What years did Eric Milton play?

Eric Milton played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2009.

Was Eric Milton a pitcher?

Yes. Eric Milton pitched in the major leagues, recording 89 wins and 1127 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Eric Milton hit?

Eric Milton hit 2 career home runs with 36 hits.

What teams did Eric Milton play for?

Eric Milton played for 4 teams: the Minnesota Twins (1998–2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), the Cincinnati Reds (2005–2007), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2009).

Did Eric Milton win a Cy Young Award?

No. Eric Milton did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Eric Milton win?

Eric Milton was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Eric Milton's career stats?

In 271 games, Eric Milton went 89-85 with a 4.99 ERA, 1,127 strikeouts, and 1,582.1 innings pitched. At the plate he had 36 hits and 2 home runs.

What was Eric Milton's salary?

Eric Milton's last recorded salary was $10,333,333, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $10,333,333, in 2007, and his lowest was $170,000, in 1998. The Salary History table lists each season from 1998 to 2007.

What position did Eric Milton play?

Eric Milton played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Eric Milton and how much did he weigh?

Eric Milton was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 200 pounds.

What was Eric Milton's career ERA?

Eric Milton finished with a 4.99 career ERA, going 89-85 with 1,127 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Eric Milton have?

Eric Milton recorded 1,127 career strikeouts.

Is Eric Milton in the Hall of Fame?

No. Eric Milton has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Eric Milton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1998-2009)

Eric Milton was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2009 for 4 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 12 seasons. Across 271 career appearances, he went 89-85 with a 4.99 ERA and 1,127 strikeouts. He also batted .176 with 2 home runs. Eric Milton was an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 89–85

ERA 4.99

WHIP 1.34

SO 1,127

Pitcher PIV -11223.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 200 lb
Born: 8/4/1975 in State College, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1998-04-05
Last Game: 2009-06-27
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Eric Robert Milton

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Career Pitching Statistics

Eric Milton — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
89	85	271	270	10	4	0	1582.1	1,665	878	267	453	1,127	4.99	-11223.7

Career ERA 4.99 vs. league average 4.46 across their career seasons — 11.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Eric Milton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1998	MIN	AL	8	14	32	32	1	0	172.1	195	108	70	107	5.64	4.43 (-27%)	-2606.5
1999	MIN	AL	7	11	34	34	5	2	206.1	190	103	63	163	4.49	4.71 (+5%)	2316.1
2000	MIN	AL	13	10	33	33	0	0	200.0	205	108	44	160	4.86	4.77 (-2%)	1017.1
2001	MIN	AL	15	7	35	34	2	1	220.2	222	106	61	157	4.32	4.42 (+2%)	-926.0
2002	MIN	AL	13	9	29	29	2	1	171.0	173	92	30	121	4.84	4.28 (-13%)	1450.2
2003	MIN	AL	1	0	3	3	0	0	17.0	15	5	1	7	2.65	4.40 (+40%)	207.2
2004	PHI	NL	14	6	34	34	0	0	201.0	196	106	75	161	4.75	4.46 (-6%)	-4512.6
2005	CIN	NL	8	15	34	34	0	0	186.1	237	134	52	123	6.47	4.29 (-51%)	-5354.6
2006	CIN	NL	8	8	26	26	0	0	152.2	163	88	42	90	5.19	4.53 (-15%)	-3182.7
2007	CIN	NL	0	4	6	6	0	0	31.1	39	18	9	18	5.17	4.47 (-16%)	-108.8
2009	LAN	NL	2	1	5	5	0	0	23.2	30	10	6	20	3.80	4.32 (+12%)	476.9
Career · 11 seasons			89	85	271	270	10	4	1,582.1	1,665	878	453	1,127	4.99	—	-11,224

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Eric Milton — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
275	205	20	36	5	1	2	16	0	10	90	.176	.216	.239	.455	-1,165

Career AVG .176 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 34.0% below league average.

Career OBP .216 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 35.8% below league average.

Career SLG .239 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 43.8% below league average.

Career OPS .455 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 40.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Eric Milton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1998	MIN	AL	32	9	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	.444	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	MIN	AL	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	MIN	AL	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	MIN	AL	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	MIN	AL	30	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	MIN	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	PHI	NL	34	65	4	10	1	0	0	5	4	29	.154	.266 (-42%)	.335 (-40%)	.427 (-60%)	.762 (-52%)	-567.0
2005	CIN	NL	34	56	7	8	1	0	2	4	3	25	.143	.264 (-46%)	.330 (-44%)	.418 (-36%)	.749 (-39%)	-370.1
2006	CIN	NL	28	49	8	11	3	1	0	3	2	24	.224	—	—	—	—	-228.1
2007	CIN	NL	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	LAN	NL	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			275	205	20	36	5	1	2	16	10	90	.176	—	—	—	—	-1,165

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Eric Milton — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Eric Milton — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2003	ALDS1	MIN	1	.000
2002	ALCS	MIN	1	.000
2002	ALDS2	MIN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Eric Milton — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	3	2	0	16.1	13	3	3	9	1.65

Playoff Pitching by Year

Eric Milton — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2003	ALDS1	MIN	0	1	0	3.1	2	0	0	2	0.00
2002	ALCS	MIN	0	1	1	6.0	5	1	2	4	1.50
2002	ALDS2	MIN	1	1	1	7.0	6	2	1	3	2.57

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Eric Milton — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	138	86	9	18	1	10	.209
Away	137	119	11	18	1	6	.151

