Greg Maddux
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1966 –
Who is Greg Maddux?
Gregory Alan "Greg" Maddux, nicknamed "Mad Dog" and "The Professor", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is best known for playing for the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves. He was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years, a feat matched only by one other pitcher. During those four seasons, Maddux had a 75–29 record with a 1.98 earned run average, while allowing less than one runner per inning.
Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. In addition, he holds the record for most Gold Gloves with eighteen. A superb control pitcher, Maddux won more games during the 1990s than any other pitcher and is 8th on the all-time career wins list with 355. Since the start of the post-1920 live-ball era, only Warren Spahn recorded more career wins than Maddux. He is one of only 10 pitchers ever to achieve both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts, and is the only pitcher to record over 300 wins, over 3,000 strikeouts, and fewer than 1,000 walks. As of 2013 he works in the Texas Rangers' front office as the special assistant to the general manager.
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- Born
- Apr 14, 1966
San Angelo - Also known as
- Gregory Alan Maddux
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Valley High School
- Lived in
- San Angelo
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on July 23, 2013
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