Greg Maddux #31
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Greg
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Height:6-0
Weight:175
Born:4/14/66 in San Angelo, TX
Resides:Las Vegas, NV
Bats:Right
ThrowsRight
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1999 Season: Recorded his 12th consecutive season with 15 or more wins and 19 for the third time...His 3.57 ERA was the highest in a season since 1987, when he posted a 5.61 with the Cubs and the first time over 3.00 since 1991 (3.35)...1999 also marked the first time he did not throw at least one shutout in a full season and the four complete games were his lowest total since 1987, when he threw one...Earned his 10th consecutive Gold Glove award, tieing him with Ken Griffey Jr. for the longest current streak among active players...Compiled a 12-4 record with a 2.86 ERA (5th in NL) in 19 starts at home but went 7-5 on the road with a 4.71 ERA in 14 starts...Averaged 92 pitches a start, 4th lowest in the NL but allowed a career high 258 hits... Named the NL Pitcher of the Month for August after going 6-0 with a 3.69 ERA…Compiled an 8-game winning streak in 8 starts July 26-Sept. 6 (8-0, 2.84 57.0 IP, 18 ER, 6 BB, 41 K)…He went 30.2 consecutive innings without issuing a walk Aug. 11-Sept. 12…He missed his scheduled start Aug. 27 with a chipped bone in his right wrist incurred while diving after a John Vander Wal foul pop Aug. 21…Maddux hurled consecutive complete games July 21 at Florida and July 26 vs. Milwaukee…Went 14-5 with a 2.86 ERA (43 ER in 135.0 IP) in his last 21 starts, lowering his overall ERA from 4.64 to 3.57…He had an 0.86 ERA (4 ER in 41.2 IP) in 6 starts June 16-July 11…Pitched 20 consecutive scoreless innings June 22-July 7…Gave up 10 HR in first 13 starts, but only 6 in last 20 outings (two in last 6 starts)…In a 3-1 win over the Astros June 16, Maddux recorded 10 K, his most since fanning a career-high 13 Blue Jays June 27, 1998, in Atlanta…On May 4 in Atlanta, he gave up 8 ER, including a grand slam to Mark McGwire, in a 9-1 loss to the Cards…It was only the second slam ever allowed by Maddux in the regular season...Then, in a 9-2 loss to the Mets September at New York, allowed his 3rd, to John Olerud (1st had been to Phillies Benito Santiago May 3, 1996 in Atlanta)…The 8 ER allowed May 4 matched the most he’s ever surrendered in one game…He also allowed 8 ER on Aug. 5, 1988, in a 9-3 loss to the Phillies in Chicago…Went 4-0 with a 2.73 ERA in 5 April starts...Did not win a game in May, going 0-3 in six starts with a 6.10 ERA...Finished 3rd in the NL with 19 wins, 8th with a 3.57 ERA, 6th with a .679 winning pct and 9th with 219.1 IP…His 161 wins are the most in the majors since the start of 1991, seven more than Tom Glavine’s 154…Greg is 118-43 (.733) with a 2.29 ERA (377 ER in 1,480.1 IP) in 203 regular season starts since the 1993 All-Star break…In those 203 games, he has allowed more than 3 ER just 37 times…Is 94-2 when having five+ runs scored for him since the 1991 All-star break...Since the 1910s only one starting pitcher has had a lower ERA in any decade-Sandy Kofax at 2.36 in the 1960s...The Braves scored 197 runs in Maddux’s 33 starts (6.0 runs/game)...Led all Braves pitchers with 2 home runs (4/6 off Phillies' Chad Ogea and 5/30 off Dodgers' Kevin Brown) and 13 sac hits and tied Smoltz for lead in RBI with 7...Among active career starting pitching leaders is 1st with a 2.81 ERA, 2nd with 221 wins, 93 CG and 28 shutouts, 3rd with 432 games started and 3068.2 IP, 6th with 2160 K and T8th with a .637 winning percentage (based on 100 decisions).Since 1987 has induced 261 GDIPs to rank 2nd in the majors...Over the last five years his 2.47 ERA and 90 wins place him 1st among active pitchers with a minimum of 750.0 IP...He also ranks 1st with 176 wins and a 2.54 ERA over the last decade based on 1,500.0 IP...Is the only active pitcher to have an ERA under 3.00 over the last decade. 1999 POST-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:--Division Series:Suffered first DS setback against 4 wins in Game 1 in Atlanta (7.0 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K)…Made a relief appearance in the 7th inning of Game 3 at Houston, but walked his only batter faced, Craig Biggio…NLCS: Beat the Mets in Game 1 in Atlanta, 4-2 (7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K)…Received ND in the 15-inning marathon at NY in Game 5, eventually won by the Mets, 4-3 (7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K)…Allowed a 2-run homer to John Olerud in the 1st inning, before blanking New Yorkers over his final 6.0 IP…World Series: Carried a 1-0 lead into the 8th inning of Game 1 in Atlanta, but 2 errors contributed to 4-run Yankee uprising and hand Maddux the defeat (7.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K).
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