MLB Stats for Bill Madlock

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Bill Madlock, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Friday, January 12, 1951, in Memphis, Tennessee. Madlock was 22 years old when he broke into the major leagues on September 7, 1973, with the Texas Rangers. Bill Madlock stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"There's no right or wrong way to hit. Every hitter is different and you have to relate... People try to make up new ways to hit. There aren't really any new ways. The game hasn't changed in 200 years and it's not going to for another 200." - Bill Madlock in The Las Vegas Sun (Anthony Fenech, Ex-big league batting champ Bill Madlock helps local youth with swings, 05/10/2010)

Birth Name:	Bill Madlock (Twitter: @MadlockBill)
Nickname:	Mad Dog
Born On:	01-12-1951 (Capricorn)
Born In:	Memphis, Tennessee
Died On:	Still Living (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Eisenhower High School (Decatur, IL)
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-11	Weight:	185
First Game:	09-07-1973 (Age 22)
Last Game:	10-04-1987
Draft:	1970 : 5th Round (97th)

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Bill Madlock Pitching Stats

Bill Madlock Bill Madlock Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1973	22	Rangers	21	77	16	27	5	3	1	0	5	7	0	9	0	0	1	0	.351	.412	.532
1974	23	Cubs	128	453	65	142	21	5	9	1	54	42	8	39	3	6	5	15	.313	.374	.442
1975	24	Cubs	130	514	77	182	29	7	7	0	64	42	5	34	1	5	3	11	.354	.402	.479
1976	25	Cubs	142	514	68	174	36	1	15	1	84	56	15	27	3	4	11	21	.339	.412	.500
1977	26	Giants	140	533	70	161	28	1	12	0	46	43	14	33	1	2	6	25	.302	.360	.426
1978	27	Giants	122	447	76	138	26	3	15	0	44	48	11	39	9	2	3	6	.309	.378	.481
1979	28	Giants	69	249	37	65	9	2	7	0	41	18	3	19	1	2	0	3	.261	.309	.398
1979	28	Pirates	85	311	48	102	17	3	7	0	44	34	8	22	2	5	1	14	.328	.390	.469
1980	29	Pirates	137	494	62	137	22	4	10	0	53	45	12	33	0	3	4	15	.277	.341	.399
1981	30	Pirates	82	279	35	95	23	1	6	0	45	34	7	17	0	4	3	5	.341	.413	.495
1982	31	Pirates	154	568	92	181	33	3	19	1	95	48	16	39	1	13	4	12	.319	.368	.488
1983	32	Pirates	130	473	68	153	21	0	12	0	68	49	10	24	1	5	2	16	.323	.386	.444
1984	33	Pirates	103	403	38	102	16	0	4	0	44	26	5	29	1	4	1	11	.253	.297	.323
1985	34	Pirates	110	399	49	100	23	1	10	0	41	39	2	42	3	3	5	12	.251	.323	.388
1985	34	Dodgers	34	114	20	41	4	0	2	0	15	10	0	11	0	1	3	3	.360	.422	.447
1986	35	Dodgers	111	379	38	106	17	0	10	0	60	30	4	43	1	6	5	7	.280	.336	.404
1987	36	Dodgers	21	61	5	11	1	0	3	0	7	6	0	5	1	0	1	4	.180	.265	.344
1987	36	Tigers	87	326	56	91	17	0	14	0	50	28	1	45	8	4	10	10	.279	.351	.460
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
15 Years	1,806	6,594	920	2,008	348	34	163	3	860	605	121	510	36	69	68	190	.305	.365	.442
Bill Madlock Hitting Stats

