Greg Maddux, baseball player, 1986-2008

Greg Maddux

⭐ Hall of Fame 2014

Born: 4/14/1966 in San Angelo, TX, USA

MLB Debut: 1986-09-03 | Final Game: 2008-09-27

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'0" | Weight: 170 lbs

Full name: Gregory Alan Maddux

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Biography

Greg Maddux, born in 1966, was a dominant pitcher whose career spanned from 1986 to 2008. Renowned for his exceptional control and strategic approach to pitching, Maddux finished his illustrious career with a remarkable record of 355 wins and 227 losses, alongside an earned run average (ERA) of 3.16. His ability to outsmart hitters and minimize walks resulted in an impressive total of 3,371 strikeouts, solidifying his status as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. Throughout his career, Maddux was celebrated for his consistency and command on the mound, attributes that allowed him to thrive during an era that emphasized offensive prowess. Maddux's accolades include four Cy Young Awards, underscoring his dominance in the National League during the 1990s. He was selected for the All-Star Game eight times, showcasing his status among the elite pitchers of his generation. His induction into the Hall of Fame in 2014 further cemented his legacy, as he was recognized not only for his statistical achievements but also for his profound impact on the game. Maddux's blend of intellect and skill redefined pitching and left an indelible mark on baseball, making him a revered figure in the sport's history.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
355 227 744 740 109 35 0 5008.3 4726 1756 353 999 3371 3.16 0

Career ERA 3.16 vs. league average 4.29 across their career seasons — 26.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1986 CHC NL 2 4 6 5 1 0 0 31.0 44 19 11 20 5.52 3.97 (-39%) -
1987 CHC NL 6 14 30 27 1 1 0 155.7 181 97 74 101 5.61 4.29 (-31%) -
1988 CHC NL 18 8 34 34 9 3 0 249.0 230 88 81 140 3.18 3.73 (+15%) -
1989 CHC NL 19 12 35 35 7 1 0 238.3 222 78 82 135 2.95 3.71 (+21%) -
1990 CHC NL 15 15 35 35 8 2 0 237.0 242 91 71 144 3.46 3.86 (+11%) -
1991 CHC NL 15 11 37 37 7 2 0 263.0 232 98 66 198 3.35 3.91 (+14%) -
1992 CHC NL 20 11 35 35 9 4 0 268.0 201 65 70 199 2.18 3.75 (+42%) -
1993 ATL NL 20 10 36 36 8 1 0 267.0 228 70 52 197 2.36 4.19 (+44%) 9468.2
1994 ATL NL 16 6 25 25 10 3 0 202.0 150 35 31 156 1.56 4.51 (+65%) 11141.8
1995 ATL NL 19 2 28 28 10 3 0 209.7 147 38 23 181 1.63 4.45 (+63%) 11985.4
1996 ATL NL 15 11 35 35 5 1 0 245.0 225 74 28 172 2.72 4.61 (+41%) 12096.6
1997 ATL NL 19 4 33 33 5 2 0 232.7 200 57 20 177 2.20 4.39 (+50%) 11968.6
1998 ATL NL 18 9 34 34 9 5 0 251.0 201 62 45 204 2.22 4.43 (+50%) 10711.4
1999 ATL NL 19 9 33 33 4 0 0 219.3 258 87 37 136 3.57 4.71 (+24%) 7481.5
2000 ATL NL 19 9 35 35 6 3 0 249.3 225 83 42 190 3.00 4.77 (+37%) 10112.4
2001 ATL NL 17 11 34 34 3 3 0 233.0 220 79 27 173 3.05 4.42 (+31%) 7933.8
2002 ATL NL 16 6 34 34 0 0 0 199.3 194 58 45 118 2.62 4.28 (+39%) 4406.7
2003 ATL NL 16 11 36 36 1 0 0 218.3 225 96 33 124 3.96 4.40 (+10%) 2918.5
2004 CHC NL 16 11 33 33 2 1 0 212.7 218 95 33 151 4.02 4.46 (+10%) -
2005 CHC NL 13 15 35 35 3 0 0 225.0 239 106 36 136 4.24 4.29 (+1%) -
2006 CHC NL 9 11 22 22 0 0 0 136.3 153 71 23 81 4.69 4.53 (-4%) -
2006 LAD NL 6 3 12 12 0 0 0 73.7 66 27 14 36 3.30 4.53 (+27%) -
2007 SDP NL 14 11 34 34 1 0 0 198.0 221 91 25 104 4.14 4.47 (+8%) -
2008 SDP NL 6 9 26 26 0 0 0 153.3 161 68 26 80 3.99 4.32 (+8%) -
2008 LAD NL 2 4 7 7 0 0 0 40.7 43 23 4 18 5.09 4.32 (-18%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
759 1591 103 272 35 2 5 84 11 34 419 0.171 0.191 0.205 0.395 -11041.1

