Control pitchers, who succeed by avoiding surrendering walks, are different from [[power pitcher]]s who succeed by [[strikeout|striking out]] batters and keeping the ball out of play.
TwoThree of the most famous examples of control pitchers in the history of baseball are [[Christy Mathewson]], [[Ferguson Jenkins]], and [[Greg Maddux]], though Maddux alsoand hasJenkins have also had significant strikeout totals (he is athey're membermembers of the [[3000 strikeout club|3,000 strikeout club]]) because of histheir ability to change speeds and the deceptive nature of histheir pitches.
