IAL Hall of Fame: Greg Maddux

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Greg Maddux

Pitcher

inducted in 2011

Greg Maddux Gets the Call

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

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