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Hall of ShameA catalog of baseball's lasting mistakes

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John Smoltz

1 entry · 1987

John Smoltz at Dobbins Air Reserve Base on April 6, 2007, twenty years after Detroit traded him. This is not the day of the deal.
Front Office & Trades1987

Smoltz for Alexander

On August 12, 1987, Detroit sent a 20-year-old in Double-A to Atlanta for Doyle Alexander. Alexander went 9–0 down the stretch. The prospect was John Smoltz.

Detroit Tigers · Atlanta Braves