A report on Greg Maddux and 1995 World Series
With the Braves, he won the 1995 World Series over the Cleveland Indians.
- Greg MadduxThe team relied on clutch hitting and its powerful pitching rotation, which was made up of perennial Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Steve Avery.
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Atlanta Braves
3 linksAmerican professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Most notably, this rotation consisted of pitchers Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Tom Glavine.
Since their debut in the National League in 1876, the franchise has won an MLB record 21 divisional titles, 18 National League pennants, and four World Series championships – in 1914 as the Boston Braves, in 1957 as the Milwaukee Braves, and in 1995 and 2021 as the Atlanta Braves.
Tom Glavine
3 linksAmerican former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Atlanta Braves (1987–2002, 2008) and New York Mets (2003–2007).
American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball, for the Atlanta Braves (1987–2002, 2008) and New York Mets (2003–2007).
With 164 victories during the 1990s, Glavine earned the second-highest number of wins as a pitcher in the National League, second only to teammate Greg Maddux's 176.
He was the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 World Series as the Braves beat the Cleveland Indians.
John Smoltz
2 linksAmerican former baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2009, all but the last year with the Atlanta Braves.
American former baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1988 to 2009, all but the last year with the Atlanta Braves.
An eight-time All-Star, Smoltz was part of a celebrated trio of starting pitchers, along with Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, who propelled Atlanta to perennial pennant contention in the 1990s, highlighted by a championship in the 1995 World Series.
Steve Avery (baseball)
2 linksAmerican left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
American left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
In Game Four of the 1995 World Series, he was the surprise starter over ace Greg Maddux, and he was also the winner, 5–2, pitching six innings and giving up one run.
Omar Vizquel
0 linksVenezuelan former professional baseball shortstop.
Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop.
During Vizquel's career in Cleveland, the Indians made it to the World Series twice, losing to the Atlanta Braves in 1995 and to the Florida Marlins in 1997.
Vizquel was Greg Maddux's 3000th strikeout victim on July 26, 2005.