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John Smoltz

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1988–2009 BORN: DETROIT, USA
Cy Young 1996 All-Star ×8 Silver Slugger 1997 Hall of Fame
Career
213 W · 3.33 ERA · 3084 K
3473.0 IP · 1.18 WHIP · 723 G
2009 Season
1-3 · 4.26 ERA
38.0 IP · 40 K · 1.18 WHIP
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John Smoltz was a pitcher in MLB. Across 723 career appearances, with a 3.33 ERA and 3084 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

Deep Data

Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching
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Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO WHIP
1988 ATL 2 7 5.48 12 12 0 64.0 74 39 33 37 1.67
1989 ATL 12 11 2.94 29 29 0 208.0 160 68 72 168 1.12
1990 ATL 14 11 3.85 34 34 0 231.1 206 99 90 170 1.28
1991 ATL 14 13 3.80 36 36 0 229.2 206 97 77 148 1.23
1992 ATL 15 12 2.85 35 35 0 246.2 206 78 80 215 1.16
1993 ATL 15 11 3.62 35 35 0 243.2 208 98 100 208 1.26
1994 ATL 6 10 4.14 21 21 0 134.2 120 62 48 113 1.25
1995 ATL 12 7 3.18 29 29 0 192.2 166 68 72 193 1.24
1996 ATL 24 8 2.94 35 35 0 253.2 199 83 55 276 1.00
1997 ATL 15 12 3.02 35 35 0 256.0 234 86 63 241 1.16
1998 ATL 17 3 2.90 26 26 0 167.2 145 54 44 173 1.13
1999 ATL 11 8 3.19 29 29 0 186.1 168 66 40 156 1.12
2001 ATL 3 3 3.36 36 5 10 59.0 53 22 10 57 1.07
2002 ATL 3 2 3.25 75 0 55 80.1 59 29 24 85 1.03
2003 ATL 0 2 1.12 62 0 45 64.1 48 8 8 73 0.87
2004 ATL 0 1 2.76 73 0 44 81.2 75 25 13 85 1.08
2005 ATL 14 7 3.06 33 33 0 229.2 210 78 53 169 1.15
2006 ATL 16 9 3.49 35 35 0 232.0 221 90 55 211 1.19
2007 ATL 14 8 3.11 32 32 0 205.2 196 71 47 197 1.18
2008 ATL 3 2 2.57 6 5 0 28.0 25 8 8 36 1.18
2009 BOS 2 5 8.33 8 8 0 40.0 59 37 9 33 1.70
2009 STL 1 3 4.26 7 7 0 38.0 36 18 9 40 1.18
Career Totals — 213 155 3.33 723 481 154 3473.0 3074 1284 1010 3084 1.18
Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 ATL 12 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .176 .343
1989 ATL 33 62 6 7 1 1 1 6 0 6 23 .113 .191 .210 .401
1990 ATL 38 74 7 12 2 0 0 4 1 6 32 .162 .225 .189 .414
1991 ATL 38 65 7 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 28 .108 .171 .154 .325
1992 ATL 36 75 7 12 0 0 1 4 0 6 32 .160 .222 .200 .422
1993 ATL 35 71 2 13 1 0 0 4 1 9 24 .183 .275 .197 .472
1994 ATL 21 37 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 4 14 .162 .244 .270 .514
1995 ATL 29 56 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 25 .107 .206 .107 .313
1996 ATL 35 78 3 17 3 0 1 12 0 3 26 .218 .253 .295 .548
1997 ATL 36 79 10 18 3 0 0 4 1 9 22 .228 .307 .266 .573
1998 ATL 26 51 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 8 16 .196 .317 .216 .532
1999 ATL 29 62 11 17 4 0 1 7 0 5 28 .274 .338 .387 .725
2001 ATL 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125
2002 ATL 75 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2003 ATL 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2004 ATL 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2005 ATL 33 68 1 10 2 1 0 3 0 3 26 .147 .183 .206 .389
2006 ATL 35 64 5 8 3 0 0 4 0 4 27 .125 .176 .172 .348
2007 ATL 32 54 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 19 .093 .109 .111 .220
2008 ATL 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2009 BOS 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
2009 STL 7 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220
Career Totals — 735 948 77 151 26 2 5 61 3 79 365 .159 .226 .207 .433
Awards & Achievements
  • Branch Rickey Award (1): 2007
  • Cy Young Award (1): 1996
  • Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1): 2005
  • MLB Players Choice Comeback Player (1): 2002
  • MLB Players Choice Man of the Year (2): 2002, 2003
  • MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher (1): 1996
  • NLCS MVP (1): 1992
  • Pitcher of the Month (3): 1996, 1996, 1999
  • Player of the Week (3): 1997, 2004, 2005
  • Reliever of the Year Award (1): 2002
  • Roberto Clemente Award (1): 2005
  • Silver Slugger (1): 1997
  • This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year (1): 2002
  • TSN All-Star (1): 1996
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year (1): 1996
  • TSN Reliever of the Year (1): 2002
All-Star Selections

1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
1989$86,000
1990$210,000
1991$355,000
1992$1,600,000
1993$2,700,000
1994$3,250,000
1995$4,894,445
1996$6,000,000
1997$7,000,000
1998$7,750,000
1999$7,750,000
2000$8,500,000
2001$8,000,000
2002$7,666,667
2003$10,666,667
2004$11,666,667
2005$9,000,000
2006$11,000,000
2007$8,000,000
2008$14,000,000
2009$5,500,000

Career Total: $135,595,446 (21 seasons)

Average: $6,456,926

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.