John Smoltz vs Kerry Wood

John Smoltz and Kerry Wood compared on their MLB careers: John Smoltz played 21 seasons, 1988 to 2009, Kerry Wood 14 seasons, 1998 to 2012. John Smoltz has 213 wins to Kerry Wood's 86. John Smoltz won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Smoltz and Kerry Wood career totals

723	GP	446
213	W	86
155	L	75
3.3	ERA	3.7
3,473	IP	1,380
3,084	K	1,582
1,010	BB	666
1.2	WHIP	1.3
154	SV	63

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Smoltz and Kerry Wood postseason

41	GP	15
67	R	18
172	H	35

Where each stands all time

John Smoltz and Kerry Wood all-time places

19th (3,084)	Strikeouts (pitching)	207th (1,582)
90th (213)	Wins (pitching)	—
86th (154)	Saves	289th (63)

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

John Smoltz: 1 championship; NL Cy Young, NL Silver Slugger
Kerry Wood: 0 championships; NL Rookie of the Year

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.

John Smoltz and Kerry Wood season by season

1st	1988	2	7	5.48	1998	13	6	3.40
2nd	1989	12	11	2.94	2000	8	7	4.80
3rd	1990	14	11	3.85	2001	12	6	3.36
4th	1991	14	13	3.80	2002	12	11	3.66
5th	1992	15	12	2.85	2003	14	11	3.20
6th	1993	15	11	3.62	2004	8	9	3.72
7th	1994	6	10	4.14	2005	3	4	4.23
8th	1995	12	7	3.18	2006	1	2	4.12
9th	1996	24	8	2.94	2007	1	1	3.33
10th	1997	15	12	3.02	2008	5	4	3.26
11th	1998	17	3	2.90	2009	3	3	4.25
12th	1999	11	8	3.19	2010	3	4	3.13
13th	2001	3	3	3.36	2011	3	5	3.35
14th	2002	3	2	3.25	2012	0	2	8.31
15th	2003	0	2	1.12	—	—	—	—
16th	2004	0	1	2.76	—	—	—	—
17th	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