Greg Maddux - Inducted 2002

Biography:

Few Major League baseball players can be assured of their induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. before they retire. That makes Greg Maddux part of an elite group.
Maddux, a 1984 graduate of Valley High School, won four consecutive Cy Young award from 1992 and 1995. Only Roger Clemens has more Cy Youngs than Maddux. Maddux has had successful stints with both Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. He returned to the Cubs in 2004 to start his 19th Major League season.
During the 2004 season, Maddux recorded his 300th career victory making him just the 20th pitcher to ever reach that milestone. At the conclusion of the 2004 season, he had recorded 305 wins, 2,916 career strikeouts and his 2.95 lifetime earned run average ranks among the best in the history of the game.
In 2009, the Cubs retired uniform No. 31 In honor of Maddux and Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins.
Maddux currently serves as an assistant to Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry. His responsibilities include assisting the coaching staffs at major league and minor league spring training, assisting in the development of minor leaguers during the regular season and assisting Hendry and the baseball operations department in talent evaluation.

The Maddux File

Born:  April 13, 1966 (San Angelo, Texas)

Education: Valley High School in Las Vegas (1984)

Family: 
Wife, Kathy
Daughter, Amanda
Son, Chase

Claim to Fame: 19-year Major League veteran; four-time Cy Young Award Winner; ranks among the top all-time players in wins, strikeouts and earned run average.