Milt Wilcox pitched for 16 years in the Majors and had a 119-113 record with a 4.07 ERA. In 1983, he posted an 11-10 record with 3.97 ERA. By far, his best year inn the majors was with Detroit he following year, 1984, when he was 17-8 with a 4.00 ERA.
I see in Wikipedia that his birthday is April 20, 1950, so this near perfect game was a nice birthday gift for him.
Wikipedia has this to say about that near perfect game:
On April 15, 1983, Wilcox came within one out of a perfect game, when White Sox batter Jerry Hairston, Sr., singled off him in the ninth inning. The perfect game would have been the first no-hitter by a Tiger since Jim Bunning in 1958.
So, Milt Wilcox had a very journeyman career.
And, on April 15, here he was, on the thresh hold of a baseball pitcher's perfection and there I was, freezing and watching him right there in old Comiskey Park.
--RoadDog
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