#27 John Smoltz, Starting Pitcher, 36 yrs, Chicago (W) White Sox
Sunday, 6/13/2003 |
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| John Smoltz
5/15/1967
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USA,MI,Detroit
6"3
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Starting Pitcher
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2.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 4,500,000
2004
15 Year(s), 66 Days (2646 total Days)
79 Day(s)
15 Year(s), 148 Days (2728 total Days)
21 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 8 | 9 | 6 | 91-94 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 8 | 10 | 6 | |
| Versus RHB | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| Talent | 8 | 9 | 6 | |
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Pitching Ratings
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9
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4
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Talent | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
| 4/23 | @CLE | W 8-6 | * | 2.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4/28 | @MIN | W 9-1 | * | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
| 5/4 | @OAK | L 2-4 | * | 7.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | L | | | | |
| 5/9 | @CAL | W 6-5 | * | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | W | | | | |
| 5/14 | BOS | L 6-8 | * | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | L | | | | |
| 5/19 | NYY | L 2-7 | * | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
| 5/24 | @BAL | W 19-1 | * | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | W | | | | |
| 5/30 | DET | W 6-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | W | | | | |
| 6/4 | @DET | W 11-4 | * | 7.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | W | | | | |
| 6/10 | @CHC | W 3-0 | * | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | W | PoG | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3.60 | 85.0 | 84 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 85 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 7 | 53.8 |
| Projected | 33 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3.60 | 218.0 | 216 | 103 | 87 | 28 | 219 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.47 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 164 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .282 | .396 | .678 |
| vs. RHB | 173 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .267 | .561 | .828 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.95 | 22.0 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| Road | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.43 | 63.0 | 53 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 67 |
| This Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Last Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 7.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.32 | 31.0 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
| May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.63 | 38.1 | 51 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 30 |
| June | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.15 | 15.2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1989 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3.36 | 190.0 | 159 | 78 | 71 | 10 | 72 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 1.22 | .272 | CIN,NL |
| 1990 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3.13 | 256.0 | 214 | 106 | 89 | 10 | 96 | 215 | 6 | 2 | 1.21 | .281 | CIN,NL |
| 1991 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3.50 | 236.1 | 194 | 96 | 92 | 14 | 71 | 252 | 3 | 1 | 1.12 | .296 | CIN |
| 1992 | 36 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2.91 | 256.2 | 183 | 87 | 83 | 10 | 65 | 258 | 6 | 5 | 0.97 | .264 | CIN |
| 1993 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2.70 | 267.0 | 209 | 89 | 80 | 9 | 64 | 270 | 7 | 1 | 1.02 | .287 | CIN |
| 1994 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3.06 | 253.0 | 213 | 87 | 86 | 6 | 46 | 274 | 4 | 3 | 1.02 | .316 | FLA,NL |
| 1995 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2.59 | 191.1 | 147 | 60 | 55 | 3 | 25 | 216 | 6 | 3 | 0.90 | .295 | FLA SEA,AL |
| 1996 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3.05 | 256.1 | 234 | 99 | 87 | 10 | 36 | 288 | 3 | 2 | 1.05 | .324 | SEA,AL |
| 1997 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3.57 | 264.2 | 239 | 110 | 105 | 13 | 53 | 265 | 4 | 1 | 1.10 | .307 | SEA,AL |
| 1998 | 36 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3.03 | 273.0 | 205 | 99 | 92 | 14 | 41 | 303 | 10 | 3 | 0.90 | .278 | SEA,AL |
| 1999 | 35 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3.35 | 268.1 | 220 | 100 | 100 | 21 | 39 | 298 | 8 | 1 | 0.97 | .293 | SEA,AL |
| 2000 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3.65 | 266.2 | 222 | 113 | 108 | 28 | 39 | 284 | 8 | 3 | 0.98 | .286 | SEA,AL |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3.51 | 249.0 | 215 | 103 | 97 | 35 | 41 | 257 | 3 | 1 | 1.03 | .280 | SEA SEA,AL |
| 2002 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4.47 | 237.1 | 222 | 124 | 118 | 30 | 55 | 264 | 3 | 0 | 1.17 | .306 | SEA |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3.60 | 85.0 | 84 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1.12 | .288 | CHW |
| Total | 491 | 490 | 258 | 117 | 0 | 3.29 | 3550.2 | 2960 | 1391 | 1297 | 229 | 754 | 3681 | 74 | 26 | 1.05 | .292 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1985, A | 27 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3.43 | 162.2 | 148 | 74 | 62 | 11 | 70 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1.34 | .263 |
| 1986, A | 30 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 192.1 | 167 | 57 | 55 | 5 | 70 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | .294 |
| 1987, AA | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4.85 | 85.1 | 91 | 50 | 46 | 12 | 40 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | .338 |
| 1987, AAA | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.56 | 81.0 | 75 | 43 | 41 | 9 | 48 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .306 |
| 1988, AA | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.09 | 46.2 | 41 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | .290 |
| 1988, AAA | 20 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4.47 | 116.2 | 121 | 64 | 58 | 16 | 48 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | .323 |
| 1989, AAA | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.17 | 36.2 | 40 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | .374 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 6.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 | 32.1 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 | 30.0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 | 20.0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.27 | 39.2 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.17 | 45.1 | 43 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 27.0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 6.1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.98 | 21.2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.57 | 21.0 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3.23 | 265.0 | 231 | 101 | 95 | 52 | 263 | 4 | 1 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1989 | 30 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .097 | .083 | .180 | CIN,NL |
| 1990 | 36 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | .023 | .055 | .057 | .112 | CIN,NL |
| 1991 | 35 | 80 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .072 | .113 | .185 | CIN |
| 1992 | 36 | 92 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .109 | .117 | .141 | .258 | CIN |
| 1993 | 36 | 88 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .068 | .099 | .114 | .213 | CIN |
| 1994 | 36 | 80 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .141 | .113 | .254 | FLA,NL |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | FLA SEA,AL |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA,AL |
| 1997 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA,AL |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA,AL |
| 1999 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA,AL |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA,AL |
| 2001 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA SEA,AL |
| 2002 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SEA |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | CHW |
| Total | 479 | 491 | 37 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 238 | 1 | 0 | .075 | .098 | .108 | .206 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Pitcher | 13 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 1 | .947 | 85.0 | 2.01 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/1/1985 to a minor league deal...
