Milt Jordan

{{Short description|American baseball player (1927–1993)}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Milt Jordan

|position=Pitcher

|image=Milt Jordan.jpg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1927|5|24}}

|birth_place=Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1993|5|13|1927|5|24}}

|death_place=Ithaca, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear=1953

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 10

|finalyear=1953

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.82

|stat3label=Innings pitched

|stat3value=17

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers (1953)}}Milton Mignot Jordan (May 24, 1927 – May 13, 1993) was an American professional baseball player, a {{convert|6|ft|2|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|207|lb|abbr=on}} right-handed pitcher who appeared in eight Major League games for the {{mlby|1953}} Detroit Tigers. He was born in Mineral Springs, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm BaseballinWartime.com]

Jordan's nine-season (1948–1956) career was spent entirely in the Tiger organization. His Major League trial came at the outset of the 1953 campaign. After two scoreless appearances as a relief pitcher, Jordan was given his only MLB starting assignment by manager Fred Hutchinson on April 22 against the Chicago White Sox at Briggs Stadium. In the second inning he surrendered three runs but went on to last seven full innings, giving up six runs, all earned and 12 hits, including home runs by Chicago's Sam Mele, Sherm Lollar and Vern Stephens. He departed with the Tigers trailing 6–1, and absorbed the loss in an eventual 9–7 defeat.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B04220DET1953.htm 1953-4-22 box score from Retrosheet] It was his only Major League decision. In 17 innings, he allowed 26 hits, 11 earned runs and five bases on balls, with four strikeouts.

In 1953, Jordan won 12, lost only once, and compiled a 3.11 earned run average for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League, mostly working as a relief pitcher.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jordan001mil Minor league statistics from Baseball Reference]