MLBMLB Atlanta Braves1988–2009Hall of Fame · 2015

John Smoltz

200 wins, 154 saves — for the Braves fan who knows there's only one.

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John Smoltz Hall of Fame Plaque

Career snapshot

Pitching: 213-155 record · 3.33 ERA · 3,084 K

Accolades

★ 1995 World Series Champion (Atlanta Braves)

★ Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (2015, first ballot)

★ 1996 NL Cy Young Award winner

★ 1991 NLCS MVP

★ Only pitcher in MLB history with 200+ wins and 150+ saves

★ 8× All-Star

★ 1992 NL Silver Slugger (one of the best-hitting pitchers of his era)

★ Braves retired number 29

The card collector's view

Smoltz's rookie card is the 1988 Topps Traded #110T and 1988 Donruss Rookies — early Braves-era chases before his Cy Young years. The 1989 Topps, 1996 Topps (his Cy Young season), and Donruss/Fleer releases from his peak offer chase points. Modern Topps Heritage, Allen & Ginter, and Braves retrospective sets provide accessible signature and jersey memorabilia for collectors building around the Atlanta dynasty rotation.

About John Smoltz at FreshDCards

Two hundred wins. One hundred fifty-four saves. Nobody else in MLB history has both. John Smoltz spent twenty of his twenty-one seasons in Atlanta from 1988 to 2008, dominating first as a starting ace, then as an elite closer after Tommy John surgery in 2000, then returning to the rotation. The 1996 NL Cy Young. The 1991 NLCS MVP. Eight All-Star selections. The third arm of the Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz rotation that fueled fourteen consecutive division titles and the 1995 World Series.