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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 24 NYY AL 4 6 .400 3.48 21 13 6 5 2 0 88.0 78 43 34 5 49 45 2 0 1 380 96 1.443 8.0 0.5 5.0 4.6 0.92
1953 25 NYY AL 2 1 .667 4.76 13 3 3 0 0 1 34.0 46 19 18 3 19 17 1 0 0 163 78 1.912 12.2 0.8 5.0 4.5 0.89
1954 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 6.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 9 4 4 0 1 6 0 0 0 26 59 1.765 14.3 0.0 1.6 9.5 6.00
1955 27 BAL AL 0 1 .000 13.50 5 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 6 6 0 10 1 4 0 0 0 25 31 3.250 6.8 0.0 22.5 9.0 0.40
4 Yrs 6 9 .400 4.24 41 18 9 5 2 1 131.2 136 72 62 8 79 1 72 3 0 1 594 82 1.633 9.3 0.5 5.4 4.9 0.91
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .400 4.24 47 21 10 6 2 1 152 157 83 71 9 91 83 3 0 1 685 82 1.633 9.3 0.5 5.4 4.9 0.91
NYY (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 3.95 36 17 9 5 2 1 127.2 133 66 56 8 69 68 3 0 1 569 87 1.582 9.4 0.6 4.9 4.8 0.99
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 5 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 6 6 0 10 1 4 0 0 0 25 31 3.250 6.8 0.0 22.5 9.0 0.40

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1952 24 NYY AL 88.0 21 13 43 4.40 3.90 0.37 0.00 90.8 3.20 -12 -1.3 .2 0.0 -0.6 -4 .440 .492 $
1953 25 NYY AL 34.0 13 3 19 5.03 4.56 0.25 0.00 89.5 3.86 -4 -0.5 .6 0.0 -0.2 -1 .465 .497 $
1954 26 NYY AL 5.2 2 1 4 6.35 4.62 0.12 0.00 86.0 3.87 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .421 .499 $
1955 27 BAL AL 4.0 5 1 6 13.50 5.04 -0.29 0.00 100.4 5.35 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .428 .498 $
4 Seasons 131.2 41 18 72 4.92 4.13 0.31 0.00 90.6 3.47 -22 -2.2 .5 -0.0 -1.3 -10 .446 .497 $
NYY (3 yrs) 127.2 36 17 66 4.65 4.11 0.33 0.00 90.2 3.41 -18 -1.9 .4 0.0 -0.9 -7 .448 .496 $
BAL (1 yr) 4.0 5 1 6 13.50 5.04 -0.29 0.00 100.4 5.35 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .428 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1952 24 NYY AL 21 329 323 43 78 6 2 5 8 2 49 45 .241 .345 .319 .664 .267 103 12 2 6 0 7
1953 25 NYY AL 13 163 142 19 46 8 0 3 2 2 19 17 .324 .407 .444 .851 .352 63 4 1 1 0 1
1954 26 NYY AL 2 26 24 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 .375 .385 .375 .760 .474 9 0 0 0 1 0
1955 27 BAL AL 5 25 15 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 .200 .520 .200 .720 .273 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
4 Yrs 41 543 504 72 136 14 2 8 10 5 79 72 .270 .371 .353 .725 .301 178 17 3 7 1 1 9
162 Game Avg. 47 626 581 83 157 16 2 9 12 6 91 83 .270 .371 .353 .725 .301 205 20 3 8 1 10
MLB Averages .259 .332 .383 .715 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1952 24 NYY AL -3.3 -0.3 339 -0.4 5.6 -6.0 1.01 -0.3 -0.0 -5.2 -0.6 1.01 -2.9 0 1 6
1953 25 NYY AL -3.5 -0.4 167 -0.2 1.4 -1.5 .52 -0.9 0.5 -3.5 -0.4 0.52 -8.8 1 1 7
1954 26 NYY AL -1.5 -0.2 26 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 .83 -0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.83 -0.2 0 0 1
1955 27 BAL AL -4.0 -0.4 26 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .77 -0.2 -0.4 -5.0 -0.5 0.77 -2.3 1 1 2
4 Yrs -12.3 -1.2 558 -1.0 7.5 -8.4 .85 -1.3 0.2 -13.5 -1.4 0.85 -14.3 2 3 16

