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John Milner

John David Milner (The Hammer)

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 28, 1949 in Atlanta, GA
High School: South Fulton HS (East Point, GA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1971 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Pirates/Expos 1971-1982

Final Game: October 3, 1982 (Age 32)
Died: January 4, 2000 in East Point, GA
Buried: College Park Cemetery, College Park, GA
Relatives: Cousin of Eddie Milner
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #1440. Rick Cerone… #1441. Brendan Ryan… #1442. Denny Walling… #1443. JOHN MILNER… #1444. Ben Grieve… #1445. Clay Dalrymple… #1446. Melky Cabrera… 

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 Awards
1971 21 NYM NL 9 18 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .222 .389 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1972 22 NYM NL 117 423 362 52 86 12 2 17 38 2 1 51 74 .238 .340 .423 .762 119 153 8 5 5 0 1 73/9 RoY-3
1973 23 NYM NL 129 519 451 69 108 12 3 23 72 1 1 62 84 .239 .329 .432 .762 112 195 15 1 0 5 6 37
1974 24 NYM NL 137 576 507 70 128 19 0 20 63 10 2 66 77 .252 .337 .408 .745 109 207 18 0 0 3 9 *3
1975 25 NYM NL 91 255 220 24 42 11 0 7 29 1 1 33 22 .191 .302 .336 .638 81 74 5 2 0 0 4 73/8
1976 26 NYM NL 127 511 443 56 120 25 4 15 78 0 7 65 53 .271 .362 .447 .809 137 198 12 0 0 3 1 *73
1977 27 NYM NL 131 453 388 43 99 20 3 12 57 6 2 61 55 .255 .353 .415 .768 111 161 9 0 0 4 7 37/9
1978 28 PIT NL 108 333 295 39 80 17 0 6 38 5 0 34 25 .271 .342 .390 .732 101 115 6 0 0 4 6 73/9
1979 29 PIT NL 128 386 326 52 90 9 4 16 60 3 5 53 37 .276 .373 .475 .849 126 155 5 1 0 6 6 73
1980 30 PIT NL 114 292 238 31 58 6 0 8 34 2 2 52 29 .244 .378 .370 .748 108 88 5 0 1 1 2 37/9
1981 31 TOT NL 65 154 135 12 32 6 0 5 18 0 1 17 9 .237 .320 .393 .713 100 53 3 0 1 1 2 3/7
1981 31 PIT NL 34 66 59 6 14 1 0 2 9 0 0 5 3 .237 .292 .356 .648 81 21 2 0 1 1 0 /37
1981 31 MON NL 31 88 76 6 18 5 0 3 9 0 1 12 6 .237 .341 .421 .762 115 32 1 0 0 0 2 3
1982 32 TOT NL 59 65 53 6 9 2 0 2 10 1 0 10 5 .170 .308 .321 .628 75 17 1 1 0 1 1 /3
1982 32 MON NL 26 33 28 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .107 .212 .107 .319 -8 3 1 0 0 1 0 /3
1982 32 PIT NL 33 32 25 5 6 2 0 2 8 1 0 6 3 .240 .406 .560 .966 164 14 0 1 0 0 1 /3
12 Yrs 1215 3985 3436 455 855 140 16 131 498 31 22 504 473 .249 .344 .413 .757 112 1420 87 10 7 28 45
162 Game Avg. 162 531 458 61 114 19 2 17 66 4 3 67 63 .249 .344 .413 .757 112 189 12 1 1 4 6
NYM (7 yrs) 741 2755 2389 315 586 100 12 94 338 20 14 338 368 .245 .339 .415 .754 113 992 67 8 5 15 28
PIT (5 yrs) 417 1109 943 133 248 35 4 34 149 11 7 150 97 .263 .361 .417 .778 112 393 18 2 2 12 15
MON (2 yrs) 57 121 104 7 21 5 0 3 11 0 1 16 8 .202 .306 .337 .642 81 35 2 0 0 1 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 21 NYM NL 9 18 -1 -0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .489 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 /7
1972 22 NYM NL 117 423 12 1 -0 -7 -5 1 0.2 14 15 1.5 .501 .501 2.2 -1.3 21 73/9 RoY-3
1973 23 NYM NL 129 519 8 1 0 -6 -6 -3 -0.4 17 14 1.2 .497 .498 1.9 -1.4 19 37
1974 24 NYM NL 137 576 6 3 -1 -2 -7 -1 -0.2 19 18 1.6 .499 .499 1.8 -1.0 19 $40,000 *3
1975 25 NYM NL 91 255 -5 1 1 3 -3 -3 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .497 .498 0.2 -0.0 3 73/8
1976 26 NYM NL 127 511 24 -1 0 -2 -5 16 1.8 17 32 3.4 .514 .511 3.5 -0.8 34 *73
1977 27 NYM NL 131 453 6 0 0 2 -6 3 0.3 15 18 1.7 .502 .502 1.5 -0.5 16 $85,000 37/9
1978 28 PIT NL 108 333 -2 2 -1 4 -5 -2 -0.2 11 9 0.8 .498 .499 0.3 -0.1 5 73/9
1979 29 PIT NL 128 386 14 0 1 -8 -5 2 0.2 12 14 1.4 .501 .501 2.2 -1.4 22 73
