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Ward
Miller		  
Nickname: Windy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 177
 
Born: July 5, 1884 in Usa, IL, MOUNT CARROLL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1918   
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
1909 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 6 5 5 6 5 9 9 9
1910 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 10
1911 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 10
1912 27 NYA AL $ 2,692,857   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 9
1913 28 NYA AL $ 2,692,857   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 9
1914 29 NYA AL $ 2,692,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 10
1915 30 PHI NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 10
1916 31 PHI NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 9
1917 32 PHI NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 10 9
1918 33 PHI NL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1919 34 PHI NL $ 4,230,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 4 6 5 8 8 8
1920 35 PHI NL $ 4,230,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 5 4 4 5 4 7 8 8
1921 36 PHI NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 3 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 6 5 5 6 6 9 10 10
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
1909 24 NYA AL 61 131 8 27 2 1 0 8 9 6 10 18 .206 .262 .237 .499 7.1 0.0
1910 25 NYA AL 112 423 57 122 3 7 0 31 32 23 38 44 .288 .355 .329 .684 50.0 12.0
1911 26 NYA AL 141 553 87 160 17 8 4 51 50 29 72 53 .289 .372 .371 .743 80.5 15.4
1912 27 NYA AL 141 535 76 161 16 7 2 67 54 35 63 31 .301 .374 .368 .743 74.8 15.3
1913 28 NYA AL 150 554 72 134 8 9 4 54 53 31 59 26 .242 .316 .310 .626 55.8 5.7
1914 29 NYA AL 144 514 70 149 15 4 2 35 55 25 58 27 .290 .359 .346 .706 69.6 14.2
1915 30 PHI NL 138 509 60 134 8 4 2 37 41 31 56 28 .263 .335 .306 .641 52.8 10.8
1916 31 PHI NL 148 608 91 168 21 5 3 52 42 25 66 44 .276 .351 .342 .693 76.4 13.4
1917 32 PHI NL 106 350 55 100 4 7 1 33 23 19 44 22 .286 .363 .346 .708 45.0 10.2
1918 33 PHI NL 140 538 65 152 16 5 3 62 19 15 54 34 .283 .345 .348 .693 65.1 12.9
1919 34 PHI NL 105 393 65 115 14 1 0 37 21 2 43 33 .293 .363 .333 .696 52.1 10.4
1920 35 PHI NL 105 338 43 103 11 5 0 48 29 15 38 20 .305 .376 .367 .743 48.3 9.2
1921 36 PHI NL 76 166 21 45 4 1 1 21 6 7 9 17 .271 .309 .325 .634 14.2 0.2
13 Years Sim 1567 5612 770 1570 139 64 22 536 434 263 610 397 .280 .351 .339 .690 691.8 129.7
162 Game Average 580 79 162 14 6 2 55 44 27 63 41 .280 .351 .339 .690 71.5  
Career Highs 150 608 91 168 21 9 4 67 55 35 72 53 .305 .376 .371 .743 80.5  
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   4485 641 1286 111 51 17 400 360 219 507 322 .287 .360 .346 .706 570.9
vs LH   1127 129 284 28 13 5 136 74 44 103 75 .252 .312 .313 .626 113.2
Home 776 2748 352 765 70 27 11 265 195 138 271 186 .278 .345 .336 .680 315.5
Away 791 2864 418 805 69 37 11 271 239 125 339 211 .281 .357 .343 .699 368.6
RISP   1334 0 382 28 9 3 489 0 0 159 85 .286 .355 .328 .683 167.5
Pinch Hitting   106 14 30 2 0 0 9 5 6 8 7 .283 .330 .302 .632 9.8
Close/Late   717 93 219 19 6 4 70 0 0 83 46 .305 .377 .365 .742 101.1
Mar/Apr 158 549 64 160 16 6 2 57 46 27 63 42 .291 .366 .353 .719 72.4
May 278 1008 147 277 22 8 1 84 82 46 108 72 .275 .344 .315 .659 115.2
June 271 944 126 231 22 14 1 85 73 33 112 62 .245 .326 .301 .627 101.1
July 262 955 146 305 25 12 6 99 84 55 98 69 .319 .384 .390 .774 138.6
August 277 1015 146 299 25 13 4 108 69 49 105 75 .295 .360 .357 .717 129.5
Sep/Oct 321 1141 141 298 29 11 8 103 80 53 124 77 .261 .334 .327 .661 127.5
