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Dots Miller
John Barney Miller

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 16, 1909
Final Game September 27, 1921
Born September 9, 1886 in Kearny, NJ
Died September 5, 1923 in Saranac Lake, NY

Uncle of Jack Tighe

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 22 PIT NL 151  560   71  156  31 13   3   87  14     39      .279  .329  .396  120  222  29           3    
 1910 23 PIT NL 120  444   45  101  13 10   1   48  11     33  41  .227  .284  .309   68  137  25           2    
 1911 24 PIT NL 137  470   82  126  17  8   6   78  17     51  48  .268  .348  .377   99  177  28           7    
 1912 25 PIT NL 148  567   74  156  33 12   4   87  18     37  45  .275  .324  .397   97  225  20           4    
 1913 26 PIT NL 154  580   75  158  24 20   7   90  20     37  52  .272  .317  .419  113  243  25           1     MVP-8
 1914 27 STL NL 155  573   67  166  27 10   4   88  16     34  52  .290  .339  .393  118  225  18           9     MVP-5
 1915 28 STL NL 150  553   73  146  17 10   2   72  27 19  43  48  .264  .324  .342  101  189  24           6    
 1916 29 STL NL 143  505   47  120  22  7   1   46  18     40  49  .238  .300  .315   90  159  10           5    
 1917 30 STL NL 148  544   61  135  15  9   2   45  14     33  52  .248  .295  .320   91  174  18           3    
 1919 32 STL NL 101  346   38   80  10  4   1   24   6     13  23  .231  .265  .292   72  101  16           3    
 1920 33 PHI NL  98  343   41   87  12  2   1   27  13  6  16  17  .254  .289  .309   69  106  15           1    
 1921 34 PHI NL  84  320   37   95  11  3   0   23   3  5  15  27  .297  .330  .350   75  112   7           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons         5805      1526    108      715     30     454  .263  .314  .357   95      235   0   0  45   0
               1589       711      232     32      177    391                            2070
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   72  156  24 11   3   73  18  3  40  46  .263  .314  .357   95  211  24   0   0   5   0
 Career High    155  580   82  166  33 20   7   90  27 19  51  52  .297  .348  .419  120  243  29   0   0   9   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 22 PIT NL  631  433   72   4.5    80| .279  .258| .329  .326| .396  .332| .725  .658| 120  .645  11.4   1.3     
 1910 23 PIT NL  504  368   38   2.8    93| .227  .271| .284  .346| .309  .359| .593  .705|  68  .375 -20.8  -2.3     
 1911 24 PIT NL  556  372   60   4.3    99| .268  .273| .348  .351| .377  .376| .725  .727|  99  .536  -0.7  -0.1     
 1912 25 PIT NL  628  431   72   4.5    99| .275  .279| .324  .349| .397  .380| .721  .729|  97  .521  -4.0  -0.4     
 1913 26 PIT NL  643  447   77   4.6    88| .272  .265| .317  .329| .419  .360| .736  .689| 113  .581   6.2   0.7     
 1914 27 STL NL  634  425   74   4.7    83| .290  .258| .339  .325| .393  .345| .732  .670| 118  .627  11.4   1.3     
 1915 28 STL NL  626  450   58   3.5    81| .264  .256| .324  .319| .342  .342| .666  .661| 101  .524   0.6   0.1  58%
 1916 29 STL NL  560  395   47   3.2    77| .238  .253| .300  .311| .315  .338| .615  .649|  90  .487  -5.6  -0.7     
 1917 30 STL NL  598  427   51   3.2    76| .248  .253| .295  .310| .320  .334| .615  .644|  91  .483  -6.7  -0.8     
 1919 32 STL NL  378  282   26   2.5    77| .231  .257| .265  .311| .292  .338| .557  .648|  72  .342 -12.0  -1.4     
 1920 33 PHI NL  375  277   31   3.0    94| .254  .281| .289  .335| .309  .374| .598  .709|  69  .393 -14.3  -1.6  68%