1980 30 PIT NL 114 292 3 -0 1 -7 -4 -8 -0.9 10 2 0.1 .492 .495 0.9 -1.3 10 37/9
1981 31 PIT NL 34 66 -1 0 -0 -2 -1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .486 .497 0.0 -0.3 0 /37
1981 31 MON NL 31 88 1 0 -0 2 -1 2 0.2 3 5 0.6 .508 .501 0.3 0.1 3 3
1982 32 MON NL 26 33 -4 -0 -0 -1 -0 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.4 .478 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -3 /3
1982 32 PIT NL 33 32 2 -0 0 0 0 2 0.3 1 4 0.4 .508 .502 0.4 0.0 3 /3
12 Seasons 1215 3985 63 7 1 -23 -48 -1 -0.3 130 129 12.5 .500 .500 14.5 -8.0 152 $125,000
NYM (7 yrs) 741 2755 51 5 0 -10 -33 12 1.2 89 102 9.9 .502 .501 10.8 -4.9 112 $125,000
PIT (5 yrs) 417 1109 15 2 1 -14 -14 -10 -1.2 36 26 2.5 .497 .499 3.8 -3.1 40
MON (2 yrs) 57 121 -3 -0 -0 1 -1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .494 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1973 23 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 5 22 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .176 .364 .176 .540 3 1 0 0 0 1
1973 23 NYM NL WS OAK L 7 32 27 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 .296 .406 .296 .703 8 1 0 0 0 0
1979 29 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 3 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 PIT NL WS BAL W 3 11 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .455 .444 .899 4 0 0 0 0 1
1981 31 MON NL NLDS PHI W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 MON NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 21 79 65 6 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 14 5 .231 .367 .246 .613 16 2 0 0 0 3
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 9 34 27 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 4 .111 .294 .111 .405 3 1 0 0 0 2
2 WS 10 43 36 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 .306 .419 .333 .752 12 1 0 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 NYM NL 21 LF 3 3 2 23.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 37 3.52 3.00 .970 1.88 1.87
1971 NYM NL 21 OF 3 3 2 23.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1 37 3.52 3.00 .979 2.19 2.20
1972 NYM NL 22 OF 91 84 68 754.1 173 160 7 6 0 .965 -7 -11 1.99 1.84 .978 2.18 2.19 RoY-3
1972 NYM NL 22 LF 88 81 66 728.1 168 157 7 4 0 .976 -4 -7 2.03 1.86 .974 1.92 1.93 RoY-3
1972 NYM NL 22 1B 10 10 6 85.0 79 73 6 0 9 1.000 0 3 8.36 7.90 .992 9.73 9.76 RoY-3
1972 NYM NL 22 RF 3 3 2 26.0 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -3 -138 0.35 0.33 .980 2.01 2.03 RoY-3
1973 NYM NL 23 1B 95 93 90 832.0 827 771 47 9 66 .989 -2 -3 8.85 8.61 .992 9.83 9.83
1973 NYM NL 23 LF 29 29 25 247.0 39 33 4 2 0 .949 -4 -18 1.35 1.28 .977 2.05 2.05
1973 NYM NL 23 OF 29 29 25 247.0 39 33 4 2 0 .949 -4 -18 1.35 1.28 .977 2.23 2.23
1974 NYM NL 24 1B 133 131 127 1187.0 1231 1147 77 7 103 .994 -2 -2 9.28 9.20 .991 9.94 9.93
1975 NYM NL 25 OF 31 29 19 253.2 66 63 2 1 0 .985 -0 -1 2.31 2.10 .978 2.29 2.28
1975 NYM NL 25 LF 30 28 18 242.2 63 60 2 1 0 .984 0 0 2.30 2.07 .973 2.10 2.10
1975 NYM NL 25 1B 29 23 22 211.1 231 204 25 2 21 .991 3 17 9.75 7.90 .990 9.97 9.96
1975 NYM NL 25 CF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 1.64 1.00 .985 2.70 2.70
1976 NYM NL 26 LF 112 111 77 916.2 200 191 6 3 2 .985 -1 -1 1.93 1.76 .976 2.02 2.01
1976 NYM NL 26 OF 112 111 77 916.2 205 195 7 3 2 .985 -1 -1 1.98 1.80 .979 2.34 2.33
1976 NYM NL 26 1B 12 4 4 50.2 46 44 2 0 4 1.000 -1 -24 8.17 3.83 .991 9.97 9.93
1977 NYM NL 27 1B 87 81 77 715.2 724 672 48 4 64 .994 3 5 9.05 8.28 .991 9.89 9.89
1977 NYM NL 27 OF 22 19 11 148.0 31 28 2 1 1 .968 -1 -8 1.82 1.36 .978 2.26 2.26
1977 NYM NL 27 LF 21 19 11 146.0 30 27 2 1 1 .967 -1 -7 1.79 1.38 .972 1.93 1.93
