Along with Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, Tom Glavine was part of a devastating Hall of Fame trio that dominated starting pitching in the 1990s. 

It wasn’t all wine and roses for Glavine when he started, as his first few seasons were a mixed bag, but in 1991, he would break out with a league-leading 20 Wins with a 2.55 ERA and a Cy Young Award win.  Glavine would prove this wasn’t a fluke as he led the NL in Wins the next two seasons, finished second and third in Cy Young voting, and, in 1995, anchored the Braves to a World Series win, where he won the World Series MVP.  The second half of the 90s proved to be just as good as he would have two more 20 Win seasons (both league-leading), and he would win his second Cy Young in 1998 while finishing second in 2000. 

As an Atlanta Brave, Glavine won 244 Games with 2,091 Strikeouts and had eight All-Star Game appearances.  He was also a very good hitter, as shown by his multiple Silver Slugger Awards. Glavine would leave Atlanta to sign with the Mets, but he would return to Atlanta for his final season in 2008.

Glavine would enter the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 2014, four years after his number 47 was retired by the Braves.  Atlanta would also induct Glavine into their Hall of Fame in 2010.

In December 2002, Tom Glavine surprised baseball fans by switching teams, signing a four-year, $42.5 million deal to leave the Atlanta Braves and shake up the National League East.  Glavine will always be thought of as a Brave, but his work in the Big Apple is worth celebrating.

Throughout his five seasons in Queens, Glavine consistently started at least 32 games each season. His standout years were 2004 and 2006, when he earned two National League All-Star selections as a Met. In 2006, he delivered a masterful performance, going 15-7 with a 3.82 ERA, serving as a key veteran and frontline pitcher for a strong team that won the NL East and advanced to Game 7 of the NLCS.

Beyond his run prevention, Glavine achieved a historic milestone. On August 5, 2007, at Wrigley Field, he outperformed the Cubs to win his 300th game, becoming the 23rd pitcher in MLB history to reach this milestone.  In the final game of the regular season, Glavine had his worst outing as a Met, lasting only one out in a game that eliminated the Mets from playoff contention.  Glavine would depart afterward to rejoin the Braves.

With the Mets, Glavine had a 61-56 record, a 3.97 ERA, and entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.