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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 12	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
2	7	Apr 13	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
3	8	Apr 14	PIT		STL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
4	9	Apr 15	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GS	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
5	12 (2)	Apr 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	13	Apr 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	49	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	14	Apr 22	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	15	Apr 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	18 (2)	Apr 29	PIT		HOU	W,10-5	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	19	May 1	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	GF	18	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
11	22 (2)	May 5	PIT	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
12	23	May 6	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
13	24	May 7	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
14	25	May 8	PIT	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
15	26	May 9	PIT	@	ATL	W,17-9	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
16	27	May 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
17	29 (1)	May 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
18	30	May 15	PIT		NYM	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	34 (3)	May 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	GS	21	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	35	May 20	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
21	36	May 21	PIT	@	MON	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	38 (1)	May 23	PIT	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	39	May 25	PIT	@	NYM	T,3-3	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	40	May 26	PIT	@	NYM	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	41	May 27	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
26	42	May 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
27	44 (1)	May 30	PIT		CHC	W,9-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	45	May 31	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	47 (1)	Jun 2	PIT		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	51 (3)	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
31	54 (2)	Jun 10	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
32	58 (3)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
35	62 (1)	Jun 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
36	66 (3)	Jun 25 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
37	68 (1)	Jun 26	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	3	1B
38	69	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	L,9-12	CG	50	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
39	70	Jun 28	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
40	71	Jun 29	PIT		MON	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	74 (2)	Jul 3	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
42	75	Jul 4	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	80 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	LF 1B
44	81	Jul 10	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	82	Jul 11	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF 1B
46	83	Jul 12	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	85 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
48	88 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
49	90 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		HOU	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
50	91	Jul 22 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,5-4	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	93 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		ATL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
52	96 (2)	Jul 25	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	98 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	MON	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
54	99	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	MON	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	100	Jul 28	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
56	101	Jul 29	PIT	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	102	Jul 30	PIT		NYM	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	103	Jul 31	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	104	Aug 1	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
60	106 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	107	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B LF
62	108	Aug 4	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	110 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
64	111	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-15	CG	51	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
65	112	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	113	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	115 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	6	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	1B
68	116	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-11	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	117	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	118	Aug 14	PIT		SDP	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	120 (1)	Aug 16	PIT		SDP	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	121	Aug 17	PIT		LAD	L,6-7	GS	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B LF
73	123 (1)	Aug 19	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
74	124	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	GS	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	LF 1B
75	126 (1)	Aug 22	PIT		SFG	W,8-6	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	LF 1B
76	127	Aug 24	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
77	128	Aug 25	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	38	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	LF
78	130 (1)	Aug 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	131	Aug 28	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	132	Aug 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
81	133	Aug 31	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	134	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	139 (4)	Sep 5	PIT	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	47	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF 1B
84	140	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	141	Sep 7	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS	53	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
86	142	Sep 8	PIT	@	NYM	L,2-3	GF	18	4.2	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
87	143	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	144	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,7-3	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	145	Sep 12	PIT		STL	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	148 (2)	Sep 17	PIT	@	MON	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	GF	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	150	Sep 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
93	151	Sep 19 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	153 (1)	Sep 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
95	155 (1)	Sep 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	GS	26	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
96	157 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		MON	L,6-7		12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
97	158	Sep 25	PIT		MON	W,10-4	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	159	Sep 26	PIT		MON	W,10-1	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
99	160	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,5-9	GS	29	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
100	161	Sep 28	PIT		CHC	W,6-1	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	162	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	163	Sep 30	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							112gm		718.2	364	20	8	392	28