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Miller		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 30, 1894 in Usa, IA, VINTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1923   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1921 26 PHI NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1922 27 PHI NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 9 9 9
1923 28 PHI NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 2 2 2 8 8 8
1924 29 PHI NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1925 30 SLA AL $ 1,542,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1926 31 SLA AL $ 1,542,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1927 32 SLA AL $ 1,542,857   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1928 33 SLA AL $ 2,380,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8
1929 34 SLA AL $ 2,380,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,380,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 2 2 2 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1921 26 PHI NL 142 576 93 177 32 7 20 100 17 2 29 34 .307 .342 .491 .833 89.7 14.0
1922 27 PHI NL 143 589 86 176 26 9 11 93 8 1 19 33 .299 .322 .430 .752 75.6 8.9
1923 28 PHI NL 139 555 91 163 28 8 9 74 18 7 23 42 .294 .324 .422 .746 70.3 9.5
1924 29 PHI NL 117 437 63 121 22 6 7 70 5 9 18 27 .277 .307 .403 .709 48.7 5.3
1925 30 PHI NL 68 280 60 93 17 4 7 38 6 4 10 14 .332 .361 .496 .858 45.0 7.2
  SLA AL 77 263 40 86 21 5 3 49 6 4 11 7 .327 .360 .479 .839 40.1 7.1
  TOT   145 543 100 179 38 9 10 87 12 8 21 21 .330 .361 .488 .849 85.1 14.3
1926 31 SLA AL 136 450 66 134 22 8 4 56 9 4 18 23 .298 .326 .409 .735 55.0 8.8
1927 32 SLA AL 148 554 67 160 26 18 8 75 9 6 26 27 .289 .324 .444 .768 72.1 13.4
1928 33 SLA AL 115 354 43 104 24 8 2 53 4 2 10 16 .294 .317 .424 .741 43.0 7.7
1929 34 SLA AL 98 294 40 86 17 6 5 53 4 0 9 16 .293 .315 .442 .757 37.4 7.5
9 Years Sim 1183 4352 649 1300 235 79 76 661 86 39 173 239 .299 .328 .441 .769 576.8 89.5
162 Game Average 595 88 178 32 10 10 90 11 5 23 32 .299 .328 .441 .769 79.0  
Career Highs 148 589 100 179 38 18 20 100 18 9 29 42 .330 .361 .491 .849 89.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3194 480 971 182 61 59 481 63 31 127 174 .304 .334 .455 .788 445.1
vs LH   1158 169 329 53 18 17 180 23 8 46 65 .284 .312 .405 .717 139.5
Home 583 2134 314 628 109 34 48 318 43 16 82 119 .294 .322 .445 .767 287.4
Away 600 2218 335 672 126 45 28 343 43 23 91 120 .303 .333 .438 .772 297.2
RISP   1244 0 362 73 24 20 537 0 0 61 68 .291 .320 .436 .756 164.9
Pinch Hitting   63 8 19 5 2 0 11 1 0 6 4 .302 .375 .444 .819 9.7
Close/Late   479 55 138 17 12 7 78 0 0 31 24 .288 .337 .418 .754 63.6
Mar/Apr 137 532 100 172 37 9 14 91 14 4 22 31 .323 .352 .506 .858 86.3
May 223 836 113 259 47 16 13 112 17 7 33 51 .310 .334 .451 .785 117.3
June 215 807 132 265 42 16 9 121 22 15 33 38 .328 .359 .454 .812 117.2
July 225 792 117 228 37 12 15 127 11 10 36 34 .288 .321 .422 .742 99.6
August 201 735 102 207 37 16 11 112 12 1 26 45 .282 .312 .420 .733 90.6
Sep/Oct 182 650 85 169 35 10 14 98 10 2 23 40 .260 .288 .409 .698 73.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1921 26 PHI NL CF 137 135 1189.3 348 5 13 2 .964 2.67   4.0
    RF 3 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1922 27 PHI NL CF 139 139 1231.0 353 5 16 3 .957 2.62   2.1
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1923 28 PHI NL CF 136 135 1193.3 393 6 16 4 .961 3.01   1.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1924 29 PHI NL CF 111 111 968.3 282 3 11 1 .963 2.65   1.3