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
1909 24 NYA AL CF 20 20 174.3 48 1 1 0 .980 2.53   0.7
    LF 11 8 77.0 24 0 3 0 .889 2.81    
1910 25 NYA AL CF 102 101 892.7 277 7 16 3 .947 2.86   4.0
    LF 3 2 18.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1911 26 NYA AL CF 138 137 1215.0 307 5 11 2 .966 2.31   3.4
    LF 2 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1912 27 NYA AL CF 122 119 1064.3 263 5 11 1 .961 2.27   3.4
    LF 17 16 150.7 32 1 1 0 .971 1.97    
1913 28 NYA AL CF 143 143 1279.3 293 6 16 2 .949 2.10   4.1
    LF 7 7 56.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
1914 29 NYA AL LF 95 93 830.0 169 6 5 2 .972 1.90   4.3
    CF 45 45 403.3 109 0 8 0 .932 2.43    
1915 30 PHI NL LF 78 78 692.3 118 9 6 3 .955 1.65   0.4
    3B 54 54 474.3 27 101 10 7 .928 2.43   0.7
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1916 31 PHI NL 3B 148 148 1304.0 85 238 27 25 .923 2.23   0.4
1917 32 PHI NL LF 82 80 728.7 152 10 8 4 .953 2.00   2.3
    CF 4 4 35.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.80    
1918 33 PHI NL LF 139 139 1266.3 260 4 7 0 .974 1.88   4.0
1919 34 PHI NL LF 105 104 932.0 182 3 6 1 .969 1.79   3.2
1920 35 PHI NL LF 78 76 695.3 145 1 7 1 .954 1.89   3.2
    CF 8 8 70.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.34    
    RF 6 6 55.0 13 1 1 0 .933 2.29    
1921 36 PHI NL LF 19 13 118.7 27 0 1 0 .964 2.05   0.8
    RF 13 13 107.0 32 0 2 0 .941 2.69    
    CF 14 11 102.7 25 1 4 0 .867 2.28    
  LF 636 618 5584.6 1134 34 44 11 .964 1.88   18.3
  CF 597 588 5237.6 1355 25 68 8 .953 2.37   15.7
  3B 202 202 1778.3 112 339 37 32 .924 2.28   1.1
  RF 19 19 162.0 45 1 3 0 .939 2.56    
Career Totals   1454 1427 12762.6 2646 399 152 51 .952 2.15   35.0
Career Highs   150 150 1336.0 311 238 27 25 .974 2.89    
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
1920 35 PHI NL 7 18 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 .333 .429 .389 .817
Career Post-Season Batting 7 18 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 .333 .429 .389 .817
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.
Games
1913-2-150
1914-9-144
1916-5-148
 At-Bats
1916-1-608
 Singles
1912-9-136
1914-6-128
1916-9-139
1918-10-128
 Stolen Bases
1911-9-50
1912-9-54
1914-5-55
1915-8-41
1916-7-42
CAR-45-434
 Caught Stealing
1910-6-23
1911-2-29
1912-1-35
1913-1-31
1914-4-25
1915-1-31
1916-4-25
1917-9-19
CAR-14-263
 Walks
1911-9-72
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  6. Elmer Smith (919)
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  8. Irv Waldron (907)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1909
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1909, off Carl Sitton (WS1)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1912, hitting .538 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1912, hitting .491 with 0 HR, 15 RBI
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,692,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/14/1915 to a 4-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 8/14/1915
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/23/1918
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Chicago (N) on 7/14/1918
7/31/1918: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $4,230,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1918
Injured on 6/26/1919 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
3/20/1920: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (N) on 9/22/1920
4/13/1921: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
3/14/1922: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
Released by Philadelphia (N) on 4/12/1922
 
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