Eric Milton

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Eric Milton

Cincinnati Reds — No. 22
Pitcher
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
April 5, 1998 for the Minnesota Twins
Selected MLB statistics (through August 3, 2006)
Wins-Losses	86-79
ERA	5.01
Strikeouts	1067
Teams
Minnesota Twins (1998-2003) Philadelphia Phillies (2004) Cincinnati Reds (2004-?)

Eric Robert Milton (born August 4, 1975 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania) is an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cincinnati Reds.

Milton was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft, and was among four players traded to the Minnesota Twins two years later in exchange for Chuck Knoblauch. On September 11, 1999, he pitched a 7-0 no-hitter against the Anaheim Angels, the fifth no-hitter in Twins history. He is the only person to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball and also for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

With Minnesota, Milton had a record of 57-51, with 715 strikeouts and a 4.76 earned run average, and was selected to the 2001 AL All-Star team. He went 1-0 with a 1.65 ERA with the Twins in the 2002 and 2003 playoffs, and was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for the pitcher Carlos Silva following the 2003 season.

Milton led the Phillies in wins, starts and strikeouts in 2004, going 14-6 with a 4.75 ERA and 171 strikeouts in 34 starts. Against the Chicago Cubs at Citizens Bank Park on July 25, Milton carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning, only to have Michael Barrett break it up with a leadoff double. The no-hitter would have been the first against the Cubs since Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965; Milton would also have become the sixth pitcher to pitch no-hitters in both leagues, joining Cy Young, Jim Bunning, Nolan Ryan, Hideo Nomo and, on May 18 of just that 2004 season, Randy Johnson.

At the end of the 2004 season, he signed as a free agent with Cincinnati and is on pace to earn $5.2 million per win.

In a nine-season career, Milton has compiled an 86-79 record with 1,067 strikeouts and a 5.01 ERA in 1,489.0 innings pitched. Milton attended the University of Maryland, College Park.

[edit] Career Stats

Yr   Ag Tm  Lg G   GS  W  L  S ERA  CG SHO  IP     H   R   ER  HR  BB   K    AVG IBB H BS
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1998 23 MIN AL 32  32  8  14 0 5.64 1   0  172.1  195  113 108 25  70  107  .282  0  0 0
1999 24 MIN AL 34  34  7  11 0 4.49 5   2  206.1  190  111 103 28  63  163  .243  2  0 0
2000 25 MIN AL 33  33  13 10 0 4.86 0   0  200.0  205  123 108 35  44  160  .260  0  0 0
2001 26 MIN AL 35  34  15 7  0 4.32 2   1  220.2  222  109 106 35  61  157  .257  0  0 0
2002 27 MIN AL 29  29  13 9  0 4.84 2   1  171.0  173  96  92  24  30  121  .258  0  0 0
2003 28 MIN AL 3   3   1  0  0 2.65 0   0  17.0   15   5   5   2   1   7    .234  0  0 0
2004 29 PHI NL 34  34  14 6  0 4.75 0   0  201.0  196  110 106 43  75  161  .255  6  0 0
2005 30 CIN NL 34  34  8  15 0 6.47 0   0  186.1  237  141 134 40  52  123  .302  2  0 0
2006 31 CIN NL 18  18  7  7  0 5.20 0   0  114.1  113  68  66  20  30  68   .253  3  0 0
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TOTALS         252 251 86 79 0 5.01 10  4  1489.0 1546 876 828 252 426 1067 .264  13 0 0
9 Seasons

Stats as of August 6, 2006

[edit] External links

• ESPN (profile and daily update) [1]
• Baseball Reference (statistics and analysis) [2]