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Milt Wilcox

Milton Edward Wilcox

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1950 in Honolulu, HI
High School: Crooked Oak HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1970
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Cubs/Reds/Mariners 1970-1986

Final Game: June 12, 1986
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Standard Batting

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
1970 20 CIN NL 5 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1971 21 CIN NL 18 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 22 CLE AL 32 51 45 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .200 .234 .244 .478 41 11 1 0 4 0 0 1
1973 23 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 24 CLE AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 25 CHC NL 25 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 83 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 27 DET AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 28 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 30 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1981 31 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 32 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 33 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 34 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 35 DET AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 36 SEA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Yrs 397 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 28 25 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 5 0 0 2 0 0
DET (9 yrs) 236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 100 51 45 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .200 .234 .244 .478 41 11 1 0 4 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 23 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 -60 1 0 0 1 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 25 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 83 1 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 349 51 45 3 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 12 .200 .234 .244 .478 41 11 1 0 4 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 48 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .118 .118 .118 .235 -34 2 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1970 20 CIN NL 5 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1971 21 CIN NL 18 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1972 22 CLE AL 32 51 -3 0 -0 0 5 2 0.3 2 4 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $12,750 1
1973 23 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $16,000 1
1974 24 CLE AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 25 CHC NL 25 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1977 27 DET AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 28 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 29 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1980 30 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1/D
1981 31 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 32 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 33 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 34 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 35 DET AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $550,000 /1
1986 36 SEA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 1
16 Seasons 397 69 -5 0 0 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.3 4 $728,750
DET (9 yrs) 236 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $550,000
CLE (3 yrs) 100 51 -3 0 -0 0 5 2 0.3 2 4 0.3 .503 .501 0.3 0.1 4 $28,750
CIN (2 yrs) 23 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CHC (1 yr) 25 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $
SEA (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000

Advanced Batting

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
1970 20 CIN NL 6 5 0 0.0 107 .250 .200 .272 .200 .345 .200 .415 .400 .760 6 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1971 21 CIN NL 9 9 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .254 .000 .319 .000 .372 .000 .691 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1972 22 CLE AL 51 41 3 2.0 86 .273 .200 .251 .234 .320 .244 .362 .478 .683 41 .246 -3.4 -0.4 .351 .089 .044
1975 25 CHC NL 3 2 0 0.0 99 .333 .333 .270 .333 .342 .333 .390 .667 .732 83 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
16 Yrs 69 57 3 1.4 89 .234 .177 .254 .203 .323 .210 .369 .413 .692 20 .141 -6.6 -0.7 .288 .065 .032
162 Game Avg. 28 23 1 1.4 89 .234 .177 .254 .203 .323 .210 .369 .413 .692 20 .141 -6.6 -0.7 .288 .065 .032
CIN (2 yrs) 15 14 0 0.0 95 .091 .071 .260 .071 .328 .071 .387 .143 .716 -60 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .077 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 99 .333 .333 .270 .333 .342 .333 .390 .667 .732 83 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
CLE (3 yrs) 51 41 3 2.0 86 .273 .200 .251 .234 .320 .244 .362 .478 .683 41 .246 -3.4 -0.4 .351 .089 .044
NL (3 yrs) 18 16 0 0.0 96 .143 .118 .262 .118 .331 .118 .388 .235 .719 -34 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .133 .000 .000
AL (13 yrs) 51 41 3 2.0 86 .273 .200 .251 .234 .320 .244 .362 .478 .683 41 .246 -3.4 -0.4 .351 .089 .044

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
1970 20 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 20 CIN NL WS BAL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 34 DET AL ALCS KCR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 34 DET AL WS SDP W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1970 20 CIN NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 5.0 67%
1971 21 CIN NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 4.5 0.75 78%
1972 22 CLE AL 51 0.0% 23.5% 3.9% 3.9% 22% 6.00 3.8 11.3 0.93 65%
1975 25 CHC NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
16 Yrs 69 0.0% 21.7% 2.9% 2.9% 18% 7.50 4.1 12.4 1.16 68%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.6% 8.6% 6.4% 28% 1.58 6.6 44.4 8.6 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 20 CIN NL -0.7 -0.1 6 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .60 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.96 -0.3 0
1971 21 CIN NL -2.3 -0.2 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.20 -0.2 -0.0 -2.7 -0.3 1.15 -2.3 0
1972 22 CLE AL -3.4 -0.4 53 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 1.05 -0.4 0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.99 -3.4 0
1973 23 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 24 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
1975 25 CHC NL -0.1 -0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .45 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.53 0.5 0
1977 27 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1978 28 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1979 29 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1980 30 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 31 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1982 32 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1983 33 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1984 34 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1985 35 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1986 36 SEA AL 0.0 0.0
16 Yrs -6.6 -0.7 71 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 1.01 -0.6 -0.0 -5.9 -0.6 0.99 -5.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 20 CIN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 21 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 CLE AL 1 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 40% 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 25 CHC NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 2 0 23% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 43% 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

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
1970 20 CIN NL 6 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 21 CIN NL 9 44% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 CLE AL 51 41% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 1 13% 8 1 13% 32 4 13% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
1975 25 CHC NL 3 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 69 42% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 10 1 10% 13 1 8% 44 5 11% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1970 20 5 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
1971 21 23 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .071 .071 .071 .143 -60 1 0 0 1 0 0
1972 22 55 66 59 3 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .169 .197 .203 .400 16 12 1 0 5 0 0
1973 23 82 66 59 3 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .169 .197 .203 .400 16 12 1 0 5 0 0
1974 24 123 66 59 3 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .169 .197 .203 .400 16 12 1 0 5 0 0
1975 25 148 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1976 26 148 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1977 27 168 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1978 28 197 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1979 29 230 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1980 30 263 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1981 31 287 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1982 32 317 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1983 33 343 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1984 34 376 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1985 35 384 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0
1986 36 397 69 62 3 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 15 .177 .203 .210 .413 20 13 1 0 5 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 20 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1971 21 18 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
1972 22 33 54 48 4 10 2 0 0 5 0 2 13 .208 .240 .250 .490 3 32
1975 25 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
4 Yrs 81 72 65 4 10 2 0 0 5 0 2 16 .154 .179 .185 .364 3 80
162 Game Avg. 162 144 130 8 20 4 0 0 10 0 4 32 .154 .179 .185 .364 6 80

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1970 NL  born 1950-04-20 (9th)

                                         

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