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9. Tom Glavine

9. Tom Glavine
  1. General
  2. Awards
  3. Career Stats
  • Born: March 25, 1966 in Concord, MA USA
  • Weight: 175 lbs.
  • Height: 6'0"
  • Bats: L
  • Throws: L
  • Debut: August 17, 1987
  • Final Game: August 14, 2008
  • Cy Young Award - 1991
  • Silver Slugger - 1991
  • TSN All-Star - 1991
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year - 1991
  • TSN All-Star - 1992
  • Babe Ruth Award - 1995
  • Silver Slugger - 1995
  • World Series MVP - 1995
  • Silver Slugger - 1996
  • Cy Young Award - 1998
  • Silver Slugger - 1998
  • TSN All-Star - 1998
  • TSN All-Star - 2000
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year - 2000
  • Cy Young - 1991
  • Cy Young - 1992
  • Cy Young - 1993
  • Cy Young - 1995
  • Cy Young - 1998
  • Cy Young - 2000
  • MVP - 1991
  • MVP - 1992
  • MVP - 1993
  • MVP - 1998
  • MVP - 2000
 
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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 would lead the NL in Wins the next two seasons and was a second place and third-place finish in Cy Young voting and in 1995 he 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.

The Bullet Points

  • Position: Pitcher
  • Acquired: Traded from the Detroit Tigers for Doyle Alexander 8/12/87.
  • Departed: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox 1/12/09.
  • Games Played: 518
  • Notable Statistics: 244 Wins
    147 Losses
    3.41 ERA
    518 Games Started
    52 Complete Games
    22 Shutouts
    3,408 Innings Pitched
    2,091 Strikeouts
    3.84 FIP
    1.296 WHIP
    1.78 SO/BB
    63.5 bWAR

    32 Playoff Games
    12 Wins
    15 Losses
    3.35 ERA
    32 Games Started
    3 Complete Games
    201 Innings Pitched
    137 Strikeouts
    1.28 WHIP
    1.71 SO/BB
  • Major Accolades and Awards:

    World Series Champion (1995)
    Cy Young (1991 & 1998)
    TSN Pitcher of the Year (1991 & 2000)
    All-Star Game (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 & 2002)
    World Series MVP (1995)
    Babe Ruth Award (1995)
    Silver Slugger (1991, 1995, 1996 & 1998)
    Highest bWAR for a Pitcher (1991)
    Most Wins (1991, 1992, 1993, 1998 & 2000)
    Most Games Started (1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002)
    Most Complete Games (1991)
    Most Shutouts (1992)
    Highest ERA+ (1991)
    Most Assists by a Pitcher (1999)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by a Pitcher (1991, 1992, 2000, 20001 & 2002)

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