Eric Milton
| Eric Milton | |||
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Milton with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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Born: August 4, 1975 Bellefonte, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 5, 1998, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 27, 2009, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–Loss record | 89–85 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.99 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,127 | ||
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Eric Robert Milton (born August 4, 1975) is a former American professional baseball left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Milton graduated from Bellefonte Area High School in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and attended college at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Milton was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. He played one season in the Yankees minor league system and was then traded to the Minnesota Twins on February 6, 1998 (along with three other players) in exchange for Chuck Knoblauch.
He made his Major League debut on April 5, 1998 for the Twins against the Kansas City Royals, working six scoreless innings to pick up the victory. He was 8–14 in his debut season with a 5.64 ERA in 32 starts.
On September 11, 1999, he struck out 13 batters in pitching a 7–0 no-hitter against the Anaheim Angels, the fifth no-hitter in Twins history. He finished the season with an ERA a full run lower than in his previous season, lowering it to 4.49 in 34 starts. He also completed 5 games with 2 shutouts.
In 2000, Milton went 13-10 in 33 starts. He led the team in wins.
In 2001, Milton enjoyed the best season of his career, going 15-7 with a career low 4.32 ERA and pitching in a career high 220 innings.
In 2002, Milton made just 29 starts due to injury. He walked a career low 30 batters, he finished the season 13-9 with a 4.84 ERA in a career low 171 innings. He was limited to 3 starts in 2003 due to a knee injury.
With Minnesota, Milton had a record of 57–51, with 715 strikeouts and a 4.76 ERA, and was selected to the 2001 AL All-Star team. He went 1–0 with a 1.65 ERA with the Twins in the 2002 and 2003 playoffs, and was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Carlos Silva and infielder Nick Punto following the 2003 season.
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