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John
Milner		  
Nickname: The Hammer
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 28, 1949 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1976   
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 9 7 8 8
1972 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1973 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 9 8 6 7 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
1974 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1975 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1976 26 NYA AL $ 3,407,143   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1977 27 NYA AL $ 4,257,143   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1978 28 NYA AL $ 4,900,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1979 29 NYA AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1980 30 IND AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 5 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1981 31 IND AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1982 32 IND AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 8 9 9 7 8 8
1983 33 IND AL $ 6,990,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 6 7 6 7 9 9 7 8 8
1984 34 IND AL $ 6,990,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1985 35 IND AL $ 6,990,000   7 7 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1986 36 IND AL $ 6,990,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 4 4 4
1987 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 6 7 6 8 9 9 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 21 NYA AL 8 25 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 .120 .313 .200 .513 2.3 0.0
    AAA   136 515 112 150 24 4 36 114 9 2 90 55 .291 .397 .563 .960 112.8  
1972 22 NYA AL 70 260 31 64 15 1 8 32 0 0 31 32 .246 .326 .404 .730 30.9 5.2
    AAA   56 206 30 61 6 1 12 38 5 4 39 36 .296 .408 .510 .918 42.6  
1973 23 NYA AL 157 548 97 142 37 3 22 85 1 2 79 45 .259 .350 .458 .808 88.1 17.5
1974 24 NYA AL 148 547 97 155 29 2 17 75 4 1 73 46 .283 .365 .437 .802 84.4 12.7
1975 25 NYA AL 156 574 108 155 27 1 23 102 2 1 95 37 .270 .373 .441 .814 92.7 17.1
1976 26 NYA AL 152 547 87 146 36 0 26 95 4 1 91 67 .267 .369 .475 .844 95.9 20.9
1977 27 NYA AL 145 517 92 138 38 0 29 107 2 1 84 55 .267 .369 .509 .877 92.7 19.2
1978 28 NYA AL 154 587 102 175 29 3 40 126 2 3 77 55 .298 .376 .562 .938 117.0 25.0
1979 29 NYA AL 147 530 79 137 28 1 22 106 2 0 76 46 .258 .349 .440 .788 77.7 16.3
1980 30 IND AL 74 245 48 74 14 2 17 50 0 0 36 25 .302 .390 .584 .974 49.9 11.6
1981 31 IND AL 156 591 120 166 30 2 37 119 1 0 85 53 .281 .370 .526 .896 104.8 23.2
1982 32 IND AL 155 584 76 144 22 2 22 89 0 0 63 66 .247 .315 .404 .719 74.7 12.4
1983 33 IND AL 155 569 100 166 31 5 34 126 0 0 66 69 .292 .363 .543 .906 103.6 25.2
1984 34 IND AL 22 85 14 29 6 0 6 18 0 0 12 9 .341 .423 .624 1.046 19.1 5.4
1985 35 IND AL 152 535 81 142 33 4 21 91 0 0 83 75 .265 .363 .460 .823 89.1 20.8
1986 36 IND AL 154 552 64 123 23 2 17 78 0 0 56 106 .223 .293 .364 .657 57.8 6.0
1987 37 OAK AL 86 235 26 67 12 2 6 30 0 2 21 52 .285 .342 .430 .772 32.5 6.3
17 Years Sim 2091 7531 1224 2026 410 31 347 1329 18 11 1035 840 .269 .355 .470 .825 1213.1 244.6
2 Years AAA 192 721 142 211 30 5 48 152 14 6 129 91 .293 .397 .548 .945 155.4  
162 Game Average 583 94 156 31 2 26 102 1 0 80 65 .269 .355 .470 .825 94.0  
Career Highs 157 591 120 175 38 5 40 126 4 3 95 106 .341 .423 .624 1.046 117.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5614 894 1536 291 21 252 978 12 8 792 561 .274 .362 .468 .829 957.6
vs LH   1917 330 490 119 10 95 351 6 3 243 279 .256 .336 .477 .813 311.6
Home 1042 3670 588 972 216 15 168 672 7 6 515 402 .265 .353 .469 .822 615.0
Away 1049 3861 636 1054 194 16 179 657 11 5 520 438 .273 .357 .471 .828 654.3
RISP   2021 0 574 117 10 101 943 0 0 360 216 .284 .384 .502 .885 396.6
Pinch Hitting   131 16 31 6 3 5 17 0 0 11 9 .237 .296 .443 .739 17.3
