{{Short description|American baseball player (1861–1923)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jocko Milligan |image=Jocko Milligan.jpg |position=Catcher / First baseman |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1861|8|8}} |birth_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1923|8|29|1861|8|8}} |death_place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 1 |debutyear=1884 |debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 26 |finalyear=1893 |finalteam=New York Giants |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.286 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=49 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=497 |teams= * Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1884}}–{{baseball year|1887}}) * St. Louis Browns ({{baseball year|1888}}–{{baseball year|1889}}) * Philadelphia Athletics ({{baseball year|1890}}–{{baseball year|1891}}) * Washington Senators ({{baseball year|1892}}) * Baltimore Orioles ({{baseball year|1893}}) * New York Giants ({{baseball year|1893}}) }}
'''John "Jocko" Milligan''' (August 8, 1861 – August 29, 1923) was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1893.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jocko Milligan Baseball Stats |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=millijo01 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Baseball Almanac}}</ref>
==Biography== Milligan played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Giants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Ralph |title=Jocko Milligan |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0347b58a |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Society for American Baseball Research |language=en}}</ref>
In 772 games over ten seasons, Milligan posted a .286 batting average (848-for-2964) with 440 runs, 189 doubles, fifty triples, forty-nine home runs, 497 runs batted in, 210 bases on balls, .341 on-base percentage, and .433 slugging percentage.
==Death and interment== Milligan died on August 29, 1923, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was interred at the Mount Moriah Cemetery.
==See also== * List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} {{Baseballstats|br=m/millijo01|brm=millig001joc}} *{{Find a Grave|10325627}}
{{1888 St. Louis Browns}}
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