What years did Milt Pappas play?

Milt Pappas played in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1973.

Was Milt Pappas a pitcher?

Yes. Milt Pappas pitched in the major leagues, recording 209 wins and 1728 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Milt Pappas hit?

Milt Pappas hit 20 career home runs with 132 hits.

What teams did Milt Pappas play for?

Milt Pappas played for 4 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (1957–1965), the Cincinnati Reds (1966–1968), the Atlanta Braves (1968–1970), and the Chicago Cubs (1970–1973).

Did Milt Pappas win a Cy Young Award?

No. Milt Pappas did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Milt Pappas win?

Milt Pappas was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Milt Pappas's career stats?

In 520 games, Milt Pappas went 209-164 with a 3.40 ERA, 1,728 strikeouts, 3,186.0 innings pitched, and 4 saves. At the plate he had 132 hits and 20 home runs.

What position did Milt Pappas play?

Milt Pappas played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Milt Pappas and how much did he weigh?

Milt Pappas was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 190 pounds.

What was Milt Pappas's career ERA?

Milt Pappas finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 209-164 with 1,728 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Milt Pappas have?

Milt Pappas recorded 1,728 career strikeouts.

Is Milt Pappas in the Hall of Fame?

No. Milt Pappas has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Milt Pappas make?

Milt Pappas was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Milt Pappas

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1957-1973)

Milt Pappas was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1973 for 4 teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 17 seasons. Across 520 career appearances, he went 209-164 with a 3.40 ERA and 1,728 strikeouts. He also batted .123 with 20 home runs. Milt Pappas was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6401.3.

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 23, 2026

W–L 209–164

ERA 3.40

WHIP 1.23

SO 1,728

Pitcher PIV 6401.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 190 lb
Born: 5/11/1939 in Detroit, MI, USA
Died: 4/19/2016 in Beecher, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 1957-08-10
Last Game: 1973-09-18
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Milton Stephen Pappas

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Career Pitching Statistics

Milt Pappas — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
209	164	520	465	129	43	4	3186.0	3,046	1,203	298	858	1,728	3.40	6401.3

Career ERA 3.40 vs. league average 3.61 across their career seasons — 6.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Milt Pappas Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1957	BAL	AL	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	1	3	3	1.00	3.83 (+74%)	0.0
1958	BAL	AL	10	10	31	21	3	0	0	135.1	135	61	48	72	4.06	3.86 (-5%)	1993.1
1959	BAL	AL	15	9	33	27	15	4	3	209.1	175	76	75	120	3.27	3.90 (+16%)	4805.8
1960	BAL	AL	15	11	30	27	11	3	0	205.2	184	77	83	126	3.37	3.82 (+12%)	1445.2
1961	BAL	AL	13	9	26	23	11	4	1	177.2	134	60	78	89	3.04	4.03 (+25%)	-674.0
1962	BAL	AL	12	10	35	32	9	1	0	205.1	200	92	75	130	4.03	3.96 (-2%)	-2481.2
1963	BAL	AL	16	9	34	32	11	4	0	216.2	186	73	69	120	3.03	3.46 (+12%)	-1067.1
1964	BAL	AL	16	7	37	36	13	7	0	251.2	225	83	48	157	2.97	3.58 (+17%)	3195.4
1965	BAL	AL	13	9	34	34	9	3	0	221.1	192	64	52	127	2.60	3.50 (+26%)	529.7
1966	CIN	NL	12	11	33	32	6	2	0	209.2	224	100	39	133	4.29	3.52 (-22%)	1135.3
1967	CIN	NL	16	13	34	32	5	3	0	217.2	218	81	38	129	3.35	3.30 (-1%)	1263.9
1968	CIN	NL	2	5	15	11	0	0	0	62.2	70	39	10	43	5.60	2.98 (-88%)	-739.8
1968	ATL	NL	10	8	22	19	3	1	0	121.1	111	32	22	75	2.37	2.98 (+20%)	1112.8
1969	ATL	NL	6	10	26	24	1	0	0	144.0	149	58	44	72	3.62	3.61 (avg)	-574.7
1970	ATL	NL	2	2	11	3	1	0	0	35.2	44	24	7	25	6.06	3.89 (-56%)	-262.7
1970	CHN	NL	10	8	21	20	6	2	0	144.2	135	43	36	80	2.68	3.89 (+31%)	1299.2
1971	CHN	NL	17	14	35	35	14	5	0	261.1	279	102	62	99	3.51	3.47 (-1%)	-1551.8
1972	CHN	NL	17	7	29	28	10	3	0	195.0	187	60	29	80	2.77	3.26 (+15%)	-408.2
1973	CHN	NL	7	12	30	29	1	1	0	162.0	192	77	40	48	4.28	3.75 (-14%)	-2619.6
Career · 19 seasons			209	164	520	465	129	43	4	3,186.0	3,046	1,203	858	1,728	3.40	—	6,401

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

Milt Pappas — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
527	1,073	72	132	13	3	20	67	1	36	510	.123	.157	.197	.354	-7,446

Career AVG .123 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Career OBP .157 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 50.6% below league average.

