Born January 12, 1951
Memphis, TN, USA
He led the league in average in 1975 with .354, in 1976 with .339, in the shortened 1981 season with .341 and in 1983 with .324, for three different clubs. Fifteen seasons gave him 2,008 hits, 348 doubles, 163 home runs, 860 runs batted in, 174 stolen bases and a .305 average.
Chicago traded him to San Francisco for Bobby Murcer after the second of those seasons, which the Cubs have not lived down, and San Francisco traded him to Pittsburgh in 1979 in time for him to hit .375 in the World Series the Pirates won.
He was called Mad Dog and was thrown out of games for it — a fifteen-day suspension in 1980 for shoving a glove into an umpire's face is the one people remember. He played third base without much range and hit enough to keep the job for a decade. The 1993 ballot gave him 19 votes of 423.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 3 | 1975, 1981, 1983 |
| Player of the Week | 3 | 1975, 1976, 1985 |
| All-Star Game MVP | 1 | 1975 |
| The Sporting News All-Star | 1 | 1975 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | TEX | 21 | 77 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .351 |
| 1974 | CHC | 128 | 453 | 65 | 142 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 54 | 42 | 39 | 11 | .313 |
| 1975 | CHC | 130 | 514 | 77 | 182 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 42 | 34 | 9 | .354 |
| 1976 | CHC | 142 | 514 | 68 | 174 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 84 | 56 | 27 | 15 | .339 |
| 1977 | SFG | 140 | 533 | 70 | 161 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 33 | 13 | .302 |
| 1978 | SFG | 122 | 447 | 76 | 138 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 48 | 39 | 16 | .309 |
| 1979 | PIT/SFG | 154 | 560 | 85 | 167 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 85 | 52 | 41 | 32 | .298 |
| 1980 | PIT | 137 | 494 | 62 | 137 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 45 | 33 | 16 | .277 |
| 1981 | PIT | 82 | 279 | 35 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 17 | 18 | .341 |
| 1982 | PIT | 154 | 568 | 92 | 181 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 95 | 48 | 39 | 18 | .319 |
| 1983 | PIT | 130 | 473 | 68 | 153 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 68 | 49 | 24 | 3 | .323 |
| 1984 | PIT | 103 | 403 | 38 | 102 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 26 | 29 | 3 | .253 |
| 1985 | LAD/PIT | 144 | 513 | 69 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 49 | 53 | 10 | .275 |
| 1986 | LAD | 111 | 379 | 38 | 106 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 30 | 43 | 3 | .280 |
| 1987 | DET/LAD | 108 | 387 | 61 | 102 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 57 | 34 | 50 | 4 | .264 |
| Career | — | 1806 | 6594 | 920 | 2008 | 348 | 34 | 163 | 860 | 605 | 510 | 174 | .305 |
Memphis, TN, USA
Bill Madlock made a major-league debut on September 7, 1973.
Bill Madlock hit three home runs for the Detroit Tigers against the Baltimore Orioles on June 28, 1987.
Bill Madlock played a final major-league game on October 4, 1987.
Image: Los Angeles Dodgers, public domain