Tom Glavine
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Glavine with the Atlanta Braves
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Born: March 25, 1966 Concord, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 17, 1987, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 14, 2008, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 305–203 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.54 | ||
| Strikeouts | 2,607 | ||
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| Member of the National | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 2014 | ||
| Vote | 91.9% (first ballot) | ||
Thomas Michael "Tom" Glavine (born March 25, 1966) is an American retired professional baseball player. A pitcher, Glavine played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. He was the MVP of the 1995 World Series as the Braves beat the Cleveland Indians.
With 164 victories during the 1990s, Glavine earned the second highest amount of wins as a pitcher in the National League, second only to teammate Greg Maddux's 176. He was a five-time 20-game winner and two-time Cy Young Award winner, and one of only 24 pitchers (and just 6 left-handers) in major league history to earn 300 career wins.
On January 8, 2014, it was announced that he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility with 91.9%.
Glavine also played ice hockey alongside baseball. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, after scoring 47 goals and 47 assists in 23 high school games.
Glavine was born in Concord, Massachusetts and raised in Billerica, Massachusetts. Glavine attended Billerica Memorial High School, where he was an excellent student and a letterman in ice hockey as well as baseball. He was a four-year member of the honor roll and the National Honor Society. In hockey, as a senior, he was named the Merrimack Valley's Most Valuable Player. In baseball, he led his team to the Division I North Title and the Eastern Massachusetts Championship as a senior. Glavine graduated from high school in 1984 with honors. He was elected to the Billerica Memorial/Howe High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
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