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Joe Maddon
Maddon with the Tampa Bay Rays
Chicago Cubs – No. 70
Manager
Born: (1954-02-08) February 8, 1954 (age 70)
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
MLB statistics
(through October 3rd, 2015)
Games managed1,658
Win–loss record868–790
Winning %.524
Managerial record at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
As Manager

As Coach

Career highlights and awards

Joseph John "Joe" Maddon (born February 8, 1954) is a Major League Baseball manager for the Chicago Cubs. Maddon began his coaching career with the California Angels in 1993 and served under managers Buck Rodgers, Marcel Lachemann, John McNamara, Terry Collins, and Mike Scioscia. He served two stints as interim manager during this time. He managed the Tampa Bay Rays from 2006 through 2014, winning the 2008 American League pennant. After opting out of his contract following the 2014 season, he joined the Cubs and led them to the 2015 National League Championship Series.

Early life and career

The son of an Italian father, Joe (who shortened the family name from Maddonini), and a Polish mother, Albina (Beanie), Maddon grew up in an apartment over his father's plumbing shop. His father, Joe, Sr. died in 2002. His mother is still a waitress at the Third Base Luncheonette restaurant in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.[1]

Maddon attended Lafayette College, where he played baseball and football. He graduated in 1976. He is a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Lafayette College on September 2, 2010.[citation needed]

He is a former minor league catcher, having signed with the California Angels as a free agent catcher in 1975,[2] but never advanced higher than A ball, which he played for four seasons. In his four seasons, he never had more than 180 at bats, and the most home runs he ever hit was three for the Salinas Angels in 1977.[3]

He worked in the Angels organization for 31 years, including time as a minor league manager, scout, roving minor league hitting instructor, and coach for the major league team.[citation needed]

Managerial career

As a minor league manager, he had a 279–339 record in six seasons.[2]

He managed in the minors from 1981–86, each team having a losing record. His stops included Idaho Falls, Idaho; Salem, Oregon; Peoria, Illinois and Midland, Texas.

Maddon was considered a candidate for the Boston Red Sox manager job in 2004, which went to Terry Francona.[4] On November 15, 2005, he was hired to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. His signature thick-rimmed glasses led to giveaways featuring mock pairs, and tributes from Angels players wearing the glasses when playing against the Rays.

Maddon with the Rays

In 2008, Maddon guided the Tampa Bay Rays (who dropped the name "Devil Rays" after 2007) to their first American League Eastern Division Title. He led a team of young players that won a division title over the heavily favored New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Maddon's team recorded the franchise's first playoff win in the American League Division Series ALDS vs the Chicago White Sox by 3–1 and a 4 games to 3 triumph over the rival Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series ALCS. This was the first World Series appearance for the Rays, in which Tampa Bay held home-field advantage against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies won the World Series in five games. It completed a full-circle turnaround for the Rays, who had the worst record in Major League Baseball in 2007. Because of this, on November 12 of that year, he was given the American League Manager of the Year Award.[5] He also received the Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award.[6]

On May 25, 2009, the Tampa Bay Rays and Maddon agreed to a contract extension that would keep him manager of the Rays through 2012. He had been in the final year of the initial contract he signed when he first became manager of the team. The Rays stated that there was "never a question" on whether to keep Maddon or not after the conclusion of the 2009 season. Maddon was quoted as saying, "This is where I belong. This is where I want to be. I really have to use the word love when I talk about this organization."[7]

On July 14, 2009, Maddon managed the American League All Star team to a 4–3 victory. Controversy accompanied his failure to pick second baseman Ian Kinsler as a reserve, despite Kinsler having narrowly come in second in the fan voting, the player voting, and the Sprint Final Vote competition. Instead to replace fellow second baseman Pedroia, Maddon went with one of his own, choosing Tampa Bay's first baseman Carlos Peña.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Similarly, to replace Longoria, Maddon (a former Angels coach) chose Figgins of the Angels as a replacement.[13]

When Major League Baseball ordered in April 2010 that managers and coaches can only wear the official team jacket or approved Majestic pullover over their jersey, and not "hoodies", Maddon complained that "It's almost like a security blanket for me. Managing without a hoodie on a cool night could be very disconcerting. Furthermore, I think it's wrong."[14] MLB reversed their decision a few days later.[15]

In 2011, the Rays made a second consecutive playoff appearance despite an 0–6 start to the season and a 9-game deficit in the wild card race in September. After the end of the season it was announced that Maddon had been named the American League Manager of the Year for the second time in his career.[16] On February 13, 2012 the Rays signed Maddon to a three-year extension.[17]

On April 16, 2012, in a game against the Boston Red Sox, Maddon won his 500th career game as manager of the Tampa Bay Rays.[18] Maddon earned his 600th win on May 8, 2013 with a victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.[19] Maddon earned his 700th win on May 25, 2014 with a victory over the Boston Red Sox.[20]

On October 24, 2014, he exercised an opt out clause in his contract and decided not to continue as manager of the Rays; following this, he signed with the Chicago Cubs to manage their team.[21]

