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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYM		PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
2	2	Apr 10	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	10	1	1	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 11	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	7	3	0	10	2	1B
4	4	Apr 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
5	7 (2)	Apr 17	NYM	@	STL	W,14-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
6	8	Apr 19	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
7	13 (4)	Apr 25	NYM	@	MON	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	14	Apr 27	NYM	@	MON	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
9	15	Apr 29	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
10	16	Apr 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17	May 1	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
12	18	May 2	NYM		MON	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
13	19	May 3	NYM		MON	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
14	20	May 6	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
15	22 (1)	May 8	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	23	May 9	NYM		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
17	24	May 10	NYM		CIN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	25	May 11	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
19	26	May 12	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
20	30 (3)	May 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	31	May 20	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
22	32	May 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	33	May 23	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
24	34	May 24	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
25	35	May 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF CF
26	36	May 26	NYM		LAD	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	37	May 27	NYM		LAD	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	41 (3)	Jun 1	NYM		SDP	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	49 (7)	Jun 9	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	50	Jun 10	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	51	Jun 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
32	52	Jun 12	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	53	Jun 13	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	55 (1)	Jun 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR LF
35	56	Jun 17 (1)	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	57	Jun 17 (2)	NYM	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	61 (3)	Jun 21	NYM		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	62	Jun 22	NYM		PIT	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
39	69 (6)	Jun 29 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,6-9	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	74 (4)	Jul 3	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
41	75	Jul 4	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
42	76	Jul 5 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	77	Jul 5 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,7-10	GS	43	6.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	83 (5)	Jul 11 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
45	84	Jul 12	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
46	97 (12)	Jul 27 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
47	100 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
48	101	Jul 30	NYM	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	105 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	61	14.0	4	2	0	6	1	LF 1B
50	113 (7)	Aug 9	NYM		LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	114	Aug 10	NYM		LAD	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	116 (1)	Aug 12	NYM		SDP	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	117	Aug 13	NYM		SDP	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
54	123 (5)	Aug 19	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	128 (4)	Aug 24 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	162 (33)	Sep 28	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							61gm		465.0	266	27	3	296	21