in the 1973 World Series. Milner batted .250 in the post-season with three runs batted in and four runs scored. Though he was not credited with a run batted in, his at-bat in the twelfth inning of game two drove in two runs for the Mets' extra innings victory. On September 11, , Milner tied a major league record by making twelve plate appearances in the Mets' 25 inning marathon with the Cardinals. That season, he led his team in home runs for the third year in a row with twenty, and also led his team with seventy runs. For his career with the Mets, Milner batted .245 with 94 home runs and 338 runs batted in. Milner was dealt from the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first four-team blockbuster deal in Major League Baseball history on December 8, 1977 that also involved the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and a total of eleven players changing teams. The Pirates also acquired Bert Blyleven from the Rangers. The Mets got from the Braves Willie Montañez and from the Rangers Tom Grieve and Ken Henderson who was sent to New York to complete the transaction three months later on March 15, 1978. The Rangers received Al Oliver and Nelson Norman from the Pirates and Jon Matlack from the Mets. Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs and Eddie Miller were traded from the Rangers to the Braves. Pittsburgh Pirates Milner found himself in more of a reserve role with Pittsburgh, with the 333 at-bats he logged in being his fewest outside of his injury plagued season. His finest season with the Pirates came in , when he hit sixteen home runs and drove in sixty backing up Willie Stargell at first and Bill Robinson in left field. Milner was held hitless in nine at-bats in the 1979 National League Championship Series with the Cincinnati Reds, but was 3-for-9 in the World Series with a run batted in and two runs scored. Milner developed and refined a reputation as a reliable pinch hitter who thrived in pressure situations during his tenure with the Pirates. On August 20, , he was traded to the Montreal Expos for Willie Montañez, who was also part of the four team trade on December 8, 1977 (Montañez landed with the Mets). Milner reached the post season for the third time in his career as the Expos won the second half