Milt Wilcox and That Near Perfect Baseball Game

I wrote a lot about that near-perfect baseball game between the Tigers and White Sox that took place back on April 15, 1983.  I sure would have liked to see that perfect game as that is a rare opportunity, despite the joy some Sox fans had when Jerry Hairston got that hit.

Here is some more information about Detroit pitcher Milt Wilcox.  He was born in 1950 (a year before me) and made his Major League Baseball debut September 5, 1970 with the Cincinnati Reds, beginning a career that went to 1986 and closed with him playing for the Seattle Mariners.

Overall career record 119-113 with a 4.07 ERA and 1,137 strikeouts (I would have liked to have had that strike out number one higher with a Jerry Hairston striking out that night back in 1983).

Reds--  1970-1971
Indians--  1972-1974
Cubs--  1975 (I never knew he played for the Cubs)
Tigers--  1977-1985
Mariners--  1986

Today, he runs an outfit called Ultimate Air Dogs in California.  It holds competitions to see how far a dog can jump off a dock into the water.

And, I really came up with some interesting stuff on Jerry Hairston and his family.

Sure Would Have Liked a Perfect Game.  --RoadDog


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