Ian Kennedy vs John Smoltz

Ian Kennedy and John Smoltz compared on their MLB careers: Ian Kennedy played 17 seasons, 2007 to 2023, John Smoltz 21 seasons, 1988 to 2009. Ian Kennedy has 104 wins to John Smoltz's 213. Ian Kennedy won 2 titles, John Smoltz won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ian Kennedy and John Smoltz career totals

497	GP	723
104	W	213
114	L	155
4.2	ERA	3.3
1904.1	IP	3,473
1,775	K	3,084
647	BB	1,010
1.3	WHIP	1.2
66	SV	154

How do they compare in the postseason?

Ian Kennedy and John Smoltz postseason

2	GP	41
6	R	67
13	H	172

Where each stands all time

Ian Kennedy and John Smoltz all-time places

133rd (1,775)	Strikeouts (pitching)	19th (3,084)
277th (66)	Saves	86th (154)
—	Wins (pitching)	90th (213)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Ian Kennedy: 2 championships; none on file
John Smoltz: 1 championship; NL Cy Young, NL Silver Slugger

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ian Kennedy and John Smoltz season by season

1st	2007	1	0	1.89	1988	2	7	5.48
2nd	2008	0	4	8.17	1989	12	11	2.94
3rd	2009	0	0	0.00	1990	14	11	3.85
4th	2010	9	10	3.80	1991	14	13	3.80
5th	2011	21	4	2.88	1992	15	12	2.85
6th	2012	15	12	4.02	1993	15	11	3.62
7th	2013	7	10	4.91	1994	6	10	4.14
8th	2014	13	13	3.63	1995	12	7	3.18
9th	2015	9	15	4.28	1996	24	8	2.94
10th	2016	11	11	3.68	1997	15	12	3.02
11th	2017	5	13	5.38	1998	17	3	2.90
12th	2018	3	9	4.66	1999	11	8	3.19
13th	2019	3	2	3.41	2001	3	3	3.36
14th	2020	0	2	9.00	2002	3	2	3.25
15th	2021	3	1	3.20	2003	0	2	1.12
16th	2022	4	7	5.36	2004	0	1	2.76
17th	2023	0	1	7.16	2005	14	7	3.06
18th	—	—	—	—	2006	16	9	3.49
19th	—	—	—	—	2007	14	8	3.11
20th	—	—	—	—	2008	3	2	2.57
21st	—	—	—	—	2009	3	8	6.35

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA