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Bert BlylevenvsJohn Smoltz

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

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Bert Blyleven

1970–1992 · 22 seasons

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John Smoltz

1988–2009 · 21 seasons

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At a glance

Bert Blyleven and John Smoltz: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Bert Blyleven	Stat	John Smoltz
22	Seasons	21
142.3	Career VAL	142.1
15.3 (1973)	Peak-season VAL	15.5 (1996)
Inducted 2011	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2015
2×	All-Star Selections	8×
—	Cy Young Awards	1×
—	Silver Sluggers	1×
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	3
17	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	11

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Bert Blyleven and John Smoltz have
Bert Blyleven	Stat	John Smoltz
Career
699	Games	735
Batting
59	Hits	151
0	Home runs	5
25	RBI	61
19	Runs	77
0	Stolen bases	3
5

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Pitching
287	Wins	213
250	Losses	155
0	Saves	154
4970.0	Innings pitched	3473.0
3,701	Strikeouts (pitching)	3,084
3.31	ERA	3.33
1.20	WHIP	1.18
116	ERA+	120

Age	Bert Blyleven	John Smoltz
19	5.3	—
20	8.2	—
21	6.2	0
22	15.3	7.2
23	10.6	4.6
24	8.9	6.4
25	9	7.9
26	10.7	6.2
27	7.8	4.1
28	4.7	7.9
29	4.7	15.5
30	5.4	11.9
31	—	9.5
32	4.4	11.4
33	9.3	—
34	11	2.4
35	4	4.1
36	4.2	5.5
37	0	4.4
38	11.3	11
39	0.9	11
40	—	10.9
41	0.4	—
42	—	0.2