Milt Wilcox
![]() |
Milt Wilcox | |
---|---|
![]() Wilcox at Detroit Tigers fantasy camp in 2012 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Honolulu, Hawaii | April 20, 1950|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 5, 1970, for the Cincinnati Reds | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 12, 1986, for the Seattle Mariners | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 119–113 |
Earned run average | 4.07 |
Strikeouts | 1,137 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
Milton Edward Wilcox (born April 20, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who had a sixteen-year career from 1970 to 1986. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners of the American League. He won a World Series title with the Tigers in 1984.
On April 15, 1983, Wilcox came within one out of a perfect game, when Chicago White Sox batter Jerry Hairston, Sr. singled off him in the ninth inning.[1] The perfect game would also have been the first no-hitter by a Tiger since Jim Bunning in 1958.
With Detroit, he was a reliable starter in the rotation for years, consistently giving his team six and more innings each start. This complemented Jack Morris and Dan Petry, who were power pitchers and considered the aces. His 17 wins in 1984 were important in the Tigers' run to their world championship. (Morris won 19, Petry 18 that year.) He won one game each in that year's ALCS and World Series. That year, he also started his season going 6-0. This was not duplicated by a Tiger pitcher until 2007, by Jeremy Bonderman.
See also
References
- ^ "Milt Wilcox nearly perfect". The Beaver County Times. 17 April 1983. p. C2. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Milt Wilcox at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Águilas del Zulia players
- Baseball players from Hawaii
- Cardenales de Lara players
- Caribbean Series players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Detroit Tigers players
- Evansville Triplets players
- Florida Instructional League Reds players
- Gulf Coast Reds players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Seattle Mariners players
- St. Petersburg Pelicans players
- Tampa Tarpons (1957–1987) players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Wichita Aeros players
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- American baseball pitcher, 1950s births stubs