July 23, 1988: John Smoltz – Braves Debut Learn More Suggested Readings Gary Caruso, The Braves Encyclopedia (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995). Bob Hope, We Could've Finished Last without You: An Irreverent Look at the Atlanta Braves, the Losingest Team in Baseball for the Past 25 Years (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1991). Bob Klapish and Pete Van Wieren, The Braves: An Illustrated History of America's Team (Atlanta: Turner, 1995). Tom Owens, The Atlanta Braves Baseball Team (Springfield, N.J.: Enslow, 1998). Atlanta Braves. New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1964&sug=y John Smoltz on Baseball Reference.com: http://www.baseball- reference.com/players/s/smoltjo01.shtml John Smoltz on MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=122477 John Smoltz inducted into Braves Hall of Fame, No. 29 retired. Sports Illustrated. Friday June 8, 2012: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/06/08/braves.retire.smoltz.number.ap/index .html#ixzz1y9rcMEMs www.todayingeorgiahistory.org July 23, 1988 John Smoltz Image Credits 1995 Braves team celebrating win Chris Hamilton Photography Courtesy of Chris Hamilton World Series win. Photography, HAMPHOTO-N-BBCEL-1410-1 3-20 Bobby Cox and team - 1995 - Chris Hamilton Photography Courtesy of Chris Hamilton World Series Photography, HAMPHOTO-BBBV030930_00 97A Glavine Pitching Chris Hamilton Photography Courtesy of Chris Hamilton Photography, HAMPHOTO-M96970 Smoltz pitching. Chris Hamilton Photography Courtesy of Chris Hamilton Photography, HAMPHOTO-S-BBSMO-0003 John Smoltz 1 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz 2 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz 3 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz 4 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame www.todayingeorgiahistory.org July 23, 1988 John Smoltz Image Credits John Smoltz 5 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz 6 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz 7 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz 8 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame John Smoltz (L) 1995 World Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Series Hall of Fame Greg Maddux National Baseball Hall of Fame Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y Detroit Tiger's Logo Detroit Tiger's Logo www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .