John Smoltz
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1967 –
Who is John Smoltz?
John Andrew Smoltz, nicknamed "Smoltzie" and "Marmaduke," is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and active sportscaster. He is best known for his prolific career of more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, in which he garnered eight All-Star selections and received the Cy Young Award in 1996. Though predominantly known as a starting pitcher, Smoltz was converted to a reliever in 2001, following his recovery from Tommy John surgery, and spent four years as the team's closer before returning to a starting role. In 2002, he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a 50-save season. He is the only pitcher in major league history to top both 200 wins and 150 saves. He became the 16th member of the 3,000 strikeout club on April 22, 2008 when he fanned Felipe Lopez of the Washington Nationals in the third inning in Atlanta.
Smoltz threw a four-seam fastball that was clocked as high as 98 miles per hour, a strong, effective slider, and an 88–91 mph split-finger fastball that he used as a strikeout pitch.
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- Born
- May 15, 1967
Warren - Also known as
- 約翰·史摩茲
- Spouses
- Dyan Struble
(1990 - 2007) - Kathryn Darden
(2009/05/16 - )
- Dyan Struble
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Waverly Senior High School
- Lived in
- Warren
- Atlanta
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on July 23, 2013
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