 1921 34 PHI NL  343  237   36   4.1   112| .297  .307| .330  .358| .350  .422| .680  .780|  75  .443 -11.9  -1.2  37%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6476 4544  642   3.8    87| .263  .266| .314  .330| .357  .356| .671  .686|  95  .516 -46.5  -5.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 22 PIT NL 2B 150 260 426 34 50 .953 .938 4.57 4.66 1910 23 PIT NL 2B 119 263 318 33 45 .946 .952 4.88 5.05 SS 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .923 6.00 5.00 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 1911 24 PIT NL 2B 129 273 357 38 65 .943 .952 4.88 5.03 1912 25 PIT NL 1B 147 1385 85 23 93 .985 .988 10.00 6.80 1913 26 PIT NL 1B 150 1400 78 22 67 .985 .986 9.85 6.67 SS 3 6 4 3 1 .769 .935 3.33 4.97 1914 27 STL NL 1B 91 1019 57 8 46 .993 .988 11.82 10.10 SS 60 152 182 20 19 .944 .925 5.57 5.08 2B 5 5 8 2 2 .867 .949 2.60 4.88 1915 28 STL NL 1B 94 1000 50 10 54 .991 .990 11.17 10.23 2B 55 136 156 9 28 .970 .955 5.31 4.79 3B 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.11 3.00 SS 3 6 8 1 1 .933 .933 4.67 5.23 1916 29 STL NL 1B 93 948 43 7 60 .993 .987 10.66 10.15 2B 38 72 98 5 14 .971 .951 4.47 4.74 SS 21 36 58 7 10 .931 .926 4.48 5.18 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1917 30 STL NL 2B 92 219 308 22 56 .960 .956 5.73 4.96 1B 46 518 26 1 36 .998 .988 11.83 10.51 SS 11 18 28 5 8 .902 .931 4.18 5.15 1919 32 STL NL 1B 68 687 40 14 34 .981 .988 10.69 10.84 2B 28 69 87 8 13 .951 .960 5.57 5.14 1920 33 PHI NL 2B 59 134 160 16 34 .948 .963 4.98 5.45 3B 17 20 41 4 2 .938 .947 3.59 3.04 SS 12 20 28 6 5 .889 .941 4.00 5.47 1B 9 80 5 1 7 .988 .990 9.44 10.80 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 1921 34 PHI NL 3B 41 37 73 7 9 .940 .941 2.68 2.95 1B 38 396 23 11 26 .974 .990 11.03 10.45 2B 6 8 17 1 1 .962 .962 4.17 5.45
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 23 PIT NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10 1912 25 PIT NL 1B 147 1385 85 23 93 .985 .988 10.00 6.80 1913 26 PIT NL 1B 150 1400 78 22 67 .985 .986 9.85 6.67 1914 27 STL NL 1B 91 1019 57 8 46 .993 .988 11.82 10.10 1915 28 STL NL 1B 94 1000 50 10 54 .991 .990 11.17 10.23 1916 29 STL NL 1B 93 948 43 7 60 .993 .987 10.66 10.15 1917 30 STL NL 1B 46 518 26 1 36 .998 .988 11.83 10.51 1919 32 STL NL 1B 68 687 40 14 34 .981 .988 10.69 10.84 1920 33 PHI NL 1B 9 80 5 1 7 .988 .990 9.44 10.80 1921 34 PHI NL 1B 38 396 23 11 26 .974 .990 11.03 10.45 1909 22 PIT NL 2B 150 260 426 34 50 .953 .938 4.57 4.66 1910 23 PIT NL 2B 119 263 318 33 45 .946 .952 4.88 5.05 1911 24 PIT NL 2B 129 273 357 38 65 .943 .952 4.88 5.03 1914 27 STL NL 2B 5 5 8 2 2 .867 .949 2.60 4.88 1915 28 STL NL 2B 55 136 156 9 28 .970 .955 5.31 4.79 1916 29 STL NL 2B 38 72 98 5 14 .971 .951 4.47 4.74 1917 30 STL NL 2B 92 219 308 22 56 .960 .956 5.73 4.96 1919 32 STL NL 2B 28 69 87 8 13 .951 .960 5.57 5.14 1920 33 PHI NL 2B 59 134 160 16 34 .948 .963 4.98 5.45 1921 34 PHI NL 2B 6 8 17 1 1 .962 .962 4.17 5.45 1915 28 STL NL 3B 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.11 3.00 1916 29 STL NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.00 1920 33 PHI NL 3B 17 20 41 4 2 .938 .947 3.59 3.04 1921 34 PHI NL 3B 41 37 73 7 9 .940 .941 2.68 2.95 1920 33 PHI NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 1910 23 PIT NL SS 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .923 6.00 5.00 1913 26 PIT NL SS 3 6 4 3 1 .769 .935 3.33 4.97 1914 27 STL NL SS 60 152 182 20 19 .944 .925 5.57 5.08 1915 28 STL NL SS 3 6 8 1 1 .933 .933 4.67 5.23 1916 29 STL NL SS 21 36 58 7 10 .931 .926 4.48 5.18 1917 30 STL NL SS 11 18 28 5 8 .902 .931 4.18 5.15 1920 33 PHI NL SS 12 20 28 6 5 .889 .941 4.00 5.47
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 737 7433 407 97 423 .988 .988 10.64 8.89 2B 681 1439 1935 168 308 .953 .951 4.95 4.95 SS 111 241 311 42 44 .929 .927 4.97 5.15 3B 68 57 116 11 11 .940 .943 2.54 2.98 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1598 9170 2769 318 786 .974 .974 7.47 6.69
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    PIT DET     W   7  28   2   7  1  0  0   4   2   5  .250  .300  .286   3  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-NL-8-0.17
1914-NL-5-0.28
Car-452-0.45 shares

