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John Milner
John David Milner (The Hammer)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 15, 1971
  vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1982
Born December 28, 1949 in Atlanta, GA
Died January 4, 2000 in Atlanta, GA

Cousin of Eddie Milner

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 NYM NL   9   18    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .167  .167  .222   11    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 22 NYM NL 117  362   52   86  12  2  17   38   2  1  51  74  .238  .340  .423  119  153   5   0   1   5   8 RoY-3
 1973 23 NYM NL 129  451   69  108  12  3  23   72   1  1  62  84  .239  .329  .432  112  195   0   5   6   1  15
 1974 24 NYM NL 137  507   70  128  19  0  20   63  10  2  66  77  .252  .337  .408  109  207   0   3   9   0  18
 1975 25 NYM NL  91  220   24   42  11  0   7   29   1  1  33  22  .191  .302  .336   81   74   0   0   4   2   5
 1976 26 NYM NL 127  443   56  120  25  4  15   78   0  7  65  53  .271  .362  .447  136  198   0   3   1   0  12
 1977 27 NYM NL 131  388   43   99  20  3  12   57   6  2  61  55  .255  .353  .415  110  161   0   4   7   0   9
 1978 28 PIT NL 108  295   39   80  17  0   6   38   5  0  34  25  .271  .342  .390  101  115   0   4   6   0   6
 1979 29 PIT NL 128  326   52   90   9  4  16   60   3  5  53  37  .276  .373  .475  126  155   0   6   6   1   5
 1980 30 PIT NL 114  238   31   58   6  0   8   34   2  2  52  29  .244  .378  .370  108   88   1   1   2   0   5
 1981 31 TOT NL  65  135   12   32   6  0   5   18   0  1  17   9  .237  .320  .393  100   53   1   1   2   0   3
         PIT NL  34   59    6   14   1  0   2    9   0  0   5   3  .237  .292  .356   81   21   1   1   0   0   2
         MON NL  31   76    6   18   5  0   3    9   0  1  12   6  .237  .341  .421  115   32   0   0   2   0   1
 1982 32 TOT NL  59   53    6    9   2  0   2   10   1  0  10   5  .170  .308  .321   75   17   0   1   1   1   1
         MON NL  26   28    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   4   2  .107  .212  .107   -8    3   0   1   0   0   1
         PIT NL  33   25    5    6   2  0   2    8   1  0   6   3  .240  .406  .560  164   14   0   0   1   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1215 3436  455  855 140 16 131  498  31 22 504 473  .249  .344  .413  112 1420   7  28  45  10  87
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        458   61  114  19  2  17   66   4  3  67  63  .249  .344  .413  112  189   1   4   6   1  12
 Career High    137  507   70  128  25  4  23   78  10  7  66  84  .276  .378  .475  136  207   5   6   9   5  18
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 21 NYM NL   18   15    1   1.8    91| .167  .257| .167  .323| .222  .377| .389  .700|  11  .183  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1972 22 NYM NL  423  290   54   5.0    89| .238  .253| .340  .321| .423  .374| .763  .695| 119  .597   9.3   1.0  66%
 1973 23 NYM NL  519  364   64   4.8    95| .239  .260| .329  .329| .432  .387| .761  .716| 112  .546   7.0   0.7  50%
 1974 24 NYM NL  576  402   69   4.6    94| .252  .261| .337  .333| .408  .377| .745  .710| 109  .538   6.2   0.6  83%
 1975 25 NYM NL  255  184   23   3.4    93| .191  .261| .302  .331| .336  .376| .638  .707|  81  .388  -5.4  -0.6  50%
 1976 26 NYM NL  511  345   70   5.5    87| .271  .255| .362  .321| .447  .364| .809  .685| 136  .630  21.9   2.3   0%
 1977 27 NYM NL  453  304   59   5.2    99| .255  .263| .353  .330| .415  .401| .768  .731| 110  .556   7.7   0.8  75%
 1978 28 PIT NL  333  225   41   4.9    99| .271  .268| .342  .336| .390  .394| .732  .730| 101  .570   1.1   0.1 100%
 1979 29 PIT NL  386  252   60   6.4   104| .276  .275| .373  .341| .475  .408| .848  .749| 126  .665  12.8   1.3  37%
 1980 30 PIT NL  292  189   36   5.2    97| .244  .270| .378  .333| .370  .392| .748  .725| 108  .588   4.7   0.5  50%
 1981 31 TOT NL  154  109   17   4.2    94| .237  .265| .320  .331| .393  .380| .713  .711| 100  .512   0.0   0.0   0%
