:Milt Nielsen

{{Short description|American baseball player (1925–2005)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Milt Nielsen

|position=Centerfielder

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1925|2|8}}

|birth_place=Tyler, Minnesota

|death_date={{death date and age|2005|8|1|1925|2|8}}

|death_place=Mankato, Minnesota

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 27

|debutyear=1949

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 4

|finalyear=1951

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.067

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=At bats

|stat3value=15

|stat4label=Runs

|stat4value=2

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians (1949; 1951)}}Milton Robert Nielsen (February 8, 1925 – August 1, 2005) was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians in {{baseball year|1949}} and {{baseball year|1951}}, appearing in 19 career games as an outfielder, pinch hitter and pinch runner. After retiring from baseball after the 1954 minor league he purchased a Chevrolet dealership in St. Peter, Minnesota. He is buried in Resurrection Cemetery in St. Peter.