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William
Milligan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 27, 1924 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 28 SEA CL $ 1,757,143  
1953 29 LAA CL $ 3,200,000  
1954 30 LAA CL $ 3,200,000  
1955 31 HOU PL $ 3,200,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,757,143  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,200,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 28 SEA CL 122 396 62 123 20 2 10 58 21 1 30 50 .311 .363 .447 .810 61.0 11.1
1953 29 LAA CL 128 434 63 140 20 0 11 55 26 3 23 49 .323 .364 .445 .808 67.1 11.4
1954 30 LAA CL 106 260 40 79 9 2 2 43 11 4 18 33 .304 .357 .377 .734 36.0 4.9
1955 31 HOU PL 131 466 97 156 27 2 14 87 46 9 49 59 .335 .396 .491 .888 91.6 16.5
4 Years Sim 487 1556 262 498 76 6 37 243 104 17 120 191 .320 .372 .448 .820 255.8 44.0
162 Game Average 517 87 165 25 1 12 80 34 5 39 63 .320 .372 .448 .820 85.1  
Career Highs 131 466 97 156 27 2 14 87 46 9 49 59 .335 .396 .491 .888 91.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1404 237 463 70 6 36 222 93 16 115 162 .330 .383 .465 .848 244.4
vs LH   152 25 35 6 0 1 21 11 1 5 29 .230 .270 .289 .559 11.9
Home 248 784 128 240 35 4 16 119 50 9 63 105 .306 .362 .422 .785 120.2
Away 239 772 134 258 41 2 21 124 54 8 57 86 .334 .383 .474 .857 136.0
RISP   447 0 139 21 1 10 200 0 0 52 59 .311 .377 .430 .807 72.2
Pinch Hitting   69 10 21 2 0 1 24 3 1 11 7 .304 .400 .377 .777 11.2
Close/Late   147 18 56 6 0 3 31 0 0 17 17 .381 .446 .483 .929 29.2
Mar/Apr 54 187 39 62 9 1 6 23 14 2 10 21 .332 .371 .487 .858 32.4
May 95 312 58 113 20 1 7 51 22 4 20 37 .362 .405 .500 .905 58.4
June 94 291 51 90 14 0 6 52 16 1 31 32 .309 .380 .419 .799 47.5
July 87 282 37 83 16 1 6 42 16 4 17 38 .294 .340 .422 .762 39.5
August 97 306 45 92 12 1 6 41 27 4 26 42 .301 .357 .405 .762 46.7
Sep/Oct 60 178 32 58 5 2 6 34 9 2 16 21 .326 .382 .478 .859 31.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 28 SEA CL 1B 111 101 896.3 917 70 4 82 .996 9.91   2.4
1953 29 LAA CL 1B 69 60 528.7 605 47 3 44 .995 11.10   1.2
    LF 43 43 338.0 27 1 2 0 .933 0.75   0.1
    3B 5 5 42.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.36   0.1
1954 30 LAA CL 1B 67 58 475.7 625 36 3 62 .995 12.51   0.9
1955 31 HOU PL 1B 126 119 1033.3 1033 77 8 90 .993 9.67   1.5
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 373 338 2934.0 3180 230 18 278 .995 10.46   5.9
  LF 44 43 342.0 27 1 2 0 .933 0.74   0.1
  3B 5 5 42.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.36   0.1
Career Totals   422 386 3318.0 3210 239 20 279 .994 9.36   6.2
Career Highs   127 119 1037.3 1033 77 8 90 .996 12.51    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 28 SEA CL 5 18 2 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 .278 .316 .389 .705
1954 30 LAA CL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1955 31 HOU PL 7 27 3 9 4 0 0 7 6 2 2 4 .333 .387 .481 .869
Career Post-Season Batting 15 48 5 15 6 0 0 10 7 2 3 7 .313 .358 .438 .796
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1955-8-.335
 Singles
CAR-47-379
 Stolen Bases
CAR-40-104
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 4
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27
 
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History
Drafted in 14th round, 266th overall pick, by Seattle in 1952
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1952, off Clyde Pearson (POR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/26/1952, off Michael Knepper (LA)
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/20/1953 to a 3-year deal worth $3,200,000 per year
Traded from Los Angeles to Houston on 2/18/1955 (Going to HOU: RF Joseph Sommers, 2B Toby Paschke, 1B William Milligan, 1B Shawn Petree. Going to LA: 1B Kevin Pazos, SS Bill Mangels, 1B Amadeo Vazquez, P Theo Pettry)
 
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