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John David Milner (December 28, 1949 – January 4, 2000) was an American first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he grew up a huge Hank Aaron fan, even appropriating his idol's nickname, "The Hammer." He was a member of the "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates team that won the World Series against the Baltimore Orioles. ==New York Mets== Milner was drafted by the New York Mets in the fourteenth round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft out of South Fulton High School in East Point, Georgia, where he was All-State in baseball, football and basketball. He batted .307 with 58 home runs and 168 runs batted in over three seasons in their farm system before making his major league debut with the Mets in September . He earned the job of "left-handed bat off the bench" on the opening day roster in by batting .296 with a team high three home runs during Spring training, and quickly moved into a platoon with Cleon Jones in left field. In the first game of a September 8 doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milner became the first Mets rookie in franchise history to record a five-hit game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 2 )〕 For the season, he batted .238 with a team high 17 home runs and 38 RBIs to finish third in National League Rookie of the Year balloting behind teammate Jon Matlack. For , Milner was moved to first base. He was leading his team with a .328 batting average, five home runs and thirteen RBIs when he suffered a hamstring injury against the Houston Astros on April 25,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milner Suffers Leg Injury )〕 an injury that would plague him the rest of his career. He returned to the club in mid-May, but went into a 12-for-82 slump that saw his batting average fall to .216. He returned to form by the end of the season to lead his team with 72 RBIs and a career high 23 home runs as the Mets completed their improbable run to their second National League East crown. The Mets pulled off the surprise victory over Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" in the 1973 National League Championship Series, but lost in seven games to the Oakland Athletics in the 1973 World Series. Milner batted .250 in the post-season with three RBIs and four runs scored. Though he was not credited with an RBI, his at-bat in the twelfth inning of game two drove in two runs for the Mets' extra innings victory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1973 World Series, Game Two )〕 On September 11, , Milner tied a major league record by making twelve plate appearances in the Mets' 25 inning marathon with the Cardinals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3 )〕 That season, he led his team in home runs for the third year in a row with twenty, and also led his team with seventy runs. For his career with the Mets, Milner batted .245 with 94 home runs and 338 RBIs. On December 8, 1977, Milner was part of a mega-deal trade between the Mets, Pirates, Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers. After three months of negotiations, the transaction was completed and involved eleven players: * The Mets sent Milner to Pittsburgh. * Atlanta sent Willie Montañez to the Mets. * Texas sent Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller to the Braves; sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the Mets, and sent Bert Blyleven to the Pirates. * Pittsburgh sent Al Oliver and Nelson Norman to the Rangers. * The Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Rangers. * To complete the trade, Texas sent Ken Henderson to the Mets on March 15, 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Milner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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