Tom Glavine

Tom Glavine
Pitcher
Born: March 25, 1966 Concord , United States
Strikes: Left	Throws: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
August 17,  1987  with the  Atlanta Braves
Last MLB assignment
August 14,  2008  with the  Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Win-loss	305-203
Earned Run Average	3.54
Strikeouts	2,607
Teams
Atlanta Braves (1987-2002) New York Mets (2003-2007) Atlanta Braves (2008)
Awards
10 × All-Star (1991–1993, 1996–1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) World Series Winner ( 1995 ) 2 × Cy Young Award (1991, 1998) World Series MVP (1995) 4 × Silver Slugger Award (1991, 1995, 1996, 1998)
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	2014
Quota	91.9% (first ballot)

Thomas Michael Glavine (born March 25, 1966 in Concord , Massachusetts ) is a retired American baseball player with the position of pitcher . He started his professional career in MLB in 1987 with the Atlanta Braves , with whom he won the World Series in 1995 . He was also voted MVP of the World Series that year . In 2003, Glavine moved to the New York Mets and returned to his old team in 2008. He has twice received the Cy Young Award for the league's best pitcher and is only the fifth left-handed player to win 300 games in his career. On June 3, 2009, the Braves released Glavine, whereupon he announced his retirement from active sport.

Before his time at college, Glavine was also considered a talented ice hockey player and was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the fourth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in the fourth round (ahead of the later NHL superstars Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille ) , but drew a baseball Career ahead.

Teams

• 1987-2002 Atlanta Braves
• 2003-2007 New York Mets
• 2008 Atlanta Braves

Web links

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Tom Glavine at hockeydb.com (English)
• Tom Glavine at hockeydraftcentral.com
• Tom Glavine in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)