Milt
Wilcox
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 20, 1950 in Usa, HI, HONOLULU
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1973   
All-Star Selections 1978    1980    1984   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 20 MON NL   8 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1971 21 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1972 22 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1973 23 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 7
1974 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1975 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1976 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1977 27 PIT NL $ 4,500,000 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 9
1978 28 PIT NL $ 4,500,000 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
1979 29 PIT NL $ 4,500,000 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1980 30 PIT NL $ 17,500,000 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
1981 31 PIT NL $ 17,500,000 8 7 8 8 7 8 7 9 9 9
1982 32 OAK AL $ 17,500,000 8 7 8 8 7 8 7 9 9 9
1983 33 OAK AL $ 17,500,000 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 8 9 9
1984 34 OAK AL $ 17,500,000 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 9 9
1985 35 OAK AL $ 17,500,000 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1986 36 OAK AL $ 17,500,000 6 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4
1987 37 OAK AL $ 663,000 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 17,500,000 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1970 20 AAA   8 8 .500 25 25 0 0 0 165.3 172 50 9 54 168 2.72 .261 .317 .360 .677  
1971 21 MON NL 2 1 .667 3 3 2 0 0 25.7 24 13 4 6 16 4.56 .238 .291 .426 .717 1.0
    AAA   5 7 .417 15 15 0 0 0 85.7 112 58 16 36 65 6.09 .310 .373 .499 .871  
1972 22 MON NL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 13.7 14 10 2 8 5 6.59 .259 .349 .426 .775 0.0
    AAA   11 6 .647 24 24 0 0 0 164.0 186 67 19 60 118 3.68 .284 .345 .433 .777  
1973 23 MON NL 0 2 .000 3 2 1 0 0 14.7 20 6 0 8 2 3.68 .328 .414 .377 .791 0.2
    AAA   6 6 .500 22 22 1 0 0 152.0 161 56 5 54 123 3.32 .271 .331 .363 .694  
1974 24 PIT NL 14 17 .452 37 37 10 1 0 289.0 305 131 20 104 134 4.08 .270 .333 .385 .719 15.0
1975 25 PIT NL 12 22 .353 39 39 14 2 0 296.7 317 129 23 94 144 3.91 .270 .327 .397 .723 18.1
1976 26 PIT NL 9 17 .346 36 36 11 1 0 283.3 270 121 21 100 139 3.84 .249 .312 .354 .665 17.2
1977 27 PIT NL 20 10 .667 36 36 15 1 0 295.3 266 88 14 80 179 2.68 .239 .291 .339 .630 30.5
1978 28 PIT NL 17 15 .531 36 36 8 0 0 286.0 281 116 15 69 167 3.65 .255 .301 .368 .669 18.5
1979 29 PIT NL 11 13 .458 30 30 5 3 0 223.3 195 88 14 69 141 3.55 .229 .291 .331 .622 13.5
1980 30 PIT NL 19 10 .655 36 36 8 4 0 287.0 266 96 11 59 193 3.01 .242 .281 .327 .608 20.6
1981 31 PIT NL 14 9 .609 28 28 10 2 0 224.0 185 59 9 56 159 2.37 .223 .271 .308 .578 19.8
1982 32 OAK AL 13 9 .591 32 32 6 2 0 255.3 224 85 8 73 172 3.00 .231 .285 .311 .596 18.4
1983 33 OAK AL 14 4 .778 23 23 4 3 0 175.3 148 48 6 41 127 2.46 .224 .271 .302 .572 17.0
1984 34 OAK AL 17 10 .630 32 32 3 1 0 228.3 209 83 6 68 183 3.27 .242 .299 .334 .633 16.6
1985 35 OAK AL 12 10 .545 30 30 3 1 0 215.7 208 89 11 70 168 3.71 .252 .314 .356 .670 15.4
1986 36 OAK AL 9 16 .360 32 32 1 1 0 213.3 209 108 20 98 131 4.56 .254 .332 .394 .726 8.5
1987 37 OAK AL 7 6 .538 59 0 0 0 6 121.3 163 98 22 82 27 7.27 .333 .427 .517 .944 0.0
17 Years Sim 190 173 .523 494 434 102 22 6 3447.9 3304 1368 206 1085 2087 3.57 .250 .308 .356 .664 230.2
4 Years AAA 30 27 .526 86 86 1 0 0 567.0 631 231 49 204 474 3.67 .278 .338 .404 .741  
Season Average 11 10 .524 29 25 6 1 0 202.8 194 80 12 63 122 3.57 .250 .308 .356 .664  
Career Highs 20 22 .778 59 39 15 4 6 296.7 317 131 23 104 193 7.27 .333 .427 .517 .944  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1578 659 83 467 1181   .235 .285 .335 .620
vs LH   1726 709 123 618 906   .264 .328 .378 .706
Home 92 90 .505 245 218 41 12 2 1730.6 1596 648 94 549 1026 3.37 .242 .300 .339 .639
Away 98 83 .541 249 216 61 10 5 1717.3 1708 720 112 536 1061 3.77 .258 .313 .373 .686
Mar/Apr 34 25 .576 79 73 16 2 0 577.6 553 207 35 151 374 3.23 .248 .296 .357 .653
May 31 29 .517 87 74 15 2 1 612.9 552 208 28 177 369 3.05 .237 .291 .331 .622
June 36 23 .610 81 71 21 5 2 560.6 505 221 37 185 381 3.55 .237 .298 .351 .649
July 31 28 .525 81 69 17 3 3 546.0 571 252 31 185 302 4.15 .268 .326 .374 .701
August 33 32 .508 87 74 15 4 0 578.6 568 250 42 195 334 3.89 .254 .314 .369 .683