Pitching — Home / Away

Eric Milton — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	136	814.2	859	447	231	631	4.94
Away	135	767.2	806	431	222	496	5.05

Last 10 Games — Batting

Eric Milton — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	SO
2009-06-27	LAD	SEA	L	1	0	0	1
2009-06-05	LAD	PHI	W	1	0	0	0
2009-06-01	LAD	AZ	L	1	0	0	0
2009-05-31	LAD	CHC	W	2	0	0	1
2009-05-26	LAD	COL	W	2	0	0	1
2009-05-16	LAD	MIA	L	1	0	0	0
2007-05-08	CIN	HOU	L	1	1	2	0
2007-05-03	CIN	HOU	L	1	0	0	1
2007-04-27	CIN	PIT	L	2	0	0	0
2007-04-21	CIN	PHI	L	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Eric Milton — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2009-06-27	LAD	SEA	L	5.0	7	4	4	0	7	1
2009-06-05	LAD	PHI	—	4.1	8	3	1	1	3	0
2009-05-31	LAD	CHC	W	5.1	6	2	2	1	4	0
2009-05-26	LAD	COL	W	5.0	7	1	1	0	3	1
2009-05-16	LAD	MIA	—	4.0	2	2	2	4	3	0
2007-05-08	CIN	HOU	—	5.1	7	4	4	1	4	1
2007-05-03	CIN	HOU	—	5.0	7	4	3	3	1	0
2007-04-27	CIN	PIT	L	4.1	6	3	3	2	2	0
2007-04-21	CIN	PHI	L	6.0	6	3	2	0	1	1
2007-04-16	CIN	MIL	L	5.0	3	3	2	2	4	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Eric Milton — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	271	271	47	144	5	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Eric Milton — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1998	MIN	P	32	32	8	20	0	1
1999	MIN	P	34	34	8	16	3	1
2000	MIN	P	33	33	7	15	1	0
2001	MIN	P	35	34	7	13	0	1
2002	MIN	P	29	30	5	12	1	1
2003	MIN	P	3	3	0	0	0	0
2004	PHI	P	34	34	4	23	0	0
2005	CIN	P	34	34	3	16	0	0
2006	CIN	P	26	26	5	19	0	1
2007	CIN	P	6	6	0	6	0	0
2009	LAN	P	5	5	0	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Eric Milton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	272

Awards & Honors

Eric Milton — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1999	Player of the Week	Week of 1999-09-11

Salary History

Eric Milton's recorded salaries total $47,344,999 over 10 seasons, 1998 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Milton's career ran from 1998 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2009.

Eric Milton — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	CIN	NL	$10,333,333
2006	CIN	NL	$9,833,333
2005	CIN	NL	$5,333,333
2004	PHI	NL	$9,000,000
2003	MIN	AL	$6,000,000
2002	MIN	AL	$4,000,000
2001	MIN	AL	$2,150,000
2000	MIN	AL	$285,000
1999	MIN	AL	$240,000
1998	MIN	AL	$170,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$47,344,999

College History

Eric Milton — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Maryland	College Park	MD	1994, 1995, 1996

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Eric Milton: the record in brief

Eric Milton played a first major league game on April 5, 1998 and a last one on June 27, 2009. Club by club, the record runs the Minnesota Twins (1998 to 2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), the Cincinnati Reds (2005 through 2007), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2009). Milton is listed as a pitcher at 6'3" and 200 pounds. The bio says Milton both batted and threw left-handed. Milton was born on August 4, 1975, in State College, PA, USA. The bio lists the given name Eric Robert.

Milton's career pitching line is 89 wins, 85 losses and a 4.99 ERA over 271 appearances. Also on Milton's record: 1,127 strikeouts and 10 complete games. Against a 4.46 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.99 mark was 11.9% worse. The best win total was 15, in 2001. The strikeout high was 163 in 1999. In 2001, one of the busiest seasons, Milton posted a 4.32 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.42.

Frequently Asked Questions about Eric Milton

What years did Eric Milton play?: Eric Milton played in Major League Baseball from 1998 to 2009.
Was Eric Milton a pitcher?: Yes. Eric Milton pitched in the major leagues, recording 89 wins and 1127 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Eric Milton hit?: Eric Milton hit 2 career home runs with 36 hits.
What teams did Eric Milton play for?: Eric Milton played for 4 teams: the Minnesota Twins (1998–2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), the Cincinnati Reds (2005–2007), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2009).
Did Eric Milton win a Cy Young Award?: No. Eric Milton did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Eric Milton win?: Eric Milton was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Eric Milton's career stats?: In 271 games, Eric Milton went 89-85 with a 4.99 ERA, 1,127 strikeouts, and 1,582.1 innings pitched. At the plate he had 36 hits and 2 home runs.
How much did Eric Milton earn in his career?: Eric Milton's recorded salaries total $47,344,999 over 10 seasons, 1998 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Milton's career ran from 1998 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2009.
What was Eric Milton's salary?: Eric Milton's last recorded salary was $10,333,333, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $10,333,333, in 2007, and his lowest was $170,000, in 1998. The Salary History table lists each season from 1998 to 2007.
What position did Eric Milton play?: Eric Milton played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Eric Milton and how much did he weigh?: Eric Milton was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 200 pounds.
What was Eric Milton's career ERA?: Eric Milton finished with a 4.99 career ERA, going 89-85 with 1,127 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Eric Milton have?: Eric Milton recorded 1,127 career strikeouts.
Is Eric Milton in the Hall of Fame?: No. Eric Milton has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.