Bill Madlock Bill Madlock Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1973 Rangers	3B	21	21	516	49	2.3	45	13	32	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.918	2.35
1974 Cubs	3B	121	120	3,075	331	2.7	313	84	229	18	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.946	2.75
1975 Cubs	3B	128	128	3,267	349	2.7	329	79	250	20	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	2.72
1976 Cubs	3B	136	135	3,531	355	2.6	341	107	234	14	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	2.61
1977 Giants	2B	6	6	153	20	3.3	19	5	14	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	3.35
1977 Giants	3B	126	125	3,267	333	2.6	316	96	220	17	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	.949	2.61
1978 Giants	1B	3	1	39	12	4.0	12	11	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	8.31
1978 Giants	2B	114	111	2,817	536	4.7	522	223	299	14	48	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	5.00
1979 Giants	1B	5	0	24	9	1.8	9	9	0	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	10.13
1979 Giants	2B	63	63	1,575	288	4.6	281	137	144	7	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	4.82
1979 Pirates	3B	85	85	2,253	223	2.6	216	63	153	7	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.969	2.59
1980 Pirates	1B	12	8	201	79	6.6	76	73	3	3	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	10.21
1980 Pirates	3B	127	125	3,234	314	2.5	300	86	214	14	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	2.50
1981 Pirates	3B	78	77	1,944	206	2.6	197	50	147	9	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	2.74
1982 Pirates	1B	3	3	54	23	7.7	23	22	1	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	11.50
1982 Pirates	3B	146	142	3,717	376	2.6	358	92	266	18	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	2.60
1983 Pirates	3B	126	125	3,144	263	2.1	252	59	193	11	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	2.16
1984 Pirates	1B	1	1	18	10	10.0	10	10	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	15.00
1984 Pirates	3B	98	97	2,592	257	2.6	242	66	176	15	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.942	2.52
1985 Pirates	1B	12	9	249	86	7.2	86	81	5	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	9.33
1985 Pirates	3B	98	97	2,496	235	2.4	221	46	175	14	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.940	2.39
1985 Dodgers	3B	32	32	705	96	3.0	91	28	63	5	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.948	3.49
1986 Dodgers	1B	2	1	24	10	5.0	8	7	1	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	9.00
1986 Dodgers	3B	101	101	2,301	266	2.6	242	72	170	24	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.910	2.84
1987 Dodgers	1B	1	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1987 Dodgers	3B	16	16	357	34	2.1	31	8	23	3	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.912	2.34
1987 Tigers	1B	22	20	492	180	8.2	178	167	11	2	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.989	9.77
1987 Tigers	3B	1	1	18	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
3B Totals		1,440	1,427	36,417	3,688	2.6	3,495	949	2,546	193	200	n/a	n/a	n/a	.948	2.59
2B Totals		183	180	4,545	844	4.6	822	365	457	22	82	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	4.88
1B Totals		61	43	1,104	409	6.7	402	380	22	7	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	9.83
15 Years		1,684	1,650	42,066	4,941	2.9	4,719	1,694	3,025	222	313	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	3.03
Bill Madlock Fielding Stats

Bill Madlock Bill Madlock Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1973 Rangers	3	2	.600	0	0	0	77.0	8.6	15.4	-	-	-
1974 Cubs	11	7	.611	8	0	n/a	50.3	11.6	8.4	-	-	-
1975 Cubs	9	7	.563	2	0	n/a	73.4	15.1	8.0	-	-	-
1976 Cubs	15	11	.577	7	0	n/a	34.3	19.0	6.1	-	-	-
1977 Giants	13	10	.565	9	0	n/a	44.4	16.2	11.6	-	-	-
1978 Giants	16	5	.762	10	0	n/a	29.8	11.5	10.2	-	-	-
1979 Giants	11	3	.786	6	0	n/a	35.6	13.1	6.1	-	-	-
1979 Pirates	21	8	.724	0	0	n/a	44.4	14.1	7.1	-	-	-
1980 Pirates	16	10	.615	3	0	n/a	49.4	15.0	9.3	-	-	-
1981 Pirates	18	6	.750	4	1	n/a	46.5	16.4	6.2	-	-	-
1982 Pirates	18	6	.750	9	0	n/a	29.9	14.6	6.0	-	-	-
1983 Pirates	3	4	.429	5	0	n/a	39.4	19.7	7.0	-	-	-
1984 Pirates	3	1	.750	5	0	n/a	100.8	13.9	9.2	-	-	-
1985 Pirates	3	3	.500	3	0	n/a	39.9	9.5	9.7	-	-	-
1985 Dodgers	7	1	.875	2	0	n/a	57.0	10.4	7.6	-	-	-
1986 Dodgers	3	3	.500	9	0	n/a	37.9	8.8	6.3	-	-	-
1987 Dodgers	0	0	.000	5	0	n/a	20.3	12.2	8.7	-	-	-
1987 Tigers	4	3	.571	2	0	64	23.3	7.2	6.5	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
15 Years	174	90	.659	89	1	64	40.5	12.9	7.7	-	-	-
Bill Madlock Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Bill Madlock Bill Madlock Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1973 Texas Rangers	38	$7,200.00	-	-
1974 Chicago Cubs	18	$15,000.00	-	-
1975 Chicago Cubs	18	$16,000.00	Stats	-
1976 Chicago Cubs	18	$77,500.00	-	-
1977 San Francisco Giants	18	$260,000.00	-	-
1978 San Francisco Giants	18	$260,000.00	-	-
1979 San Francisco Giants	18	$260,000.00	-	Stats
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	" "	-	Stats
1980 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	$260,000.00	-	-
1981 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	$260,000.00	Stats	-
1982 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	$850,000.00	-	-
1983 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	$850,000.00	Stats	-
1984 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	$850,000.00	-	-
1985 Pittsburgh Pirates	5	$975,500.00	-	-
1985 Los Angeles Dodgers	52	" "	-	-
1986 Los Angeles Dodgers	12	$841,667.00	-	-
1987 Los Angeles Dodgers	12	$850,000.00	-	-
1987 Detroit Tigers	7	$850,000.00	-	-
Bill Madlock Stats by Baseball Almanac
Bill Madlock Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

