What years did Milt Wilcox play?

Milt Wilcox played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1986.

Was Milt Wilcox a pitcher?

Yes. Milt Wilcox pitched in the major leagues, recording 119 wins and 1137 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Milt Wilcox hit?

Milt Wilcox hit 0 career home runs with 11 hits.

What was Milt Wilcox's career batting average?

Milt Wilcox batted .177 over his career, with 11 hits in 62 at bats.

How many RBI did Milt Wilcox have?

Milt Wilcox drove in 5 runs in his career.

What was Milt Wilcox's career ERA?

Milt Wilcox finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 119-113 with 1,137 strikeouts.

Milt Wilcox

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1970-1986)

Milt Wilcox was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1986 for 5 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 17 seasons. Across 394 career appearances, he went 119-113 with a 4.07 ERA and 1,137 strikeouts.

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 12, 2026

W–L 119–113

ERA 4.07

WHIP 1.37

SO 1,137

Pitcher PIV -16930.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 4/20/1950 in Honolulu, HI, USA
MLB Debut: 1970-09-05
Last Game: 1986-06-12

Full name: Milton Edward Wilcox

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Career Pitching Statistics

Milt Wilcox — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
119	113	394	283	73	10	6	2016.2	1,991	913	204	770	1,137	4.07	-16930.8

Career ERA 4.07 vs. league average 3.77 across their career seasons — 8.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Milt Wilcox Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1970	CIN	NL	3	1	5	2	1	1	1	22.1	19	6	7	13	2.42	3.89 (+38%)	97.0
1971	CIN	NL	2	2	18	3	0	0	1	43.1	43	16	17	21	3.32	3.47 (+4%)	78.1
1972	CLE	AL	7	14	32	27	4	2	0	156.0	145	59	72	90	3.40	3.26 (-4%)	-3751.6
1973	CLE	AL	8	10	26	19	4	0	0	134.1	143	87	68	82	5.83	3.75 (-56%)	-2186.0
1974	CLE	AL	2	2	41	2	1	0	4	71.1	74	37	24	33	4.67	3.63 (-29%)	-1904.1
1975	CHN	NL	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	38.1	50	24	17	21	5.63	3.71 (-52%)	-523.2
1977	DET	AL	6	2	20	13	1	0	0	106.1	96	43	37	82	3.64	4.00 (+9%)	384.0
1978	DET	AL	13	12	29	27	16	2	0	215.1	208	90	68	132	3.76	3.69 (-2%)	-316.9
1979	DET	AL	12	10	33	29	7	0	0	196.1	201	95	73	109	4.35	4.00 (-9%)	-467.1
1980	DET	AL	13	11	32	31	13	1	0	198.2	201	99	68	97	4.48	3.84 (-17%)	-3089.1
1981	DET	AL	12	9	24	24	8	1	0	166.1	152	56	52	79	3.03	3.58 (+15%)	453.8
1982	DET	AL	12	10	29	29	9	1	0	193.2	187	78	85	112	3.62	3.86 (+6%)	-1599.7
1983	DET	AL	11	10	26	26	9	2	0	186.0	164	82	74	101	3.97	3.87 (-2%)	-1779.5
1984	DET	AL	17	8	33	33	0	0	0	193.2	183	86	66	119	4.00	3.81 (-5%)	1272.6
1985	DET	AL	1	3	8	8	0	0	0	39.0	51	21	14	20	4.85	3.89 (-24%)	-821.1
1986	SEA	AL	0	8	13	10	0	0	0	55.2	74	34	28	26	5.50	3.97 (-38%)	-2777.9
Career · 16 seasons			119	113	394	283	73	10	6	2,016.2	1,991	913	770	1,137	4.07	—	-16,931

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 Wilcox — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
397	62	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	2	15	.177	.203	.210	.413	0

Career AVG .177 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 31.2% below league average.

Career OBP .203 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 37.3% below league average.

Career SLG .210 vs. league average .383 across their career seasons — 45.2% below league average.

