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PITCHER
MANAGER & STAFF Bats Right Full Name Gregory Alan Maddux
Throws Right
Height 6-0
Weight 170
Born San Angelo, TX
DOB 4/14/1966
Years With Braves 1993-2003
Number Retired 2009
Greg Maddux became the most dominant pitcher had a second stint with the Cubs and before playing
in baseball during his 11 seasons with the Braves from for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.
PLAYER BIOS 1993 to 2003. On the heels of winning his first Cy He won 15 or more games for 17 consecutive seasons
(1988-2004) – the only pitcher in major league history
Young Award in 1992 with the Chicago Cubs, Maddux
to do so. Upon his retirement, Maddux ranked eighth
signed with the Braves as a free agent and proceeded
to win three consecutive Cy Young awards. With all-time with 355 wins and 10th with 3,371 strikeouts.
Atlanta, Maddux led the NL in ERA four times (1993, He won a record 18 Gold Gloves, including 10 with
1994, 1995 and 1998) and wins twice (1994 and 1995). the Braves. He was an eight-time All-Star and the NL
His franchise-record 1.56 ERA during the 1994 season starting pitcher in 1994, 1997 and 1998. Maddux was
SEASON IN REVIEW Bob Gibson’s 1.12 mark in 1968. In 1995, Maddux went induction ceremony, manager Bobby Cox remarked:
was the second-lowest in the major leagues since
inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2009. At the
19-2 with a 1.63 ERA while leading the league with
“I get asked all the time was he the best pitcher I ever
209.2 innings pitched, 10 complete games and three
saw? Was he the smartest pitcher I ever saw? The
shutouts and helping the Braves win the World Series.
ever saw? The answer is yes to all of those.” Maddux
On the Braves’ career lists, Maddux ranks second in most competitive I ever saw? The best teammate I
ERA (2.63), fifth in strikeouts (1,828), sixth in wins (194) was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT “Mad Dog” featured pinpoint control and uncanny late 10th-highest total ever) in his first year on the ballot.
and 10th in shutouts (21). The right-hander known as
Fame in 2014, earning 97.2 percent of the vote (the
movement on his fastball. After leaving Atlanta, Maddux
Complete Record

G
H
Year Club W-L ERA 14 GS CG SHO SV 85.2 63 35 ER HR HB BB SO WP BK
IP
R
6-2
8
0
2
1
2
62 4
2
41
2.63
Pikeville
1984
12
25
BRAVES HISTORY 1985 Peoria 13-9 3.19 27 27 6 1 0 0 186.0 176 86 66 9 1 12 30 20 2 1 2 4 5
6
52 125 5
22
1
19
8
8
49
4
35
2
63.2
0
15
4-3
2.69
Pittsfield
1986
10-1
18
Iowa
3.02
2
3
5
0 128.1 127
49
18
43

65 4
1
0
3
2-4
Chicago (NL)

5
5.52
44
6
0
31.0
0
19
20
11
1
3
4
3-0
4
0 155.2 181 111
Chicago (NL)
1987 Iowa 6-14 0.98 30 27 2 1 2 1 0 27.2 17 3 97 17 2 12 22 2 0 7
74 101 4
5.61
4
1988 Chicago (NL) 18-8 3.18 34 34 9 3 0 249.0 230 97 88 13 9 81 140 3 6
1989 Chicago (NL) 19-12 2.95 35 35 7 1 0 238.1 222 90 78 13 6 82 135 5 3
1990 Chicago (NL) 15-15 3.46 35 35 8 2 0 237.0 242 116 98 11 4 66 198 6 3 3
71 144 3
91
6
1991
37
263.0 232 113
0
18
15-11 3.35
7
2
Chicago (NL)
OPPONENTS 1992 Chicago (NL) 20-11 2.81 35 35 9 8 4 1 0 0 268.0 201 68 65 14 14 70 199 5 0 1
37
7
70
1993
85
6
52 197 5
36
267.0 228
20-10
Atlanta
36
2.36
1994
4
1995 Atlanta 16-6 1.56 25 25 10 3 3 0 0 202.0 150 44 35 4 6 31 156 3 0 1
38
23 181 1
8
Atlanta
39
10
28
28
209.2 147
19-2
1.63
1996 Atlanta 15-11 2.72 35 35 5 1 0 245.0 225 85 74 11 3 28 172 4 0
1997 Atlanta 19-4 2.20 33 33 5 2 0 232.2 200 58 57 9 6 20 177 0 0
1998 Atlanta 18-9 2.22 34 34 9 5 0 251.0 201 75 62 13 7 45 204 4 0
1999 Atlanta 19-9 3.57 33 33 4 0 0 219.1 258 103 87 16 4 37 136 1 0 2
MISCELLANEOUS 2001 Atlanta 2021 ATLANTA BRAVES MEDIA GUIDE 3 0 233.0 220 86 58 20 7 27 173 2 0 0 0
35
3
35
0 249.1 225
19 10 42 190 1
3.00
91
6
19-9
2000 Atlanta
83
3
79
34 34
17-11 3.05
16-6
2.62
34 34
45 118 1
4
2002 Atlanta
0 199.1 194
14
0
0
67
0 218.1 225 112
96
2003 Atlanta
33 124 3
36
0
1
8
36
24
16-11 3.96
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