Career AVG .171 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 35.2% below league average.

Career OBP .191 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 42.7% below league average.

Career SLG .205 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — 50.4% below league average.

Career OPS 0.395 vs. league average 0.745 across their career seasons — 46.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1986 CHC NL 6 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.333 — — — — 0.0
1987 CHC NL 34 42 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0.119 — — — — 0.0
1988 CHC NL 37 96 13 19 3 0 0 5 1 0 22 0.198 .254 (-22%) .317 (-38%) .377 (-39%) .695 (-39%) -616.3
1989 CHC NL 35 81 6 17 2 0 0 4 1 1 22 0.210 .254 (-17%) .319 (-28%) .375 (-37%) .694 (-33%) -440.7
1990 CHC NL 35 83 1 12 0 0 0 3 0 2 25 0.145 .257 (-44%) .324 (-49%) .385 (-62%) .710 (-56%) -775.3
1991 CHC NL 39 88 8 18 2 0 1 7 1 2 24 0.205 .255 (-20%) .323 (-31%) .384 (-32%) .708 (-32%) -474.4
1992 CHC NL 35 88 6 15 3 0 1 8 0 1 22 0.170 .255 (-33%) .322 (-44%) .377 (-37%) .699 (-40%) -597.4
1993 ATL NL 36 91 5 15 1 0 0 4 0 1 32 0.165 .265 (-38%) .332 (-48%) .403 (-56%) .735 (-52%) -819.5
1994 ATL NL 25 63 5 14 2 0 0 2 0 1 19 0.222 .269 (-18%) .338 (-31%) .424 (-40%) .763 (-36%) -395.1
1995 ATL NL 28 72 8 11 2 0 0 0 0 3 22 0.153 .266 (-43%) .337 (-45%) .417 (-57%) .755 (-51%) -645.5
1996 ATL NL 35 68 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 12 0.147 .269 (-46%) .340 (-46%) .426 (-59%) .767 (-53%) -647.3
1997 ATL NL 33 67 3 7 2 0 0 4 1 5 21 0.104 .266 (-61%) .336 (-51%) .419 (-68%) .756 (-60%) -712.5
1998 ATL NL 34 75 4 18 3 0 0 4 0 4 18 0.240 .266 (-10%) .335 (-17%) .420 (-33%) .755 (-26%) -337.7
1999 ATL NL 33 64 7 11 1 1 2 7 0 1 18 0.172 .271 (-37%) .344 (-43%) .433 (-28%) .778 (-35%) -416.7
2000 ATL NL 35 80 2 15 2 1 0 5 0 2 19 0.188 .270 (-31%) .344 (-37%) .437 (-46%) .782 (-42%) -615.4
2001 ATL NL 35 64 3 12 0 0 0 3 0 2 19 0.188 .263 (-29%) .332 (-29%) .426 (-56%) .758 (-44%) -483.7
2002 ATL NL 35 59 6 11 3 0 0 2 1 0 8 0.186 .261 (-29%) .331 (-44%) .416 (-43%) .747 (-43%) -452.4
2003 ATL NL 37 68 2 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 21 0.147 .264 (-44%) .332 (-53%) .422 (-55%) .754 (-54%) -665.6
2004 CHC NL 34 69 5 11 0 0 0 5 1 1 12 0.159 .266 (-40%) .335 (-49%) .427 (-63%) .762 (-57%) -685.1
2005 CHC NL 35 76 4 13 0 0 1 5 1 0 15 0.171 .264 (-35%) .330 (-48%) .418 (-50%) .749 (-49%) -648.7
2006 CHC NL 22 43 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 2 17 0.093 — — — — 0.0
2006 LAD NL 12 25 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 0.200 — — — — 0.0
2007 SDP NL 35 62 2 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 19 0.145 .268 (-46%) .335 (-53%) .422 (-58%) .758 (-56%) -612.0
2008 SDP NL 27 42 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 14 0.119 — — — — 0.0
2008 LAD NL 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.077 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
37 55 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 22 0.073

