On September 23,2002,the Seattle Mariners purchased his contract. Madritsch spent two years pitching for the Mariners,compiling six total wins and a 3.41 ERA. On October 21,2005,he was selected off waivers by the Kansas City Royals and assigned to the minor leagues. He was released by the Royals on September 1,2006. Beset by injuries,Madritsch did not pitch for four years.
He was signed by the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League on August 2,2008 and appeared in two games before retiring from professional baseball.
Awards
2002 –Independent Leagues All-Star SP,Independent League Player of the Year,Northern League Western Division All-Star LHP
2003 –Texas League All-Star P
2004 –MLB All-Rookie All-Star P
Personal life
Madritsch was raised by his father and did not know his mother,who was Lakota. He admitted to getting into a lot of trouble as a teen –"I was always playing with fire and getting burned all the time" –and said he finally turned things around after getting badly hurt:"I knew right from wrong after that."[1]
As of March 2012[update],Madritsch was working out with his brother Ken in Burbank,Illinois with a Little League baseball team.[2]
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