37 Facts About Tom Glavine

Tom Glavine was a five-time 20-game winner and two-time Cy Young Award winner, and one of only 24 pitchers in major league history to earn 300 career wins.

Tom Glavine was the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 World Series as the Braves beat the Cleveland Indians.

Tom Glavine was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and raised in Billerica, Massachusetts.

Tom Glavine attended Billerica Memorial High School, where he was an excellent student and a letterman in ice hockey as well as baseball.

Tom Glavine was a four-year member of the honor roll and the National Honor Society.

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Tom Glavine was drafted by both the Los Angeles Kings in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, and the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball organization in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur baseball draft.

Tom Glavine elected to play baseball and made his major league debut on August 17,1987.

Tom Glavine's fortunes turned around in 1991, when he won 20 games and posted a 2.

Tom Glavine was the ace of the 1991 Braves' starting rotation that included Steve Avery, Charlie Leibrandt, and another future NL Cy Young Award winner and Hall of Fame inductee, John Smoltz.

Tom Glavine's season helped ensure a dramatic reversal in the Braves' competitive fortunes as they won the National League pennant and earned a trip to the World Series, though they lost to the Minnesota Twins in seven games.

Years later, after Tom Glavine joined the Mets and Maddux played for the San Diego Padres, the three all recorded wins on the same day, June 27,2007.

Tom Glavine won two games during that series: Game 2 and Game 6.

In 2003, Tom Glavine left Atlanta to play for the rival New York Mets, signing a four-year, $42.

Tom Glavine's performance had slumped in the second half of 2002 and he was ineffective in his two postseason starts, so Atlanta refused to guarantee a third year on his contract.

Tom Glavine did get to enjoy a personal highlight at the end of the season when the Mets called up his brother Mike to join the team.

Tom Glavine began 2004 well, highlighted by a May 23 one-hit shutout of the Colorado Rockies and selection to the National League All-Star team.

Tom Glavine started off 2005 slowly, but rebounded after advice from pitching coach Rick Peterson, who encouraged Glavine to begin pitching inside more often and incorporate a curveball in his repertoire.

Mets' faith in Tom Glavine was rewarded when he returned to his old form during the 2006 season.

Tom Glavine finished one victory shy of the NL lead in wins and was selected to the All-Star team.

That season Tom Glavine became the first Mets left-hander in nearly 30 years to start at least thirty games in four consecutive seasons.

Tom Glavine started Game 2 of the Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching six shutout innings and surrendering only four hits to pick up the win, as the Mets went on to sweep the series from the Dodgers.

Tom Glavine then started Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the St Louis Cardinals, pitching seven shutout innings to pick up the win, helped by Carlos Beltran's two-run home run.

Tom Glavine suffered the loss in Game 5 while the Mets went on to drop the series to the Cardinals in seven games.

Tom Glavine re-signed with the Mets for the 2007 season, needing only 10 wins to reach 300 wins for his career.

Tom Glavine started his fourth Opening Day game as a Met in the 2007 season.

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Tom Glavine is the 23rd pitcher to win 300 games, and the fifth left-handed pitcher to do so, joining Eddie Plank, Lefty Grove, Warren Spahn, and Steve Carlton.

On September 30,2007, Tom Glavine started the final game of the Mets' 2007 regular season against the Florida Marlins.

On May 14,2008, Tom Glavine won his first game with the Atlanta Braves since September 19,2002.

Tom Glavine started against the Chicago Cubs, and he gave up 7 runs in only 4 innings.

Tom Glavine was a guest analyst for some Braves games for several seasons.

On July 29,2021, Tom Glavine was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame's Board of Directors.

Tom Glavine's consistency was highlighted by his durability; since his first full year in 1988, he started at least 25 games every year and was never placed on the disabled list until his final season—at age 42.

Tom Glavine won four Silver Slugger Awards, ranking him second all-time for pitchers behind Mike Hampton, while being the most among Cy Young Award Winners and Hall of Famer pitchers.

When play resumed in 1995, Tom Glavine was frequently booed by Braves fans for his role in the players' union and was criticized for it in the local Atlanta press.

Tom Glavine is a Roman Catholic and is a member of Catholic Athletes for Christ.

Tom Glavine is known for being humble about his accomplishments and an avid golfer, so a good friend, Jack Kennedy, gifted Tom Glavine six dozen golf balls that display his uniform number, 47, on one side and the number of losses he had in his career on the other, 203.

The gift was given around the time Tom Glavine received the phone call that he would be a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee.