Editing Greg Maddux (section)

===Second stint with the Chicago Cubs (2004–2006)===
Maddux returned to the Cubs as a free agent prior to the 2004 season, when he signed with them on February 18, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-18 |title=Maddux agrees to three-year deal with Cubs |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1737634 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Maddux got his first win on April 23 after losing 3 consecutive games at the beginning of the season. On August 7, Maddux defeated the San Francisco Giants, 8–4, to garner his [[300 win club|300th career victory]]. In April 2005, he beat [[Roger Clemens]] for his 306th win in the first National League matchup between 300-game winners in 113 years.<ref name="chronology"/> On July 26, 2005, after a three-hour rain delay, Maddux struck out [[Omar Vizquel]] to become the thirteenth member of the [[3,000 strikeout club]] and only the ninth pitcher with both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts, having reached both marks against the [[San Francisco Giants]]. Maddux finished as one of the four pitchers to top 3,000 strikeouts while having allowed fewer than 1,000 walks (he had 999). The other three pitchers who have accomplished this feat are [[Ferguson Jenkins]], [[Curt Schilling]], and [[Pedro Martínez]].

Maddux's 13&ndash;15 record in 2005 was his first losing record since 1987, and snapped a string of seventeen consecutive seasons with 15 or more wins. (Cy Young had surpassed the 15-win total for 15 straight years; both Young and Maddux reached 13+ wins for 19 consecutive seasons. This is even more impressive considering that Cy Young pitched in an era with no more than 4 regular starters that would average more than 40+ games per season, whereas Maddux pitched in an era with a 5-man rotation when reaching 40 starts in a season was virtually unheard of.)