This caused the Braves major money issues, resulting in them trading Millwood for Estrada. I would love to try to win another game. "The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Maddux started 740 games. You kind of go there to sign a contract and everything.". So Im looking right at the conference on the mound to figure out whats gonna happen.. I try to do two things: locate my fastball and change speeds. Wow. One of the greatest sporting events Ive ever covered was Madduxs absurd eight scoreless innings against the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the 1996 World Series. He batted .650 with a .682 on-base percentage and a 1.200 slugging percentage in propelling the Giants to a 4-1 series victory and their first World Series appearance since 1962. Matter of fact, he traveled to New York in 1992 with designs on signing with the team that twice defeated them in the World Series. Then he got off to such a bad start at spring training in 1988 that he couldnt even sleep at night. I look forward to another good year next year. I'm a pitcher with some control issues that I've finally fixed and want to get some movement. This leaves 845 batters unaccounted for. That's what you do to pitch. Greg Maddux Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right 6-0 , 170lb (183cm, 77kg) Born: April 14, 1966 in San Angelo, TX More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame 4x Cy Young 8x All-Star 1995 World Series 18x Gold Glove 4x ERA Title 31 31 36 30 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. On Wednesday, Powerade announced a new partnership with the Memphis Grizzlies star Morant, who will serve as the face of their rebranded product. It's about winning. " Greg Maddux 4. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be. Its not college I didnt go there just for a recruiting trip. That's what you do to pitch. With two out in the top of the third, Maddux singled to left, starting a five-run rally. And Zimmer leaves Maddux in. The pitches were right there! I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention. -- Greg Maddux, Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready. -- Greg Maddux, There are a lot of shots in golf I can't hit, but I try to hit them anyway. What do I do now? The hypnotist called a dozen or so people up on the stage, including a friend of mine, and then proceeded to hypnotize them and have them do various absurd but harmless things act like a chicken, sing a song out loud, etc. Me, I try to locate better. -- Greg Maddux, Consistency is something you can always improve on. But it turned out the ball was not routine at all. It was mesmerizing. What? I only know one way to pitch. Yes, the pitcher and the catcher are talking to each other to strategize how they attack the hitters and I can't believe how much I love this.pic.twitter.com/wUTdk2mrgN. Im looking right at Maddux right at him and he goes, fastball in. And I was like, Oh my goodness. I looked at Kevin Mitchell and said, Did you see what he just said?, Mitchell, in a separate phone interview, remembered it well: Yep. On Dec. 9, 1992, with Maddux coming off his first Cy Young Award following a 20-11, 2.18 ERA season as a Cub, the Braves inked the right-hander to a five-year, $28 million deal. A handful of circumstances have chipped away at his confidence . Greg Maddux, a Hall of Famer, threw out the ceremonial first pitch during Game 5 of the World Series in 2021. He never felt like he was throwing baseballs out there. I mean, I have no idea how Maddux isnt everybodys favorite pitcher ever. He gets off the mound. As mentioned earlier, it is impossible to know. And you know, thats not cheating. Across his 23-year MLB career, the first-ballot Hall of Famer stacked up 355 wins; four Cy Young awards; more than 3,000 strikeouts; and a sky-scraping WAR of 104.8. In Madduxs mind and this is important to know when looking at his career the words pitching and confidence were practically synonyms. He never really talked pitch selection or strategy or anything. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. And finally, his wife (Kathy) told him, If youre going to say those things when youre on TV, at least cover your mouth.. Evan Thompson is a member of the Roland Hemond (AZ) Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). 1987 DONRUSS #36 GREG MADDUX RC CUBS HOF PSA 10 DNA AUTO 10 B1022074-408. I try to keep as simple as possible. He could do anything he wanted with a baseball. He knew it in his heart as he stood on the mound the changeup was the pitch. I dont have any personal connections to Maddux. (Some versions say 133 instead of 310 and leave out intentional walks.) An interview request to the Hall of Fame media relations department,sheepishly wondering if Maddux might be willing to talk about Clark, was answered quickly and enthusiastically. Maddux was undoubtedly spent. I remember the first time I ever asked him what I should start this guy off with and he said, I havent told you what to throw to a guy all year and Im not going to tell you now. There was never any strategy discussed on the mound.. God, I just remember the grand slam he hit off me, the wind-blown one in the basket, he said. Maybe 1% of it gets peeled back with this fact he would rather you not know: Over the past four seasons Maddux has been the greatest righthanded pitcher since Walter. Maddux, famously, has