Career SLG .197 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — 47.6% below league average.

Career OPS .354 vs. league average .693 across their career seasons — 49.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Milt Pappas Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1957	BAL	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1958	BAL	AL	32	42	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	21	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1959	BAL	AL	33	79	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	1	35	.139	.256 (-46%)	.323 (-54%)	.392 (-61%)	.715 (-58%)	-720.0
1960	BAL	AL	30	70	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	4	34	.043	.255 (-83%)	.323 (-71%)	.387 (-78%)	.711 (-75%)	-826.1
1961	BAL	AL	26	66	6	9	2	0	3	6	0	0	29	.136	.258 (-47%)	.328 (-59%)	.399 (-24%)	.727 (-40%)	-456.1
1962	BAL	AL	35	69	5	6	1	0	4	8	0	1	41	.087	.257 (-66%)	.326 (-70%)	.393 (-30%)	.719 (-48%)	-580.0
1963	BAL	AL	36	71	6	9	0	0	2	5	0	2	35	.127	.246 (-49%)	.308 (-51%)	.371 (-43%)	.680 (-47%)	-507.6
1964	BAL	AL	37	93	4	12	1	0	0	4	0	4	46	.129	.250 (-48%)	.312 (-45%)	.377 (-63%)	.690 (-55%)	-766.1
1965	BAL	AL	34	70	3	5	1	1	0	4	0	1	36	.071	.245 (-71%)	.310 (-73%)	.371 (-69%)	.682 (-71%)	-760.1
1966	CIN	NL	36	75	6	8	0	1	1	4	0	2	38	.107	.248 (-57%)	.309 (-55%)	.376 (-54%)	.685 (-54%)	-638.5
1967	CIN	NL	34	72	2	7	0	0	1	3	0	3	33	.097	.242 (-60%)	.306 (-56%)	.357 (-61%)	.663 (-59%)	-627.2
1968	CIN	NL	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	ATL	NL	22	37	5	6	0	0	1	4	0	3	21	.162	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	ATL	NL	26	45	4	7	0	0	2	4	0	5	21	.156	—	—	—	—	-161.1
1970	ATL	NL	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	CHN	NL	21	50	7	12	2	1	2	5	0	2	17	.240	.253 (-5%)	.325 (-15%)	.385 (+14%)	.711 (+1%)	0.0
1971	CHN	NL	35	91	6	14	2	0	0	2	1	4	30	.154	.249 (-38%)	.316 (-35%)	.365 (-52%)	.682 (-44%)	-598.9
1972	CHN	NL	29	68	5	13	1	0	1	8	0	2	33	.191	.243 (-22%)	.310 (-24%)	.353 (-29%)	.664 (-27%)	-267.6
1973	CHN	NL	30	48	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	2	28	.062	—	—	—	—	-514.2
Career · 19 seasons			527	1,073	72	132	13	3	20	67	1	36	510	.123	—	—	—	—	-7,424

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

Milt Pappas — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Milt Pappas — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1969	NLCS	ATL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Milt Pappas — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	2.1	4	3	0	4	11.57

Playoff Pitching by Year

Milt Pappas — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1969	NLCS	ATL	0	0	1	0	0	2.1	4	3	0	4	11.57

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Milt Pappas — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	271	523	33	69	11	43	.132
Away	256	550	40	63	9	24	.115

Pitching — Home / Away

Milt Pappas — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	269	1660.1	1568	606	418	909	3.28
Away	251	1525.2	1478	597	440	821	3.52

