Bill Miller

William Paul Miller (Lefty or Hooks)

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

Born: July 26, 1927 in Minersville, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1952
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Orioles 1952-1955

Final Game: May 8, 1955
Died: July 1, 2003 in Lititz, PA
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1945	17	OAK-min	D,C	28	60	60		4	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133		4							LXG,MTV · NCSL,CARL
1946	18	OAK-min	D																										LXG · NCSL
1947	19	OAK-min	D																										LXG · NCSL
1948	20	SVL	D	30	56	56		7	1	0	0						.125	.125	.143	.268		8							SVL · NCSL
1949	21	SFG-min	B	37	72	72		16	3	1	0						.222	.222	.292	.514		21							KNX · TRIS
1950	22	SFG-min	AAA,A	14	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.040	.120		1							SXC,JER,JCK · WL,IL,SALL
1951	23	SYR	AAA	35	86	74	2	6	0	0	0	4	0		8	33	.081	.171	.081	.252		6		0	4				SYR · IL
1952	24	NYY	AL	21	30	28	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.214	.214	.286	.500	42	8	0	0	2			1
1953	25	NYY-min	AAA	12	29	24	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	9	.125	.192	.167	.359		4	0	1	3				KCY · AA
1953	25	NYY	AL	13	11	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.300	.500	36	3	0	0	1			1
1954	26	NYY	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		/1
1955	27	TTO	AAA	19	27	22	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		3	6	.318	.400	.318	.718		7		0	2	0			TTO · IL
1955	27	BAL	AL	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	460	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	28	SHV,TTO	AA,AAA	38	39	36	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.222	.282	.250	.532		9		0	0	0			SHV,TTO · TL,IL
4 Yrs				41	43	40	4	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.225	.225	.300	.525	47	12	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	170	158	16	36	12	0	0	12	0	0	0	40	.225	.225	.300	.525	47	47	0	0	12

NYY (3 yrs)				36	42	39	4	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.205	.205	.282	.487	37	11	0	0	3	0
BAL (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	460	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	24	NYY	AL	21	30	-2	-0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1953	25	NYY	AL	13	11	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1954	26	NYY	AL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1955	27	BAL	AL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
4 Seasons				41	43	-3	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	3	0.2	.504	.500	0.2	0.0	3	$

NYY (3 yrs)				36	42	-4	-0	0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$
BAL (1 yr)				5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1952	24	NYY	AL	30	24	2	2.2	91	.300	.214	.253	.214	.332	.286	.369	.500	.701	42	.246	-2.2	-0.2	.364	.071	.071
1953	25	NYY	AL	11	9	1	3.0	99	.222	.200	.265	.200	.340	.300	.390	.500	.730	36	.324	-0.9	-0.1	.375	.100	.100
1954	26	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96		.000	.262	.000	.337	.000	.383	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1955	27	BAL	AL	1	0	1		96	1.000	1.000	.257	1.000	.335	1.000	.382	2.000	.717	460	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
4 Yrs				43	34	4	3.2	93	.300	.225	.256	.225	.334	.300	.375	.525	.709	47	.370	-2.9	-0.3	.387	.075	.075
162 Game Avg.				170	134	16	3.2	93	.300	.225	.256	.225	.334	.300	.375	.525	.709	47	.370	-2.9	-0.3	.387	.075	.075

NYY (3 yrs)				42	34	3	2.4	93	.276	.205	.256	.205	.334	.282	.375	.487	.709	37	.258	-3.4	-0.4	.355	.077	.077
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	1		96	1.000	1.000	.257	1.000	.335	1.000	.382	2.000	.717	460		0.5	0.0		.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	24	NYY	AL	30	0.0%	26.7%	0.0%	6.7%	33%		3.5		14.0	5.50	67%
1953	25	NYY	AL	11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	9.1%	50%		10.0		10.0		82%
1954	26	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1955	27	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
4 Yrs				43	0.0%	23.3%	0.0%	7.0%	33%		4.0		13.3	9.50	70%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.9%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.17	8.1	42.4	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1952	24	NYY	AL	-2.2	-0.2	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.84	-0.2	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.81	-2.2
1953	25	NYY	AL	-0.9	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.41	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.93	-1.1
1954	26	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.06	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.07	-0.3
1955	27	BAL	AL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.45	0.0	-0.0	0.4	0.0	0.86	0.4
4 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	38	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.71	-0.3	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.85	-3.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1952	24	NYY	AL	1	50%	10	1	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0
1953	25	NYY	AL	0	50%	6	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
1954	26	NYY	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	BAL	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	44%	18	1	33%	4	3	1	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	24	NYY	AL	30	68%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	14	2	14%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1953	25	NYY	AL	11	64%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	26	NYY	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	27	BAL	AL	1	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				43	68%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	3	0	0%	7	1	14%	22	3	14%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1952	24	21	30	28	3	6	2	2	8	.214	.214	.286	.500	42	8	2
1953	25	34	41	38	4	8	3	3	9	.211	.211	.289	.500	40	11	3
1954	26	36	42	39	4	8	3	3	10	.205	.205	.282	.487	37	11	3	0
1955	27	41	43	40	4	9	3	3	10	.225	.225	.300	.525	47	12	3	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	24	22	32	30	4	7	2	2	8	.233	.233	.300	.533	2	21
1953	25	14	12	11	2	3	2	2	1	.273	.273	.455	.727	1	13
1954	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1955	27	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	5
4 Yrs		43	46	43	6	11	4	4	10	.256	.256	.349	.605	4	41
162 Game Avg.		162	173	162	23	41	15	15	38	.256	.256	.349	.605	15	41

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