On Friday night, Oakland A’s starter Kendall Graveman had the best game of his young career. Not only did the right-hander throw his first shutout, he tossed what has become known as a “Maddux.”
Coined by Jason Lukehart (former manager of SB Nation’s Let’s Go Tribe), and named after Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux, the term Maddux applies to a game in which the starter throws a shutout in under 100 pitches. It signifies the cool, efficient dominance of The Professor, and it should come as no surprise that the man himself leads the career list by nearly double over the runner-up (13, to seven for Zane Smith, going back through 1973).