Three years ago we launched the Negro Leagues are Major Leagues project. Learn more here.

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

Compare players and teams or see head to head results between teams, players, player vs. team, or batter vs. pitcher. • Tutorial Video • Sample Searches • Data Coverage

THIS QUESTION WAS ANSWERED USING

POWERED BY

Your All Access Pass to the Baseball Database Go beyond the basics. Become a Stathead

Start Your FREE Trial

Show Criteria

Compare Players

Head-to-head stats or multi-player comparisons

Compare Teams

Head-to-head results and comparisons

Player vs. Team

Head-to-head stats for a single player against a team

Today's Probables

Today's starting pitchers vs. opponents

Search Criteria

Seasons

All seasons

Choose season(s) for each choice

Choose same season(s) for all choices

Player 1

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: John Smoltz

Player 2

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Bob Walk

Player 3

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 4

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 5

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 6

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Team 1

Team 2

You have edited your search criteria

or keep editing your search

Fetching Results

69.0

723

481

3473.0

213-155

154

3.33

125

3084

21.6

1010

7.1

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

SV

ERA

ERA+

SO

K%

BB

BB%

5.4

350

259

1666.0

105-81

5

4.03

91

848

11.9

606

8.5

✓

1

8

1

1

1

1

Hall of Fame

Championships

All-Star

Cy Young

Relief

Silver Slugger

LCS MVP

1

1

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Pitching Comparison

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	213	155	.579	3.33	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	4277	125	3.24	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	105	81	.565	4.03	350	259	24	16	6	5	1666.0	1671	829	746	143	606	36	848	40	33	80	7127	2404	91	4.06	1.367	9.0	0.8	3.3	4.6

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	15	4	.789	2.67	41	27	11	2	1	4	209.0	172	67	62	17	67	6	199	3	0	6	856	242		2.58	1.144	7.4	0.7	2.9	8.6
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992	3	1	.750	4.50	9	4	2	1	0	1	42.0	32	21	21	7	16	3	23	0	1	1	171	48		3.56	1.143	6.9	1.5	3.4	4.9

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Value

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	66.4	38.0
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	350	259	1666.0	5.6	-8.3

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Against

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	4277	12977	2114	605	67	182	102	64.08	15	244	139	87	.237	.293	.360	.653	76	.124	.288	1387	4677	960	4141	4277
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	350	259	1666.0	2404	6364	1205	277	46	185	75	71.15	29	137	74	42	.263	.329	.388	.717	105	.125	.282	820	2469	466	2317	2404

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	242	770											.223	.288					.280				242	242
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992	9	4	42.0	48	152											.211	.286					.205				48	48

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Starting & Relieving

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	298	62	56.8	68	16	24	15	91.1	204	242
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	127	49	49.2	59	24	41	5	50.0	24	91

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009								100.0	11	14
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992								100.0	2	5

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Ratios

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	21.6	7.1	14.5
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	350	259	1666.0	11.9	8.5	3.4

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0	23.2	7.8	15.4
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992	9	4	42.0	13.5	9.4	4.1

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Pitch Summary

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	723	481	3473.0	15759	101	10676	67.75
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	350	259	1666.0		89

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	41	27	209.0
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992	9	4	42.0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Head-to-Head Pitching

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Smoltz	0	0		10.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	4	3	3	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	18	3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	6.8
2	Bob Walk	0	1	.000	5.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	4	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	1.421	8.5	0.0	4.3	4.3

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	John Smoltz	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	35	0.778	6.0	0.0	1.0	8.0
2	Bob Walk	0	0		2.08	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	18	1.154	4.2	0.0	6.2	6.2

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	John Smoltz	ATL	1988-08-15	GS-3	2.2	4	3	3	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	18	10	12	2	1	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	34	78	37	-0.2	-2.45			1.23
2	Bob Walk	PIT	1988-08-15	GS-7, L	6.1	6	4	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	9	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	4	45	108	65	0.0	-0.16			1.48

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batter vs. Pitcher

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Walk (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Walk (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1988	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Walk (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1991	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Walk (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

John Smoltz (Pitcher) vs. Bob Walk (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-08-15	PIT	ATL	tied 0-0	b2	12-	1	3 (0-2)	Strikeout (foul bunt)
2	1988	1988-08-15	PIT	ATL	ahead 0-2	b3	123	2	6 (3-2)	Walk; S. Bream Scores; R. Reynolds to 3B; A. Pedrique to 2B

Bob Walk (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bob Walk (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1988	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Walk (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1991	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0

Bob Walk (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Bob Walk (Pitcher) vs. John Smoltz (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1988	1988-08-15	ATL	PIT	tied 0-0	t3	-2-	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Comparison

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Totals

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	3	2	79	365	.159	.226	.207	.433	16	196	15	3	136	1	0
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	352	583	510	30	74	11	2	1	48	0	4	16	167	.145	.180	.180	.361	1	92	8	6	50	1	0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	56	3	12	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	19	.214	.254	.232	.486	13	3	0	5	0	0
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992	9	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Value

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	2.6	2.5	2.6	0.0	-127	0	-2	0
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	352	583	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.1	-69	-1	-2	0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Sabermetric

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	33	233	240	951	58	.252	133	-118	-11.9	.047	2.6	60.00	5
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	352	583	14	96	101	499	17	.213	77	-69	-7.5	.035	3.1	0.00	4

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	John Smoltz	24-42	1991	2009	42	64	1	15	15	52		.324	5			.018	2.9	100.00	3
2	Bob Walk	23-35	1980	1992	9	11	0	0	0	11		.000	0			.000	1.6		0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Win Probability

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	John Smoltz	21-42	1988	2009	709	1167	-9.9	-11.3	0.5	-118.42		-125.09	0.91
2	Bob Walk	23-36	1980	1993	352	583	-5.6	-6.5	0.1	-61.99		-68.79	0.87

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Head-to-Head Batting

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Smoltz	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bob Walk	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	John Smoltz	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Bob Walk	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

John Smoltz vs. Bob Walk: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	John Smoltz	ATL	1988-08-15	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.039	0.00	0.00%	-0.33			P
2	Bob Walk	PIT	1988-08-15	*	7	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.036	2.94	0.04%	0.76			P

Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

Please see our data coverage page for details.

If you utilize material unique to a Sports Reference site for a tweet, an article, or for research for a broadcast or podcast, please strongly consider citing this site as the source for the material. It would be greatly appreciated and would help us continue to produce this material.