“I’m so sad about the passing of my great friend and teammate,” former Reds pitcher Tom Hume wrote on Twitter. “A true God fearing man. So committed to the game of baseball. I will miss the big smile he always had. No matter if he was happy or sad, (you) never knew.”
Milner hit a career-best .268 in 1982. He hit .261 with 41 stolen bases in 1983. He hit a career-best 15 home runs in 1986 with a .259 average.
Milner was traded to the Giants in 1987 but returned to the Reds as a free agent in 1988.
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