Clyde Milan | |
Position: | Outfielder / Manager |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1887 |
Birth Place: | Linden, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | August 19 |
Debutyear: | 1907 |
Debutteam: | Washington Senators |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 22 |
Finalyear: | 1922 |
Finalteam: | Washington Senators |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .285 |
Stat2label: | Hits |
Stat2value: | 2,100 |
Stat3label: | Home runs |
Stat3value: | 17 |
Stat4label: | Runs batted in |
Stat4value: | 617 |
Stat5label: | Stolen bases |
Stat5value: | 495 |
Stat6label: | Managerial record |
Stat6value: | 69–85 |
Stat7label: | Winning % |
Stat7value: | .448 |
Teams: | As player
As manager |
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Jesse Clyde Milan (;[1] March 25, 1887 – March 3, 1953) was an American professional baseball player who spent his entire career as an outfielder with the Washington Senators (1907–1922). He was not a powerful batter, but was adept at getting on base and was fleet of foot, receiving the nickname "Deerfoot" for his speed. He set a modern-rules record for stolen bases in a season with 88 in 1912, a mark surpassed three years later by Ty Cobb. Milan was mostly a center fielder.
He was born in Linden, Tennessee and was listed as 5feet tall and . Like Cobb, Milan batted left-handed and threw right-handed. In 16 seasons with Washington, he batted .285 with 17 home runs and 617 runs batted in over 1982 games. He accumulated 495 stolen bases (tied for 37th all-time with Willie Keeler) and 1004 runs scored. Milan had 2100 hits in 7359 career at bats. He ended with a .353 all-time on-base percentage. Defensively, he recorded a .953 fielding percentage at all three outfield positions.
As a player-manager (1922 only), with the Senators, he was 69–85, a .448 lifetime winning percentage, after which he managed minor league teams and spent 17 seasons (1928–29 and 1938 until his death) as a coach with Washington. His brother, Horace Milan, was briefly his teammate with the Senators.
Milan suffered a fatal heart attack in Orlando, Florida on March 3, 1953, during the Senators' spring training camp, where Milan was beginning what would have been his 18th season as a Washington coach.
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