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Eddie Milner
Edward James Milner

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 173 lb.

Born: May 21, 1955 in Columbus, OH
Schools: Central State University, Muskingum College
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Final Game: July 29, 1988
Relatives: Cousin of John Milner
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1980	25	CIN	NL	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	26	CIN	NL	8	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	106	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1982	27	CIN	NL	113	452	407	61	109	23	5	4	31	18	12	41	40	.268	.338	.378	.716	99	154	7	2	2	0	1	798
1983	28	CIN	NL	146	584	502	77	131	23	6	9	33	41	12	68	60	.261	.350	.384	.734	101	193	11	1	12	1	2	*8
1984	29	CIN	NL	117	397	336	44	78	8	4	7	29	21	13	51	50	.232	.333	.342	.676	88	115	2	2	4	4	3	8
1985	30	CIN	NL	145	520	453	82	115	19	7	3	33	35	13	61	31	.254	.342	.347	.688	90	157	3	1	2	3	3	*8
1986	31	CIN	NL	145	462	424	70	110	22	6	15	47	18	11	36	56	.259	.317	.446	.762	105	189	3	0	1	1	2	*8
1987	32	SFG	NL	101	239	214	38	54	14	0	4	19	10	9	24	33	.252	.328	.374	.702	89	80	2	0	1	0	3	8
1988	33	CIN	NL	23	55	51	3	9	1	0	0	2	2	2	4	9	.176	.236	.196	.432	24	10	0	0	0	0	0	8/79
9 Seasons				804	2718	2395	376	607	111	28	42	195	145	72	286	280	.253	.333	.376	.709	95	900	28	6	22	9	14
162 Game Avg.				162	548	483	76	122	22	6	8	39	29	15	58	56	.253	.333	.376	.709	95	181	6	1	4	2	3

CIN (8 yrs)				703	2479	2181	338	553	97	28	38	176	135	63	262	247	.254	.334	.376	.710	96	820	26	6	21	9	11
SFG (1 yr)				101	239	214	38	54	14	0	4	19	10	9	24	33	.252	.328	.374	.702	89	80	2	0	1	0	3

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1980	25	CIN	NL	3	3	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.268	.000	.330	.000	.389	.000	.719	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1981	26	CIN	NL	6	4	1	6.8	93	.250	.200	.265	.333	.330	.400	.379	.733	.710	106	.713	0.1	0.0	.750	.400	.200
1982	27	CIN	NL	452	319	52	4.4	96	.289	.268	.268	.338	.331	.378	.389	.716	.720	99	.519	-0.4	0.0	.640	.226	.111	6.5
1983	28	CIN	NL	584	407	72	4.8	99	.281	.261	.267	.350	.336	.384	.395	.734	.731	101	.553	1.7	0.2	.739	.317	.124	14.8
1984	29	CIN	NL	397	281	42	4.0	97	.251	.232	.268	.333	.334	.342	.390	.676	.723	88	.482	-4.7	-0.5	.645	.286	.110	10.5
1985	30	CIN	NL	520	359	60	4.5	98	.265	.254	.264	.342	.333	.347	.394	.688	.727	90	.531	-4.8	-0.5	.681	.276	.093	5.5
1986	31	CIN	NL	462	330	59	4.8	101	.268	.259	.266	.317	.337	.446	.401	.762	.738	105	.551	0.9	0.1	.707	.288	.186	16.4
1987	32	SFG	NL	239	172	26	4.1	102	.282	.252	.264	.328	.333	.374	.412	.702	.745	89	.429	-2.8	-0.3	.614	.238	.121	5.7
1988	33	CIN	NL	55	44	2	1.2	93	.214	.176	.261	.236	.325	.196	.383	.432	.708	24	.104	-5.2	-0.6	.318	.098	.020	.0
9 Seasons				2718	1919	314	4.4	99	.271	.253	.266	.333	.334	.376	.395	.709	.729	95	.514	-15.9	-1.7	.670	.272	.122	65.1
162 Game Avg.				548	387	63	4.4	99	.271	.253	.266	.333	.334	.376	.395	.709	.729	95	.514	-15.9	-1.7	.670	.272	.122	13

