STARTING PITCHER: Greg Maddux, Braves
| W-L 11-2 | ERA 1.64 | K's 107 |
Let's get one thing straight: There is Maddux, and then there is
everyone else. Tom Glavine? Andy Ashby? Aaron Sele? They're
having nice seasons, sure, but as usual, no one has pitched
better than Maddux. Even the greats have a clunker of a season
once in a while. Not Maddux. He has run off six straight
sub-3.00 ERAsFord, Gibson and Koufax never didand is on his
way to a seventh. He is 109-44 (.712) with a 2.14 ERA in
1,4241/3 innings during his six-year run. No pitcher has been
that dominant since Koufax went 129-47 (.733) with a 2.19 ERA in
1,6322/3 innings between 1961 and 1966.
photo by Chuck Solomon
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