Last 10 Games — Batting

Milt Pappas — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO
1973-09-18	CHC	PHI	L	2	1	1	0	1
1973-09-13	CHC	PIT	L	0	0	0	0	0
1973-09-08	CHC	STL	W	2	0	0	0	1
1973-09-03	CHC	WSN	L	2	0	0	0	1
1973-08-28	CHC	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	1
1973-08-22	CHC	CIN	W	2	0	0	0	1
1973-08-16	CHC	ATL	L	1	0	0	1	1
1973-08-06	CHC	WSN	L	0	0	0	0	0
1973-07-31	CHC	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0
1973-07-29	CHC	STL	L	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Milt Pappas — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1973-09-18	CHC	PHI	—	6.2	4	1	1	0	1	0
1973-09-13	CHC	PIT	L	1.2	5	3	2	0	1	0
1973-09-08	CHC	STL	W	7.0	7	1	1	0	2	0
1973-09-03	CHC	WSN	L	6.0	4	1	1	2	2	0
1973-08-28	CHC	ATL	—	3.1	7	4	4	3	1	2
1973-08-22	CHC	CIN	W	6.2	11	4	4	0	0	1
1973-08-16	CHC	ATL	—	6.0	6	0	0	4	0	0
1973-08-06	CHC	WSN	—	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	1
1973-07-31	CHC	PHI	L	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	0
1973-07-29	CHC	STL	L	1.2	7	4	3	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Milt Pappas — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
P	520	465	245	486	23	38

Season-by-Season Fielding

Milt Pappas — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1957	BAL	P	4	0	0	2	0	0
1958	BAL	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
1958	BAL	P	31	21	9	28	2	3
1959	BAL	P	33	27	6	36	3	2
1960	BAL	P	30	27	8	36	1	3
1961	BAL	P	26	23	24	34	1	2
1962	BAL	P	35	32	20	38	3	3
1963	BAL	P	34	32	26	41	2	4
1964	BAL	P	37	36	25	30	0	2
1965	BAL	P	34	34	15	21	3	4
1966	CIN	P	33	32	16	32	1	2
1967	CIN	P	34	32	13	36	0	3
1968	CIN	P	15	11	2	10	0	0
1968	ATL	P	22	19	2	19	1	0
1969	ATL	P	26	24	17	20	2	1
1970	ATL	P	11	3	6	3	0	1
1970	CHN	P	21	20	6	18	1	3
1971	CHN	P	35	35	19	30	0	1
1972	CHN	P	29	28	20	27	0	2
1973	CHN	P	30	29	11	25	3	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Milt Pappas Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	520

Award Voting History

Milt Pappas — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1972	Cy Young Award	NL	9th	3.0	120	0

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Milt Pappas: the record in brief

August 10, 1957 and September 18, 1973 bracket Milt Pappas's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Pappas played for the Baltimore Orioles (1957 to 1965), the Cincinnati Reds (1966 through 1968), the Atlanta Braves (1968 through 1970), and the Chicago Cubs (1970 through 1973). At 190 pounds on a 6-foot-3 frame, Pappas is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Pappas threw and hit right-handed. The recorded birth is May 11, 1939, in Detroit, MI, USA. The bio records the death on April 19, 2016, in Beecher, IL, USA. On the record, Milt Pappas was born Milton Stephen Pappas.

Pappas pitched in 520 games, starting 465, and finished with a 209-164 record and 3.40 ERA. Also on Pappas's record: 1,728 strikeouts, 129 complete games, and 43 shutouts. The leagues Pappas pitched in allowed 3.61 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 6.0% better than average. No season topped the 17 wins of 1971.

Frequently Asked Questions about Milt Pappas

What years did Milt Pappas play?: Milt Pappas played in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1973.
Was Milt Pappas a pitcher?: Yes. Milt Pappas pitched in the major leagues, recording 209 wins and 1728 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Milt Pappas hit?: Milt Pappas hit 20 career home runs with 132 hits.
What teams did Milt Pappas play for?: Milt Pappas played for 4 teams: the Baltimore Orioles (1957–1965), the Cincinnati Reds (1966–1968), the Atlanta Braves (1968–1970), and the Chicago Cubs (1970–1973).
Did Milt Pappas win a Cy Young Award?: No. Milt Pappas did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Milt Pappas win?: Milt Pappas was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Milt Pappas's career stats?: In 520 games, Milt Pappas went 209-164 with a 3.40 ERA, 1,728 strikeouts, 3,186.0 innings pitched, and 4 saves. At the plate he had 132 hits and 20 home runs.
What position did Milt Pappas play?: Milt Pappas played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Milt Pappas and how much did he weigh?: Milt Pappas was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 190 pounds.
What was Milt Pappas's career ERA?: Milt Pappas finished with a 3.40 career ERA, going 209-164 with 1,728 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Milt Pappas have?: Milt Pappas recorded 1,728 career strikeouts.
Is Milt Pappas in the Hall of Fame?: No. Milt Pappas has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Milt Pappas make?: Milt Pappas was selected to 2 All-Star Games.