a near-photographic memory for pitch sequencing, but he was in no position to confirm or deny much about how he approached Clark in Game 1 of the NLCS. After that Yankees World Series game, for instance, Joe Torre said, he gets a lot of calls, though he quickly added, and he deserves to get them.. This year, if I throw 100 pitches, Im throwing between 20 and 30 curveballs. When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. Maybe. I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to. His father Dave after a career in the Air Force became a poker dealer and Greg himself is reputedly someone you wouldnt want to see at your poker table. So, I throw a breaking ball for a strike on the outside half, hes not swinging, Ive evened up the count. That's no way to play baseball. I'm just the opposite. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. And the next time that batter comes up, Maddux would know that the hitter almost certainly will take the first pitch. But, Kaat pointed out that he still held the record for oldest modern pitcher to ever steal a base. and our Take a look at the 10 or so greatest pitchers since 1950 well list them in order of WAR: If you want to add Sandy Koufax, you think high-90s fastball and back-breaking curve. Still, there was a meme that packages statistics of Madduxs career that arent really talked about. Stealing one base in each of. When he came down, I asked him how it felt to be hypnotized. It's an 89 MPH sinker, and you won't even swing at it." -Greg Maddux : r/baseballcards "No need to steal the sign. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. For instance, in 1995, he started off hitters with strikes more than 63 percent of the time. He had to be able to see someone where he could see exactly what they said and I guarantee, he was like, forget that, they aint reading my lips.. I try to keep as simple as possible. You see it all the time now, Brantley said. And hes Greg Maddux. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images). I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. Maddux was drafted and signedby the Chicago Cubs in 1982, but he wouldn't make his MLBdebut until a couple years later. Atlanta Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux taught us that in a commercial 20 years ago and it still rings true today. Maddux was one of the best pitchers who pitched exclusively in the Live Ball Era. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. In their regular-season battles, Clark was 11 for 46 (.239) against Maddux with one homer, six walks, 13 strikeouts and a .709 OPS. My friend, who was normally shy and reserved, did these things as enthusiastically as everyone else. And it would matter a lot. But this was part of the magic he wasnt trying to make any of those lists. He never had a pitch that you would rank among the greatest of all time if you were ranking the top 20 or top 50 fastballs or sliders or curveballs or change-ups, you probably wouldnt put Maddux on any of those lists. I had to be aware of myself, that everything is being recorded.. I pitched just good enough to lose. -- Greg Maddux, I take golf trips with my brother or with friends. We dont really know in what counts 20 of his intentional walks came in, but we know that at least four of them came with one strike against the batter. You told me what was coming, man!'. Instead of doing 5 good pitches an inning, try to make six. If not for the unnamed Yankees executive suffering a heart attack, things could have been real different for each of the storied franchises. In 1996, when teams were averaging 5.04 runs per game, at the time the highest rate since the 1930s, Greg Maddux's ERA was less than half that at 2.72. Writer Jason Lukehart invented the statistic in 2012 and named it after his favorite baseball player, Greg Maddux. He threw a three-hit shutout to kick things off in Atlanta. 2nd inning: Three groundouts Many see 30 count and notice that there are 312 plate appearances (PA) something the original meme creator might have rounded down to 310. 4th inning: Two groundouts and one infield lineout Maddux didnt strike Gwynn out a single time NOT ONCE. I know, he would say, that hes not going to swing at a breaking ball for the first strike. The cards were a tough pull . I expect to be back. When Greg Maddux threw out the first pitch ahead of Game 5 of the 2021 World Series, Atlanta Braves fans at Truist Park were completely beside themselves. Thats what worked for me. I daydream just like everybody else. Hes not bragging now, and he certainly didnt brag then. Pride was a fluent lip-reader, and Maddux says that pitchers around the league were well aware of that. He walked the leadoff hitter of an inning in. Why do you think? Maddux said. He also is a credentialed member of the Diamondbacks press corps for Last Word on Baseball. I will be back. -- Greg Maddux, I look forward to another good year next year. Me, I try to locate better., Consistency is something you can always improve on. I knew he threw a two seam and a changeup. Then there is the pitcher with a 4.50 ERA in 2020. Me, I try to locate better. It was seen as a given that Greg Maddux would go into the Hall of Fame wearing the cap of the Atlanta Braves, the team for which he spent the most time and had the most success. All Rights Reserved. Lets just make sure were using the right number when