Greg Maddux
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American baseball player
Why Is Greg Maddux Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gregory Alan Maddux , also known as "Mad Dog" and "the Professor," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball , primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs, whom he achieved his greatest success with. With the Braves, he won the 1995 World Series over the Cleveland Indians. The first to achieve a number of feats and records, Maddux was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award four consecutive years , matched by only one other pitcher, Randy Johnson. During those four seasons, Maddux had a 75–29 record with a 1.98 earned run average , while allowing less than one baserunner per inning.
