Glavine, Maddux, Cox Among Hall of Fame Inductees
Former Atlanta Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer in Cooperstown, New York. The pair will be joined by former Braves manager Bobby Cox.
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Tom Glavine was the winning pitcher for Game 6 of the 1995 World Series when the Atlanta Braves won their first and only world championship title so far. Glavine also pitched a shutout that game. At a press conference Wednesday, he spoke about what it means to enter the Hall of Fame with his former teammate and manager.
“Greg and Bobby were so influential on my career,” Glavine said. “Bobby is the single greatest influence in my baseball career. Greg had a huge impact on me as a player.”
Glavine joined the Braves in 1987; Maddux came on board six years later. The two helped build formidable pitching staff, which included John Smoltz and closer Mark Wohlers. They also pitched during an era dominated by powerhouse hitters. Some of those players later admitted to steroid use.
Glavine said playing against them made pitchers’ jobs harder, but they didn’t dwell on it.
“We didn’t really think too much about what everyone was doing,” he said. “It was more about, ‘Ok, how are we going to continue to win games?’ And, ‘How are we going to continue to do our thing?’ So, I mean, I think that was the focus of what we did and I think at the end of the day it makes us that much more proud of what we were able to accomplish given all that.”
Glavine, Maddux, and Cox will also join former White Sox player Frank Thomas and managers Tony LaRussa and Joe Torre.
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