describing Madduxs stats. Nobody did it. Greg Maddux got to see that firsthand. SPONSORED. He began covering Bay Area sports in 1995, including stints as a beat writer covering the Giants and 49ers. But Im not overconfident., And on May 11, he pitched the best game of his life a 10-inning, three-hit shutout against the Padres. Some said it was an earthquake, others just leaky pipes, while some even reported seeing phantom members of the baseball world floating about in their bedrooms. In typical Maddux form, he only walked 92 hitters in 574 innings and 11 of those were intentional. You can always do more of what you are doing well and try to be as consistent as you can be. -- Greg Maddux, When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. He made his 70 million dollar fortune with Atlanta Braves& Chicago Cubs. He is the author of A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs and has covered the Arizona Diamondbacks for Last Word on Baseball since 2019. Chicks dig the long ball. " Greg Maddux 3. Wet grass is slippery, I don't believe for one second that the eye surgery has helped me on the mound. That's it. Much of that excellence occurred while Maddux was a member of the Atlanta Braves. With the best pitcher in baseball in the fold for at least part of that run, perhaps they'd have hoisted one or two more trophies. Maddux said on David Cone's Toeing the Slab podcast, advanced a slightly different version of events, According to Bill Madden of the New York Daily News, Unsigned FA Jurickson Profar to play in WBC, Orioles, Pirates play final half-inning without umpires, MLB hires three to ramp up 'local media' department, Report: Padres sign Rougned Odor to minor-league deal, 10 MLB positional battles ahead of Opening Day, How the Dodgers can replace Gavin Lux after injury, Maddux says he planned on signing with Yankees in 1992, Dodgers SS Gavin Lux tears ACL, will miss entire season. And if your balls doing something in that last 10 feet, that can be just as impressive as how fast it goes over 60 feet.. Maybe the lesson is that you shouldnt leave a pitcher in after throwing 160 pitches? He was terrific in Des Moines, but was even worse when they called him back. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Maddux pulled him aside, as Martin recalled, and suggested the games would go smoother if Martin simply set up on the outside corner and called no pitches. The Giants led 4-3 and had the bases loaded with two out. 1993 Topps Black Gold #12 Greg Maddux ($1.25) The 1993 Topps Black Gold design has resurfaced in 2021 Topps, so this look should be a familiar one to modern collectors. And I tagged it. Who wants to be the party pooper to wreck the show? I go up to into home plate and dig my hole my little foot hole I normally do. You might think Maddux could have written a textbook in pitching efficiency that day, but actually, the game was probably moving too quick. $8.00 shipping. His 4.9% walk rate is the second-lowest among Hall of Fame pitchers who pitched solely in the Live Ball Era (Robin Roberts, 4.7%). This is no doubt exaggerated. We associate the ability to repeat one's key mechanical points time and again, from the stretch and from the windup, with pitcher athleticism. The Braves soon ponied up, and the rest is National League history. One of the most useful research tools on Baseball Reference is the Splits data. All-time leader: Tony Mullane, 112 Active leader: Zack Greinke, 9 Penny threw seven shutout innings, striking out six and walking nobody. I expect to be back. His worst miss, by distance, missed across the plate but also missed low, so it was just a ball, and nothing. One of the things that happened to me, I was in the minor leagues so long that when I did get a chance to get to the big leagues, I forgot about it. He got me out a lot of times, too, he said. So thanks for that. This may sound pretty typical for Maddux in his heyday the guy threw a lot of shutout. Myth: Greg Maddux faced 20,421 batters during his career. But Maddux said that the bigger reason for the glove coverage, and the impetus for its widespread usage around the league, was Curtis Pride, an outfielder with terrific plate discipline who broke in with the Montreal Expos in 1993. In 2024, for their designated events, they are planning to have fewer, Has Aaron Rodgers made a decision about his future with the Green Bay Packers? In other words, the last pitch of the plate appearance came on a 30 count. The former Atlanta Braves hurler faced Gwynn 107 times during their overlapping Hall-of-Fame careers. Except for that (expletive) Tony Gwynn.. Do not let the reality fool you this is still nothing short of amazing. But Maddux utterly enthralled me. With several pitches, four strike zone quadrants and many changes of. If you look five columns to the left of where I highlighted his total batters faced, youll see he intentionally walked 177 batters over the course of his career. Keep in mind that this data only goes back to 1988, so we must adjust batters faced to 19,576 and intentional walks to 162. There were 310 batters that faced Maddux in 30 counts, but the creator shouldve added at least two more. In reality, though, he held all the cards all the time. Hudler, the ballplayer turned broadcaster, gets extra insight during his new life in the booth. On May 17, 1988, Greg Maddux threw 10 shutout innings at Wrigley Field against the St. Louis Cardinals. And Maddux throws me a 3-2 changeup and I sort of hooked it out to right-center for a homer. So if hes throwing three lefties in and hes not throwing one lefty in, then whats the deal here? Clark said. Thanks to Baseball-reference.coms Play Index (which is totally worth your subscription dollars), we can definitively see that of his 177 intentional walks, 153 of them came in 30 counts. