He and his wife Christine have a one daughter, Amber Nicole, and three sons, Jonathan, Peyton Thomas and Mason Riley...They reside in Alpharetta, GA...Graduated from Billerica (MA) Memorial High School in 1984, where he played baseball and hockey...Was a four-time league All-Star and All- Conference honoree in baseball and was named to All-Star and All-Conference teams three times in hockey... Earned the Boston Globe's All-Scholastic and Player of the Year honors in both baseball and hockey...Was drafted by two professional sports teams: in the second round by the Atlanta Braves and in the fourth round by the Los Angeles Kings (NHL)...Has volunteered his time as a member of the National Sports Committee of the Leukemia Society of America...Served as honorary chairman of the Georgia Council on Child Abuse...For the 16th straight year, hosted the Georgia Transplant Foundation's Annual Spring Training on 2/8/08...The foundation is focused on providing both financial and educational assistance to families of those undergoing or awaiting a transplant...Was the recipient of the Good Guy Award from the New Jersey Sportswriters on 1/25/04...Received the Joan Payson Award for humanitarian service from the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers of America on 1/25/04...Donated $5,000 along with then teammates Al Leiter, Mike Piazza and John Franco to Tuesday's Children...The amount was matched by the Mets for a total of $40,000...The money was used to create a Mets Scholarship Fund for Tuesday's Children...Tuesday's Children is a nonprofit family services organization that offers an 18-year commitment to children who lost a parent on September 11th...As part of the Commissioner's Initiative for Kids, honored kids from CureSearch on Children's Cancer Awareness Day, 8/26/04...Ameriquest Mortgage Company, an official sponsor of MLB, made a contribution of $1 million with the proceeds going to several different charitable causes, including CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation...Was the 2005 Mets honoree of the Roberto Clemente Award for civic involvement, community endeavors, and in general caring about his fellow man...Received the Bart Giamatti Award from the Baseball Assistance Team on 1/24/06 for his community service...Was honored by the New York Chapter of BBWAA with the Good Guy Award on 1/28/07...Signed by Tony DeMacio (Braves).

Tom made his return to the Braves after five seasons with the Mets only to see his first three career trips to the disabled list derail his season. ...Was on the disabled list for the first time in his 22-year career from 4/14-28 with a strained right hamstring. ...Was activated off the disabled list on 8/14 vs. CHC after being placed on 6/11 with a left elbow strain. Made two rehabilitation appearances, one with Myrtle Beach (A) on 8/4 (ND: 4.0 IP/1 ER) and one with Mississippi (AA) on 8/9 (L: 5.0 IP/2 ER). Tom's DL stint was his second of the season and just the second in his career. ...Went on the disabled list for the third and final time on 8/15 through the end of the season with a left elbow strain. He had surgery by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., to repair a torn flexor tendon on 8/21. ...Got off to a quick start, posting a 2.60 ERA (5 ER/17.1 IP) over his first four starts. ...Did better on the road, posting a 4.24 ERA in seven road starts and posting a 7.06 ERA in six home starts. ...Passed Bob Feller (2,581) and Braves legend Warren Spahn (2,583) for 24th on the all-time strikeout list with three strikeouts on 5/9/08 at PIT. He stands at 2,607. ...Left 6/10 start at CHI down 4-3 after 3.0 innings (3.0 IP/4 ER) with a sore left elbow and suffered his third loss of the season. ...Exited 6/4 vs. FLA with a 3-2 lead after allowing two runs in 5.0 IP, but the bullpen failed to hold the lead and allowed four runs in the ninth inning for a 6-4 Florida win. Tom fanned five batters to pass the 2,600 career strikeout mark. ...Allowed two runs on five hits in 6.0 IP at CIN on 5/30 and left with the game tied at 2-2 but he got a ND in the Reds 3-2 win in 11 innings. ...Was touched for six runs on seven hits, including two home runs and one grand slam, and a season-high six walks in 4.2 innings in a 9-3 Braves loss to ARI on 5/25. The fifth-inning, Eric Byrnes' grand slam was the second allowed of Glavine's 22-year career and his first as a Brave. ...Defeated the Mets in game one on 5/20, allowing just a solo home run in the first inning and just three hits in 6.0 IP. ...Won his first game of the season on 5/14 at PHI. It was his first win as a Brave since 9/19/02 vs. PHI. It was his 243rd with Atlanta and it marked the most starts into a season before picking up a win in his career. Tom only allowed one hit through five innings before allowing four runs in the sixth of an 8-6 Braves win. ...Picked up another ND on 5/9 at PIT despite allowing just two runs, both in the seventh inning, on five hits in 7.0 IP in a 3-2 loss. He fanned four batters, moving him past Hall of Famers Bob Feller (2,581) and Warren Spahn (2,583) into 24th on the all-time strikeout list. ...Got a ND after he fired two scoreless innings before allowing six runs, including a four-run fourth inning, in the 5/4 14-7 win over CIN. He walked a season-high five batters in his 4.2 IP. ...Received a no-decision on 4/29 at WSH in his first start since coming off the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring (went on 4/14). Allowed two runs on six hits over 6.0 innings. ...Tied his shortest outing (5/16/98) of his career when he did not record an out in a 5-4 loss to WSH on 4/13. Two of the four batters Tom faced scored and he managed only 16 pitches before exiting with a hamstring injury. ...Threw 6.1 scoreless innings at Coors Field on 4/7 and left the game with a 1-0 lead, but had ND when the bullpen allowed a two-run Matt Holliday homer in the bottom of the 8th inning of a 2-1 Rockies win. ...Started the home opener on 3/31 vs. PIT, making his first start with Atlanta since 9/28/02, and got a ND when he allowed two runs (one earned) in 5.0 IP in a 12-11 PIT win in 12 innings.