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HOBY MILNER # 61
BORN: JAN. 13, 1991 OPENING DAY AGE: 29
BIRTHPLACE: DALLAS, TX RESIDES: FORT WORTH, TX
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 1 YEAR, 15 DAYS
ACQUIRED: SIGNED TO MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACT, NOV. 20, 2019

LHP HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 175 BATS: L THROWS: L

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
MILNER’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2012— Williamsport 1-0 1 .59 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 .2 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 .118
Lakewood 6-3 2 .59 12 12 0 0 0 0 62 .2 52 21 18 6 1 22 0 47 4 0 .229
2013— Clearwater 12-7 3 .83 26 25 0 0 0 0 143 .1 147 62 61 11 6 39 0 108 6 0 .270
2014— Reading 10-6 4 .21 25 25 1 0 1 0 143 .1 146 72 67 25 1 56 0 86 0 0 .267
2015— Reading 2-1 3 .69 29 2 0 8 0 0 61 61 26 25 6 1 17 0 40 4 0 .268
Clearwater 0-0 0 .00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182
2016— Lehigh Valley 0-1 4 .50 11 0 0 4 0 1 16 16 8 8 2 0 3 0 22 0 0 .258
Reading 5-3 1 .84 38 0 0 18 0 5 49 41 12 10 3 4 12 2 54 2 0 .224
2017— Lehigh Valley 1-2 2 .60 22 0 0 9 0 0 27 .2 24 8 8 1 2 4 1 27 1 0 .235
PHILADELPHIA 0-0 2 .01 37 0 0 5 0 0 31 .1 30 7 7 2 4 16 3 22 0 0 .259
2018— PHILADELPHIA 0-0 7 .71 10 0 0 2 0 0 4 .2 6 4 4 1 1 3 1 4 0 1 .286
Lehigh Valley 0-0 2 .39 25 0 0 7 0 0 26 .1 21 7 7 2 2 14 0 28 3 0 .219
TAMPA BAY 0-0 6 .75 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .2 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 .273
Durham 1-0 3.77 15 1 0 5 0 2 14.1 14 9 6 1 3 3 0 21 0 0 .259
Milner
2019— Durham 3-3 3.06 50 0 0 28 0 12H 61 .2 47 25 21 7 2 6 3 89 2 0 .209
TAMPA BAY 0-0 7 .36 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .2 4 3 3 0 1 13 0 3 0 0 .267
MAJOR TOTALS 0-0 3.40 55 0 0 9 0 0 42.1 43 18 16 5 6 22 4 33 0 1 .264
MINOR TOTALS 41-26 3.40 265 67 1 79 1 20 614 573 251 232 64 24 185 6 530 22 0 .250
H led or tied for league lead
◆ Hoby (HO-bee) Trey Milner...Signed a minor league contract with Angels Nov. 20, 2019.
◆ Enters first season with Angels in 2020 as a non-roster invitee to spring camp...In 55 MLB outings (42.1 IP, all in
relief) with Rays and Phillies, has a 3.40 ERA (42.1 IP - 16 ER) and .264 BAA (40/141).
◆ Began 2019 with Triple-A Durham, posting a 3.06 ERA (61.2 IP - 21 ER) and .209 BAA (47/225) with 89 SO before
being promoted to Rays, Sept. 1 for four games...Missed remainder of the season with a cervical nerve injury.
◆ Split 2018 season between Triple-A and Majors with the Phillies and Rays organizations…Totaled four stints in
Majors: Opening Day– April 20 and July 9 with Phillies and July 15-20 and Sept. 20 through season’s end with
Rays…Was designated for assignment by Philadelphia July 10 and acquired by Rays for cash considerations on
July 14...Made his Rays debut the next day…In 40 Triple-A games (1 start) between Durham and Lehigh Valley,
went 1-0 with a 2.88 ERA (40.2 IP - 13 ER) and 49 strikeouts.
◆ On March 24, 2017, was returned to Phillies after being selected by Indians in Major League phase of the 2016
Rule 5 Draft…Promoted to big leagues from Lehigh Valley June 20 and remained on Phillies roster through the
end of the season...Made MLB debut with Philadelphia June 24 at Arizona, allowing a run on a bases-loaded HBP
in the 6th inning…Made 21 consecutive scoreless appearances from July 29–Sept. 17, the fourth-longest streak
of scoreless outings for a Phillies reliever since 1908…Held lefties to a .159 avg. (10-for-63).
◆ Pitched to a 3.69 ERA (61 IP - 25 ER) in 29 games with Double-A Reading in 2015 after also spending entire 2014
campaign with Reading and full 2013 season with Adv.-A Clearwater .
◆ Twice named an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star with Double-A Reading (2014, 2016)...Twice honored with
Pitcher of the Week (8/6/12 with Single-A Lakewood and 6/17/13 with Adv.-A Clearwater).
◆ Originally selected by Phillies in seventh round of 2012 First-Year Player Draft...Went 7-3 with 2.50 ERA (68.1 IP -
19 ER) in first pro action that summer in 14 appearances (13 GS) between Single-A Williamsport and Lakewood .
◆ Pitched three seasons for University of Texas at Austin, posting a 17-9 record with four saves, a 2.44 ERA and .214
BAA...Majored in Physical Culture & Sports with a minor in Educational Philosophy.
◆ Drafted by Nationals in 44th Round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Paschal High School (Fort Worth,
TX), but did not sign, opting to attend college...Also punted/kicked for a high school football season.
◆ His father, Brian, was selected by Blue Jays in seventh Round of 1978 Draft and became the first catcher to
bypass the minors and play in the Majors since the first amateur draft was held in 1965; played two games with
the Blue Jays—his only career Major League action; went on to serve as a hitting coach in Yankees organization
(1991-95) and a scout in the Cubs organization (1996–2007).
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