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Maddux picking to the Braves on a five-year, $28-million deal crushed the Yankees, who were coming off a 76-86 season that was their fourth losing one in a row. You kind of go there to sign the contract and everything. But I really know how to do this. He wound up signing a five-year, $28 million pact with the Braves, and that turned into one of the biggest free-agent steals ever, at least from the club standpoint. To get in your head. I think that was one of those games where if he got it up in the air, it was going out.. Maddux confirmed Sutcliffes scouting report. Perhaps more, though. Pinning down the precise origin story is tricky; Jayson Stark dived into the topic years ago and wound up with more theories and dead ends than a search for Bigfoot. Greg Maddux, who was a key part of the Braves powerhouse teams in the 1990s, revealed on an episode of the Toeing the Slab podcast with David Cone that he didnt intend on signing with Atlanta at all. The quotes from Clark here are from a recorded 2016 interview with this reporter when Clark spoke about his torrid NLCS against the Cubs. Follow Daniel on Twitter @BrownieAthletic. Upon joining the Braves, Maddux would lead the league in ERA, complete games and innings pitched in each of his first three seasons, collecting a Cy Young for each campaign. I had the nice day, went around, went to a show, went to dinner, and they said, well be in touch with a contract offer.. But Maddux legends? So, fastball, over the plate, and thats a stolen strike. Maddux had only just turned 22. Why would Maddux deserve to get strike calls that other pitchers do not get? Even in his last year in the big leagues, his slider would get into the upper-80s. The right-hander used a combination of location and changing speeds to keep hitters off balance rather than blow them away with high velocity. Nobody could tell. Kaat was 41 in 1980 when he swiped a base against the Pirates. "Greg Maddux faced 20,421 batters during his career and only 310 saw a 3-0 count. It was his fundamentals, his mechanics putting him in position, but it was also because he put in the work to be excellent at a thing a lot of pitchers don't care about at all. They won the World Series in 1996, 1998, and 1999, and then they added another ring in 2000. There is no special food or anything like that, I just try to make quality pitches and try to be prepared each time I go out there. But they had them. Yes, Nestor Cortes raised a glove to shield his face when he spoke, because thats the custom whenever pitchers are protecting vital information on the mound. This was more than a happy accident. Has Aaron Rodgers made a decision about his future with Packers? That's it. He just doesnt want us to read his lips, Hudler said. In those three seasons, Maddux faced 3,060 batters, and 158 roughly 5.1% saw a 30 count. According to Baseball-reference.coms Play Index, 312 batters experienced 30 counts against Maddux, no less. For the next eleven years, Maddux would dominate the game like no one else. The internet was not a thing when Maddux won the Cy Young Award for four years in a row. He would win at least 15 games in every year with the team. But I really know how to do this. There is no special food or anything like that, I just try to make quality pitches and try to be prepared each time I go out there., What has benefited me the most is learning I can't control what happens outside of my pitching.. He was 42 years old. If thats not respect, I dont know what is. This row, however, does not mean that there were 312 plate appearances that saw a 30 count. It's about winning. We hope you enjoy. Maddux was only 23 . And it worked.. Vintage San Diego Padres Lot Tony Gwynn Roberto Alomar Rookie Greg Maddux Mint. If we are going to talk about stealing pitches, we do need to talk about the Maddux strike zone. Clearly, things worked out fine for the Yankees, who won four championships during Madduxs 11-year tenure with the Braves. There have been 869 pitcher steals since 1918. There will be the customary love letters to Will Clarks gorgeous swing when the Giants retire his number on Saturday. Im like, Oh, Jesus. Now you look back and everybodys doing it.. Maddux made it look like he was all but defenseless out there. Lets take a deep breath and dive into some key moments in this evolution of baseball protocol. So, I can see Maddux. Do I even need to tell you what a thrill it is to sit down with Greg Maddux and talk pitching? People judge too much by results. Adam Eaton has a fifth of the pitcher. In addition, Maddux lives in Las Vegas, and he thinks like a gambler. Gwynn struck out 434 times in 10,232 plate appearances. Cookie Notice As for American League history, you'll recall that the decade of the 1990s still unfolded quite nicely for the Yankees. But that is a mere speck compared to the veritable Fort Knox Gallo delivered on Wednesday, joining MLB Network to tell the story of the