Greg Maddux’s Hall of Fame plaque will have no logo

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Greg Maddux, who was voted into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame earlier this month after receiving 97.2-percent of the votes for his career-performance with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves, will not have either team’s logo on his Hall of Fame plaque.

Maddux started with the Cubs and then went on to get 194 of his 355 career wins and 363 of his 740 starts came with the Atlanta Braves, including three of his four Cy Young awards. After his time in Atlanta, Maddux re-signed with Chicago for a total of 298 starts and 133 wins in a Cubs uniform.

The details on Maddux’s decision were reported with a series of tweets by the Houston Chronicle’s Jose de Jesus Ortiz.

Greg Maddux's HOF plaque will have no logo. Neither will Tony La Russa's. Joe Torre will have a Yankees logo. Glavine will have Braves logo.
— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) January 23, 2014

Maddux: "My wife Kathy & I grew up in baseball in Chicago & then we had just an amazing experience in Atlanta with the Braves."
— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) January 23, 2014

"It's impossible for me to choose one of those teams for my Hall of Fame plaque," Maddux said.
— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) January 23, 2014

"I can't think of having my ... induction without support of both of those fan bases," Maddux said.
— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) January 23, 2014

"So, for that reason, the cap on my Hall of Fame plaque will not feature a logo," Maddux said.
— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) January 23, 2014

The move by Maddux will set a precedent going forward for players or managers that had great years with multiple teams as the plaques at Cooperstown list all the teams an inductee was with.

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