Milt Wilcox

Milt Wilcox
Pitcher
Born: April 20, 1950 (1950-04-20) (age 61) 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
Career statistics
Record	119-113
ERA	4.07
Strikeouts	1137
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1970–1971) Cleveland Indians (1972–1974) Chicago Cubs (1975) Detroit Tigers (1977–1985) Seattle Mariners (1986)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1984)

Milton Edward Wilcox (born April 20, 1950 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was a pitcher who had a sixteen-year career from 1970 to 1975, 1977–1986. 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]

With Detroit, he was a reliable third 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.

Currently, Milt owns and operates Ultimate Air Dogs with his son Brian Wilcox, and his wife Cathi Bifano Wilcox along with their four dogs Sparky Anderson-Wilcox, Maximus, Nash, and Allie. Ultimate Air Dogs is the premier dock jumping organization in the country, and you can find him at events across the US by visiting ultimateairdogs.com.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins
• 1984 Detroit Tigers season

References

1. ^ "Milt Wilcox nearly perfect". The Beaver County Times. 17 April 1983. p. C2. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y1UvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zNoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1407,3148227&dq=milt-wilcox+baseball&hl=en. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com Milt Wilcox Career Statistics

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Name	Wilcox, Milt
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball pitcher
Date of birth	1950-04-20
Place of birth	Honolulu, Hawaii
Date of death
Place of death