Saturday, April 4, 2020

1978 TRADED- JOHN MILNER

Today on the blog we have a 1978 “traded” card for “The Hammer” John Milner, who found himself part of a blockbuster trade on December 8th, 1977 after seven seasons as a New York Met:


Milner was part of a monster four-team trade between the Mets, Pirates, Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves that also saw Willie Montanez, Bert Blyleven, Al Oliver, Jom Matlack and six others on the move.
A Shea Stadium fan favorite during his Mets years, Milner hit as many as 23 homers in a season while playing both First Base and Left Field between 1971 and 1977.
He would play 12-years in the Big Leagues, finishing with 131 homers, a .249 batting average and 855 hits over 1215 games and 3436 at-bats between 1971 and 1982.
Sadly, Milner passed away at the age of only 50 from cancer on January 4th, 2000.

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