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1925 30 PHI NL RF 53 51 506.3 123 1 7 0 .947 2.20   1.7
    1B 8 8 62.0 76 8 0 6 1.000 12.19   0.1
    LF 6 1 21.9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.88   0.0
    CF 1 1 12.4 3 0 1 0 .750 2.18   0.0
  SLA AL RF 59 58 474.0 115 1 6 0 .951 2.20   1.6
    1B 9 8 58.0 72 7 0 6 1.000 12.26   0.1
    LF 7 1 20.5 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.07   0.0
    CF 2 2 11.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.0
  TOT   RF 112 109 980.3 238 2 13 0 .949 2.20   3.3
      1B 17 16 120.0 148 15 0 12 1.000 12.23   0.3
      LF 13 2 42.4 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.97   0.0
      CF 3 3 24.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.25   0.0
1926 31 SLA AL CF 44 41 361.0 100 0 5 0 .952 2.49   2.9
    LF 45 35 329.7 66 3 4 1 .945 1.88    
    RF 20 20 173.0 35 0 3 0 .921 1.82    
    1B 19 16 140.0 211 9 2 16 .991 14.14   0.3
1927 32 SLA AL RF 95 93 813.3 205 5 5 3 .977 2.32   2.1
    1B 52 52 443.0 577 45 6 45 .990 12.64   1.0
    LF 15 0 30.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
1928 33 SLA AL CF 69 63 544.7 165 1 7 1 .960 2.74   1.6
    1B 16 12 99.0 137 12 2 11 .987 13.55   0.1
    LF 17 5 65.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.92    
    RF 10 5 49.0 19 0 1 0 .950 3.49    
    SS 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1929 34 SLA AL CF 68 64 535.3 150 3 7 2 .956 2.57   1.2
    RF 14 12 101.7 19 0 1 0 .950 1.68    
    1B 4 3 26.3 39 1 1 2 .976 13.67   0.0
    LF 4 2 21.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.43    
  CF 707 691 6047.0 1797 23 76 13 .960 2.71   14.3
  RF 260 239 2133.0 519 7 23 3 .958 2.22   5.5
  1B 108 99 828.3 1112 82 11 86 .991 12.97   1.7
  LF 99 44 495.7 106 3 4 1 .965 1.98   0.0
  SS 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
Career Totals   1175 1073 9511.0 3535 116 114 103 .970 3.45   21.5
Career Highs   162 145 1286.3 785 50 16 48 .987 5.84    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1926 31 SLA AL 6 21 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .190 .182 .238 .420
Career Post-Season Batting 6 21 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .190 .182 .238 .420
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1927-7-.444
CAR-32-.441
 Games
1921-3-142
1927-3-148
 At-Bats
1921-1-576
1922-5-589
1927-5-554
 Hits
1927-8-160
 Total Bases
1921-8-283
1927-4-246
 Doubles
1921-10-32
Triples
1927-2-18
 Homeruns
1921-5-20
1927-8-8
CAR-41-76
 RBIs
1921-9-100
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1921
Traded from Philadelphia (A) to Philadelphia (N) on 2/15/1921 (Going to PHI: CF Bing Miller. Going to PHA: P Red Sox Trade Bait)
Had first career hit on 4/13/1921, off Jesse Barnes (NY1)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1921, off Bill Bolden (NY1)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/1921, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 8/10/1922 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/22/1923 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1923
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 5/22/1925
Traded from Philadelphia (N) to St. Louis (A) on 7/1/1925 (Going to PHI: P Shovel Hodge. Going to SLA: 1B Wally Pipp, RF Bing Miller)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
2/12/1927: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
10/21/1927: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $2,380,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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