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By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: Maddux MLB • Greg Maddux won his 320th game Wednesday, two days before his 40th birthday. Of the 15 300-game winners who began their careers since 1900, only three had more wins before turning 40 than Maddux: Walter Johnson (all 417 of his wins came before his 40th birthday), Christy Mathewson (all 373) and Grover Alexander (327 of 373). The only other post-1900 member of the 300-win club who had won even 290 games by his 40 ...

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