Funny you mention Maddux. Prime Halladay was that sort of control plus an ability to strike you out if he decided he had to.
I always find it interesting that Maddux seems a tiny bit slighted in that regard. From 1991-1998 Maddux had a 6.9 K/9 ratio in an era with slightly lower strikeouts. From 2003-2011 Halladay had a 7.0 K/9 ratio in an era with slightly higher strikeouts. Halladay had 15 games of 10 or more strikeouts, Maddux had 16 such games.
Certainly Maddux also kept hitters off balance to get soft contact, but he didn't lack the ability to make hitters miss. While we don't have data for his peak, even at 36-38 Maddux was league-average in swinging strike rate. Since in his prime Halladay was only slightly above average in that metric, I think we can probably assume peak Maddux was as good or better than peak Halladay in making batters miss.
Just another reason Maddux was such an amazing pitcher, since Halladay was an all-time great as well.
