finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1982 left 4 january 2000 east point , georgia atlanta , georgia 1971 october 3 .249 131 498 first baseman / left fielder pittsburgh pirates batting average home runs runs batted in september 15 28 december 1949 john milner
 new york mets john milner left
john milner

john david milner -lrb- december 28 , 1949 -- january 4 , 2000 -rrb- was an american first baseman and left fielder in major league baseball .
a native of atlanta , georgia , he grew up a huge hank aaron fan , even appropriating his idol 's nickname , `` the hammer . ''
he was a member of the `` we are family '' pittsburgh pirates team that won the world series against the baltimore orioles .
