 The day after Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn lifted former Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain's indefinite suspension from Major League Baseball, Maddox was packaged with McLain, Wert & pitcher Norm McRae, and shipped to the Washington Senators for pitchers Joe Coleman & Jim Hannan, and infielders Ed Brinkman & Aurelio Rodríguez.Maddox spent much of the season batting below .200.He was batting .171 with one home run & twelve RBIs at the All-Star break, but managed to bring his average up to .217 with a hot August (.357 avg.)