IAL Hall of Fame: Greg Maddux

Greg Maddux

inducted in 2011

Greg Maddux was inducted into the IAL Hall of Fame. He finished his career with a record of 354 wins versus 232 losses. Besides leading all time in wins, Greg also tops the charts in starts 749, complete games 193, 63 shutouts, and innings pitched 5,086’. Maddux is 2nd all time in strikeouts 3,925, compared to only 1,271 bases on balls, over a 3-to-1 ratio. His career ERA of 3.59 is just out of the top ten, #10 currently stands at 3.57.

In 1988 the Chicago Champions drafted Greg Maddux as D-Y, after he’d posted a 5.61 ERA, a 6-14 record, and allowed 181 base hits over 155” innings of work for the Chicago Cubs. He started 42 games for the Champs in his rookie season, finishing with a 4-15 record and a 6.83 ERA, who knew of the greatness that was to come. Maddux was one of several Champions drafted, who shared their birthday, April 14th, with Chicago skipper Tedd Mallasch.

The six-time Cy Young Award winner, relied on guile, grit, determination, along with competitiveness, but his pinpoint control was what defined Maddux as a pitcher. In 1997 he walked only 13 batters in 245 innings worked. In fact from 1996-98, he only issued 59 free passes over 712’ innings pitched. Greg was a winner, winning twenty or more games 1993-96, and then again in 2001.

It wasn’t just about personal performance for Maddux, if the team wasn’t winning Greg wasn’t happy. Fortunately the Champions finished in 1st place in his rookie year and then again in his last season in the bigs, with a lot of reasons to celebrate in between. Four times Chicago finished in first place and five times they won it all.

It’s kind of neat to compare his MLB numbers with his IAL numbers. Here are his real life stats compared to his in the Illowa APBA League:

	YEAR	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	W	L	Sv	ShO	ERA
MLB	23	744	740	109	5008 1/3	4726	1981	1756	999	3371	355	227	0	35	3.16
IAL	22	749	749	193	5086 1/3	4092	2216	2030	1271	3925	354	232	0	63	3.59

He came in as the Batboy and went out as the Professor. Here’s to the greatest pitcher in the history of the Illowa APBA League, Greg Maddux!

– Tedd Mallasch, manager of the Chicago Champions

YEAR	CLUB	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	W	L	Sv	ShO	ERA
1988	CHAMPS	42	42	3	178	235	160	135	95	155	4	15	0	0	6.83
1989	CHAMPS	34	34	7	235	228	107	103	67	161	13	14	0	3	3.94
1990	CHAMPS	35	35	5	236 2/3	219	123	112	92	162	15	10	0	2	4.26
1991	CHAMPS	34	34	8	233 2/3	169	74	67	55	155	12	10	0	3	2.58
1992	CHAMPS	37	37	10	262	208	100	94	82	187	20	11	0	4	3.23
1993	CHAMPS	35	35	14	267	144	66	58	72	250	20	10	0	8	1.96
1994	CHAMPS	36	36	13	266 2/3	160	89	76	92	211	21	8	0	7	2.56
1995	CHAMPS	36	36	18	287	163	100	97	84	289	23	10	0	6	3.04
1996	CHAMPS	32	32	10	235 2/3	124	64	61	24	260	22	5	0	4	2.33
1997	CHAMPS	35	35	6	245	188	95	81	13	166	16	10	0	3	2.98
1998	CHAMPS	32	32	14	231 2/3	168	103	95	22	225	17	15	0	3	3.69
1999	CHAMPS	34	34	11	251	169	106	96	101	257	16	11	0	3	3.44
2000	CHAMPS	30	30	12	219 2/3	176	87	81	29	135	17	6	0	2	3.32
2001	CHAMPS	32	32	16	249	178	88	81	27	196	21	9	0	4	2.93
2002	CHAMPS	32	32	11	233	178	95	86	21	151	17	7	0	2	3.32
2003	CHAMPS	32	32	1	199 1/3	176	104	100	62	126	15	11	0	1	4.52
2004	CHAMPS	34	34	6	218 1/3	225	119	107	22	128	11	15	0	0	4.41
2005	CHAMPS	33	33	9	212 1/3	214	124	118	75	176	10	19	0	1	5.00
2006	CHAMPS	35	35	7	225	197	107	100	72	135	15	12	0	3	4.00
2007	CHAMPS	32	32	6	209 1/3	183	97	92	54	146	15	6	0	2	3.96
2008	CHAMPS	34	34	2	197 1/3	206	117	102	60	134	15	11	0	0	4.65
2009	CHAMPS	33	33	4	193 2/3	184	91	88	50	120	19	7	0	2	4.09
22	Totals	749	749	193	5086 1/3	4092	2216	2030	1271	3925	354	232	0	63	3.59