Books and articles about Eddie Milner

A cousin of NL first baseman/outfielder John Milner, Eddie was one of the swiftest and surest centerfielders of the 1980s. Playing regularly for Cincinnati from 1982 through 1986, he stole as many as 41 bases and scored as many as 82 runs a year. He was coming off his best season (15 HR and a 20-game hitting streak) when he was traded to San Francisco in January of 1987. That spring, his teammates noted he was behaving erratically; on April 17 he was voluntarily admitted to a drug rehabilitation center. The Giants released him after the season, but Cincinnati gave him another chance late in 1988. (JCA)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » April 28, 1982: The Cubs Dickie Noles pitches his first career complete game, a 6–0 one-hitter over Tom Seaver and the Reds. The only hit off Noles is Eddie Milner's single leading off the 4th inning. » June 11, 1982: Jerry Reuss pitches his 2nd one-hitter of the season, allowing a leadoff double to the Reds Eddie Milner in the first inning, then retiring the next 27 batters for an 11–1 victory. It is the 2nd time in his career that Reuss has missed a perfect game by one batter. » August 24, 1983: Cubs Chuck Rainey is one out away from a no-hitter when the Reds Eddie Milner singles to center on the first pitch. Rainey settles for a 3–0 one-hitter, his first complete game of the season. For Milner, this is the 3rd of five instances that he will collect his team's only hit in a game, a ML mark he'll share with Cesar Tovar. The other solos are Dickie Noles and Jerry Reuss (1982), Len Barker & Donnie Moore (1984) and Alejandro Pena (1986). » August 2, 1986: Dodgers Alejandro Pena and Tom Niedenfuer combine to one-hit the Reds 7–1, allowing only Eddie Milner's leadoff home run off Pena in the 6th inning. It is the 5th time Milner has collected the only hit in a one-hitter, tying Cesar Tovar's ML record. » March 30, 1988: Reds OF Eddie Milner is suspended for the 1988 season by Commissioner Ueberroth after suffering a relapse of his cocaine problem. The suspension will be lifted June 19 after Milner completes a drug rehab program.