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Greg Maddux
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Career Notes

1996
Completed ninth consecutive season with at least 15 wins ... Maintained an ERA under 3.00 (2.72) for the fourth consecutive season ... Selected to his fifth All-Star team ... Pitched 200+ innings for ninth straight season and won seventh consecutive Golden Glove Award ... Since the 1993 All-Star break, has a 62-21 record and 1.99 ERA ... Did not allow an earned run in seven innings during NL Division Series ... Had a 2.51 ERA while splitting two decisions in NL Championship Series vs. St. Louis ... Worked 8.0 scoreless innings in Game 2 of World Series vs. New York ... Suffered the loss in decisive Game 6 of World Series, surrendering three runs in 7.2 innings.

1995
Dominated the National League once again, posting Cy Young numbers for the fourth straight season ... With his 1.63 ERA, Greg became the first M.L. pitcher since Walter Johnson in 1918-19 to have an ERA less than 1.80 in two consecutive seasons ... Led the Majors in ERA and tied the lead with 19 wins ... His ERA was at .55 below the league average 4.18 ... Has now lead the league in ERA for the third straight year ... Tossed 51.0 consecutive innings without allowing a walk June 3 to July 13 ... Walked just 23 batters the entire season in 209.2 innings pitched, an average of 0.99 free passes per 9.0 innings, tops in the majors ... Had a career-best and NL best 10-game winning streak from May 23 to August 4 ... Greg is 18-0 in his last 20 roads starts with an 0.99 ERA (17 ER, 154.2 IP) dating back to July 2 ... Selected to the NL All-Star team, but did not pitch ... Concluded the season with 21.0 consecutive scoreless innings September 16-27 ... Became first pitcher in history to post a .900 winning percentage (905) with 20 or more decisions ... Was second in the Majors with a .197 opponents batting average against ... Also, ranked tied for first in the NL in IP (209.2) shutouts (3) and third in strikeouts (181)

1994
Became the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young Awards ... Led the Major Leagues with a 1.56 ERA ... Compiled the third-best ERA in the majors since 1919 (Bob Gibson, 1.12, '68; Dwight Gooden, 1.53, '85) ... Established a major league record by finishing 1.09 ahead of Oakland's Steve Ontiveros, who had the second-best ERA in the majors at 2.65 ... The previous mark was 0.48 in 1968 (Gibson, 1.12 and Luis Tiant, 1.60) ... His 10 complete games are a career-high and more than any other NL team except the Dodgers (13) ... Was the starter for the National League at the All-Star game ... Ranked first in the league in innings pitched (202.0), tied for first in wins (16) and shutouts (3), third in strikeouts (156) and fewest walks per nine innings (1.4).

1993
Spent his first season with the Braves after signing as a free agent Dec. 9, 1992 ... Became the fifth player in major-league history to win two Cy Young Awards in a row ... named Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News ... Was only the second player to win the award with two different clubs ... Led the league with a 2.36 ERA and 267 innings ...won 13 of his last 15 decisions, with a 1.85 ERA ... The Braves scored just 15 runs in his 10 losses ... Pitched more than 230 innings for the sixth straight year ... Won his fourth straight Gold Glove Award.

1992
In his seventh and last season with the Cubs, went 20-11 with a 2.18 ERA ... Won his first Cy Young Award ... After the All-Star break, he went 10-3 and maintained a 1.93 ERA ... Became the first Cub since 1977 to win 20 games ... Posted a 12-4 record and a 1.91 ERA at Wrigley Field ... In his 11 losses, the Cubs scored just eight runs and were shut out seven times ... Led the league with 268 innings pitched ... Allowed just seven home runs in those 268 innings ... Signed by the Atlanta Braves as a free agent on Dec. 9, 1992.

1991
Led the National League with 37 starts and 263 innings pitched ... Finished 15-11 with an ERA of 3.35 ... Posted a 2.92 ERA in his last 18 starts ... Struck out 198 batters, second most in the National League, and walked only sixty-six.

1990
Compiled a 15-15 record and a 3.46 ERA ... Opened the season by winning four of his first five starts, then lost eight in a row from May 11 to July 14 ... Followed that losing streak by winning his next five starts ... Won the first of four consecutive Gold Gloves ... Started a league-high 35 games and completed eight.

1989
Won 19 games, second most in the NL, and posted a 2.95 ERA ... Finished third in NL Cy Young voting ... Started twice in the NLCS vs. San Francisco, going 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA.

1988
Was 15-3 going into the All-Star break, including a nine-game win streak from May 22 to July 10 ... At 22, became the youngest Cub named to the All-Star team... Named Pitcher of the Month for June after going 5-0 with a 2.22 ERA ... Pitched 26 2/3 straight scoreless innings from May 6-17 ... Finished the season 18-8 with a 3.18 ERA.

1987
Began the season at Class AAA Iowa before being promoted to the Cubs' starting rotation ... Finished the year 6-14 with a 5.61 ERA ... Lost his last six decisions.

1986
After spending most of the year at Iowa, saw his first major-league action Sept. 2 against Houston at the age of 20, becoming the youngest Cub in the majors since 1967 ... Won his first start Sept. 7 in a complete game against the Reds ... Finished the season with a 2-4 record and a 5.52 ERA.


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