Greg Maddux

Position	Starting Pitcher
Team	Chicago Cubs
Experience	22 years
W-L Record	325-193
Age	40
Height	6' 0" (1.83 meters)
Weight	180 lb (82 kilograms)
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
Place of Birth	San Angelo, Texas
Selection	2nd round amateur draft, 1984
Drafted by	Chicago Cubs
Major League Debut	September 3rd, 1986
Nickname	Mad Dog, The Professor

Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966, in San Angelo, Texas, USA) is a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He is generally thought to be one of the greatest pitchers in the history of Major League Baseball, and is one of only 22 pitchers in Major League history to notch 300 career wins.

300 Win Club

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Winning 300 games is a feat that is much more difficult to achieve now compared to the past due to the increased use of relief pitching, which has reduced the number of decisions for starting pitchers. In addition, Maddux has pitched his entire career in the era of the 5-man rotation, in which starters are given fewer starts per season. For that reason, some baseball historians have said he may be the last pitcher to achieve 300 career wins for decades, if not ever. Amazingly, on July 26, 2005, Maddux joined an even more exclusive club when he recorded his 3,000th strikeout, a feat generally accomplished by power pitchers, not a finesse pitcher like Maddux. Although this feat has been accomplished by several other pitchers, Maddux is one of just two who have done so while allowing fewer than 1,000 walks. The only other pitcher who allowed so few walks with as many strikeouts is former fellow Cub Fergie Jenkins. Maddux has won 20 games only twice, in 1992 and 1993 (although interrupted seasons in 1994 and 1995, when Maddux won 16 and 19 games respectively, likely cost him more). Maddux has won 19 games five times, and 18 games twice.

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