Saturday, August 21, 2021

Is it a major league statistic if the opponent is the Orioles?

"A Maddux describes a start in which a pitcher tosses a shutout on fewer than 100 pitches. It's named after Hall of Fame pitcher -- and former Brave -- Greg Maddux. Fried joined the ranks of two other Braves pitchers who tossed shutouts on 90 or fewer pitches (since pitch counts began being tracked in 1988): Tom Glavine and Maddux himself, who did it five times and was the last Braves pitcher to do it in 90 pitchers or fewer."

It's named after career 39-game winner Mike Maddux, who once threw 100 pitches in one inning, in a childhood backyard wiffle ball game.

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