1977 NYM NL 27 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1978 PIT NL 28 OF 69 66 26 477.2 119 118 1 0 0 1.000 5 12 2.24 1.72 .980 2.31 2.29
1978 PIT NL 28 LF 68 66 26 476.2 116 115 1 0 0 1.000 5 12 2.19 1.71 .978 1.99 1.97
1978 PIT NL 28 1B 28 16 15 164.1 185 169 13 3 15 .984 -1 -7 9.97 6.50 .992 9.98 9.90
1978 PIT NL 28 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1979 PIT NL 29 LF 64 60 17 448.1 116 109 2 5 1 .957 -4 -12 2.23 1.73 .970 2.01 2.00
1979 PIT NL 29 OF 64 60 17 448.1 119 112 2 5 1 .958 -4 -12 2.29 1.78 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 PIT NL 29 1B 48 25 22 270.1 276 255 18 3 27 .989 -3 -14 9.09 5.69 .992 9.89 9.86
1980 PIT NL 30 1B 70 52 48 511.1 539 502 32 5 48 .991 -4 -11 9.40 7.63 .992 10.16 10.17
1980 PIT NL 30 OF 11 8 3 62.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -3 -56 1.16 0.73 .980 2.31 2.31
1980 PIT NL 30 LF 10 8 3 61.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -3 -55 1.18 0.80 .976 2.07 2.06
1980 PIT NL 30 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1981 TOT NL 31 1B 29 25 16 213.2 235 213 17 5 16 .979 0 2 9.69 7.93 .992 10.22 10.25
1981 PIT NL 31 1B 8 4 4 48.0 50 48 1 1 2 .980 -2 -38 9.19 6.13 .992 10.22 10.25
1981 PIT NL 31 LF 8 7 4 58.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.71 1.38 .975 2.13 2.12
1981 PIT NL 31 OF 8 7 4 58.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -14 1.86 1.50 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 MON NL 31 1B 21 21 12 165.2 185 165 16 4 14 .978 2 14 9.83 8.62 .992 10.22 10.25
1982 TOT NL 32 1B 6 2 1 27.0 26 24 2 0 5 1.000 -1 -36 8.67 4.33 .992 10.23 10.27
1982 MON NL 32 1B 5 2 1 26.0 25 23 2 0 4 1.000 -1 -37 8.65 5.00 .992 10.25 10.26
1982 PIT NL 32 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 10.30
11 Seasons 1B 547 462 428 4268.1 4399 4074 287 38 378 .991 -7 -2 9.20 7.97 .991 9.95 9.95
10 Seasons OF 440 416 252 3388.2 782 737 26 19 4 .976 -15 -5 2.03 1.73 .979 2.28 2.28
10 Seasons LF 433 412 249 3347.2 761 719 25 17 4 .978 -12 -4 2.00 1.72 .974 2.00 1.99
4 Seasons RF 6 3 2 30.0 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -3 -136 0.30 0.17 .980 2.01 2.07
1 Season CF 2 1 1 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -33 1.64 1.00 .985 2.70 2.70
12 Seasons TOT 987 878 680 7657.0 5181 4811 313 57 382 .989 -23 -4 6.02 5.19 .990 6.56 6.53
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1988 BBWAA ()

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1974 NL  18 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1976 NL  34.77 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1976 NL  3.7 (9th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1974 NL  77 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1973 NL  9 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 NL  7 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  2 (1st)
1977 NL  1 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1977 NL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1974 NL  9.20 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1974 NL  .994 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1972 NL  2.03 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 NL  1.86 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  .985 (3rd)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1348), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (177th), 12.5 career WAR/11.7 7yr-peak WAR/12.1 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197424New York Mets$40,0003/9/74 TSN
197727New York Mets$85,0001977 TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$125,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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