Greg Maddux's 4 Insane Cy Young Seasons

Maddux and that pitching staff was only thing that could stop the 95’ Indians

Watching that pitching rotation dominate the NL for over a decade was truly something special. Every game the Braves had an ACE out on the mound. It was so tough to beat them in a best of 5 or 7 series, I feel so lucky to have witnessed that first hand.

His two seamer that comes back to the plate on lefties is a thing of beauty

I firmly believe Maddux's 94 and 95 seasons are top-3 since integration, and top-3 in the AL/NL since Walter Johnson. Yes, they were shortened, but he threw 202 and 209 innings -- and the only season I'd rank above these is Pedro Martinez's 2000 season where with no labor dispute he threw 217 innings. Maddux also had 25 and 28 starts, while Pedro had 29 -- across a full season! Which means Maddux was having to do all this on a whole lot less rest than pitchers nowadays are used to.

Maddux has to be the greatest pitcher of all-time. When you look at all the other most commonly listed greatest you see pitchers with great stuff who usually could throw harder. He was a magician out there. I'm not sure anyone has ever done more with less and to pitch as good as he did in his era is remarkable. We could come back in 100 years and I highly doubt a better defender at his position will have come along

What game and inning is shown at 13:43? I don't remember what happened to cause the ump to grab the batter

Great job.

I enjoy these kinds of videos, but there are always inaccuracies. The Braves actually played in the NL West in those days(93), and won their division on the last day of the season in an NL where competition was severely thinned by expansion(the Giants won 103 games and missed the postseason).

Wrigley Field not having lights shouldn't be hard to believe. The Friendly Confines lacked lights not because it was somehow 50 years behind the times, but by very deliberate choice. Like fans famously watching games from the rooftops across Waveland Avenue out beyond left field, and the field's ivy-covered outfield brick wall, Wrigley's status as the last Major League park without lights - hosting only afternoon games - was part of the lore of this stadium steeped in tradition, cherished by fans even outside Chicago.

Greatness

How about his like 18 gold glove awards 😳

HELL, CY YOUNG DOESN'T HAVE 4 CY YOUNG AWARDS!

Braves won the NL West in 1993. Not the east

From 1997-2000 Pedro Martinez was 77-25 with a 2.10 ERA, 1153 strikeouts and 3 Cy Young Awards plus 1 runner up finish. He would have had 4 straight Cy Young is Clemens was not on steroids. In Maddox’s 4 straight Cy Young seasons he was 75-29 with a 2.21 ERA and 737 strikeouts. This is not to downplay Maddox’s seasons as it was a great run but Pedro’s 4 consecutive season exceeded Maddox’s in every regard.

At 4:31 he says “his ERA never dropped below 3 again” when I think he meant to say it never rose above 3 again.

Everybody at the end of this video: "Wait, what?" "Oh my."

It would be killer if the Cubs still had all day games at home.

Hill I'm willing to die on. Greg Maddux was the greatest pitcher of all time

Those gold gloves though

1 Randy Johnson 2 Pedro Martinez 3 Roger Clemens 4 Greg Maddux 5 Nolan Ryan Best pitchers of my lifetime. Scherzer and Verlander close