Bill Madlock

Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock, Jr. (born January 12, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball player. From 1973 to 1987, Madlock was a right-handed hitter who won several National League batting titles. His record of four batting titles as a third baseman would be eclipsed in 1988 by Wade Boggs. Since 1970, only Tony Gwynn has won more National League batting titles (eight). Madlock is also one of only three right-handed hitters to have won multiple National League batting titles since 1960, Roberto Clemente having also won four and Tommy Davis having won back-to-back titles in 1962 and 1963.

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Filmography

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Selected Bill Madlock film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

1985

1985 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Los Angeles Dodgers Third Baseman

1983

1983 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Third Baseman

1981

1981 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Third Baseman

1979

1979 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Third Baseman

1975

1975 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Third Baseman

Self

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Bill Madlock.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1973	TEX	21	77	16	27	5	3	1	5	3	7	9	0.351	0.412	0.532
1974	CHC	128	453	65	142	21	5	9	54	11	42	39	0.313	0.374	0.442
1975	CHC	130	514	77	182	29	7	7	64	9	42	34	0.354	0.402	0.479
1976	CHC	142	514	68	174	36	1	15	84	15	56	27	0.339	0.412	0.500
1977	SFG	140	533	70	161	28	1	12	46	13	43	33	0.302	0.360	0.426
1978	SFG	122	447	76	138	26	3	15	44	16	48	39	0.309	0.378	0.481
1979	PIT	85	311	48	102	17	3	7	44	21	34	22	0.328	0.390	0.469
1979	SFG	69	249	37	65	9	2	7	41	11	18	19	0.261	0.309	0.398
1980	PIT	137	494	62	137	22	4	10	53	16	45	33	0.277	0.341	0.399
1981	PIT	82	279	35	95	23	1	6	45	18	34	17	0.341	0.413	0.495
1982	PIT	154	568	92	181	33	3	19	95	18	48	39	0.319	0.368	0.488
1983	PIT	130	473	68	153	21	0	12	68	3	49	24	0.323	0.386	0.444
1984	PIT	103	403	38	102	16	0	4	44	3	26	29	0.253	0.297	0.323
1985	LAD	34	114	20	41	4	0	2	15	7	10	11	0.360	0.422	0.447
1985	PIT	110	399	49	100	23	1	10	41	3	39	42	0.251	0.323	0.388
1986	LAD	111	379	38	106	17	0	10	60	3	30	43	0.280	0.336	0.404
1987	DET	87	326	56	91	17	0	14	50	4	28	45	0.279	0.351	0.460
1987	LAD	21	61	5	11	1	0	3	7	0	6	5	0.180	0.265	0.344
Career		1806	6594	920	2008	348	34	163	860	174	605	510	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Bill Madlock.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1973	TEX	21	21	172	13	32	4	2	0.918
1974	CHC	121	120	1,025	84	229	18	14	0.946
1975	CHC	129	128	1,089	79	250	20	14	0.943
1976	CHC	136	135	1,177	107	234	14	21	0.961
1977	SFG	131	131	1,140	101	234	18	18	0.949
1978	SFG	114	112	952	234	300	14	49	0.974
1979	PIT	85	85	751	63	153	7	12	0.969
1979	SFG	64	63	533	146	144	7	35	0.976
1980	PIT	134	133	1,145	159	217	17	25	0.957
1981	PIT	78	77	648	50	147	9	17	0.956
1982	PIT	146	145	1,257	114	267	18	25	0.955
1983	PIT	126	125	1,048	59	193	11	20	0.958
1984	PIT	99	98	870	76	176	15	17	0.944
1985	LAD	32	32	235	28	63	5	7	0.948
1985	PIT	108	106	915	127	180	14	13	0.956
1986	LAD	102	102	775	79	171	26	8	0.906
1987	DET	22	21	170	167	12	2	14	0.989
1987	LAD	16	16	120	8	23	3	2	0.912
Career		1664	1650	-	1694	3025	222	313	-

First Name	Bill
Last Name	Madlock
Full Name at Birth	Bill Madlock
Other Names	Mad Dog
Age	62
Date of Birth	January 2, 1951
Birthplace	Memphis, TN
Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight	180 lbs (81.6 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
High School	Eisenhower (Decatur, IL)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Third Baseman, Second Baseman
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	7 September 1973
Last MLB Game	4 October 1987
Draft	Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1970.