Slugging %
1909 NL-.396-7

Games
1909 NL-151-8
1912 NL-148-5
1913 NL-154-3
1914 NL-155-3

At Bats
1912 NL-567-6
1913 NL-580-5
1914 NL-573-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1913 NL-643-7
1914 NL-634-8

Runs
1915 NL-73-9

Hits
1909 NL-156-9
1913 NL-158-9
1914 NL-166-6

Total Bases
1909 NL-222-5
1913 NL-243-4
1914 NL-225-8

Doubles
1909 NL-31-3
1912 NL-33-4
1914 NL-27-5

Triples
1909 NL-13-4
1912 NL-12-10
1913 NL-20-2
1914 NL-10-8

Home Runs
1913 NL-7-10

RBI
1909 NL-87-3
1912 NL-87-7
1913 NL-90-4
1914 NL-88-4
1915 NL-72-7

Stolen Bases
1915 NL-27-6

Singles
1914 NL-125-5

Runs Created
1909 NL-72-7
1913 NL-77-10

Extra-Base Hits
1909 NL-47-3
1912 NL-49-7
1913 NL-51-5

Times on Base
1914 NL-209-10

Hit By Pitch
1911 NL-7-9
1914 NL-9-5

Sac. Hits
1909 NL-29-8
1911 NL-28-5
1913 NL-25-5
1915 NL-24-8
Car-235-48

Caught Stealing
1915 NL-19-7

Power/Speed Number
1913 NL-10.4-9

Outs
1909 NL-433-9
1912 NL-431-3
1913 NL-447-4
1914 NL-425-10
1917 NL-427-6

Oldest Player
1921 NL-34-10

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 58 (424) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.4 (1752) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1453) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 12, 1913: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Hank Robinson, and Chief Wilson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Konetchy, Mike Mowrey, and Bob Harmon.

January, 1920: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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