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2015
◆ In 2015, guided the Cubs to 97 regular season wins and a trip to the NLCS...The 97 victories set the franchise mark for most wins in a manager’s
first year with Chicago, surpassing Jim Frey’s 96 wins in 1984...Named the N.L. Manager of the Year.
◆ Club advanced to the N.L. Wild Card Game and defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates...Took the NLDS in four games (3-1) over the St. Louis
Cardinals..Lost to the Mets if four games of the NLCS...Marked first trip to the NLCS for the Cubs in 12 years.
2014
◆ During final season at the helm of Tampa Bay, team posted a 77-85 record (.475), good for fourth place in the A.L. East (-19)...Club missed the
postseason for just the third time in previous seven seasons.
2013
◆ Tallied fourth straight 90 win season and fifth overall during his eighth season with the Rays...Club finished second in the A.L. East (-5.5)...
Rays advanced to the postseason for the third time in previous four years...Club defeated the Cleveland Indians in the Wild Card Game...Fell
to division rival Boston 3-1 in the ALDS.
2012
◆ Guided the Rays to a 90-72 (.556) record, his second consecutive and third ever 90-win campaign...Club finished in third place in the division
(-5) and three games back of the Orioles and Rangers for the Wild Card Game.
2011
◆ Rays posted a 91-71 (.562) record, good for a second place finish in the division (-6)...Honored with second career A.L. Manager of the Year
award...Captured the A.L. Wild Card and Club advanced to the postseason for the second straight season...Tampa Bay would fall to the
Rangers in the four games (3-1) of the ALDS.
◆ Notched 500th career win Aug. 21 vs. Seattle.
2010
◆ In fifth season managing the Rays, team posted 96-66 (.593) record and captured their second A.L. East title (+1) and second in previous three
years...Rays would fall to the Rangers in the ALDS 3-2.
2009
◆ Saw Rays finish the season with a 84-78 (.519) record, finishing above .500 for the second straight year...Club finished third in the division Maddon
(-19).
2008
◆ Guided the Rays to a franchise record 97 wins (.599), captured the organization’s first A.L. East title (+2) and eventually advance to the World
Series...Tabbed as the A.L. Manager of the Year...Defeated the White Sox (3-1) in the ALDS...Defeated Boston in seven games of the ALCS...
Club was defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series (4-1).
2007
◆ In second season at the helm of Tampa, Club finished with a 66-96 (.407) record and a fifth place finish in the A.L. East (-30).
2006
◆ Left the Angels organization to become the fourth manager in Rays history, taking over for Lou Pinella...Club would finish the season with a
61-101 (.377), 36 games back of the New York Yankees.
PLAYING CAREER
◆ Signed with the Angels as a minor league free agent catcher in 1975...Hit .267 (137/514) with 27 doubles, two triples, five home runs and 69
RBI across four minor league seasons...Played the 1976 season with Single-A Quad Cities, 1977 and 1978 in Single-A Salinas and the 1979
season with Single-A Santa Clara before shifting to a coaching role.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Joseph John Maddon...On Twitter: @MaddHalos.
◆ Is an avid cyclist...Bikes anywhere from 60 to 100 miles per week.
◆ Favorite sports team is the Arizona Cardinals.
◆ Created Thanksmas in 2006...The annual program has turned into a week-long event in which he and numerous volunteers serve meals and provide
gifts to needy citizens throughout the Orange County and Tampa Bay areas.
◆ On May 12, 2009 was honored at the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives after they unanimously voted in favor of H.R. 303 highlighting
Maddon’s accomplishments on the baseball diamond and his continued ties to his hometown of Hazleton, Pa…Hazleton (population: 25,000) is
located approximately 80 miles north of Philadelphia.
◆ In December 2011, introduced his Hazleton Integration Project (HIP), created to help develop and maintain an atmosphere that will serve to unify the
varied cultures of his Hazleton, PA hometown.
◆ In November 2012, received the Ted Williams Award from the Pediatric Cancer Foundation for making a difference in the community...The Tampa Bay
Sports Commission in June of 2012 named him the Tampa Bay Area Philanthropic Player/Coach of the Year.
◆ In June 2013, HIP opened its Hazleton Community One Center … since then, more than 1,000 people (mostly children) from the Hazleton area signed
up for a variety of classes and activities…The center features over 30 programs as diverse as basketball camps, archery lessons, arts and crafts,
guitar instruction and family yoga …Has worked closely with the Board of Directors of HIP to ensure the Center will be able to serve the needs of the
economically disadvantaged.
◆ Received his honorary degree from Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.), September 2, 2010…Inducted into Lafayette’s Hall of Fame in 2009...Played three
years of varsity baseball and one season of freshman football…Initially recruited by Lafayette as a shortstop and pitcher but switched to catcher
midway through his freshman season when he volunteered despite having never caught before.
◆ Family home growing up was above his father, Joe Sr.’s plumbing shop...Joe Sr. passed away in 2002, six months before the Angels won the World
Series...Mother, Beanie, was a long-time waitress as the Third Base Dugout restaurant in Hazleton, PA.

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