Bill Miller
William Paul Miller (Lefty and Hooks)
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
Final Game: May 8, 1955
Died: July 1, 2003 in Lititz, PA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 NYY AL 24 P 21 18 2 15 1 0 .944 0.81 .967 1.03
1953 NYY AL 25 P 13 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 0.85 .955 0.88
1954 NYY AL 26 P 2 1 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.06 0.95
1955 BAL AL 27 P 5 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.20 1.000 2.02 0.82
4 Seasons P 41 2 9.2 30 3 26 1 0 .967 27.00 0.71 .963 2.05 0.95
4 Seasons TOT 41 2 9.2 30 3 26 1 0 .967 27.00 0.71 .930 2.05 0.95

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 NYY AL 24 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 25 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 26 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 27 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 41 2 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 26 26 73% 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 27 26 46% 23% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 52 60% 15% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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