Garry Maddox

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)
Born: September 1, 1949 in Cincinnati, OH
Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA).
High School: San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA)
Debut: April 25, 1972 (10,833rd in MLB history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: April 20, 1986
vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Agents: Jerry Kapstein
Full Name: Garry Lee Maddox
Nicknames: Secretary of Defense

Nine Players Who Debuted in 1972

Dwight Evans
Buddy Bell
Mike Schmidt
Bob Boone
Gary Matthews
Davey Lopes
Goose Gossage
Rick Reuschel
Garry Maddox

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Notable Events and Chronology for Garry Maddux Career

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November 29, 1975

Brooks Robinson and Paul Blair are the two making swan songs on The Sporting News Gold Glove Team

July 4, 1976

Tim McCarver losses grand slam when he passes teammate Garry Maddox on the basepaths

July 8, 1977

Mike Schmidt charged Bruce Kison after getting hit in the back

November 21, 1977

Maddox wins his first gold glove

October 7, 1978

In Game 4 of the NLCS, Ron Cey scores in the 10th inning on Bill Russell’s two-out game-winning single, giving the Dodgers a 4-3 victory over the Phillies and their second consecutive National League pennant. Cey, who walked after the first two batters were retired, advanced into scoring position when Garry Maddox misplayed Dusty Baker’s fly ball in center field.

October 8, 1980

Houston tastes their first post-season win, a 7-4 ten-inning victory in Philadelphia

October 12, 1980

Phillies beat the Astros to clinch World Series Apperance

May 7, 1986

Secretary of Defense Garry Maddox announces his retirement

June 15, 2001

Garry Maddox and Gavvy Cravath are inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame.

“Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other one-third is covered by Garry Maddox.” – Ralph Kiner

Garry Maddox was the pre-eminent defensive center fielder of his day, winning 8 Gold Gloves, and also could hit a bit. He was a member of the 1980 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies.

He was a 1968 second-round draft pick by the San Francisco Giants out of high school. The Giants would also draft George Foster and Gary Matthews that year. He hit .252 for the Salt Lake City Giants and .316 for the Fresno Giants in ’68.

Maddox served in the Army, including a tour in Vietnam, during the 1969 and 1970 seasons. Exposure to chemicals in Vietnam left his skin highly sensitive, and he has always since worn a full beard to protect his face. The Philadelphia Phillies had to waive their clean-shaven rule to accommodate Maddox.

Back with Fresno in ’71, Maddox batted .299/~.357/.562 with 30 homers, 105 runs, 106 RBI, 102 strikeouts and 21 steals in 23 tries. He was second in the California League in homers, two behind Frank Ortenzio, was third in runs and second to George Theodore in RBI. He made the Cal League All-Star team in the outfield.

Garry torched AAA in 1972 for the Phoenix Giants, hitting .438/~.471/1.146 with 9 homers and 29 runs produced in just 11 games before jumping to the 1972 Giants’ starting lineup. A perceived surplus of outfielders led the Giants to trade him, early in 1975, for the Philadelphia Phillies’ popular slugging first baseman Willie Montanez. Maddox would win Gold Gloves as the Phillies’ centerfielder for the next eight years, and play key roles on five postseason teams, including the 1980 World Champions. He drove in the pennant-winning run in the 1980 NLCS. His style in the outfield, somewhere between a lope and a glide, was inimitable. With only an average arm, he specialized in running down drives that nobody else could catch, and his speed and jump on the ball helped on the springy artificial-turf surfaces of Veterans Stadium and other NL parks of the 1970s and 1980s.

He hit .319/.350/.460 for the San Francisco Giants in 1973, along with 11 triples, and hit .330/.377/.459 in 1976 for the Phillies, along with 37 doubles.

In the major leagues, in a 15-year career, he hit .285/.320/.413 (a 101 OPS+) with over 500 extra base hits, and stole nearly 250 bases at a 72.9% success rate.

Maddox is a quiet, thoughtful man, immensely respected by teammates; “he reads hardcover books,” one of them remarked. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia after his playing days. Maddox became CEO of an office-furniture company in Philadelphia, and was elected a director of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank for the term 2003-2006. He was also a Phillies broadcaster from 1987 to 1989 and 1991 to 1995.

Maddox also is a renowned BBQ chef. He is the father of Garry Maddox Jr..

Notable Achievements

1972 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
8-time years NL Gold Glove Winner (1975-1982)
Won a World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1980

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