Joe Maddon

Not to be confused with Joel Madden.

Joe Maddon
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 70
Manager
Born: February 8, 1954 (1954-02-08) Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Career statistics
Games	1004
Win-loss record	510–494
Winning %	.508
Teams
California / Anaheim Angels (1996, 1999) {interim} Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays (2006–present)
Career highlights and awards
2008, 2011 AL Manager of the Year 2008 World Series 2002 World Series

Joseph John Maddon (born February 8, 1954, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania) is the Major League Baseball manager for the Tampa Bay Rays.

He previously served as interim manager of the Anaheim Angels in both 1996 and 1999. He was also a long-time bench coach for the team.

Early life and career

Maddon attended Lafayette College, where he played baseball and football. He is a member of Zeta Psi fraternity. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Lafayette College on September 2, 2010.

He is a former minor league catcher, who never advanced higher than A ball, which he played for four seasons. In his four seasons, he never had more than 180 at bats, and the most home runs he ever hit was three for Salinas in 1977.

He served in the Angels organization for 31 years.

Managerial career

He managed each of the six years from 1981–86 in the minor leagues, but managed his team to a losing record each season.

Maddon was considered a leading candidate for the Boston Red Sox manager job in 2004, which went to Terry Francona. On November 15, 2005, he was hired to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. His signature thick-rimmed glasses have led to giveaways featuring mock pairs, and tributes from Angels players wearing the glasses when playing against the Rays.

In 2008, Maddon led the Tampa Bay Rays to their first American League Eastern Division Title. He held a steady hand over a team of young players that won a division title over the heavily favored New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Maddon led the team to the franchise's first playoff win in the American League Division Series ALDS vs the Chicago White Sox by 3–1 and a thrilling 4 games to 3 triumph over the rival Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series ALCS. This was the first World Series appearance for the Rays, in which Tampa Bay held home-field advantage against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies won the World Series by a 4–1 game score. It completed a full-circle turnaround for the Rays, who had the worst record in Major League Baseball in 2007. Because of this, on November 12 of that year, he was given the American League Manager of the Year Award. He also received the Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award.

The manager became engaged to his girlfriend of four years, law school graduate Jaye Sousoures, in June 2007 in Boulder, Colorado, on a side trip during a Rays road trip to the Colorado Rockies. He married her in November 2008. He has two children with his first wife: a daughter, Sarah; and a son, Joey. He also has two granddaughters, Tyler and Coral Ray.

On May 25, 2009, the Tampa Bay Rays and Maddon agreed to a contract extension that would keep him manager of the Rays through 2012. He had been in the final year of the initial contract he signed when he first became manager of the team. The Rays stated that there was "never a question" on whether to keep Maddon or not after the conclusion of the 2009 season. Maddon was quoted as saying, "This is where I belong. This is where I want to be. I really have to use the word love when I talk about this organization."

On July 14, 2009, Maddon managed the American League All Star team to a 4–3 victory. Controversy accompanied his failure to avail himself of multiple opportunities to pick second baseman Ian Kinsler as a reserve on the team, even when Dustin Pedroia and Evan Longoria bowed out. He failed to pick him, despite Kinsler having narrowly come in second in the fan voting, the player voting, and the Sprint Final Vote competition. Instead, for example, while avoiding picking Kinsler to replace fellow second baseman Pedroia, Maddon went with one of his own, choosing Tampa Bay's first baseman Carlos Peña, who was leading the league in homers but batting .228 (and who had come in fourth in the Final Vote competition, behind Kinsler). Similarly, a final opportunity presented itself when Longoria withdrew because of a finger infection; but again, Maddon (a former Angels coach) chose someone else as a replacement, this time Figgins of the Angels, who had come in third in the Final Vote competition (behind Kinsler).

When Major League Baseball ordered in April 2010 that managers and coaches can only wear the official team jacket or approved Majestic pullover over their jersey, and not "hoodies", Maddon complained that "It's almost like a security blanket for me. Managing without a hoodie on a cool night could be very disconcerting. Furthermore, I think it's wrong." MLB reversed their decision a few days later.

In 2011, the Rays made a second consecutive playoff appearance despite an 0–6 start to the season and a 9-game deficit in the wild card race in September. After the end of the season it was announced that Maddon had been named the American League Manager of the Year for the second time in his career. On February 13, 2012 the Rays signed Maddon to a three-year extension.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2006
• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2007
• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2008
• List of Major League Baseball managers in 2009

External links

• Joe Maddon managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
• Maddon to be hired as (Devil Rays) manager

Sporting positions
Preceded by Reuben Rodriguez	Idaho Falls Angels Manager 1981	Succeeded by last manager
Preceded by first manager	Salem Angels Manager 1982–1983	Succeeded by Larry Patterson
Preceded by Vern Hoscheit (Yankees affiliate)	Peoria Chiefs Manager 1984	Succeeded by Pete Mackanin (Cubs affiliate)
Preceded by first manager	Midland Angels Manager 1985–1986	Succeeded by Max Oliveras
Preceded by Chuck Hernandez	California Angels Bullpen Coach 1993–1995	Succeeded by Bill Lachemann
Preceded by John Wathan	Anaheim Angels Bench Coach 1995–2005	Succeeded by Ron Roenicke
Preceded by John McNamara	California Angels Manager (Interim) 1996	Succeeded by John McNamara
Preceded by Terry Collins	Anaheim Angels Manager 1999	Succeeded by Mike Scioscia
Preceded by Lou Piniella	Tampa Bay Rays Manager 2006—present	Succeeded by Incumbent