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1952 24 NYY AL 21 13 4 5 4 0 2 7 6 .538 1 0 5 2 7 54% 53.9 80 23 12 4 2 9 4.9 3.9 5.7
1953 25 NYY AL 13 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 1 33% 49.7 61 38 5 2 0 2 4.8 5.7 6.1
1954 26 NYY AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 2 2 1 0 2.0 4.5 2.7
1955 27 BAL AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 6 2 0 1 7.0 0.0 0.7
4 Yrs 41 18 5 8 5 0 2 8 10 .444 2 0 5 2 8 44% 51 80 23 25 10 3 12 4.9 4.3 5.3
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -6 4.4 4.4 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1952 24 NYY AL 21 8 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 8 1.012 0 1 6 1 0 7 0 8 3 0 3 1 5.3
1953 25 NYY AL 13 10 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4 67% 6 .525 1 1 7 1 1 8 4 6 4 3 4 1 4.7
1954 26 NYY AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .835 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1955 27 BAL AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 .773 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 2.5
4 Yrs 41 23 9 1 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 10 7 70% .846 2 3 16 2 2 19 6 17 9 5 9 2 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1952 24 NYY AL 380 34% 1.5% 13.7% 14.9% 4.0% 17% 1.37 83% 83 12 14%
1953 25 NYY AL 163 21% 1.8% 10.4% 11.7% 6.8% 24% 1.02 75% 37 4 11%
1954 26 NYY AL 26 15% 0.0% 23.1% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 0.25 73% 5 0 0%
1955 27 BAL AL 25 32% 0.0% 16.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 44% 9 1 11%
4 Yrs 594 29% 1.5% 13.3% 14.6% 4.4% 18% 1.22 78% 134 17 13%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 11.9% 10.2% 6.7% 27% 0.95 83% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1952 24 NYY AL 329 78 5 1 8 2 3 2 3 20 10 2 50% 7 1 0 130 8 2 80% 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 51
1953 25 NYY AL 163 46 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 9 5 0 56% 1 0 0 77 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1954 26 NYY AL 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 27 BAL AL 25 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 543 136 8 1 16 4 4 5 3 33 18 2 55% 9 1 0 227 10 5 67% 7 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 51
MLB Averages 52% 54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1952 24 4 6 .400 3.48 21 13 6 5 2 0 88.0 78 43 34 5 49 45 2 0 1 380 96 1.443 8.0 0.5 5.0 4.6 0.92 96
1953 25 6 7 .462 3.84 34 16 9 5 2 1 122.0 124 62 52 8 68 62 3 0 1 543 90 1.574 9.1 0.6 5.0 4.6 0.91 90
1954 26 6 8 .429 3.95 36 17 9 5 2 1 127.2 133 66 56 8 69 68 3 0 1 569 87 1.582 9.4 0.6 4.9 4.8 0.99 87
1955 27 6 9 .400 4.24 41 18 9 5 2 1 131.2 136 72 62 8 79 1 72 3 0 1 594 82 1.633 9.3 0.5 5.4 4.9 0.91 82

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1952 24 4 5 .444 4.39 84.0 88 46 41 6 55 43 2 1.702 9.4 5.9 4.6 0.78 0.6 21
1953 25 1 2 .333 5.45 33.0 50 22 20 3 21 16 1 2.152 13.6 5.7 4.4 0.76 0.8 13
1954 26 0 0 9.00 5.0 10 6 5 0 1 6 0 2.200 18.0 1.8 10.8 6.00 0.0 2
1955 27 0 0 13.50 4.0 3 7 6 0 10 4 0 3.250 6.8 22.5 9.0 0.40 0.0 5
4 Yrs 5 7 .417 5.14 126.0 151 81 72 9 87 69 3 1.889 10.8 4.9 0.79 0.6 41

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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