Rick Miller

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: April 19, 1948 in Grand Rapids, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).

High School: Union HS (Grand Rapids, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 23-138d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1985 (Age 37-168d)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Richard Alan Miller

Nicknames: Miller Time

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.5

3887

1046

.269

552

RBI

369

OBP

.346

SLG

.350

OPS

.696

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BOS		NYY	W,15-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
2	3 (1)	Apr 8	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4	Apr 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	11 (6)	Apr 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	12	Apr 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	13	Apr 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	16 (2)	Apr 28	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (4)	May 5	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	23 (1)	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	24	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	25	May 10	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	26	May 11	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
13	27	May 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	28	May 13	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
15	29	May 14	BOS		BAL	W,1-0	CG	43	11.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
16	30	May 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	31	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	33 (1)	May 19	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	34	May 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	35	May 22	BOS		MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	36	May 23	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	37	May 24	BOS		MIL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	38	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	39	May 27 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	40	May 28	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
26	41	May 29	BOS		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
27	42	May 30	BOS		CAL	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	43	May 31	BOS		CAL	L,6-7	GF	24	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	44	Jun 1	BOS		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	45	Jun 2	BOS		OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	47 (1)	Jun 4	BOS		KCR	W,9-3	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
32	48	Jun 5	BOS		KCR	W,9-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	49	Jun 6	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	50	Jun 8	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
35	51	Jun 9	BOS	@	TEX	W,12-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	52	Jun 10	BOS	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
37	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	56 (2)	Jun 15	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	58 (1)	Jun 17	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	59	Jun 18	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	60	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	61	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
43	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	63	Jun 21	BOS		BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	64	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	GF	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	65	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
47	66	Jun 24	BOS		BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
48	67	Jun 25	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	68	Jun 26	BOS		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	69	Jun 28 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	70	Jun 28 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,16-7	GS	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	71	Jul 1 (1)	BOS		MIL	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
53	72	Jul 1 (2)	BOS		MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	73	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	75 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	76	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	77	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	78	Jul 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
59	79	Jul 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
60	80	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
61	81	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
62	82	Jul 9	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
63	83	Jul 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	84	Jul 11	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
65	85	Jul 12	BOS		TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
66	86	Jul 13	BOS		TEX	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
67	87	Jul 14	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	88	Jul 15	BOS		TEX	W,3-1	CG	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	89	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
70	91 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
71	92	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	93	Jul 19	BOS		MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
73	94	Jul 20	BOS		MIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	95	Jul 21	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
75	96	Jul 22	BOS		MIN	L,7-10	GF	30	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	97	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	98	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	99	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	100	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
80	101	Jul 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	102	Jul 30	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF CF
82	103	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	104	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	105	Aug 2	BOS		NYY	W,10-0	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
85	106	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-5	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	107	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	108	Aug 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
88	109	Aug 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	110	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF CF
90	111	Aug 7	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	52	10.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
91	112	Aug 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-4	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
92	113	Aug 9	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
93	114	Aug 10	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	GS	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
94	115	Aug 11	BOS		CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
95	116	Aug 12	BOS		CAL	W,14-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
96	117	Aug 13	BOS		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
97	118	Aug 14	BOS		OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
98	119	Aug 16	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	120	Aug 17	BOS		KCR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
100	121	Aug 18	BOS		KCR	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	122	Aug 19	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
102	123	Aug 20	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
103	124	Aug 21	BOS	@	TEX	W,15-9	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
104	125	Aug 22	BOS	@	TEX	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
105	126	Aug 24	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	127	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
107	128	Aug 26	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
108	129	Aug 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
109	130	Aug 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
110	131	Aug 29	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
111	132	Aug 30	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	133	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
113	134	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	60	12.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	135	Sep 1	BOS	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	136	Sep 2	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
116	137	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
117	138	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
118	139	Sep 4	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	140	Sep 5	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
120	141	Sep 7	BOS		DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
121	142	Sep 8	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
122	144 (1)	Sep 10	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
123	146 (1)	Sep 12	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
124	147	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	48	11.1	4	0	0	4	0	RF
125	148	Sep 14	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	RF
126	149	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
127	150	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
128	151	Sep 18	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
129	152	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	153	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
131	155 (1)	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
132	156	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	W,14-0	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
133	157	Sep 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
134	158	Sep 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
135	159	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,11-2	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
136	161 (1)	Sep 29	BOS		MIL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
137	162	Sep 30	BOS		MIL	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
							148gm		1091.2	303	4	7	314	1