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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	3	Apr 9	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GF	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH 1B
3	4	Apr 10	PIT	@	STL	L,2-11	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
4	6 (1)	Apr 13	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	17 (10)	Apr 28	PIT		SFG	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
6	18	Apr 29	PIT		SFG	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	20 (1)	May 1	PIT		SDP	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
8	23 (2)	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	27 (3)	May 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	29 (1)	May 12	PIT	@	SDP	L,4-6	GF	15	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
11	30	May 13	PIT	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
12	32 (1)	May 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	33	May 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
14	35 (1)	May 19	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
15	36	May 20	PIT	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	38 (1)	May 22	PIT	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	39	May 23	PIT		NYM	L,3-7	GS	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF 1B
18	42 (2)	May 26	PIT		MON	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	43	May 27	PIT		MON	L,1-15	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	44	May 28	PIT		MON	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	48 (3)	Jun 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	12	1	0	13	1	1B
22	49	Jun 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	50	Jun 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	51	Jun 5	PIT		ATL	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	52	Jun 6	PIT		ATL	W,4-2	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	53	Jun 9	PIT		CIN	W,11-9	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	54	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	58 (3)	Jun 14	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-4	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	ATL	W,9-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	61 (1)	Jun 18	PIT	@	ATL	L,7-8	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	62	Jun 19	PIT		CHC	L,4-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH 1B
32	65 (2)	Jun 23	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GF	18	3.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	66	Jun 24	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	52	12.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
34	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
35	68	Jun 26	PIT		STL	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
36	69	Jun 27 (1)	PIT		STL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
37	71 (1)	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	72	Jun 29	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	73	Jun 30	PIT		NYM	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	74	Jul 1	PIT		NYM	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
41	75	Jul 3	PIT		MON	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	77 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		MON	W,4-3	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	79 (1)	Jul 7	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	80	Jul 8	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	81	Jul 9	PIT	@	STL	W,6-1	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	83 (1)	Jul 14	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	85 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	PIT		SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	92 (6)	Jul 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	31	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	93	Jul 23	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	94	Jul 25	PIT	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	95	Jul 26	PIT	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
52	99 (3)	Jul 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF 1B
53	100	Jul 31	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	GS	36	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	101	Aug 1	PIT	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	102	Aug 2	PIT	@	MON	W,3-0	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	103	Aug 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	104	Aug 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	105	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	106	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	107	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	108	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	109	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	110	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	111	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-15	GS	45	8.0	5	0	1	6	1	LF 1B
65	112	Aug 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
66	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
67	114	Aug 14	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
68	115	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
69	122 (6)	Aug 20 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
70	126 (3)	Aug 25	PIT	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
71	127	Aug 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
72	128	Aug 27	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
73	129	Aug 28	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	130	Aug 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-0	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	131	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,8-3	GS	19	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	133 (1)	Sep 2	PIT		ATL	W,4-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	134	Sep 3	PIT		ATL	W,6-3	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	135	Sep 4 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,7-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	136	Sep 4 (2)	PIT		NYM	W,7-0	GS	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	138 (1)	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	140 (1)	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	LF 1B
82	144 (3)	Sep 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	20	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	146 (1)	Sep 14	PIT		STL	W,7-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	150 (3)	Sep 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-11	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	151	Sep 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
86	152	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	154 (1)	Sep 24	PIT	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	155	Sep 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	156	Sep 26	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	157	Sep 27	PIT		CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	158	Sep 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	160 (1)	Sep 30	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
							97gm		642.0	284	14	3	301	15