John Smoltz  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
A groundball pitcher, Smoltz needs to have sharp command to succeed. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. Smoltz can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Smoltz is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Smoltz has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Smoltz as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 TOR 87 88 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 59 0 56 92 65 0 0 29 10 Overhand DL 0 4 21 46 402
1999 MIN 87 88 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 59 0 56 92 65 0 0 30 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 401
2000 MIN 91 88 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 59 0 56 92 65 0 0 31 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 405
2001 MIN 92 88 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 32 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 406
2002 MIN 92 87 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 33 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 404
2003 MIN 92 88 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 34 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 404
2004 MIN 91 88 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 35 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 402
2005 BOS 90 85 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 36 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 396
2006 BOS 88 83 70 47 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 37 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 390
2007 BAL 91 82 70 46 59 48 51 50 52 60 0 56 92 65 0 0 38 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 391
Ratings Delta   +3 -1   -1                         +1 +1             +1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.