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Ward Miller
Ward Taylor Miller (Windy or Grump)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 177 lb.
School Northern Illinois University

Debut April 14, 1909
Final Game July 15, 1917
Born July 5, 1884 in Mount Carroll, IL
Died September 4, 1958 in Dixon, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 24 TOT NL  58  169   19   43   3  2   0    8  11     10      .254  .300  .296   84   50   3           1    
         PIT NL  15   56    2    8   0  1   0    4   2      4      .143  .213  .179   19   10   1           1    
         CIN NL  43  113   17   35   3  1   0    4   9      6      .310  .345  .354  118   40   2           0    
 1910 25 CIN NL  81  126   21   30   6  0   0   10  10     22  13  .238  .356  .286   91   36   7           1    
 1912 27 CHC NL  86  241   45   74  11  4   0   22  11     26  18  .307  .377  .386  109   93   8           1    
 1913 28 CHC NL  80  203   23   48   5  7   1   16  13     34  33  .236  .349  .345   98   70   3           1    
 1914 29 SLM FL 121  402   49  118  17  7   4   50  18     59  36  .294  .397  .400  122  161  11          10    
 1915 30 SLM FL 154  536   80  164  19  9   1   63  33     79  39  .306  .400  .381  125  204  26           5    
 1916 31 SLB AL 146  485   72  129  17  5   1   50  25 21  72  76  .266  .371  .328  115  159  28           9    
 1917 32 SLB AL  43   82   13   17   1  1   1    2   7     16  15  .207  .350  .280   96   23   2           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      769 2244  322  623  79 35   8  221 128 21 318 230  .278  .375  .355  112  796  88   0   0  30   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        473   68  131  17  7   2   47  27  4  67  48  .278  .375  .355  112  168  19   0   0   6   0
 Career High    154  536   80  164  19  9   4   63  33 21  79  76  .307  .400  .400  125  204  28   0   0  10   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 24 TOT NL  183  129   16   3.4    77| .254  .253| .300  .321| .296  .326| .596  .647|  84  .515  -3.6  -0.5     
         PIT NL   62   49    2   1.1    80| .143  .258| .213  .326| .179  .332| .392  .658|  19  .122  -5.6  -0.7     
         CIN NL  121   80   14   4.7    76| .310  .251| .345  .319| .354  .323| .699  .642| 118  .666   1.9   0.2     
 1910 25 CIN NL  156  103   13   3.4    85| .238  .258| .356  .332| .286  .342| .642  .674|  91  .464   0.0   0.0     
 1912 27 CHC NL  276  175   35   5.4   100| .307  .280| .377  .350| .386  .382| .763  .732| 109  .603   3.6   0.4     
 1913 28 CHC NL  241  158   24   4.1    91| .236  .270| .349  .334| .345  .367| .694  .701|  98  .524   0.4   0.0     
 1914 29 SLM FL  482  295   62   5.6    96| .294  .277| .397  .343| .400  .375| .797  .718| 122  .661  17.7   1.9     
 1915 30 SLM FL  646  398   81   5.4    90| .306  .268| .400  .336| .381  .359| .781  .695| 125  .679  24.4   2.7     
 1916 31 SLB AL  594  405   56   3.8    79| .266  .251| .371  .324| .328  .328| .699  .652| 115  .538  12.7   1.4  54%
 1917 32 SLB AL  102   67    8   3.2    77| .207  .250| .350  .320| .280  .324| .630  .644|  96  .478   0.5   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2680 1730  295   4.6    88| .278  .265| .375  .334| .355  .353| .730  .688| 112  .598  55.7   6.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 24 TOT NL OF 40 79 3 2 0 .976 .960 2.05 2.01 17 30 3 PIT NL OF 14 28 1 1 0 .967 .960 2.07 2.01 0 14 0 CIN NL OF 26 51 2 1 0 .981 .960 2.04 2.01 17 16 3 1910 25 CIN NL OF 26 44 7 3 1 .944 .959 1.96 2.10 0 11 15 1912 27 CHC NL OF 64 109 6 7 2 .943 .956 1.80 2.16 13 38 14 1913 28 CHC NL OF 63 136 9 3 5 .980 .960 2.30 2.08 47 11 5 1914 29 SLM FL OF 111 248 15 13 3 .953 .951 2.37 1.87 74 31 6 1915 30 SLM FL OF 154 299 16 12 3 .963 .963 2.05 1.99 154 0 0 1916 31 SLB AL OF 136 218 12 14 0 .943 .963 1.69 2.03 3 0 133 1917 32 SLB AL OF 25 24 4 1 1 .966 .966 1.12 2.14 12 4 9
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 24 TOT NL OF 40 79 3 2 0 .976 .960 2.05 2.01 17 30 3 PIT NL OF 14 28 1 1 0 .967 .960 2.07 2.01 0 14 0 CIN NL OF 26 51 2 1 0 .981 .960 2.04 2.01 17 16 3 1910 25 CIN NL OF 26 44 7 3 1 .944 .959 1.96 2.10 0 11 15 1912 27 CHC NL OF 64 109 6 7 2 .943 .956 1.80 2.16 13 38 14 1913 28 CHC NL OF 63 136 9 3 5 .980 .960 2.30 2.08 47 11 5 1914 29 SLM FL OF 111 248 15 13 3 .953 .951 2.37 1.87 74 31 6 1915 30 SLM FL OF 154 299 16 12 3 .963 .963 2.05 1.99 154 0 0 1916 31 SLB AL OF 136 218 12 14 0 .943 .963 1.69 2.03 3 0 133 1917 32 SLB AL OF 25 24 4 1 1 .966 .966 1.12 2.14 12 4 9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 619 1157 72 55 15 .957 .959 1.99 2.02 320 125 185 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 619 1157 72 55 15 .957 .959 1.99 2.02
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Batting Average
1915 FL-.306-9

On-base %
1914 FL-.397-5
1915 FL-.400-3
1916 AL-.371-9

Games
1915 FL-154-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 FL-646-5

Runs
1915 FL-80-9

Hits
1915 FL-164-6

Bases on Balls
1915 FL-79-4
1916 AL-72-10

Strikeouts
1916 AL-76-2

Stolen Bases
1915 FL-33-6

Singles
1915 FL-135-2

Runs Created
1915 FL-81-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 FL-24-9

Batting Wins
1915 FL-2.7-9

Times on Base
1915 FL-248-4

Hit By Pitch
1914 FL-10-4
1916 AL-9-5

Sac. Hits
1915 FL-26-7
1916 AL-28-7

Caught Stealing
1916 AL-21-8

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1763) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1808) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

May 28, 1909: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Kid Durbin.

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Terriers.

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Terriers.


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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