Joe Maddon

Joe Maddon
Tampa Bay Rays — No. 70
Manager
Born: February 8, 1954 (1954-02-08) (age 55) Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Bats:	Throws:
MLB debut
1996 for the California Angels
Career statistics
Games	544
Win-Loss record	260-291
Winning %	.472
Teams
California / Anaheim Angels (1996, 1999) Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays (2006-present)
Career highlights and awards
2008 AL Manager of the Year

Joseph John Maddon (born February 8, 1954 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania) is the current manager of the Tampa Bay Rays in Major League Baseball, having been appointed to that position on November 15, 2005. He previously served as interim manager of the Anaheim Angels in both 1996 and 1999, and was 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 and graduated in 1976. He is a former minor league catcher who had served in the Angels organization for 31 years, though he never made it to the major leagues as a player.^[1]

Managerial career

He was considered a leading candidate for the Boston Red Sox manager job in 2004, which went to Terry Francona. 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. Sportswriter Peter King once said that Maddon has an uncanny resemblance to 1930's-1960's movie star Spencer Tracy.

In 2008, Maddon led the Tampa Bay Rays to their first playoff win and first World Series appearance, in which Tampa Bay held home-field advantage against the Philadelphia Phillies. 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.^[2]

Maddon is known for platooning players and having multiple batting lineups.^{[citation needed]}

The manager got 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 then married her in November of 2008. He has two children from his first wife: a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Joey. He also has a grandson, Tyler, and granddaughter, Coral Ray.

Maddon volunteered his time on December 30, 2008 for a fundraiser to support the "Castle" auditorium renovations.

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 inital 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."^[3]

Managerial record

(updated through October 30, 2008)

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

References

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career managing record
• Maddon to be hired as (Devil Rays) manager