Editing Eddie Milner (section)

==Baseball career==
Milner was drafted out of [[Central State University]] in [[Wilberforce, Ohio]] by the Reds in 1976. He was a part of the disappointing transition of the [[Big Red Machine|championship Cincinnati Reds teams of the 1970s]]. The Reds transitioned from players including [[Ken Griffey Sr.]], [[George Foster (baseball)|George Foster]], and [[Ray Knight]], taking their chances with players including Milner, [[Gary Redus]], and [[Clint Hurdle]]. A highlight of Milner's career was a 20-game [[hitting streak]] in 1986 in which he had batted .417 to go along with a .667 [[slugging percentage]].

Milner suffered from [[cocaine addiction]] during his baseball career. Commissioner [[Peter Ueberroth]] suspended him for the entire [[1988 MLB season|1988 season]] after he relapsed, but he was reinstated before the [[1988 MLB All-Star Game|All-Star break]] after completing a drug rehabilitation program. The Reds released him on July 31, ending his major league career.<ref name="Eddie Milner statistics"/>