         PIT NL   66   49    6   3.3    95| .237  .267| .292  .333| .356  .383| .648  .716|  81  .402  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         MON NL   88   60   11   5.0    93| .237  .264| .341  .329| .421  .378| .762  .707| 115  .585   1.7   0.2   0%
 1982 32 TOT NL   65   46    8   4.7    97| .170  .269| .308  .333| .321  .391| .629  .723|  75  .549  -1.5  -0.1 100%
         MON NL   33   27    1   1.0    96| .107  .268| .212  .331| .107  .389| .319  .721|  -8  .067  -4.0  -0.4   0%
         PIT NL   32   19    7  10.0    98| .240  .270| .406  .334| .560  .393| .966  .727| 164  .828   2.5   0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3985 2725  502   5.0    95| .249  .262| .344  .330| .413  .385| .757  .715| 112  .569  61.6   6.4  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 21 NYM NL LF 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.53 3.52 1.88 3 23.0 1972 22 NYM NL OF 91 160 7 6 0 .965 .978 1.84 1.96 1.99 2.18 84 754.3 LF 88 157 7 4 0 .976 .974 1.86 1.67 2.03 1.92 81 728.3 1B 10 73 6 0 9 1.000 .992 7.90 8.42 8.36 9.73 10 85.0 RF 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.000 0.33 1.73 0.35 2.04 3 26.0 1973 23 NYM NL 1B 95 771 47 9 66 .989 .992 8.61 8.40 8.85 9.83 93 832.0 LF 29 33 4 2 0 .949 .976 1.28 1.67 1.35 2.05 29 247.0 1974 24 NYM NL 1B 133 1147 77 7 103 .994 .991 9.20 7.52 9.28 7.58 131 1187.0 1975 25 NYM NL OF 31 63 2 1 0 .985 .977 2.10 2.01 2.31 2.29 29 253.7 LF 30 60 2 1 0 .984 .973 2.07 1.71 2.30 2.10 28 242.7 1B 29 204 25 2 21 .991 .990 7.90 8.52 9.75 9.97 23 211.3 CF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.45 1.64 2.70 1 11.0 1976 26 NYM NL LF 112 191 6 3 2 .985 .976 1.76 1.59 1.93 2.02 111 916.7 1B 12 44 2 0 4 1.000 .991 3.83 8.61 8.17 9.96 4 50.7 1977 27 NYM NL 1B 87 672 48 4 64 .994 .991 8.28 8.31 9.05 9.89 81 715.7 OF 22 28 2 1 1 .968 .977 1.36 1.93 1.82 2.26 19 148.0 LF 21 27 2 1 1 .967 .973 1.38 1.51 1.79 1.93 19 146.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1978 28 PIT NL OF 69 118 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.72 1.94 2.24 2.31 66 477.7 LF 68 115 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.71 1.55 2.19 1.99 66 476.7 1B 28 169 13 3 15 .984 .992 6.50 8.32 9.97 9.98 16 164.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1979 29 PIT NL LF 64 109 2 5 1 .957 .970 1.73 1.58 2.23 2.01 60 448.3 1B 48 255 18 3 27 .989 .992 5.69 8.59 9.09 9.89 25 270.3 1980 30 PIT NL 1B 70 502 32 5 48 .991 .992 7.63 8.97 9.40 10.16 52 511.3 OF 11 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.73 1.98 1.16 2.31 8 62.0 LF 10 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.80 1.68 1.18 2.07 8 61.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1981 31 TOT NL 1B 29 213 17 5 16 .979 .992 7.93 8.68 9.69 10.22 25 213.7 PIT NL 1B 8 48 1 1 2 .980 .992 6.12 8.68 9.19 10.22 4 48.0 LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.79 1.71 2.13 7 58.0 MON NL 1B 21 165 16 4 14 .978 .992 8.62 8.68 9.83 10.22 21 165.7 1982 32 TOT NL 1B 6 24 2 0 5 1.000 .992 4.33 8.88 8.67 10.23 2 27.0 MON NL 1B 5 23 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.00 8.88 8.65 10.25 2 26.0 PIT NL 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.90 9.00 9.90 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1972 22 NYM NL 1B 10 73 6 0 9 1.000 .992 7.90 8.42 8.36 9.73 10 85.0 1973 23 NYM NL 1B 95 771 47 9 66 .989 .992 8.61 8.40 8.85 9.83 93 832.0 1974 24 NYM NL 1B 133 1147 77 7 103 .994 .991 9.20 7.52 9.28 7.58 131 1187.0 1975 25 NYM NL 1B 29 204 25 2 21 .991 .990 7.90 8.52 9.75 9.97 23 211.3 1976 26 NYM NL 1B 12 44 2 0 4 1.000 .991 3.83 8.61 8.17 9.96 4 50.7 1977 27 NYM NL 1B 87 672 48 4 64 .994 .991 8.28 8.31 9.05 9.89 81 715.7 1978 28 PIT NL 1B 28 169 13 3 15 .984 .992 6.50 8.32 9.97 9.98 16 164.3 1979 29 PIT NL 1B 48 255 18 3 27 .989 .992 5.69 8.59 9.09 9.89 25 270.3 1980 30 PIT NL 1B 70 502 32 5 48 .991 .992 7.63 8.97 9.40 10.16 52 511.3 1981 31 TOT NL 1B 29 213 17 5 16 .979 .992 7.93 8.68 9.69 10.22 25 213.7 PIT NL 1B 8 48 1 1 2 .980 .992 6.12 8.68 9.19 10.22 4 48.0 MON NL 1B 21 165 16 4 14 .978 .992 8.62 8.68 9.83 10.22 21 165.7 1982 32 TOT NL 1B 6 24 2 0 5 1.000 .992 4.33 8.88 8.67 10.23 2 27.0 MON NL 1B 5 23 2 0 4 1.000 .992 5.00 8.88 8.65 10.25 2 26.0 PIT NL 1B 