On May 14, 2015, Maddon logged his 800th managerial career win in a home game against the New York Mets, which the Cubs won 6-5. The win puts him in 8th place among active managers.[22]

Managerial record

As of October 12th, 2015
Team From To Regular season record Post–season record
W L Win % W L Win %
California Angels 1996 1996 8 14 .364 DNQ
Anaheim Angels 1999 1999 19 10 .655 DNQ
Tampa Bay Rays 2006 2014 754 705 .517 13 17 .433
Chicago Cubs 2015 Present 97 65 .599 3 1 .750
Total 869 790 .524 16 18 .471
Reference:[23]

Uniform number

Maddon wears the unusual uniform #70. He has said that his preferred number used to be #20, but that he lost that number when future Hall-of-Famer Don Sutton came to the Angels. He was then randomly assigned #70 and declared that he would never change it so that his number would never be taken from him again.[24]

Personal life

Maddon has two children with his first wife, Betty Maddon, from whom he is divorced: a daughter, Sarah; and a son, Joey.[25][2] He met Jaye Sousoures in 1995 at an athletic club in Seal Beach, California, where she worked as an accountant, while they were both married to others.[26] They became engaged in June 2007 and married less than two weeks after the 2008 World Series[27]

References

  1. ^ "Joe Maddon #70". MLB.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Rays: The Rays' new manager". sptimes.com.
  3. ^ "Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox". The Boston Globe.
  4. ^ "'Don't Let Us Win Tonight' -- Remembering The 2004 Boston Red Sox". ThePostGame.
  5. ^ Joe Smith (November 12, 2008). "Tampa Bay Rays' Maddon named AL manager of the year". Tampabay.com. Retrieved November 12, 2008. [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Maddon wins Chuck Tanner Award". Major League Baseball.
  7. ^ "Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon's new three-year deal official: "This is where I belong"". tampabay.com. May 25, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  8. ^ Doug Miller (June 30, 2009). "Red Sox duo locked in close All-Star votes: Youkilis pulls ahead, Pedroia very near in balloting's final days". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  9. ^ Wilson, Jeff (7/12/09). "Rangers will extend off days for Kevin Millwood after All-Star break". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 8/7/09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ T.R. Sullivan (July 5, 2009). "Kinsler's All-Star status up to Final Vote: Second baseman one of five candidates for last AL spot". mlb.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  11. ^ "Rays Third-Bagger Longoria Sits With Sore Hammy; Trip To Disabled List Unlikely". Allheadlinenews.com. June 3, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  12. ^ Porter, Suzette (July 9, 2009). "Maddon, 4 Rays headed to All-Star game". Tampa Bay Newspapers. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  13. ^ a b T.R Sullivan (July 14, 2009). "Speedy Figgins dashes to St. Louis: Third baseman a late addition, but neither Angel gets in game". mlb.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  14. ^ "MLB bans favorite hoodie of Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon – St. Petersburg Times". Tampabay.com. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  15. ^ In Dramatic Reversal, MLB Allows Joe Maddon's Hoodie AOL News
  16. ^ Smith, Joe (November 16, 2011). "Rays' manager Joe Maddon named AL Manager of the Year". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  17. ^ Rays sign Maddon to three-year extension MLB.com
  18. ^ "Timeline: Joe Maddon's career with the Tampa Bay Rays". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  19. ^ "Rays Beat Jays for Maddon's 600th Win". GETREALBASEBALL.COM. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  20. ^ "STATS Hosted Solution - Game Recap - MLB - Baseball". stats.com.
  21. ^ Madden, Bill (October 24, 2014). "Rays rocked! Frustrated Joe Maddon follows GM Andrew Friedman out the door in Tampa". New York Daily News. Retrieved October 24, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ DiComo, Anthony; Muskat, Carrie (May 15, 2015). "Cubs sweep Mets, hand Maddon 800th win". MLB.com. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  23. ^ "Joe Maddon". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  24. ^ Dorsey, David (March 13, 2014). "Uniforms: Numerologist digs behind the numbers". The News-Press. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  25. ^ "They know Joe Maddon". Tampa Bay Times.
  26. ^ Michelle Bearden - Tribune Staff (April 22, 2012). "The manager's wife: The love story of Joe and Jaye Maddon". TBO.com.
  27. ^ "Joe Maddon and new wife take place in bay area community". Tampa Bay Times.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Idaho Falls Angels Manager
1981 		Succeeded by
last manager
Preceded by
first manager
 Salem Angels Manager
1982–1983 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Vern Hoscheit (Yankees affiliate)
 Peoria Chiefs Manager
1984 		Succeeded by
Pete Mackanin (Cubs affiliate)
Preceded by
first manager
 Midland Angels Manager
1985–1986 		Succeeded by
Preceded by California Angels Bullpen Coach
1993–1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Anaheim Angels Bench Coach
1995–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays Manager
2006–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chicago Cubs Manager
2015–present 		Succeeded by
incumbent

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