Close/Late   898 133 229 49 7 36 142 0 0 150 92 .255 .361 .445 .806 149.7
Mar/Apr 366 1346 210 374 73 4 57 239 2 1 173 157 .278 .358 .465 .823 224.3
May 372 1350 206 350 71 6 59 231 2 0 201 156 .259 .353 .452 .805 222.0
June 367 1305 232 339 54 7 67 223 3 4 185 139 .260 .350 .466 .816 217.6
July 321 1145 178 316 72 2 49 198 3 2 164 110 .276 .365 .471 .835 197.1
August 334 1222 212 341 66 5 65 235 3 3 159 131 .279 .360 .501 .861 217.9
Sep/Oct 331 1163 186 306 74 7 50 203 5 1 153 147 .263 .346 .468 .814 190.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 21 NYA AL 1B 7 7 62.0 75 8 0 5 1.000 12.05   0.2
1972 22 NYA AL 1B 48 47 421.7 458 33 5 49 .990 10.48   0.4
    RF 20 20 167.0 30 3 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.3
1973 23 NYA AL 1B 119 115 1022.3 1106 77 8 118 .993 10.41   3.2
    LF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1974 24 NYA AL 1B 145 141 1230.0 1249 80 13 94 .990 9.72   3.2
    RF 6 0 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 25 NYA AL 1B 148 147 1295.7 1350 96 7 119 .995 10.04   3.7
    LF 3 0 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
1976 26 NYA AL RF 142 142 1249.7 286 5 2 1 .993 2.10   3.8
    LF 6 0 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1977 27 NYA AL 1B 2 0 5.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 28 NYA AL LF 117 116 1025.7 239 5 3 0 .988 2.14   2.6
    RF 29 28 257.3 70 0 1 0 .986 2.45    
    3B 4 0 12.3 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.19   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 1 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.0
1979 29 NYA AL RF 140 138 1207.0 272 7 8 2 .972 2.08   2.1
    1B 4 0 6.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1980 30 IND AL LF 51 48 432.3 105 2 1 0 .991 2.23   1.6
    RF 17 14 126.7 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.42    
    1B 5 0 12.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 9.75   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1981 31 IND AL LF 102 102 921.7 192 5 2 2 .990 1.92   3.9
    RF 44 42 391.3 87 0 2 0 .978 2.00    
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1982 32 IND AL RF 42 40 365.7 85 1 3 0 .966 2.12   1.1
    1B 25 24 214.0 236 23 1 18 .996 10.89   0.5
    LF 4 0 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 33 IND AL RF 144 142 1258.3 266 7 8 1 .972 1.95   2.1
    LF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    3B 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1984 34 IND AL RF 22 22 186.7 58 0 0 0 1.000 2.80   0.6
1985 35 IND AL 1B 5 5 45.0 58 3 0 7 1.000 12.20   0.1
    LF 12 2 42.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.43    
    RF 10 3 42.0 14 0 1 0 .933 3.00   0.3
    3B 5 3 40.0 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.15   0.1
1986 36 IND AL RF 147 147 1283.3 288 5 7 1 .977 2.05   3.0
    LF 7 0 14.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1987 37 OAK AL 3B 74 67 571.3 34 143 3 16 .983 2.79   2.9
    RF 5 0 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
    1B 2 1 10.3 14 2 0 0 1.000 13.94   0.0
  RF 772 738 6571.6 1498 29 32 5 .979 2.09   13.3
  1B 514 487 4331.0 4582 325 34 412 .993 10.20   11.4
  LF 314 268 2500.6 576 12 6 2 .990 2.12   8.3
  3B 94 70 642.7 38 162 3 18 .985 2.80   3.2
Career Totals   1694 1563 14045.9 6694 528 75 437 .990 4.63   36.2
Career Highs   154 147 1318.0 1358 145 13 119 1.000 12.05    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 23 NYA AL 6 22 7 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 3 .182 .240 .409 .649
1974 24 NYA AL 19 74 9 25 5 0 2 10 0 0 8 9 .338 .398 .486 .884
1975 25 NYA AL 4 14 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .357 .438 .500 .938
1976 26 NYA AL 7 24 1 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .360 .500 .860
1977 27 NYA AL 5 19 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .158 .238 .263 .501
1981 31 IND AL 12 46 11 12 2 0 4 9 0 0 4 3 .261 .314 .565 .879
