Bill Madlock played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1973 to 1987.
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22 Facts About Bill Madlock
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Bill Madlock's four batting titles as a third baseman was a record until Wade Boggs attained his fifth in 1988.
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Bill Madlock is one of only three right-handed hitters to have won multiple National League batting titles since 1960, Roberto Clemente having won four and Tommy Davis having won back-to-back titles in 1962 and 1963.
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Bill Madlock received 150 scholarship offers for his skills as a basketball player, around 100 for his skills as a football player and two for his skills as a baseball player.
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Bill Madlock accepted one of the two baseball scholarships, at Southeastern Community College in Keokuk, Iowa, because of his preference for playing a less hazardous game.
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Bill Madlock's reasoning was clear from what he later told a Sports Illustrated reporter: "I didn't want to have 6'5", 250-pound guys bearing down on me, so I decided to play baseball.
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Bill Madlock was considered for the baseball draft by the St Louis Cardinals in 1969, but would not sign with the Cardinals.
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Bill Madlock has four children with his late wife Cynthia: Sara, Stephen, Douglas and Jeremy.
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Bill Madlock was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the secondary phase of the 1970 amateur draft.
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Bill Madlock was traded along with Vic Harris from the Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Ferguson Jenkins on October 25,1973.
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Bill Madlock made the first of his three All-Star appearances and shared Game MVP honors with Jon Matlack.
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Bill Madlock poked umpire Jerry Crawford in the face with his glove after being called out on strikes with the bases loaded.
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Bill Madlock won two more batting titles, in 1981 and 1983, making him the first player to win multiple batting titles with two different teams.
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Bill Madlock finished second in the National League in batting in 1982, his.
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In 1987, the Dodgers released Bill Madlock, who signed a few days later with the Detroit Tigers, hitting.
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Bill Madlock became a free agent at the end of the 1987 season and played for the Lotte Orions in Japan in 1988.
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Bill Madlock had a fiery temper, and was involved in several incidents that exemplified it:.
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Bill Madlock was ejected from three games during his two years as a Tiger coach.
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In 2000 and 2001 Bill Madlock was a coach with the Detroit Tigers, reuniting with Tigers manager and former Pirates teammate Phil Garner.
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In 2001, Bill Madlock was invited by Omar Moreno, another former Pirate teammate, to coach in a professional league in Panama City, Panama.
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Bill Madlock is currently living in Las Vegas, NV where since 2007 he is teaching batting lessons to kids at the Vegas Valley Batter's Box.
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