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Milt Wilcox
Milton Edward Wilcox

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

Debut September 5, 1970
  vs. SDP 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game June 12, 1986
Born April 20, 1950 in Honolulu, HI

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1968. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 20 CIN NL   3   1   5   2   1   1   1  1   22.3   19    6    6   2    7   13   1   0    92   0   1  2.42  4.18  173 1.164
 1971 21 CIN NL   2   2  18   3   0   0   4  1   43.3   43   22   16   2   17   21   2   1   187   2   1  3.32  3.26   98 1.385
 1972 22 CLE AL   7  14  32  27   4   2   2  0  156.0  145   67   59  18   72   90   5   0   669  11   1  3.40  3.25   96 1.391
 1973 23 CLE AL   8  10  26  19   4   0   2  0  134.3  143   90   87  14   68   82   8   7   600   9   0  5.83  3.98   68 1.571
 1974 24 CLE AL   2   2  41   2   1   0  30  4   71.3   74   42   37  10   24   33   5   2   309   4   1  4.67  3.63   78 1.374
 1975 25 CHC NL   0   1  25   0   0   0   6  0   38.3   50   27   24   4   17   21   1   1   178   2   0  5.63  3.85   68 1.748
 1977 27 DET AL   6   2  20  13   1   0   4  0  106.3   96   46   43  13   37   82   1   1   441   1   1  3.64  4.28  117 1.251
 1978 28 DET AL  13  12  29  27  16   2   0  0  215.3  208   94   90  22   68  132   8   6   907   2   0  3.76  3.89  103 1.282
 1979 29 DET AL  12  10  33  29   7   0   1  0  196.3  201  105   95  18   73  109  11   4   854   8   0  4.35  4.36  100 1.396
 1980 30 DET AL  13  11  32  31  13   1   1  0  198.7  201  112   99  24   68   97   6   5   854   5   0  4.48  4.12   92 1.354
 1981 31 DET AL  12   9  24  24   8   1   0  0  166.3  152   61   56  10   52   79   6   4   686   3   0  3.03  3.77  125 1.226
 1982 32 DET AL  12  10  29  29   9   1   0  0  193.7  187   91   78  18   85  112   7   5   833   5   1  3.62  4.04  111 1.404
 1983 33 DET AL  11  10  26  26   9   2   0  0  186.0  164   89   82  19   74  101   4  10   775   6   2  3.97  3.91   99 1.280
 1984 34 DET AL  17   8  33  33   0   0   0  0  193.7  183   99   86  13   66  119   8   3   814   5   2  4.00  3.92   98 1.286
 1985 35 DET AL   1   3   8   8   0   0   0  0   39.0   51   24   21   6   14   20   0   2   177   2   0  4.85  4.07   84 1.667
 1986 36 SEA AL   0   8  13  10   0   0   2  0   55.7   74   38   34  11   28   26   1   0   259   1   1  5.50  4.23   77 1.832
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Yr WL% .513 119 113 394 283  73  10  53  6 2016.7 1991 1013  913 204  770 1137  74  51  8635  66  11  4.07  3.94   97 1.369
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  39  28   7   1   5  0  202.3  199  101   91  20   77  114   7   5   867   6   1  4.07  3.94   97 1.369
 Career High     17  14  41  33  16   2  30  4  215.3  208  112   99  24   85  132  11  10   907  11   2  3.03  4.36  125 1.226
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 20 CIN NL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    6    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1971 21 CIN NL  18    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 22 CLE AL  32   45    3    9   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  12  .200  .234  .244   41   11   4   0   0   0   1
 1975 25 CHC NL  25    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   83    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     397   62    3   11   2  0   0    5   0  0   2  15  .177  .203  .210   20   13   5   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         25    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   6  .177  .203  .210   20    5   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     41   45    3    9   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  12                          11   4   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 20 CIN NL    6    5    0   0.0   107| .200  .272| .200  .345| .200  .415| .400  .760|   6  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1971 21 CIN NL    9    9    0   0.0    88| .000  .254| .000  .319| .000  .372| .000  .691|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1972 22 CLE AL   51   41    3   2.0    86| .200  .251| .234  .320| .244  .362| .478  .682|  41  .246  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1975 25 CHC NL    3    2    0   0.0    99| .333  .270| .333  .342| .333  .390| .666  .732|  83  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons       69   57    3   1.4    89| .177  .254| .203  .323| .210  .369| .413  .692|  20  .141  -6.6  -0.