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 Pitching

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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 4 49 45 2 0 1 380 96 1.443 8.0 0.4 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 54 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 28 3.250 6.8 0.0 22.5 9.0 0.40
4 Seasons 6 9 .400 4.24 41 18 9 5 2 1 131.2 136 72 62 7 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 8 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 7 69 68 3 0 1 569 87 1.582 9.4 0.5 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 28 3.250 6.8 0.0 22.5 9.0 0.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 7 51 39 10 12 0 0 0 0 1 11 10 .308 .451 .308 .759 .400 12 1 0 0 1 1
162 Game Avg. 53 385 295 76 91 0 0 0 0 8 83 76 .308 .451 .308 .759 .400 91 8 0 0 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 26 NYY AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 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 31 31 6 2 0 1 7.0 0.0 0.7
2 Seasons 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 33 31 8 4 1 1 4.5 3.0 1.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 26 NYY AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.873 0 1 0 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 0.773 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 2.5
2 Seasons 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 0.824 1 2 2 0 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 0 3.8

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1953 25 NYY AL
1954 26 NYY AL 26 85% 0.0% 23.1% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 0.25 73% 5 0 0%
1955 27 BAL AL 25 68% 0.0% 16.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 44% 9 1 11%
4 Seasons 51 76% 13.7% 141.2% 154.9% 0.0% 0% 0.80 59% 14 1 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 78 4 1
1953 25 NYY AL 46 3 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 Seasons 51 136 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 4 49 45 2 0 1 380 96 1.443 8.0 0.4 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 7 68 62 3 0 1 543 90 1.574 9.1 0.5 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 7 69 68 3 0 1 569 87 1.582 9.4 0.5 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 7 79 1 72 3 0 1 594 82 1.633 9.3 0.5 5.4 4.9 0.91 82

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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 4.50 84.0 88 47 42 5 55 43 2 1.702 9.4 5.9 4.6 0.78 0.5 21
1953 25 1 2 .333 5.45 33.0 49 22 20 3 20 16 1 2.091 13.4 5.5 4.4 0.80 0.8 13
1954 26 0 0 9.00 5.0 10 6 5 0 1 5 0 2.200 18.0 1.8 9.0 5.00 0.0 2
1955 27 0 0 15.75 4.0 3 8 7 0 10 4 0 3.250 6.8 22.5 9.0 0.40 0.0 5
4 Seasons 5 7 .417 5.29 126.0 150 83 74 8 86 68 3 1.873 10.7 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 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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