Milt Wilcox

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 185 lb

BornApril 20, 1950 · Honolulu, HI, USA

MLB debutSeptember 5, 1970

Final gameJune 12, 1986

Seasons16 (1970–1986)

Cincinnati Reds 1970–1971; Cleveland Indians 1972–1974; Chicago Cubs 1975; Detroit Tigers 1977–1985; Seattle Mariners 1986

Percentile snapshot

1984 season — qualified pitchers

38.7

87.1

82.8

SHO

183

75.3

47.3

51.6

119

41.9

74.2

193.7

35.5

ERA

4.00

WHIP

1.286

55.9

K/9

5.53

60.2

FIP

3.54

67.7

FIP-

90.0

75.3

ERA+

98.4

34.4

sWAR

1.8

33.3

of 94 qualified 1984 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

96.1

22.7

sWAR

16.2

91.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	5	6	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.8	8.1	.185	0.6
1971	18	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.3	-100.0	.000	0.3
1972	32	51	45	3	9	2	4	2	12	.200	.234	.244	.478	31.2	40.6	.230	1.2
1973	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.8
1974	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
1975	25	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79.9	81.6	.314	-0.4
1977	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1978	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1979	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1980	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1981	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
1982	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1983	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1984	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8
1985	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1986	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1970	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	19	6	7	13	2	22.3	2.42	1.164	5.24	3.92	97.1	167.1	0.6
1971	18	3	2	2	1	0	0	43	16	17	21	2	43.3	3.32	1.385	4.36	3.49	103.2	101.7	0.3
1972	32	27	7	14	0	4	2	145	59	72	90	18	156.0	3.40	1.391	5.19	4.10	129.1	93.2	1.2
1973	26	19	8	10	0	4	0	143	87	68	82	14	134.3	5.83	1.571	5.49	4.41	113.8	66.5	-1.8
1974	41	2	2	2	4	1	0	74	37	24	33	10	71.3	4.67	1.374	4.16	4.69	129.4	77.6	-0.2
1975	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	24	17	21	4	38.3	5.63	1.748	4.93	4.29	112.3	67.7	-0.4
1977	20	13	6	2	0	1	0	96	43	37	82	13	106.3	3.64	1.251	6.94	3.86	90.8	116.9	1.8
1978	29	27	13	12	0	16	2	208	90	68	132	22	215.3	3.76	1.282	5.52	3.71	96.5	102.3	2.4
1979	33	29	12	10	0	7	0	201	95	73	109	18	196.3	4.35	1.396	5.00	4.13	95.6	99.2	1.9
1980	32	31	13	11	0	13	1	201	99	68	97	24	198.7	4.48	1.354	4.39	4.47	109.4	91.1	1.0
1981	24	24	12	9	0	8	1	152	56	52	79	10	166.3	3.03	1.226	4.27	3.42	91.2	123.6	3.1
1982	29	29	12	10	0	9	1	187	78	85	112	18	193.7	3.62	1.404	5.20	4.17	103.3	111.3	2.8
1983	26	26	11	10	0	9	2	164	82	74	101	19	186.0	3.97	1.280	4.89	4.33	109.5	99.6	1.8
1984	33	33	17	8	0	0	0	183	86	66	119	13	193.7	4.00	1.286	5.53	3.54	90.0	98.4	1.8
1985	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	51	21	14	20	6	39.0	4.85	1.667	4.62	4.79	117.4	84.2	0.1
1986	13	10	0	8	0	0	0	74	34	28	26	11	55.7	5.50	1.832	4.20	5.99	141.6	77.0	-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

397

RBI

.1774

OBP

.2031

SLG

.2097

OPS

.4128

Pitching

G (P)

394

283

409th-most career GS

119

455th-most career W

113

408th-most career L

SHO

2,017

446th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,137

449th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

770

286th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.075

WHIP

1.3691

K/9

5.07

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
1972-06-04	LAA @ CLE Gameday	2	0	1	1	2	2
1972-05-07	CWS @ CLE Gameday	3	1	1	1	1	2
1970-09-09	CIN @ LAD Gameday	4	0	1	0	1	1
1972-05-31	DET @ CLE Gameday	3	0	1	0	1	1
1972-04-21	BAL @ CLE Gameday	2	0	1	0	0	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1978-05-21	BOS @ DET Gameday	9.0	6	1	1	2	11	0
1978-05-31	MIL @ DET Gameday	9.0	8	0	0	1	9	0
1982-04-20	KC @ DET Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	5	9	0
1982-09-16	BOS @ DET Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	0
1977-06-26	CLE @ DET Gameday	6.2	6	2	2	2	9	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.