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1970 20 CIN NL P 5 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 0.72 2.42 1.86 2 22.3 1971 21 CIN NL P 18 1 9 0 0 1.000 .952 0.56 0.78 2.08 1.89 3 43.3 1972 22 CLE AL P 32 9 14 5 1 .821 .950 0.72 0.75 1.33 1.86 27 156.0 1973 23 CLE AL P 26 6 26 1 0 .970 .952 1.23 0.86 2.14 1.86 19 134.3 1974 24 CLE AL P 41 5 14 3 1 .864 .945 0.46 0.83 2.40 1.81 2 71.3 1975 25 CHC NL P 25 0 8 1 0 .889 .941 0.32 0.72 1.88 1.86 0 38.3 1977 27 DET AL P 20 4 14 2 2 .900 .947 0.90 0.84 1.52 1.95 13 106.3 1978 28 DET AL P 29 10 36 1 2 .979 .954 1.59 0.85 1.92 1.90 27 215.3 1979 29 DET AL P 33 10 41 0 7 1.000 .950 1.55 0.81 2.34 1.92 29 196.3 1980 30 DET AL P 32 14 36 4 1 .926 .958 1.56 0.77 2.26 1.85 31 198.7 1981 31 DET AL P 24 5 33 2 1 .950 .962 1.58 0.81 2.06 1.98 24 166.3 1982 32 DET AL P 29 11 38 2 5 .961 .959 1.69 0.73 2.28 1.80 29 193.7 1983 33 DET AL P 26 19 34 1 3 .981 .958 2.04 0.73 2.56 1.80 26 186.0 1984 34 DET AL P 33 20 28 3 4 .941 .958 1.45 0.70 2.23 1.79 33 193.7 1985 35 DET AL P 8 3 12 2 2 .882 .955 1.88 0.70 3.46 1.87 8 39.0 1986 36 SEA AL P 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 .956 1.00 0.68 2.10 1.83 10 55.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 20 CIN NL P 5 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 0.72 2.42 1.86 2 22.3 1971 21 CIN NL P 18 1 9 0 0 1.000 .952 0.56 0.78 2.08 1.89 3 43.3 1972 22 CLE AL P 32 9 14 5 1 .821 .950 0.72 0.75 1.33 1.86 27 156.0 1973 23 CLE AL P 26 6 26 1 0 .970 .952 1.23 0.86 2.14 1.86 19 134.3 1974 24 CLE AL P 41 5 14 3 1 .864 .945 0.46 0.83 2.40 1.81 2 71.3 1975 25 CHC NL P 25 0 8 1 0 .889 .941 0.32 0.72 1.88 1.86 0 38.3 1977 27 DET AL P 20 4 14 2 2 .900 .947 0.90 0.84 1.52 1.95 13 106.3 1978 28 DET AL P 29 10 36 1 2 .979 .954 1.59 0.85 1.92 1.90 27 215.3 1979 29 DET AL P 33 10 41 0 7 1.000 .950 1.55 0.81 2.34 1.92 29 196.3 1980 30 DET AL P 32 14 36 4 1 .926 .958 1.56 0.77 2.26 1.85 31 198.7 1981 31 DET AL P 24 5 33 2 1 .950 .962 1.58 0.81 2.06 1.98 24 166.3 1982 32 DET AL P 29 11 38 2 5 .961 .959 1.69 0.73 2.28 1.80 29 193.7 1983 33 DET AL P 26 19 34 1 3 .981 .958 2.04 0.73 2.56 1.80 26 186.0 1984 34 DET AL P 33 20 28 3 4 .941 .958 1.45 0.70 2.23 1.79 33 193.7 1985 35 DET AL P 8 3 12 2 2 .882 .955 1.88 0.70 3.46 1.87 8 39.0 1986 36 SEA AL P 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 .956 1.00 0.68 2.10 1.83 10 55.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 394 122 357 27 30 .947 .955 1.22 0.78 2.14 1.86 283 2016.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 394 122 357 27 30 .947 .955 1.22 0.78 2.14 1.86 283 2017
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   3     1   0   2   5 
        WS    CIN BAL     L   2   0   9.00  0  1  0  0   2     3   2   0   2 
 1984   ALCS  DET KCR     W   1   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   8     2   0   2   8 
        WS    DET SDP     W   1   1   1.50  1  0  0  0   6     7   1   2   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   2   1   0.00  2  0  0  0  11     3   0   4  13 
  2 World Series        1-1   3   1   3.38  1  1  0  0   8    10   3   2   6 
  4 Postseason Ser      3-1   5   2   1.42  3  1  0  0  19    13   3   6  19 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1970   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN BAL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1984   ALCS  DET KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    DET SDP     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1981 AL-12-7
1984 AL-17-6

Won-Loss %
1984 AL-.680-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1983 AL-7.94-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1978 AL-5.52-8

Innings
1981 AL-166.3-9

Games Started
1981 AL-24-5

Comp. Games
1978 AL-16-7
1980 AL-13-9

Shutouts
1983 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1980 AL-24-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1982 AL-85-10

Hits Allowed
1981 AL-152-10

SO to Walk
1978 AL-1.94-10

Wild Pitches
1983 AL-10-4

Hit Batsmen
1973 AL-8-4
1978 AL-8-4
1979 AL-11-2
1980 AL-6-7
1981 AL-6-4
1982 AL-7-3
1984 AL-8-4

Batters Faced
1981 AL-686-9

Youngest Player
1970 NL-20-9

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (987) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (900) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1968.

December 6, 1971: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Cleveland Indians for Ted Uhlaender.

February 25, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Dave LaRoche and Brock Davis.

June 10, 1976: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago Cubs.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

December 29, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

December 20, 1985: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

February 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

June 14, 1986: Released by the Seattle Mariners.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Detroit Tigers$550,000
1986Seattle Mariners$150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$700,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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