Bill Madlock was a Major League Baseball player with the Texas Rangers (1973), Chicago Cubs (1974-1976), San Francisco Giants (1977-1979), Pittsburgh Pirates (1979-1985), Los Angeles Dodgers (1985-1987), and Detroit Tigers (1987). Did you know that Mad Dog, his nickname earned due to his fiery temper and numerous ejections (18), has the most batting titles of any player in baseball history who has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

Did you know that Bill Madlock was the first player in Major League history to win multiple batting titles with two different teams? The first two, 1975 (.354) & 1976 (.339), with the Chicago Cubs and the second two, 1981 (.341) & 1983 (.323), with the Pittsburgh Pirates. No batting champion is easy, but the 1976 was especially close. On October 3, 1976, the final game of the regular season, Mad Dog collected four singles to raise his average from .333 to .339, one point ahead of Ken Griffey, who went 0-for-2, dropping his average to .336.

Did you know that Bill Madlock hit three home runs in a game once during his career, on June 28, 1987, tying the Detroit Tigers record for home runs in a game? Before Mad Dog, twelve different Tiger sluggers had a 3-homer game, Rocky Colavito did it twice, but Madlock was the first designated hitter from Detroit to tie the record.

Bill Madlock 3-Home Run Game

Bill Madlock Hits 3 Home Runs (Box Score) | The Index-Journal | June 29, 1987 | Page 12

Mad Dog's four batting title as a third baseman was a Major League record at the position until it was eclipsed in 1988 by Wade Boggs. His career batting average (.305) is comparable to several hall of fame players and at one point he had the highest career batting average, amongst active ballplayers, in the National League:

Batting champ Madock perfect for role of Pirates' team captain

When one thinks of the great hitters, one thinks of Ted Williams. They called him The Splendid Splinter, long and lean. Or of Hank Aaron, the man with the quick wrists. Or Mickey Mantle, so strong.

They don't usually think of a man nicknamed "Mad Dog" but who looks more like a cute little koala bear. He's 5-11 and the book says he weighs 190, but the book is the Pirates' media guide, not the Bible. A fib here and there can be excused.

Do not, however, be misled. The man can hit. Oh, can he hit. Unorthodox, sure... a short, quick stroke with almost no stride, sort of a Rube Goldberg invention in the batter's box.

It is a stroke built for the man who uses it. It is not Ted Williams' stroke for some simple reasons; Williams physically was as different from Bill Madlock as Madlock is from Myron Cope.

It works, and that is all that matters. It works so well that one the wall of Madlock Manor are four silver bats, emblematic of National League batting championships. Only 11 players have won as many; only Roberto Clemente, Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby and Honus Wagner in the National League since the turn of the century. All of them are in the Hall of Fame.

Madlock won last year when he hit .323. It raised his lifetime average to .317. No active National Leaguer has a higher lifetime average. Pete Rose? He's at .306. Dave Parker? Naw, .305.

Madlock is No. 1.

Source: The Pittsburgh Press, 04/02/1984, Mariene Karas, Page 13.

Bill Madlock once held the dubious record for largest fine given to a major leaguer for an on-the-field incident ($5,000), and the second-longest suspension record (15 days). Sports Illustrated (May 9, 1983, Volume 58, Issue 19, Glad Times For Mad Dog, Steve Wulf) described the record setting day: "On May 1, 1980, Pittsburgh was playing Montreal, and with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth, Madlock tried to check his swing on a pitch from David Palmer. Home plate umpire Crawford called it strike three. 'Actually, the whole thing started when [Pirate Shortstop] Tim Foli asked me if it was a swing or a called strike,' Crawford recalls. 'I started to say, It was a swing and a strike, but all I got out was It was a swing....' and Madlock started arguing.' Madlock started arguing with his glove, which a teammate had routinely brought him from the bench. He hit Crawford in the face with the glove. 'Right on the bone underneath my nose,' says Crawford, 'and it stung.' Madlock was ejected, more for his profanity than anything else. But Expo President John McHale saw the incident and called League President Chub Feeney, asking for a stiff penalty."