Eddie Milner

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 173lb (180cm, 78kg)

Born: May 21, 1955 in Columbus, OH us

Died: November 2, 2015 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Glen Rest Cemetery, Reynoldsburg, OH

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Central State University (Wilberforce, OH).

Schools: Muskingum University (New Concord, OH), Central State University (Wilberforce, OH)

Debut: September 2, 1980 (Age 25-104d, 14,360th in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 29, 1988 (Age 33-069d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Eddie James Milner

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Relatives: Cousin of John Milner

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

2395

607

.253

376

RBI

195

145

OBP

.334

SLG

.376

OPS

.709

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 42 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

7 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	38
SFG	4

Platoon
vs RHP	40
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	20

Outs
0	20
1	13
2	9

11 Opps
MON	6
LAD	5
SDP	5
HOU	5
ATL	4
PHI	4
CHC	4
NYM	3
SFG	3
PIT	2
STL	1

37 Pitchers
Pascual Pérez	2
Dennis Eckersley	2
Ed Whitson	2
Mike Scott	2
Ron Darling	2
Danny Darwin	1
Rich Rodas	1
Mike Krukow	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Dick Ruthven	1
Eric Show	1
Bob Welch	1
Andy McGaffigan	1
Bill Laskey	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Alejandro Peña	1
Jeff Heathcock	1
Rick Reuschel	1
Cecilio Guante	1
Ken Howell	1
Kent Tekulve	1
Charles Hudson	1
Kevin Gross	1
Jeff Reardon	1
John Montefusco	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Doug Bird	1
Steve Rogers	1
Vern Ruhle	1
Mike Torrez	1
Joe Beckwith	1
Greg Bargar	1
Ed Wojna	1
Kurt Kepshire	1
Bert Roberge	1
Phil Niekro	1

9 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	18
3Com Park (SFO)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
9	25
7	3
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	32
1--	4
12-	2
-2-	2
1-3	2

56 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	32
1 on	6
2 on	4
Any on	10

Inning
1	7
2	4
3	7
4	3
5	1
6	5
7	5
8	9
9	1

1-3	18
4-6	9
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	13
-1	7
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	15
Tied	13
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	38
LF	3
RF	1

OrderPos
1st	26
2nd	8
6th	4
5th	2
7th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	28
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1982-05-29	CIN	@	MON	Steve Rogers	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	0.267	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	1982-05-30	CIN	@	MON	Jeff Reardon	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	1--		2	9	7	0.090	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Treviño Scores
3	3	3	1	1982-06-21	CIN		LAD	Bob Welch	tied 1-1	b 2	2	12-		3	1	7	0.271	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Bench Scores; M. Soto Scores
4	4	4	1	1982-07-11	CIN	@	CHC	Doug Bird	behind 0-9	t 8	0	---		1	1	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1983-05-02	CIN	@	PHI	Dick Ruthven	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---		1	2	8	0.106	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1983-05-20	CIN	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---		1	2	8	0.088	79%		Home Run
7	7	3	1	1983-06-22	CIN	@	SFG	Andy McGaffigan	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---		1	5	8	0.125	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1983-07-17	CIN	@	PHI	Kevin Gross	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	5	1	1983-07-19	CIN	@	MON	Dan Schatzeder	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---		1	1	8	0.061	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	6	1	1983-07-27	CIN		MON	Greg Bargar	behind 0-2	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.100	44%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	7	1	1983-08-06 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	John Montefusco	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.123	50%		Home Run (CF-RF)
12	12	8	1	1983-09-14	CIN		ATL	Phil Niekro	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---		1	1	8	0.126	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	9	1	1983-09-16	CIN		HOU	Vern Ruhle	ahead 4-3	b 4	2	-2-		2	1	8	0.175	85%		Home Run; B. Berenyi Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1984-04-02	CIN		NYM	Mike Torrez	ahead 3-1	b 2	1	1-3		3	2	8	0.119	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Bilardello Scores; M. Soto Scores
15	15	2	1	1984-05-27	CIN	@	CHC	Dennis Eckersley	behind 2-3	t 8	2	---		1	2	8	0.263	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	1984-06-02	CIN		ATL	Pascual Pérez	behind 0-6	b 8	2	1-3		3	2	8	0.031	4%		Home Run; T. Hume Scores; G. Redus Scores
17	17	4	1	1984-06-19	CIN		LAD	Rich Rodas	ahead 8-3	b 6	1	---		1	2	8	0.012	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	5	1	1984-06-24	CIN		SDP	Eric Show	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
19	19	6	1	1984-06-25	CIN	@	SFG	Bill Laskey	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.107	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run
20	20	7	1	1984-08-21	CIN		STL	Kurt Kepshire	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	1--		2	1	8	0.144	94%		Home Run; G. Redus Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1985-09-07	CIN	@	CHC	Dennis Eckersley	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.099	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
22	22	2	1	1985-09-21	CIN	@	HOU	Jeff Heathcock	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---		1	1	8	0.124	32%		Home Run
23	23	3	1	1985-09-24	CIN		ATL	Pascual Pérez	tied 1-1	b 2	1	-2-		2	1	8	0.171	74%		Home Run; T. Browning Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1986-05-12	CIN	@	MON	Bert Roberge	tied 3-3	t 9	2	---		1	1	8	0.419	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	1986-05-18	CIN		PIT	Cecilio Guante	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.053	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	3	1	1986-06-07	CIN	@	SFG	Mike Krukow	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---		1	1	8	0.131	59%		Home Run
27	27	4	1	1986-06-18	CIN		HOU	Mike Scott	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---		1	1	8	0.133	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	5	1	1986-07-05	CIN	@	PHI	Charles Hudson	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---		1	1	8	0.104	72%		Home Run
29	29	6	1	1986-07-08	CIN	@	NYM	Ron Darling	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---		1	1	8	0.116	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	7	1	1986-07-18	CIN		PHI	Kent Tekulve	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	---		1	7	8	0.083	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line)
31	31	8	1	1986-07-23	CIN		NYM	Ron Darling	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---		1	2	8	0.127	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	9	1	1986-07-25	CIN		MON	Dennis Martínez	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---		1	2	8	0.139	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	10	1	1986-08-02	CIN	@	LAD	Alejandro Peña	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---		1	1	8	0.180	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	11	1	1986-08-08 (2)	CIN		LAD	Joe Beckwith	ahead 3-0	b 6	1	1--		2	6	8	0.057	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Esasky Scores
35	35	12	1	1986-09-03	CIN		PIT	Rick Reuschel	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---		1	6	8	0.113	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	13	1	1986-09-21	CIN		LAD	Ken Howell	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	12-		3	5	8	0.120	99%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Bell Scores; E. Davis Scores
37	37	14	1	1986-09-27	CIN	@	SDP	Ed Wojna	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---		1	6	8	0.134	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	15	2	1986-09-27	CIN	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	1--		2	6	8	0.113	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Díaz Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1987-06-30	SFG		ATL	Doyle Alexander	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---		1	1	8	0.162	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	2	1	1987-08-10	SFG		HOU	Danny Darwin	behind 1-4	b 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.091	21%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	3	1	1987-09-14	SFG		SDP	Ed Whitson	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.105	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	4	1	1987-09-16	SFG		HOU	Mike Scott	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.102	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)