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.90 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1975 25 NYM NL CF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.45 1.64 2.70 1 11.0 1971 21 NYM NL LF 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.53 3.52 1.88 3 23.0 1972 22 NYM NL LF 88 157 7 4 0 .976 .974 1.86 1.67 2.03 1.92 81 728.3 1973 23 NYM NL LF 29 33 4 2 0 .949 .976 1.28 1.67 1.35 2.05 29 247.0 1975 25 NYM NL LF 30 60 2 1 0 .984 .973 2.07 1.71 2.30 2.10 28 242.7 1976 26 NYM NL LF 112 191 6 3 2 .985 .976 1.76 1.59 1.93 2.02 111 916.7 1977 27 NYM NL LF 21 27 2 1 1 .967 .973 1.38 1.51 1.79 1.93 19 146.0 1978 28 PIT NL LF 68 115 1 0 0 1.000 .978 1.71 1.55 2.19 1.99 66 476.7 1979 29 PIT NL LF 64 109 2 5 1 .957 .970 1.73 1.58 2.23 2.01 60 448.3 1980 30 PIT NL LF 10 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.80 1.68 1.18 2.07 8 61.0 1981 31 PIT NL LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.79 1.71 2.13 7 58.0 1971 21 NYM NL OF 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 1.93 3.52 2.19 3 23.0 1972 22 NYM NL OF 91 160 7 6 0 .965 .978 1.84 1.96 1.99 2.18 84 754.3 1973 23 NYM NL OF 29 33 4 2 0 .949 .976 1.28 1.96 1.35 2.23 29 247.0 1975 25 NYM NL OF 31 63 2 1 0 .985 .977 2.10 2.01 2.31 2.29 29 253.7 1976 26 NYM NL OF 112 195 7 3 2 .985 .979 1.80 2.03 1.98 2.34 111 916.7 1977 27 NYM NL OF 22 28 2 1 1 .968 .977 1.36 1.93 1.82 2.26 19 148.0 1978 28 PIT NL OF 69 118 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.72 1.94 2.24 2.31 66 477.7 1979 29 PIT NL OF 64 112 2 5 1 .958 .979 1.78 2.00 2.29 2.33 60 448.3 1980 30 PIT NL OF 11 8 0 1 0 .889 .976 0.73 1.98 1.16 2.31 8 62.0 1981 31 PIT NL OF 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.02 1.86 2.33 7 58.0 1972 22 NYM NL RF 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.000 0.33 1.73 0.35 2.04 3 26.0 1977 27 NYM NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1978 28 PIT NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1980 30 PIT NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 547 4074 287 38 378 .991 .991 7.97 8.29 9.20 9.29 462 4268.3 OF* 440 737 26 19 4 .976 .979 1.73 1.98 2.03 2.28 416 3388.7 433 2 6# LF* 433 719 25 17 4 .978 .975 1.72 1.61 2.00 2.00 412 3347.7 RF* 6 1 0 2 0 .333 1.000 0.17 1.75 0.30 2.04 3 30.0 CF* 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.45 1.64 2.70 1 11.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 987 4811 313 57 382 .989 .990 5.19 5.48 6.02 6.19 878 7657
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   NLCS  NYM CIN     W   5  17   2   3  0  0  0   1   5   3  .176  .364  .176   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM OAK     L   7  27   2   8  0  0  0   2   5   1  .296  .406  .296   0  0   0   0   0 
 1979   NLCS  PIT CIN     W   3   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   0  .000  .182  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   3   9   2   3  1  0  0   1   2   0  .333  .455  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   NLDS  MON PHI     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  MON LAD     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1   9  27   2   3  0  0  0   1   7   4  .111  .294  .111   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1  10  36   4  11  1  0  0   3   7   1  .306  .419  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  21  65   6  15  1  0  0   5  14   5  .231  .367  .246   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Grounded into Double Plays
1974 NL-18-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.5 (1300) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

December 8, 1977: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Texas Rangers. The New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

October 22, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 20, 1981: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Montreal Expos for Willie Montanez.

July 6, 1982: Released by the Montreal Expos.

July 29, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 28, 1983: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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