Milt Wilcox

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.

Milt Wilcox
Wilcox at Detroit Tigers fantasy camp in 2012
Pitcher
Born: (1950-04-20) April 20, 1950
Honolulu, Hawaii
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 record119–113
Earned run average4.07
Strikeouts1,137
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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
  1. "Milt Wilcox nearly perfect". The Beaver County Times. 17 April 1983. p. C2. Retrieved 4 June 2010.


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