CIN (8 yrs)				2479	1747	288	4.4	98	.270	.254	.266	.334	.334	.376	.394	.710	.728	96	.523	-13.1	-1.4	.676	.276	.122	59.3
SFG (1 yr)				239	172	26	4.1	102	.282	.252	.264	.328	.333	.374	.412	.702	.745	89	.428	-2.8	-0.3	.614	.238	.121	5.7

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1987	32	SFG	NL	NLCS	STL	L	6	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLCS							6	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1980	25	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.50	100%
1981	26	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	100%	1.00	5.0		5.0		0.50	67%
1982	27	CIN	NL	452	0.9%	8.9%	9.1%	7.1%	29%	0.98	10.2	101.8	13.1		1.19	80%
1983	28	CIN	NL	584	1.5%	10.3%	11.6%	6.5%	29%	0.88	8.4	55.8	15.2		1.07	74%
1984	29	CIN	NL	397	1.8%	12.6%	12.9%	4.8%	24%	0.98	6.7	48.0	11.6		0.75	71%
1985	30	CIN	NL	520	0.6%	6.0%	11.7%	5.6%	25%	0.51	14.6	151.0	13.7		0.91	81%
1986	31	CIN	NL	462	3.3%	12.1%	7.8%	9.3%	39%	1.56	7.6	28.3	9.0		1.11	77%
1987	32	SFG	NL	239	1.7%	13.8%	10.0%	7.5%	33%	1.38	6.5	53.5	11.3		1.15	74%
1988	33	CIN	NL	55	0.0%	16.4%	7.3%	1.8%	11%	2.25	5.7		25.5	0.50	0.50	76%	21%	0.0%	54%
9 Seasons				2718	1.6%	10.3%	10.5%	6.7%	30%	0.98	8.6	57.0	12.3	0.50	1.00	77%	21%	0.0%	54%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	25	CIN	NL	0	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1981	26	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	27	CIN	NL	4	0	39%	173	18	12	60%	18	12	0	0	0	0	5	1	6	13	51%	25	16	9	4	2	1	18	4	14
1983	28	CIN	NL	5	0	36%	216	41	12	77%	38	11	3	1	0	0	5	0	4	18	67%	23	12	11	4	1	3	24	4	20
1984	29	CIN	NL	5	0	30%	145	21	13	62%	21	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	12	59%	16	6	9	4	2	2	12	3	8
1985	30	CIN	NL	3	0	45%	224	35	13	73%	34	13	0	0	1	0	5	0	4	12	64%	27	14	13	8	2	6	28	7	21
1986	31	CIN	NL	2	0	42%	153	18	11	62%	18	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	11	74%	20	9	11	7	2	5	22	2	20
1987	32	SFG	NL	4	0	46%	86	10	9	53%	10	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	58%	16	8	8	0	0	0	15	3	10
1988	33	CIN	NL	1	0	23%	8	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
9 Seasons				24	0	39%	1016	145	72	67%	141	71	3	1	1	0	25	1	26	77	62%	130	66	63	28	10	17	121	24	94
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1980	25	CIN	NL	3	100%	0			3	0	0	0	0.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1981	26	CIN	NL	6	83%	1			3	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1982	27	CIN	NL	452	71%	109			6	2	0	1	1.55	4	0	5	4	0	1	3	0	3	2	67%	53	7	13%	27	8	30%	199	30	15%	8	2	25%	26	12	46%	0
1983	28	CIN	NL	584	81%	131			8	2	0	0	1.42	9	0	5	8	1	3	6	0	14	12	86%	64	11	17%	44	15	34%	259	24	9%	16	5	31%	45	21	47%	0
1984	29	CIN	NL	397	77%	78			14	2	0	0	1.53	7	0	6	6	1	5	2	0	4	4	100%	46	2	4%	24	14	58%	197	24	12%	13	8	62%	23	10	43%	0
1985	30	CIN	NL	520	89%	115			14	6	0	1	1.56	3	0	11	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	71	3	4%	37	11	30%	246	32	13%	22	9	41%	35	18	51%	0
1986	31	CIN	NL	462	87%	110			15	3	0	0	0.89	15	0	11	15	0	8	7	0	4	1	25%	61	3	5%	31	8	26%	214	35	16%	24	11	46%	22	9	41%	0
1987	32	SFG	NL	239	85%	54			19	4	0	1	1.24	4	0	2	4	0	4	0	0	1	1	100%	36	2	6%	11	3	27%	105	16	15%	12	4	33%	9	2	22%	0
1988	33	CIN	NL	55	73%	9	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	1	20%	22	2	9%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
9 Seasons				2718	81%	607	0	0	89	19	0	3	1.24	42	0	40	40	2	22	20	0	28	22	79%	338	28	8%	180	60	33%	1245	164	13%	97	40	41%	166	76	46%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	33	CIN	NL	55	202	3.67	125	62%	23%	17%	26%	34%	77%	0%	48%	78%	27%	4%	2	0	13%	7	2	11%	6	4	0%	0	0	0
1 Season				55	202	3.67	125	62%	23%	17%	26%	34%	77%	0%	48%	78%	27%	4%	2	0	13%	7	2	11%	6	4	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1980	25	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	26	14	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.250	.472	33	2	0	0	0	0	0
1982	27	127	461	415	62	110	24	5	4	32	18	12	42	41	.265	.336	.376	.711	98	156	7	2	2	0	1
1983	28	273	1045	917	139	241	47	11	13	65	59	24	110	101	.263	.343	.381	.724	100	349	18	3	14	1	3
1984	29	390	1442	1253	183	319	55	15	20	94	80	37	161	151	.255	.341	.370	.711	97	464	20	5	18	5	6
1985	30	535	1962	1706	265	434	74	22	23	127	115	50	222	182	.254	.341	.364	.705	95	621	23	6	20	8	9
1986	31	680	2424	2130	335	544	96	28	38	174	133	61	258	238	.255	.336	.380	.717	97	810	26	6	21	9	11
1987	32	781	2663	2344	373	598	110	28	42	193	143	70	282	271	.255	.335	.380	.715	96	890	28	6	22	9	14
1988	33	804	2718	2395	376	607	111	28	42	195	145	72	286	280	.253	.333	.376	.709	95	900	28	6	22	9	14