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2008 NLCS LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 NLDS1 LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 NLDS1 LAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2003 NLDS2 ATL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
2002 NLDS1 ATL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2001 NLCS ATL 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.333
2001 NLDS1 ATL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
2000 NLDS1 ATL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
1999 NLCS ATL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000
1999 NLDS1 ATL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1999 WS ATL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
1998 NLCS ATL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
1998 NLDS1 ATL 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.250
1997 NLCS ATL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
1997 NLDS2 ATL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000
1996 NLCS ATL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000
1996 NLDS1 ATL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1996 WS ATL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 NLCS ATL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1995 NLDS1 ATL 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.167
1995 WS ATL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
1993 NLCS ATL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.250
1989 NLCS CHN 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
11 14 35 30 1 198.0 195 72 51 125 3.27

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2008 NLCS LAN 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 0 1 3 0.00
2008 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00
2006 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 1 1 0 4.0 7 4 2 0 9.00
2003 NLDS2 ATL 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 6 2 1 1 3.00
2002 NLDS1 ATL 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 2 1 3 3.00
2001 NLCS ATL 0 2 2 2 0 10.0 14 6 2 7 5.40
2001 NLDS1 ATL 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 4 2 3 5 3.00
2000 NLDS1 ATL 0 1 1 1 0 4.0 9 5 3 2 11.25
1999 NLCS ATL 1 0 2 2 0 14.0 12 3 1 7 1.93
1999 NLDS1 ATL 0 1 2 1 0 7.0 10 2 5 5 2.57
1999 WS ATL 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 5 2 3 5 2.57
1998 NLCS ATL 0 1 2 1 1 6.0 5 2 3 4 3.00
1998 NLDS1 ATL 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 7 2 0 4 2.57
1997 NLCS ATL 0 2 2 2 0 13.0 9 2 4 16 1.38
1997 NLDS2 ATL 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 7 1 1 6 1.00
1996 NLCS ATL 1 1 2 2 0 14.3 15 4 2 10 2.51
1996 NLDS1 ATL 1 0 1 1 0 7.0 3 0 0 7 0.00
1996 WS ATL 1 1 2 2 0 15.7 14 3 1 5 1.72
1995 NLCS ATL 1 0 1 1 0 8.0 7 1 2 4 1.12
1995 NLDS1 ATL 1 0 2 2 0 14.0 19 7 2 7 4.50
1995 WS ATL 1 1 2 2 0 16.0 9 4 3 8 2.25
1993 NLCS ATL 1 1 2 2 0 12.7 11 7 7 11 4.97
1989 NLCS CHN 0 1 2 2 0 7.3 13 11 4 5 13.50