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/3/1985 to a minor league deal...
Injured on 7/15/1985 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks...
Had first career hit on 5/6/1989, off Rich Rodriguez (NYM)...
Earned first career win on 5/11/1989...
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game...
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1990, off Tom Niedenfuer (MON)...
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1990...
Injured on 8/31/1991 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week...
2/2/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,064,286 through salary arbitration...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Philadelphia on 5/28/1992, striking out 8...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Montreal on 7/31/1992, striking out 6...
Injured on 10/1/1992 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks...
2/2/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration...
2/2/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,457,143 through salary arbitration...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1994, going 4-1, 1.57...
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game...
7/18/1994: Signed a contract extension with Florida, $8,770,000 per year, for 6 years.
Traded from Florida to Seattle on 2/22/1995 (Going to FLA: P Jason Bere, P Kevin Millwood, P Mark Langston, CF Kenny Lofton, SS Luis Castillo. Going to SEA: P John Smoltz)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1995, going 5-0, 0.89...
Was selected to the 1995 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/4/1995 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 8 weeks...
Won World Series with Seattle in 1995...
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Seattle in 1996...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1997, going 6-0, 3.19...
Was selected to the 1997 Allstar game...
Won Cy Young Award in 1997, going 23-4, 3.57 ERA...
Was selected to the 1998 Allstar game...
Struck out 15 batters against California on 8/13/1998...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1998, going 4-1, 1.51...
Won Cy Young Award in 1998, going 20-6, 3.03 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1999, going 6-1, 2.41...
Was selected to the 1999 Allstar game...
Struck out 16 batters against Toronto on 5/28/2000...
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/12/2001 to a 4-year deal worth $6,600,000 per year...
Released by Seattle on 2/14/2001...
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/26/2001 to a 2-year deal worth $8,221,875 per year...
Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (W) on 2/7/2003 to a 2-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
1992 - 2.91 - 6th
1994 - 3.06 - 7th
1995 - 2.59 - 3rd
1996 - 3.05 - 3rd
1997 - 3.57 - 4th
1998 - 3.03 - 6th
1999 - 3.35 - 5th
2000 - 3.65 - 8th
2001 - 3.51 - 7th
| WHIP
1991 - 1.12 - 10th
1992 - 0.97 - 2nd
1994 - 1.02 - 2nd
1995 - 0.90 - 1st
1996 - 1.05 - 3rd
1997 - 1.10 - 2nd
1998 - 0.90 - 2nd
1999 - 0.97 - 2nd
2000 - 0.98 - 1st
2001 - 1.03 - 1st
2002 - 1.17 - 7th
| Wins
1990 - 16 - 9th
1991 - 18 - 6th
1992 - 17 - 8th
1993 - 16 - 10th
1994 - 16 - 10th
1996 - 18 - 3rd
1997 - 23 - 1st
1998 - 20 - 4th
1999 - 22 - 3rd
2000 - 19 - 7th
2001 - 21 - 1st
| Losses
1994 - 14 - 9th
| IP
1990 - 256.0 - 5th
1991 - 236.1 - 9th
1992 - 256.2 - 5th
1993 - 267.0 - 4th
1994 - 253.0 - 7th
1996 - 256.1 - 1st
1997 - 264.2 - 1st
1998 - 273.0 - 1st
1999 - 268.1 - 1st
2000 - 266.2 - 1st
2001 - 249.0 - 1st
2002 - 237.1 - 5th
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K's
1990 - 215 - 6th
1991 - 252 - 5th
1992 - 258 - 2nd
1993 - 270 - 4th
1994 - 274 - 5th
1995 - 216 - 10th
1996 - 288 - 1st
1997 - 265 - 2nd
1998 - 303 - 1st
1999 - 298 - 1st
2000 - 284 - 3rd
2001 - 257 - 3rd
2002 - 264 - 3rd
| BB
1990 - 96 - 5th
| CG
1990 - 6 - 2nd
1991 - 3 - 10th
1992 - 6 - 1st
1993 - 7 - 1st
1995 - 6 - 5th
1997 - 4 - 7th
1998 - 10 - 1st
1999 - 8 - 2nd
2000 - 8 - 2nd
2002 - 3 - 9th
| SHO
1990 - 2 - 4th
1992 - 5 - 1st
1994 - 3 - 7th
1995 - 3 - 4th
1996 - 2 - 8th
1998 - 3 - 3rd
2000 - 3 - 2nd
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