IAL Hall of Fame: John Smoltz

John Smoltz

inducted in 2010

In 19 years pitching exclusively for the Hitmen, John Smoltz finished his career, 3rd with 247 wins, 3rd with 2873 strikeouts, 5th with 1181 walks, 4th with 3439 2/3 innings pitched, & 8th with 451 starts. From 1995-98 his record was 81-25. In 1997 Smoltz won the Cy Young Award going 24-5, 24 wins is 3rd most for a single season. His team needed a closer, so he moved to the bullpen in 2004, where he excelled with 37 saves & a sparkling 1.96 ERA, to go along with 7 wins out of the pen. John appeared in the postseason in 15 of 19 seasons, with the Hitmen finishing in 1st place 9 times, with 4 rings, and winning 100+ games 5 different seasons.

YEAR	CLUB	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	W	L	Sv	ShO	ERA
1989	HTMN	24	8	2	78 1/3	86	42	41	24	58	4	3	1	0	4.71
1990	HTMN	29	29	5	207	145	66	61	71	161	15	6	0	1	2.65
1991	HTMN	34	34	7	230 1/3	210	121	112	87	128	15	11	0	3	4.38
1992	HTMN	36	36	5	221	216	110	106	82	134	12	14	0	1	4.32
1993	HTMN	35	35	7	246 1/3	174	90	82	91	208	21	9	0	0	3.00
1994	HTMN	32	32	14	237 2/3	185	105	101	122	201	17	13	0	2	3.82
1995	HTMN	28	28	8	191	159	91	84	74	145	15	4	0	2	3.96
1996	HTMN	32	32	6	217	163	89	86	76	184	22	6	0	2	3.57
1997	HTMN	33	33	7	253 2/3	163	89	79	70	257	24	5	0	0	2.80
1998	HTMN	35	35	8	256	203	103	100	73	245	20	10	0	0	3.52
1999	HTMN	24	24	4	167 2/3	145	83	83	51	151	9	8	0	1	4.46
2000	HTMN	27	27	3	186 1/3	168	109	108	60	169	14	7	0	0	5.22
2002	HTMN	35	0	0	57 1/3	35	27	27	15	44	3	5	18	0	4.24
2003	HTMN	61	0	0	80 1/3	60	30	23	37	71	6	7	10	0	2.58
2004	HTMN	53	0	0	64 1/3	38	15	14	8	72	7	2	37	0	1.96
2005	HTMN	65	0	0	81 2/3	69	47	44	24	72	5	9	9	0	4.85
2006	HTMN	31	31	8	229 1/3	171	96	89	84	199	11	9	0	0	3.49
2007	HTMN	35	35	4	228 2/3	210	126	120	77	195	18	16	0	2	4.72
2008	HTMN	32	32	6	205 2/3	172	97	89	55	179	9	12	0	2	3.89
19	Totals	681	451	94	3439 2/3	2772	1536	1449	1181	2873	247	156	75	16	3.79