Chicago Cubs: Looking back on Joe Maddon’s 1,000 wins

With Tuesday night’s win, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon notched the 1,000th win of his career. How does that stack up all-time?

Thanks to a barrage of home runs against the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday night, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon joined an exclusive club: 1,000 managerial wins.

Only 62 other skippers can boast such an impressive total. But of those, Maddon has a ways to go to join the all-time greats. Names old and new adorn the top of the list: Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre and Bobby Cox join the likes of Connie Mack and John McGraw in the top five.

“To the players who have been a part of this, I want to say, ‘Thank you,'” he told MLB.com after the win. “You don’t do it without the players.”

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