Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 13, 2008
One More Win

Greg Maddux pitches five shutout innings today as the Padres defeat the Dodgers 1-0. Maddux allowed two hits and the bullpen three as the Dodgers drop under 4.0 runs per game.

The win is number 349 for Greg, putting him on the threshold of 350. I once got on air at ESPN discussing why it had become more difficult for pitchers to win 300 games, just about 10 years ago. Not only have we seen three 300 game winners, but it looks like we'll end up with two 350 game winners. It's a remarkable feat in an era where pitchers make fewer starts per season and come out of the game much earlier.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:01 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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It's interesting to me that Maddux has managed to sustain, roughly, a league average performance (over a lot of innings each year) for the past 4 or 5 years. I'm curious how long he could maintain that, and what kind of crazy number his win total could reach if he just keeps going out there as long as he's decent.

Posted by: TC at April 14, 2008 10:05 AM
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