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	25	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1981	26	12	10	8	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	8
1982	27	113	456	411	65	113	24	5	4	33	19	43	40	.275	.346	.387	.733	55	113
1983	28	146	587	512	81	141	25	6	10	35	44	73	60	.275	.366	.406	.773	76	146
1984	29	117	405	343	46	85	9	4	8	31	23	56	50	.248	.353	.367	.720	44	117
1985	30	145	533	463	85	125	21	8	3	34	38	66	31	.270	.360	.369	.730	62	145
1986	31	145	462	425	72	111	22	6	15	48	18	36	56	.261	.318	.447	.765	61	145
1987	32	101	238	214	39	54	14	0	4	19	10	24	33	.252	.328	.374	.702	26	101
1988	33	23	56	52	4	10	1	0	0	2	2	4	9	.192	.250	.212	.462	3	23
9 Seasons		808	2750	2431	393	641	118	29	44	204	154	304	281	.264	.346	.390	.736	329	804
162 Game Avg.		162	551	487	79	129	24	6	9	41	31	61	56	.264	.346	.390	.736	66	804

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1985 NL--7--9th	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1983 NL--41--6th 1985 NL--35--9th	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1983 NL--12--4th	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1984 NL--13--9th 1985 NL--13--6th
Power-Speed # s c a p y 1986 NL--16.4--10th	AB per SO s c a p y 1985 NL--14.613--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Batting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Rich Becker (963)
Pat Sheridan (959)
Jim Delsing (958)
Darren Bragg (954)
Henry Cotto (945)
Marvell Wynne (943)
Rudy Law (943)
R.J. Reynolds (942)
Bob Dernier (941)
Gil Coan (941)

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Eric Tipton (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry White (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Johnny Barrett (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lenny Green (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Sheridan (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Delsing (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1625), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50