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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Orioles 1952-1955

Final Game: May 8, 1955 (Age 27)
Died: July 1, 2003 in Lititz, PA
Cremated
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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 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 (v2.2): 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 3.89 0.37 0.00 91.9 3.24 -12 -1.2 .2 0.0 -0.5 -5 .442 .492
1953 25 NYY AL 34.0 13 3 19 5.03 4.54 0.25 0.00 91.5 3.92 -4 -0.4 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .465 .497
1954 26 NYY AL 5.2 2 1 4 6.35 4.64 0.12 0.00 86.0 3.89 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .422 .499
1955 27 BAL AL 4.0 5 1 6 13.50 5.02 -0.29 0.00 101.0 5.36 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .428 .498
4 Seasons 131.2 41 18 72 4.92 4.12 0.31 0.00 91.8 3.51 -21 -2.2 .5 -0.0 -1.1 -10 .447 .497
NYY (3 yrs) 127.2 36 17 66 4.65 4.09 0.33 0.00 91.5 3.45 -18 -1.8 .4 0.0 -0.7 -7 .449 .496
BAL (1 yr) 4.0 5 1 6 13.50 5.02 -0.29 0.00 101.0 5.36 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .428 .498

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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
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 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 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1952 24 NYY AL 21 30 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 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 .492 .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 2 0.2 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 .503 .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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1952 NYY AL 24 P 21 13 5 88.0 18 2 15 1 0 .944 1.74 0.81 .966 2.10 2.10 8 2 20% 46% 0
1953 NYY AL 25 P 13 3 0 34.0 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 2.91 0.85 .957 1.96 1.93 2 2 50% 50% 0
1954 NYY AL 26 P 2 1 0 5.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.06 2.00 0 1 100% 48% 0
1955 BAL AL 27 P 5 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.20 .960 2.02 1.96 0 0 0
4 Seasons P 41 18 5 131.2 30 3 26 1 0 .967 1.98 0.71 .963 2.06 2.02 10 5 33% 47% 0
4 Seasons TOT 41 18 5 131.2 30 3 26 1 0 .967 1.98 0.71 .963 2.06 2.02 10 5 33% 47% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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