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Bill Miller
William Paul Miller (Lefty or Hooks)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 20, 1952
Final Game May 8, 1955
Born July 26, 1927 in Minersville, PA
Died July 1, 2003 in Lititz, PA

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 24 NYY AL   4   6  21  13   5   2   6  0   88.0   78   43   34   4   49   45   2   1   380       0  3.48  3.34   96 1.443
 1953 25 NYY AL   2   1  13   3   0   0   3  1   34.0   46   19   18   3   19   17   1   0   163       0  4.76  3.72   78 1.912
 1954 26 NYY AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   0  0    5.7    9    4    4   0    1    6   0   0    26       0  6.35  3.43   54 1.765
 1955 27 BAL AL   0   1   5   1   0   0   0  0    4.0    3    6    6   0   10    4   0   0    25   1   0 13.50  3.80   28 3.250
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .400   6   9  41  18   5   2   9  1  131.7  136   72   62   7   79   72   3   1   594   1   0  4.24  3.46   82 1.633
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  10  47  20   5   2  10  1  151.7  156   82   71   8   91   82   3   1   684   1   0  4.24  3.46   82 1.633
 Career High      4   6  21  13   5   2   6  1   88.0   78   43   34   4   49   45   2   1   380   1   0  3.48  3.34   96 1.443

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 24 NYY AL  21   28    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   0   8  .214  .214  .286   42    8   2           0   0
 1953 25 NYY AL  13   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .300   35    3   1           0   0
 1954 26 NYY AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 27 BAL AL   5    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  458    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       41   40    4    9   3  0   0    3   0  0   0  10  .225  .225  .300   47   12   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        158   16   36  12  0   0   12   0  0   0  40  .225  .225  .300   47   47  12   0   0   0   0
 Career High     21   28    3    6   2  0   0    2   0  0   0   8                           8   2   0   0   0   0

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 24 NYY AL   30   24    2   2.2    91| .214  .253| .214  .332| .286  .369| .500  .701|  42  .246  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1953 25 NYY AL   11    9    1   3.0   100| .200  .266| .200  .342| .300  .392| .500  .733|  35  .323  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1954 26 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .337| .000  .383| .000  .720|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 27 BAL AL    1    0    1          96|1.000  .258|1.000  .336|1.000  .384|2.000  .720| 458         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        43   34    4   3.2    94| .225  .257| .225  .334| .300  .376| .525  .710|  47  .370  -2.9  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1952 24 NYY AL   P   21      2   15    1    0  .944  .966  0.81  1.03  1.74  2.10   13   88.0
 1953 25 NYY AL   P   13      1   10    0    0 1.000  .957  0.85  0.88  2.91  1.96    3   34.0
 1954 26 NYY AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.95  0.00  2.05    1    5.7
 1955 27 BAL AL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.82  2.25  2.02    1    4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1952 24 NYY AL   P   21      2   15    1    0  .944  .966  0.81  1.03  1.74  2.10   13   88.0
 1953 25 NYY AL   P   13      1   10    0    0 1.000  .957  0.85  0.88  2.91  1.96    3   34.0
 1954 26 NYY AL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.95  0.00  2.05    1    5.7
 1955 27 BAL AL   P    5      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.20  0.82  2.25  2.02    1    4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P*  41      3   26    1    0  .967  .963  0.71  0.95  1.98  2.06   18  131.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total        41      3   26    1    0  .967  .963  0.71  0.95  1.98  2.05   18    132

An Important note about our fielding stats

Transactions
Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.
Before 1949 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Athletics to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.
December 4, 1950: Drafted by the Syracuse (International) from the New York Giants in the 1950 minor league draft.
August 1, 1951: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Syracuse (International).
December 1, 1954: Sent by the New York Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles to complete an earlier deal made on November 17, 1954. The New York Yankees sent players to be named later, Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Willy Miranda to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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