 2-7 | 5.48 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 74 | 40 | 39 | 33 | 37 |
| 1989 | ATL | 12-11 | 2.94 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 160 | 79 | 68 | 72 | 168 |
| 1990 | ATL | 14-11 | 3.85 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 206 | 109 | 99 | 90 | 170 |
| 1991 | ATL | 14-13 | 3.80 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 206 | 101 | 97 | 77 | 148 |
| 1992 | ATL | 15-12 | 2.85 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 206 | 90 | 78 | 80 | 215 |
| 1993 | ATL | 15-11 | 3.62 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 243 | 208 | 104 | 98 | 100 | 208 |
| 1994 | ATL | 6-10 | 4.14 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 120 | 69 | 62 | 48 | 113 |
| 1995 | ATL | 12-7 | 3.18 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 166 | 76 | 68 | 72 | 193 |
| 1996 | ATL | 24-8 | 2.94 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 253 | 199 | 93 | 83 | 55 | 276 |
| 1997 | ATL | 15-12 | 3.02 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 256 | 234 | 97 | 86 | 63 | 241 |
| 1998 | ATL | 17-3 | 2.90 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 145 | 58 | 54 | 44 | 173 |
| 1999 | ATL | 11-8 | 3.19 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 168 | 70 | 66 | 40 | 156 |
| 2001 | ATL | 3-3 | 3.36 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 59 | 53 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 57 |
| 2002 | ATL | 3-2 | 3.25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 80 | 59 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 85 |
| 2003 | ATL | 0-2 | 1.12 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 64 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 73 |
| 2004 | ATL | 0-1 | 2.76 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 81 | 75 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 85 |
| 2005 | ATL | 14-7 | 3.06 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 210 | 83 | 78 | 53 | 169 |
| 2006 | ATL | 16-9 | 3.49 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 221 | 93 | 90 | 55 | 211 |
| 2007 | ATL | 14-8 | 3.11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 196 | 78 | 71 | 47 | 197 |
| 2008 | ATL | 3-2 | 2.57 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 2009 | BOS | 2-5 | 8.33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 59 | 37 | 37 | 9 | 33 |
| 2009 | STL | 1-3 | 4.26 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| Career | 213-155 | - | 723 | 481 | 53 | 16 | 154 | - | 3074 | 1391 | 1284 | 1010 | 3084 | |
| Year | Team | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | ATL | 12 | 12 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1989 | ATL | 29 | 29 | 208 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0.887 |
| 1990 | ATL | 34 | 34 | 231 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0.946 |
| 1991 | ATL | 36 | 36 | 229 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0.980 |
| 1992 | ATL | 35 | 35 | 246 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0.980 |
| 1993 | ATL | 35 | 35 | 243 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1994 | ATL | 21 | 21 | 134 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0.966 |
| 1995 | ATL | 29 | 29 | 192 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.938 |
| 1996 | ATL | 35 | 35 | 253 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0.982 |
| 1997 | ATL | 35 | 35 | 256 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0.968 |
| 1998 | ATL | 26 | 26 | 167 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| 1999 | ATL | 29 | 29 | 186 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0.975 |
| 2001 | ATL | 36 | 5 | 59 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.938 |
| 2002 | ATL | 75 | 0 | 80 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2003 | ATL | 62 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2004 | ATL | 73 | 0 | 81 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2005 | ATL | 33 | 33 | 229 | 22 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 |
| 2006 | ATL | 35 | 35 | 232 | 20 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0.964 |
| 2007 | ATL | 32 | 32 | 205 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0.941 |
| 2008 | ATL | 6 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 |
| 2009 | BOS | 8 | 8 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2009 | STL | 7 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Career | 723 | 481 | - | 320 | 433 | 28 | 30 | - | |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | ATL | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.118 | 0.167 | 0.176 |
| 1989 | ATL | 33 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0.113 | 0.191 | 0.210 |
| 1990 | ATL | 38 | 74 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 0.162 | 0.225 | 0.189 |
| 1991 | ATL | 38 | 65 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0.108 | 0.171 | 0.154 |
| 1992 | ATL | 36 | 75 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0.160 | 0.222 | 0.200 |
| 1993 | ATL | 35 | 71 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 0.183 | 0.275 | 0.197 |
| 1994 | ATL | 21 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0.162 | 0.244 | 0.270 |
| 1995 | ATL | 29 | 56 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0.107 | 0.206 | 0.107 |
| 1996 | ATL | 35 | 78 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0.218 | 0.253 | 0.295 |
| 1997 | ATL | 35 | 79 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 0.228 | 0.307 | 0.266 |
| 1998 | ATL | 25 | 51 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0.196 | 0.317 | 0.216 |
| 1999 | ATL | 29 | 62 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 0.274 | 0.338 | 0.387 |
| 2001 | ATL | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.125 | 0.000 |
| 2002 | ATL | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2003 | ATL | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2004 | ATL | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2005 | ATL | 32 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0.147 | 0.183 | 0.206 |
| 2006 | ATL | 33 | 64 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0.125 | 0.176 | 0.172 |
| 2007 | ATL | 30 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.093 | 0.109 | 0.111 |
| 2008 | ATL | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2009 | BOS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2009 | STL | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.077 | 0.143 | 0.077 |
| Career | 709 | 948 | 77 | 151 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 61 | 3 | 79 | 365 | - | - | - | |
| First Name | John |
| Middle Name | Andrew |
| Last Name | Smoltz |
| Full Name at Birth | John Andrew Smoltz |
| Other Names | Smoltzie |
| Age | 46 |
| Date of Birth | May 15, 1967 |
| Birthplace | Detroit, MI |
| Height | 6' 3" (190 cm) |
| Weight | 210 lbs (95.3 kg) |
| Build | Average |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Brown - Dark |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| High School | Waverly (Lansing, MI) |
| Occupation | Former Major League Baseball Player |
| Occupation Category | Baseball |
| Position | Pitcher |
| Bats | Right |
| Throws | Right |
| MLB Debut | 23 July 1988 |
| Draft | Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. |
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