Career OPS .413 vs. league average .706 across their career seasons — 41.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Milt Wilcox Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1970	CIN	NL	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	CIN	NL	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	CLE	AL	32	45	3	9	2	4	2	12	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	CLE	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	CLE	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	CHN	NL	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	DET	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	DET	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	DET	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	DET	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	DET	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	DET	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	DET	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	DET	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	SEA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			397	62	3	11	2	5	2	15	.177	—	—	—	—	0

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 Wilcox — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Milt Wilcox — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
1984	ALCS	DET	1	.000
1984	WS	DET	1	.000
1970	NLCS	CIN	1	.000
1970	WS	CIN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Milt Wilcox — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	5	2	0	19.0	13	3	6	19	1.42

Playoff Pitching by Year

Milt Wilcox — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1984	ALCS	DET	1	0	1	1	8.0	2	0	2	8	0.00
1984	WS	DET	1	0	1	1	6.0	7	1	2	4	1.50
1970	NLCS	CIN	1	0	1	0	3.0	1	0	2	5	0.00
1970	WS	CIN	0	1	2	0	2.0	3	2	0	2	9.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Milt Wilcox — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	198	25	2	8	0	4	.320
Away	199	37	1	3	0	1	.081

Pitching — Home / Away

Milt Wilcox — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	198	1035.2	996	441	374	620	3.83
Away	196	981.0	995	472	396	517	4.33

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Milt Wilcox — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1986-06-12	SEA	CHW	—	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1
1986-06-10	SEA	KCR	L	3.2	9	5	5	0	1	0
1986-06-03	SEA	BAL	L	4.0	9	4	4	2	2	2
1986-05-29	SEA	NYY	L	7.0	7	2	2	3	3	1
1986-05-25	SEA	BAL	—	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0
1986-05-22	SEA	DET	—	4.1	7	1	1	1	2	1
1986-05-12	SEA	MIL	—	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1986-05-07	SEA	BOS	L	5.0	6	7	6	4	2	1
1986-05-02	SEA	TOR	—	7.0	6	1	1	1	3	1
1986-04-26	SEA	OAK	L	5.2	4	3	1	8	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Milt Wilcox — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	394	284	122	357	27	30

Season-by-Season Fielding

Milt Wilcox — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1970	CIN	P	5	2	1	5	0	0
1971	CIN	P	18	3	1	9	0	0
1972	CLE	P	32	27	9	14	5	1
1973	CLE	P	26	19	6	26	1	0
1974	CLE	P	41	2	5	14	3	1
1975	CHN	P	25	0	0	8	1	0
1977	DET	P	20	13	4	14	2	2
1978	DET	P	29	27	10	36	1	2
1979	DET	P	33	29	10	41	0	7
1980	DET	P	32	31	14	36	4	1
1981	DET	P	24	24	5	33	2	1
1982	DET	P	29	30	11	38	2	5
1983	DET	P	26	26	19	34	1	3
1984	DET	P	33	33	20	28	3	4
1985	DET	P	8	8	3	12	2	2
1986	SEA	P	13	10	4	9	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Milt Wilcox Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	395
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Milt Wilcox — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1983	Player of the Week	Week of 1983-04-15

Salary History

Milt Wilcox — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1986	SEA	AL	$150,000
1985	DET	AL	$550,000
Total Career Earnings			$700,000

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Milt Wilcox: the record in brief

The profile opens with Milt Wilcox's first major league game on September 5, 1970; the last one listed came on June 12, 1986. Club by club, the record runs the Cincinnati Reds (1970 through 1971), the Cleveland Indians (1972 through 1974), the Chicago Cubs (1975), the Detroit Tigers (1977 to 1985), and the Seattle Mariners (1986). Wilcox played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on April 20, 1950, in Honolulu, HI, USA, Wilcox was listed at 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds. Wilcox's full given name, per the bio, is Milton Edward Wilcox.

The pitching table credits Wilcox with a 119-113 record and a 4.07 ERA in 394 games. Also on Wilcox's record: 1,137 strikeouts, 73 complete games, and 10 shutouts. The league ERA over Wilcox's seasons was 3.77, so the 4.07 figure ran 8.0% worse than average. Wilcox won 17 games in 1984, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 132 in 1978. 1981 was Wilcox's sharpest full season, a 3.03 ERA against the league's 3.58.

Frequently Asked Questions about Milt Wilcox

What years did Milt Wilcox play?: Milt Wilcox played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1986.
Was Milt Wilcox a pitcher?: Yes. Milt Wilcox pitched in the major leagues, recording 119 wins and 1137 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Milt Wilcox hit?: Milt Wilcox hit 0 career home runs with 11 hits.
What was Milt Wilcox's career batting average?: Milt Wilcox batted .177 over his career, with 11 hits in 62 at bats.
How many RBI did Milt Wilcox have?: Milt Wilcox drove in 5 runs in his career.
What was Milt Wilcox's career ERA?: Milt Wilcox finished with a 4.07 career ERA, going 119-113 with 1,137 strikeouts.