John Smoltz career strikeouts (pitching)
3,084Career Regular Season
John Smoltz has recorded 3,084 strikeouts (pitching) over 21 regular seasons, 19th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 276 in 1996.
- Most recent: 73 in 2009.
Sum of 21 regular seasons, 1988 through 2009. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  ATL | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5.48 | 64.0 | 37 | 33 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 1989 | ATL | 29 | 12 | 11 | 2.94 | 208.0 | 168 | 72 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1990 | ATL | 34 | 14 | 11 | 3.85 | 231.1 | 170 | 90 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 36 | 14 | 13 | 3.80 | 229.2 | 148 | 77 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2.85 | 246.2 | 215 | 80 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1993 | ATL | 35 | 15 | 11 | 3.62 | 243.2 | 208 | 100 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1994 | ATL | 21 | 6 | 10 | 4.14 | 134.2 | 113 | 48 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1995 | ATL | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3.18 | 192.2 | 193 | 72 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1996 | ATL | 35 | 24 | 8 | 2.94 | 253.2 | 276 | 55 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 1997 | ATL | 35 | 15 | 12 | 3.02 | 256.0 | 241 | 63 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1998 | ATL | 26 | 17 | 3 | 2.90 | 167.2 | 173 | 44 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1999 | ATL | 29 | 11 | 8 | 3.19 | 186.1 | 156 | 40 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 2001 | ATL | 36 | 3 | 3 | 3.36 | 59.0 | 57 | 10 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 2002 | ATL | 75 | 3 | 2 | 3.25 | 80.1 | 85 | 24 | 1.03 | 55 |
| 2003 | ATL | 62 | 0 | 2 | 1.12 | 64.1 | 73 | 8 | 0.87 | 45 |
| 2004 | ATL | 73 | 0 | 1 | 2.76 | 81.2 | 85 | 13 | 1.08 | 44 |
| 2005 | ATL | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3.06 | 229.2 | 169 | 53 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 2006 | ATL | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3.49 | 232.0 | 211 | 55 | 1.19 | 0 |
| 2007 | ATL | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3.11 | 205.2 | 197 | 47 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2008 | ATL | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.57 | 28.0 | 36 | 8 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2009 |  BOS/STL | 15 | 3 | 8 | 6.35 | 78.0 | 73 | 18 | 1.45 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV