Eric Milton
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| Free Agent — No. | |
| Starting Pitcher | |
| Born: August 4, 1975 | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| April 5, 1998 for the Minnesota Twins | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through August 14, 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 87-84 |
| Earned Run Average | 5.01 |
| Strikeouts | 1107 |
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Eric Robert Milton (born August 4, 1975 in State College, Pennsylvania) is an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who last played 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 and the last to date. [1] 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 and infielder Nick Punto 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 $1.14 million per win. The big contract and lack of performance has been regarded by many fans as one of the biggest blunders in Reds history.
Milton hit the disabled list with an elbow injury on May 9, 2007, which ended his career with the Reds. Milton filed for free agency on October 9th, 2007, and remains unsigned.
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 26 8 8 0 5.20 0 0 114.1 113 68 66 20 30 68 .269 3 0 0 2007 32 CIN NL 6 6 0 4 0 5.17 0 0 31.1 39 21 18 4 9 18 .298 0 0 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS 266 265 87 84 0 5.01 9 4 1558.2 1635 923 868 265 447 1107 .266 14 0 0 10 Seasons
Stats as of June 22, 2007
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[edit] External links
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