1982 32 IND AL 12 50 9 15 2 1 4 12 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .620 .920
1983 33 IND AL 16 61 10 16 1 0 5 11 0 0 12 7 .262 .384 .525 .908
1985 35 IND AL 4 13 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .154 .267 .385 .651
Career Post-Season Batting 85 323 50 90 16 3 17 52 0 0 33 34 .279 .343 .505 .847
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1978-9-.376
 Slugging Pct
1977-4-.509
1978-1-.562
1981-3-.526
1983-4-.543
 OPS
1977-6-.877
1978-3-.938
1981-2-.896
1983-3-.906
 XR
1976-10-95.9
1977-8-92.7
1978-3-117.0
1981-4-104.8
1983-5-103.6
 Games
1973-3-157
1975-6-156
1981-2-156
1982-8-155
1983-6-155
 Runs
1975-6-108
1978-6-102
1981-1-120
1983-5-100
Total Bases
1978-1-330
1981-3-311
1983-4-309
 Doubles
1973-7-37
1976-7-36
1977-8-38
 Homeruns
1975-9-23
1976-10-26
1977-1-29
1978-1-40
1979-9-22
1981-3-37
1982-10-22
1983-6-34
 RBIs
1975-9-102
1977-4-107
1978-3-126
1979-3-106
1981-3-119
1982-10-89
1983-2-126
 Walks
1975-7-95
1976-10-91
1977-8-84
1978-10-77
1981-9-85
1985-8-83
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 107    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Jim Ray Hart (913)
  5. Willie Stargell (900)
  6. Frank Robinson (893)
  7. Eddie Mathews (893)
  8. Oscar Gamble (888)
  9. Bob Horner (884)
  10. Jeff Burroughs (879)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1971
Had first career hit on 9/23/1971, off Jim Hardin (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1972, off Sandy Koufax (OAK)
Injured on 5/10/1972 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 4/21/1975
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,407,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/6/1976 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,257,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/4/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1977, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1977, hitting .526 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,900,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 4/11/1978
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1978, hitting .304 with 7 HR, 26 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/13/1978
Hit 3 homeruns against Cleveland (A), driving in 6 runs on 7/25/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1978, hitting .667 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1978, hitting .408 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1978, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1978, hitting .394 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
9/22/1978: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $9,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/21/1979 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Indianapolis on 2/4/1980 (Going to IND: RF John Milner, P Bill Slayback, SS Rudy Meoli, CF Cito Gaston. Going to NYA: 1B Ossie Blanco, P Rod Scurry)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1980, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1980, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 6/17/1980 with a Broken Ribs, out for 9-10 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 4/25/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1981, hitting .301 with 11 HR, 27 RBI
10/29/1982: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $6,990,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 5 runs on 4/4/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1983, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1983, hitting .298 with 8 HR, 29 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1983, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 4/28/1984 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for full season
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/24/1985
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 6/1/1987 to a minor league deal
Had 2000th career hit on 8/4/1987, off Jack Mcdowell (MIA)
 
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