Braves Report

On Tuesday John Smoltz became the 16th member of the 3,000 K club in baseball history. Here are some Smoltz K facts:
Only Phil Niekro reached it at an older age.
6th fastest to reach it in terms of innings pitched.
Only Bob Gibson and Walter Johnson also recorded all 3,000 K’s with the same team.
 
David Wright with 19 K’s vs Smoltz leads active players.
Craig Biggio leads all players with 26 K’s vs Smoltzie 
 

# 1 – July 23, 1988 – Darryl Strawberry
# 100 – June 5, 1989 – Kirk Gibson
# 250 – June 1, 1990 – Joe Carter
# 500 – Septemeber 14, 1991 – Kal Daniels
# 750 – April 11, 1993 – Eric Davis
# 1,000 – May 30, 1994 – Kirk Manwaring
# 1,500 – September 7, 1996 – Benard Gilkey
# 2,000 – June 7, 1999 – John Flaherty
# 2,500 – July 15, 2005 – Marlon Anderson
# 3,000 – April 22, 2008 – Felipe Lopez

During the ten games above Smoltz’s average stat line:
6.9 IP 6.3 K’s 3.13 ERA 1.16 WHIP.
The Braves record during those games is 8-2.

Something I found interesing when researching, Roger McDowell was the losing pitcher in the game where Smoltz recorded his 500th K.