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 744 740 546 1194 53 98

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1986 CHN P 6 5 1 6 1 0
1987 CHN P 30 27 16 50 4 7
1988 CHN P 34 34 28 45 3 3
1989 CHN P 35 35 35 41 3 4
1990 CHN P 35 35 39 55 0 6
1991 CHN P 37 37 39 50 2 5
1992 CHN P 35 35 30 64 3 1
1993 ATL P 36 36 39 59 7 5
1994 ATL P 25 25 20 38 4 4
1995 ATL P 28 28 18 53 0 3
1996 ATL P 35 35 37 71 1 6
1997 ATL P 33 33 16 49 3 3
1998 ATL P 34 34 31 63 4 5
1999 ATL P 33 33 29 58 4 3
2000 ATL P 35 35 25 68 2 5
2001 ATL P 34 34 19 54 1 3
2002 ATL P 34 34 21 48 1 3
2003 ATL P 36 36 13 58 2 5
2004 CHN P 33 33 21 55 1 3
2005 CHN P 35 35 19 49 3 6
2006 CHN P 22 22 8 35 0 3
2006 LAN P 12 12 6 17 0 6
2007 SDN P 34 34 19 51 1 5
2008 SDN P 26 26 13 45 2 3
2008 LAN P 7 7 4 12 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 744

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2008 Gold Glove P
2007 Gold Glove P
2006 Gold Glove P
2006 Pitcher of the Month April
2005 Gold Glove P
2004 Gold Glove P
2002 Gold Glove P
2001 Gold Glove P
2001 Pitcher of the Month July
2001 Pitcher of the Month June
2001 Player of the Week Week of 2001-07-21
2000 Gold Glove P
2000 Pitcher of the Month September
2000 TSN All-Star RHP
1999 Gold Glove P
1999 Pitcher of the Month August
1998 Gold Glove P
1998 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
1998 Pitcher of the Month June
1998 Player of the Week Week of 1998-06-06
1997 Gold Glove P
1996 Gold Glove P
1995 Cy Young Award
1995 Gold Glove P
1995 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
1995 Pitcher of the Month July
1995 Pitcher of the Month September
1995 Player of the Week Week of 1995-05-27
1995 TSN All-Star RHP
1995 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1994 Cy Young Award
1994 Gold Glove P
1994 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
1994 Player of the Week Week of 1994-08-06
1994 TSN All-Star RHP
1994 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1993 Cy Young Award
1993 Gold Glove P
1993 Pitcher of the Month August
1993 Player of the Week Week of 1993-08-14
1993 Player of the Week Week of 1993-09-04
1993 TSN All-Star RHP
1993 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1992 Cy Young Award
1992 Gold Glove P
1992 TSN All-Star RHP
1992 TSN Pitcher of the Year
1991 Gold Glove P
1991 Player of the Week Week of 1991-10-05
1990 Gold Glove P
1990 Player of the Week Week of 1990-08-04
1988 Pitcher of the Month June

Featured In Rankings

#4
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Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2008 SDN NL $10,000,000
2007 SDN NL $10,000,000
2006 CHN NL $9,000,000
2005 CHN NL $9,000,000
2004 CHN NL $6,000,000
2003 ATL NL $14,750,000
2002 ATL NL $13,100,000
2001 ATL NL $12,500,000
2000 ATL NL $11,100,000
1999 ATL NL $10,600,000
1998 ATL NL $9,600,000
1997 ATL NL $6,775,000
1996 ATL NL $6,675,000
1995 ATL NL $6,500,000
1994 ATL NL $4,975,000
1993 ATL NL $5,875,000
1992 CHN NL $4,200,000
1991 CHN NL $2,400,000
1990 CHN NL $437,500
1989 CHN NL $275,000
1988 CHN NL $82,500
Total Career Earnings $153,845,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2000 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 59.0 160 3
2000 Most Valuable Player NL 12th 12.0 448 0
1998 Cy Young Award NL 4th 10.0 160 0
1997 Cy Young Award NL 2nd 75.0 140 3
1997 Most Valuable Player NL 12th 16.0 392 0
1996 Cy Young Award NL 5th 4.0 140 0
1995 Cy Young Award NL 1st 140.0 140 28
1995 Most Valuable Player NL 3rd 249.0 392 7
1994 Cy Young Award NL 1st 140.0 140 28
1994 Most Valuable Player NL 5th 133.0 392 0
1993 Cy Young Award NL 1st 119.0 140 22
1993 Most Valuable Player NL 13th 17.0 392 0
1992 Cy Young Award NL 1st 112.0 120 20
1992 Most Valuable Player NL 11th 14.0 336 0
1989 Cy Young Award NL 3rd 17.0 120 0