John Milner

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 28, 1949 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: January 4, 2000 in East Point, GA

Buried: College Park Cemetery, College Park, GA

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from South Fulton HS (East Point, GA).

High School: South Fulton HS (East Point, GA)

Debut: September 15, 1971 (Age 21-261d, 13,195th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 32-279d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: John David Milner

Nicknames: The Hammer

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Relatives: Cousin of Eddie Milner

1979 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.5

3436

855

131

.249

455

RBI

498

OBP

.344

SLG

.413

OPS

.757

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 7	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
3	3	Apr 11	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
4	4	Apr 12	NYM	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
5	5	Apr 13	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
6	6	Apr 14	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 15	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
8	8	Apr 17	NYM		CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 18	NYM		CHC	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 19 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 19 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	NYM		MON	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22 (1)	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	14	Apr 22 (2)	NYM		MON	W,13-3	GS	18	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
15	15	Apr 24	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
16	16	Apr 25	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	40 (23)	May 27	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
18	41	May 28	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
19	42	May 29	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
20	43	May 30	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	44	Jun 1	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
22	45	Jun 2	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
23	46	Jun 3	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
24	47	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
25	48	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	3	1B
26	49	Jun 8	NYM		LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
27	50	Jun 9	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
28	51	Jun 10	NYM		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
29	52	Jun 11	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
30	53	Jun 12	NYM		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
31	54	Jun 13	NYM		SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
32	55	Jun 15	NYM		SDP	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
33	56	Jun 16	NYM		SDP	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
34	57	Jun 17	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
35	58	Jun 18	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
36	59	Jun 19	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	60	Jun 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
38	61	Jun 21	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	8	0	0	8	2	1B
39	62	Jun 22	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
40	63	Jun 23	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	12	0	0	12	1	1B
41	64	Jun 24	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
42	65	Jun 25	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
43	66	Jun 26	NYM		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
44	67	Jun 27 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	69 (1)	Jun 28	NYM		PHI	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	12	1	1	14	2	1B
46	70	Jun 29	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	71	Jun 30	NYM	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	72	Jul 1 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
49	74 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	14	1	0	15	1	1B
50	75	Jul 3	NYM	@	MON	L,8-19	CG	52	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	76	Jul 4	NYM	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
52	77	Jul 5	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
53	78	Jul 6	NYM		ATL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	79	Jul 7	NYM		ATL	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
55	80	Jul 8	NYM		ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
56	81	Jul 9	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
57	84 (2)	Jul 13 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
58	85	Jul 13 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
59	86	Jul 14	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
60	88 (1)	Jul 16	NYM	@	ATL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
61	89	Jul 17	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
62	90	Jul 18	NYM	@	ATL	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
63	91	Jul 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
64	92	Jul 21	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
65	93	Jul 22	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
66	94	Jul 26 (1)	NYM	@	STL	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	95	Jul 26 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
68	96	Jul 27	NYM	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	97	Jul 28	NYM		MON	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
70	98	Jul 29	NYM		MON	L,4-6	GS	13	3.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
71	99	Jul 30 (1)	NYM		MON	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	100	Jul 30 (2)	NYM		MON	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	102 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	103	Aug 1 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	104	Aug 2	NYM		PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
76	105	Aug 3	NYM		STL	W,7-3	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	106	Aug 4	NYM		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	107	Aug 5 (1)	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
79	108	Aug 5 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
80	109	Aug 6	NYM		STL	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
81	110	Aug 7	NYM		STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
82	111	Aug 8	NYM	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
83	112	Aug 9	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
84	113	Aug 10	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
85	114	Aug 11	NYM	@	SFG	L,7-8	CG	58	12.1	16	0	1	17	2	1B
86	115	Aug 12	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	116	Aug 13	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
88	117	Aug 14	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	118	Aug 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
90	119	Aug 17	NYM		CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	120	Aug 18	NYM		CIN	W,12-1	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	121	Aug 19	NYM		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	122	Aug 20	NYM		CIN	L,3-8	CG	64	16.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
94	123	Aug 21	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	124	Aug 22	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	125	Aug 23	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	126	Aug 24	NYM		SFG	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
98	127	Aug 25	NYM		SFG	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
99	132 (4)	Aug 30	NYM	@	STL	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	137 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	LF
101	138	Sep 4	NYM		PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	139	Sep 5	NYM		PHI	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	140	Sep 7 (1)	NYM	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	141	Sep 7 (2)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	64	15.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	142	Sep 8	NYM	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
106	144 (1)	Sep 11	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
107	145	Sep 12	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
108	146	Sep 13	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	48	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
109	147	Sep 15 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
110	148	Sep 15 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	149	Sep 16	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
112	150	Sep 17	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
113	151	Sep 18	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
114	152	Sep 19	NYM		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
115	153	Sep 20	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
116	154	Sep 21	NYM		PIT	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
117	155	Sep 22	NYM		STL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
118	156	Sep 23	NYM		STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
119	157	Sep 25	NYM		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
120	158	Sep 26	NYM		MON	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
121	159	Sep 30 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
122	160	Sep 30 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
123	161	Oct 1	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	1B
							124gm		1079.0	804	51	11	866	66