John Smoltz stats

Starting Pitcher · #30

Age 59 · 6' 3"

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John Smoltz played 21 MLB seasons, 1988 to 2009.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
723
W
213
L
155
ERA
3.33
IP
3,473.0
K
3,084
BB
1,010
WHIP
1.18

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
1988ATL12275.4864.037331.67
1989ATL2912112.94208.0168721.12
1990ATL3414113.85231.1170901.28
1991ATL3614133.80229.2148771.23
1992ATL3515122.85246.2215801.16
1993ATL3515113.62243.22081001.26
1994ATL216104.14134.2113481.25
1995ATL291273.18192.2193721.24
1996ATL352482.94253.2276551.00
1997ATL3515123.02256.0241631.16
1998ATL261732.90167.2173441.13
1999ATL291183.19186.1156401.12
2001ATL36333.3659.057101.07
2002ATL75323.2580.185241.03
2003ATL62021.1264.17380.87
2004ATL73012.7681.285131.08
2005ATL331473.06229.2169531.15
2006ATL351693.49232.0211551.19
2007ATL321483.11205.2197471.18
2008ATL6322.5728.03681.18
2009BOS/STL15386.3578.073181.45

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
41
W
15
L
4
ERA
2.69
IP
207.2
K
191
BB
67
WHIP
1.15

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
298
CG
53
SHO
16
K/9
8.0
GB
1,205
FB
1,339
G/F
0.90
WP
145

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1988ATL3005.20002
1989ATL21507.30008
1990ATL19626.600014
1991ATL22505.800020
1992ATL23937.800017
1993ATL19317.700013
1994ATL12107.60007
1995ATL16219.000013
1996ATL25629.800010
1997ATL25728.500010
1998ATL17229.30003
1999ATL18117.50002
2001ATL2008.70000
2002ATL0009.50001
2003ATL00010.20002
2004ATL0009.41051200.96
2005ATL21316.635035812
2006ATL24318.23263590.95
2007ATL26008.62843200.98
2008ATL20011.6363712
2009BOS/STL3008.41041450.70

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
59 yearsMay 15, 1967
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1988
Birthplace
Warren, MI
Draft
1985Rd 22, Pk 574
NL Cy Young
1996
NL Silver Slugger
1997

Latest performance

John Smoltz

Oct 10 · vs LAD · L 5-1

IP
2.0
H
4
R
1
ER
1
BB
0
K
5
HR
0
ERA
4.50

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sat, Oct 10vsLADL 5-124115
Wed, Sep 30atCINL 6-146663
Wed, Sep 23atHOUL 3-065225
Fri, Sep 18vsCHCW 3-266224
Tue, Sep 08atMILW 4-356337
Thu, Sep 03vsMILL 4-366446

What were John Smoltz's career stats?

John Smoltz played 21 seasons for the Braves. He had 213 wins and 3,084 strikeouts with a 3.33 ERA over 3,473.0 innings. His best season was 1996: 24 wins, a 2.94 ERA and 276 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

21 seasons, 13 postseasons, 1988 to 2009

John Smoltz led MLB in wins (1996), strikeouts (pitching) (1996) and saves (2002); finished top 10 in a stat 17 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 19th in strikeouts (pitching) (3,084)
  • 90th in wins (pitching) (213)
  • 86th in saves (154)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on John Smoltz

Playoff series

John Smoltz played 11 games across 5 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 3 won, 3 lost.

John Smoltz's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2009LADLost 0-112.0415
2005HOUWon 1-017.0715
2004HOUWon 2-025.0404
2002SFLost 1-123.1217
2001HOUWon 3-034.0313
2001ARILost 1-123.0001

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

John Smoltz’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.