time he pitched a no-hitter and then took Greg Maddux's . It would be nice to win, too. -- Greg Maddux, I don't care if we're out of it or not, if I've got a chance to pitch, I want to. -- Greg Maddux, My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. Thats just how it played out Man, Will is the one who taught me how to read lips. Thats just finding a weakness from an opponent and using it to your advantage.. The frustration is not there, because I'm still learning. Over the next four seasons, Maddux would go 69-49 for Chicago with a 2.97 ERA in just over 1,000 innings. The Athletics Alec Lewis, Rustin Dodd, Chad Jennings, C. Trent Rosecrans and Zach Buchanan contributed to this report, (Top Image: John Bradford / The Athletic; Photos: David Madison, Ronald Martinez / Getty Images). There are several times every game where the hitter will just give you a strike. Because for five games in the 89 playoffs, Will the Thrill had the Cubs number. It was what the ball did in the last 10 feet that mattered. It dropped to 4.9% in 1993 and was only higher than 5% in one of his remaining seasons (2002). I've worked with Stacy for over 30 years. I used to read the lips of the pitcher and the pitching coach when I was in the batters box.. I didn't go there just for a recruiting trip. He faced 893 batters that season. Lesson? So we have two at-bats now, and he has not come in on me.. And Maddux lost the game. Reds broadcaster Jeff Brantley was teammates with Clark at Mississippi State as well as with the Giants, including on that 89 team, and he came the closest to endorsing the Maddux at-bat as the epicenter. Im more confident with all of my pitches., I have a lot of confidence now, he said. And then the next year, when I come into spring training, its even more of a big story.. He does it with (pause, think, pause) a lot of finesse.. In July that year, when playing for the Padres against the Braves, Maddux knocked a single off Charlie Morton and then, yep, stole second base. The last 10 feet, he says. No, he is not haunted by the moment. You feel so comfortable against him, Joe Girardi said. Understand, it wasnt disrespect they all respected Maddux. After getting Ozzie Smith to line out and Willie McGee to hit a harmless bouncer to first, though, he allowed a ground-ball single to Tom Brunansky, a line-drive single to Bob Horner and an infield single to Tony Pea. I really do., I daydream just like everybody else. Still, Maddux is a Hall of Famer and theres no reason to dispute otherwise. In the last month and half of the season, batters hit .347 against Maddux, he walked 19 batters in 27 1/3 innings and the Cubs lost all seven games he appeared in. Wrigleys either the best place in the league to pitch in or the worst. But the Hall . I will be back., I look forward to another good year next year. Will Clark demonstrated as much during the 1989 National League Championship Series, when he locked his gaze on Greg Maddux during a mound visit and saw him mouth the magic words fastball in before turning on an inside fastball for a tone-setting Game 1 grand slam. But he said Mitchell let it slip to a few Giants teammates, who let it slip to a few beat writers. Rex Hudler, the longtime utility dynamo, leans slightly toward the Clark camp They werent doing it before that, he said Wednesday. Not since Walter Johnson pitched for the Washington Senators in the Teens has baseball seen such a dominating right-hander. Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. That's what pitchers have to do to win games. The next pitch, blam, a line drive smashed into the chest of Dodgers first base coach John Shelby. Well, except one. For nearly 30 years, baseball fans have believed Greg Maddux . Stealing strikes. Maddux was the ace of a Braves team that dominated the division throughout most of the 1990s and early 2000s. Have to watch Bartolos HR when I need a little boost. He wanted to stay in. Rodgers took a few days to contemplate his future and, In hindsight, Ja Morants new endorsement deal could have picked a much better launch date. "It might be the last time we ever see 300," Kasten says. You hear all this talk about cheating in baseball. Fortunately, Madduxdidsign with the Braves and we avoided all of that. It was the first time Id ever heard that term. The right-hander, who went 35-19 with a 3.36 ERA in 66 career starts against the Mets . I'd rather try and not win than not try at all., I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. One of the reasons now is all the angles and all the cameras. 22 years ago today, a great cosmic shift was felt around the world. The deal almost wasn't. Only 644 (that we know of; we are missing data for 1,166 batters) saw a 30 count and 153 came on intentional walks. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. The ball was there for us, Williams said. One former GM responded to the emailed question immediately to say it was the classic Giants-Cubs in the 1989 NLCS but he recalled the big lip-reading moment as being Clark vs. Les Lancaster. That's it. You remember that people called him The Professor. Period. I mean, if Will read my lips, then thats more power to him, Maddux said. That's what you do to pitch. No. It was quite funny. Across his 23 seasons, he walked 999 hitters. The frustration is not there, because I'm still learning. 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