Unique among his peers, Greg Maddux will be missed (Excellent read)

Unique among his peers, Greg Maddux will be missed (Excellent read)

Greg Maddux will be remembered as the best pitcher of his generation. In the end, there’s not much debate about that.

Others are in the discussion. Randy Johnson and Tom Glavine. Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez and Mike Mussina.
Any list begins with Maddux, though. His 355 victories are the most in this era of the five-man rotation. Since World War II, only Warren Spahn has won more games.
Maddux was an eight-time All-Star and winner of a record 18 Gold Gloves. In 23 seasons, he was on the disabled list once. (We’ll get to more numbers later.)

No pitcher was more consistent than Maddux. No one tortured hitters with precision more than Maddux.

sportingnews.com
12/7/08