Sep/Oct 25 36 .410 79 73 20 6 1 571.9 555 230 33 192 327 3.62 .254 .315 .357 .671
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 21 MON NL P 3 3 25.7 4 4 1 0 .889 2.81    
1972 22 MON NL P 2 2 13.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.95    
1973 23 MON NL P 3 2 14.7 2 2 1 1 .800 2.46    
1974 24 PIT NL P 37 37 289.0 19 45 1 5 .985 1.99    
1975 25 PIT NL P 39 39 296.7 22 40 1 4 .984 1.88    
1976 26 PIT NL P 36 36 283.3 20 40 0 5 1.000 1.91    
1977 27 PIT NL P 36 36 295.3 25 46 3 4 .959 2.16    
1978 28 PIT NL P 36 36 286.0 20 55 2 3 .974 2.36    
1979 29 PIT NL P 30 30 223.3 10 37 2 2 .959 1.89    
1980 30 PIT NL P 36 36 287.0 12 36 2 3 .960 1.51    
1981 31 PIT NL P 28 28 224.0 7 28 1 3 .972 1.41    
1982 32 OAK AL P 32 32 255.3 15 41 4 3 .933 1.97    
1983 33 OAK AL P 23 23 175.3 15 28 1 1 .977 2.21    
1984 34 OAK AL P 32 32 228.3 16 39 2 3 .965 2.17    
1985 35 OAK AL P 30 30 215.7 10 28 0 3 1.000 1.59    
1986 36 OAK AL P 32 32 213.3 11 31 1 7 .977 1.77    
1987 37 OAK AL P 59 0 121.3 9 20 1 2 .967 2.15    
Career Totals   494 434 3447.9 219 524 23 50 .970 1.94    
Career Highs   59 39 296.7 25 55 4 7 1.000 3.95    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 23 MON NL 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 1 13.0 12 4 2 2 7 2.77 .255 .286 .489 .775
1977 27 PIT NL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 7 2 1 1 6 2.25 .226 .250 .387 .637
1980 30 PIT NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 15 8 3 5 8 4.91 .278 .339 .574 .913
1984 34 OAK AL 3 2 .600 7 7 1 0 0 54.7 53 22 2 16 25 3.62 .249 .301 .343 .644
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 4 .500 18 10 2 0 1 90.3 87 36 8 24 46 3.59 .252 .301 .403 .704
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1977-4-2.68
1981-2-2.37
1982-4-3.00
1983-1-2.46
1984-9-3.27
Wins
1977-4-20
1978-7-17
1980-3-19
1984-3-17
Losses
1974-7-17
1975-1-22
1976-3-17
1986-6-16
Winning Pct
1977-9-.667
1980-8-.655
1983-1-.778
1984-10-.630
Games Started
1974-1-37
1975-1-39
1976-2-36
1977-2-36
1978-1-36
1980-1-36
Complete Games
1975-3-14
1976-6-11
1977-4-15
1981-7-10
Shutouts
1975-2-2
1979-3-3
1980-2-4
1981-5-2
1982-4-2
1983-2-3
CAR-45-22
Innings Pitched
1974-2-289.0
1975-1-296.7
1976-2-283.3
1977-1-295.3
1978-2-286.0
1980-2-287.0
1982-7-255.3
Hits Allowed
1974-2-305
1975-1-317
1976-5-270
1978-4-281
1980-3-266
Strikeouts
1977-5-179
1978-5-167
1980-4-193
1982-3-172
1984-4-183
Walks Allowed
1974-9-104
1986-8-98
1987-9-82
Hits per 9IP
1981-8-7.4
1982-9-7.9
1983-2-7.6
1984-9-8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
1981-9-6.4
1982-7-6.1
1983-3-6.5
1984-7-7.2
1985-9-7.0
WHiP
1977-7-1.17
1980-9-1.13
1981-4-1.08
1982-9-1.16
1983-2-1.08
OAVG
1979-9-.229
1981-8-.223
1982-7-.231
1983-2-.224
1984-9-.242
OOBP
1977-7-.291
1979-9-.291
1980-8-.281
1981-5-.271
1982-7-.285
1983-1-.271
OSLG
1976-8-.354
1979-8-.331
1980-8-.327
1981-3-.308
1982-3-.311
1983-1-.302
1984-5-.334
OOPS
1976-10-.665
1977-7-.630
1979-6-.622
1980-5-.608
1981-2-.578
1982-4-.596
1983-1-.572
1984-7-.633
 
   Black Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 127    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Montreal in 1970
Injured on 5/1/1970 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 3-4 weeks
Injured on 4/16/1971 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 6/22/1971 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/22/1971
Injured on 7/15/1972 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/15/1973 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1974 (Going to MON: RF Bobby Bonds. Going to PIT: P Doug Bird, P John Montefusco, P Milt Wilcox, RF George Hendrick)
10/23/1976: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1977, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 5/9/1979 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/6/1980 to a 7-year deal worth $17,500,000 per year
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 8/20/1981 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Oakland on 3/4/1982 (Going to OAK: P Milt Wilcox. Going to PIT: SS Lee Richard, SS Don Money)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1982, going 5-1, 2.32
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1983, going 5-1, 1.61
Injured on 6/21/1983 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1984, going 5-1, 2.17
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Injured on 9/16/1985 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
9/22/1986: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $663,000 per year, for 1 years