Winning world championships goes along way in getting someone in the Hall of Fame. In this regard Jeter towers over Maddox, being a member of 5 world series champions and going to another, that the Yankees lost in the 9th inning.
Jeter’s numbers and his world series rings should put him in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
Although he was a very reliable pitcher I was never a big Maddox fan. His total victories came in 23 years in the major leagues, where he managed to win 20 games only one time, and only had one World Series ring to his credit.
In my opinion, Jack Morris was better than Maddox. I would have rather had big game Jack on the mound over Maddux if I had to win one game.
Jeter won 5 (96, 98, 99, 00 and 09) and went to two others (01 and 03). Maddux won 20 games twice. Just for accuracy’s sake :)
Couldn’t disagree more about Maddux though, especially compared to Jack Morris. I might take Morris in a “one game, life on the line” deal but over the course of a career? I’ll take Maddux.
Maddux is the model of consistent greatness. 4 straight Cy Youngs including ERAs in the 1’s during the height of the steroid era.
Here are his win totals for the 21 seasons where he made a full season of starts:
6, 18, 19, 15, 20, 20, 16 (in strike shortened 1994), 19, 15, 19, 18, 19, 19, 17, 16, 16, 16, 13, 15, 14
You can have Jack in one game. Over their career, i comfortable saying Maddux was better.