Greg Maddux Retires – Hall of Fame

Greg Maddux, most recently of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has decided to retire. At 43, Maddux retires with 355 career victories and is undoubtedly a first ballot Hall of Famer.

To go along with his 355 wins, he also had a career ERA of 3.16 and more than 3300 strikeouts. In his more than 5000 innings pitched, he walked less than 100 batters. Amazingly enough, he had at least 13 victories for 20 straight years — between 1988 and 2007.

Although he didn’t have a great season, he had a few big games for the Dodgers after being traded at midseason from the San Diego Padres. It’s difficult to pinpoint the best years of his career but his back to back sub-2.00 ERA years in 1994 and 1995 are definitely high on the list.

To put in perspective just how good Maddux was, here’s a list of where he ranks historically in terms of wins:

All-Time Wins Leaders
1) Cy Young – 511
2) Walter Johnson – 417
3) Pete Alexander – 373
3) Christy Mathewson – 373
5) Pud Galvin – 364
6) Warren Spahn – 363
7) Kid Nichols – 361
Greg Maddux – 355

All told, Maddux will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the history of the game and arguably the best pitcher of the last quarter century.