Editing Greg Maddux (section)

==Awards==
In addition to his pitching skills, Maddux was an excellent fielding pitcher. He won 18 Gold Gloves, the record for any position. Of his 18 total awards, Maddux won 10 with the Braves, five with the Cubs, two with the Dodgers and one with the Padres. Maddux was also a good hitting pitcher, with a career .171 batting average, including four seasons batting .200 or better. He hit 5 home runs, with 84 RBIs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maddugr01.shtml |title=Greg Maddux |work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

Maddux pitched in 13 Division Series contests, 17 League Championship games and five World Series games. He has a 3.27 ERA in 198 postseason innings, including an outstanding 2.09 ERA in {{frac|38|2|3}} World Series innings. He was chosen for the National League All-Star team eight times.<ref name="br"/>

Maddux won 20 games only twice, in 1992 and 1993.<ref name="br"/> However, he won 19 games five times (including the 1995 season which was reduced to 144 games from the strike of 1994), 18 games twice, and 16 in the strike shortened 1994 season (which was reduced to 115 games).<ref name="br"/> He won four ERA titles (in 1993–1995 and 1998), and led the NL in [[shutouts in baseball|shutout]]s five times.<ref name="br"/> He holds the major league record for seasons leading his league in games started (7).<ref>"https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_times.shtml {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521215410/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_times.shtml |date=May 21, 2007 }}</ref> He also holds the record for most seasons finishing in the top 10 in the league in wins (18).<ref>"{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_times_top10.shtml |title=Most Times in Top 10 - Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=August 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817235856/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_times_top10.shtml |archive-date=August 17, 2007  }}</ref>

In his 2009 book, "The Annual Baseball Gold Mine" baseball statistics guru [[Bill James]] found Maddux to be far and away the most underrated player in baseball history. The methodology for this included the fact that though Maddux only won 20 games twice, he won 19 games five times. He also had only one season of 200 or more strikeouts but had seasons of 199, 198 and 197, respectively, which diminished his reputation as a strikeout pitcher. In addition to that James also argued that although he had 18 seasons of 200 or more innings pitched, he also had three seasons of {{frac|199|1|3}}, 198 and 194 innings pitched.

In 1999, Maddux ranked 39th on ''[[The Sporting News]]''' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranking pitcher then active. He was also nominated as a finalist for the [[Major League Baseball]] All-Century Team. However, when ''[[The Sports Network|TSN]]'' updated their list in 2005, Maddux had fallen to number 51.

The Cubs retired jersey number 31 on May 3, 2009, in honor of Maddux and [[Ferguson Jenkins]]. The Atlanta Braves retired Maddux's number 31, on July 17, 2009.

"I get asked all the time was he the best pitcher I ever saw. Was he the smartest pitcher I ever saw? The most competitive I ever saw? The best teammate I ever saw? The answer is yes to all of those", said Braves manager [[Bobby Cox]] at the banquet to induct Maddux into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta on July 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/sports/maddux-enters-94046.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab|title=Maddux enters Braves' Hall of Fame - www.ajc.com<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=ajc.com}}</ref>

On January 8, 2014, Maddux was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]. The pitcher later announced that he would not have a team logo on his plaque, citing his history with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs: "It's impossible for me to choose one of those teams ... as the fans of both clubs in each of those cities were so wonderful", Maddux said.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berg|first=Ted|title=Greg Maddux will not go into the Hall of Fame as an Atlanta Brave {{!}} For The Win|url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/greg-maddux-will-not-go-into-the-hall-of-fame-as-an-atlanta-brave/|work=USA Today|date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref>