Milton Edward Wilcox was born on April 20,1950 and is an American former baseball pitcher.
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25 Facts About Milt Wilcox
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Milt Wilcox pitched for 16 years in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners.
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Milt Wilcox was born in 1950 at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu where his father was a drafting engineer.
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Milt Wilcox attended Crooked Oak High School where he was a star for the baseball and basketball teams.
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Milt Wilcox graduated from high school in June 1968 and had a scholarship offer from the University of Oklahoma.
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Milt Wilcox was selected that same month by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.
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Milt Wilcox led the American Association in 1970 with five shutouts, and his 2.
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Milt Wilcox was the losing pitcher in Game 2 of the 1970 World Series where he gave up two earned runs in two innings pitched.
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Milt Wilcox became part of the Indians' starting rotation in 1972.
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Milt Wilcox was then sidelined with strep throat and tried to come back too early.
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Milt Wilcox tore a muscle in his pitching arm and later developed tendinitis in his elbow.
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Milt Wilcox appeared in 25 games for the Cubs in 1975, all as a relief pitcher.
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Milt Wilcox was called up to the Tigers in June 1977 and appeared in his first major-league game in two years.
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From 1978 to 1982, Milt Wilcox was a regular member of the Tigers' starting rotation.
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Milt Wilcox was the Tigers' union representative during these years, including during the 1981 Major League Baseball strike.
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Milt Wilcox won 31 games for the Tigers during the 1970s, ranking him fourth on the club, behind Mickey Lolich, Joe Coleman, and John Hiller.
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Milt Wilcox took out the first two Chicago White Sox batters in the ninth inning, but with two outs in the ninth, pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston, Sr.
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Milt Wilcox had eight strikeouts in the game, and the White Sox hit only four balls beyond the infield.
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The fans in Chicago gave Milt Wilcox a standing ovation at the start of the ninth inning and booed when Hairston got the hit.
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Milt Wilcox became a free agent after the 1983 season, but the Tigers signed him in late December to a two-year contract through the end of the 1985 season.
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Milt Wilcox finished the season with career highs in wins and strikeouts.
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Milt Wilcox missed most of the 1985 season with ongoing shoulder problems and tendinitis.
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Milt Wilcox insisted at the time that he was "completely healed" and in better shape than he had ever been.
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Milt Wilcox bred chinchillas and operated an aquatic dog jumping attraction called Ultimate Air Dogs.
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