Maddux to Retire on Monday

post from ChicagoCubsOnline.com on 05 December 2008 09:11:06 PM. © ChicagoCubsOnline.com

According to multiple reports on Friday afternoon, Greg Maddux will announce his retirement from the game on Monday after 23 big league seasons. The future first-ballot Hall of Famer will make his retirement official on the first day of the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas.

Greg Maddux was drafted in the second round (31st overall) by the Cubs in 1984 and made his debut on September 3, 1986. Maddux wore four different uniforms in his career....the Cubs and Dodgers twice, the Braves and the Padres. Maddux won four consecutive Cy Young Awards from 1992-1995, the first coming as a member of the Cubs. His 355 career wins is 8th on the All-Time list.