Bob Miller

Robert John Miller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 16, 1926 in Detroit, MI
High School: St. Mary's HS (Detroit, MI)
School: University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Team: Phillies 1949-1958

Final Game: August 10, 1958
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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
1948	22	PHI-min	B	22	39	39		6	1	0	0						.154	.154	.179	.333		7							TER · IIIL
1949	23	PHI-min	B	42	97	97		26	5	3	5						.268	.268	.536	.804		52							TER · IIIL
1949	23	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1950	24	PHI	NL	35	64	61	4	11	1	0	0	6	0		1	11	.180	.194	.197	.390	4	12	1	0	2			1	RoY-2
1951	25	PHI-min	B																										WMT · ISLG
1951	25	PHI	NL	17	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	133	3	0	0	0			1
1952	26	PHI-min	AAA	33	70	60	6	14	1	2	2	7	0		2	15	.233	.258	.417	.675		25		0	8				BLT · IL
1952	26	PHI	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1953	27	PHI	NL	35	56	55	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.182	.182	.200	.382	-1	11	1	0	1			1
1954	28	PHI	NL	30	57	50	5	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	16	.160	.208	.240	.448	17	12	3	0	3	0		1
1955	29	PHI	NL	40	19	18	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.278	.278	.333	.611	63	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	30	PHI	NL	49	25	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.091	.130	.091	.221	-38	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
1957	31	PHI	NL	32	11	8	4	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	.250	.364	.625	.989	163	5	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	32	PHI-min	AAA	4	1	1		0									.000	.000											MIA · IL
1958	32	PHI	NL	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	33	LAD-PHI-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MTL,BFL · IL
10 Yrs				261	242	223	21	41	4	0	2	15	0	0	7	64	.184	.208	.229	.436	15	51	6	0	10	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	150	138	13	25	2	0	1	9	0		4	40	.184	.208	.229	.436	15	32	4	0	6

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1949	23	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	24	PHI	NL	35	64	-8	0	0	7	-0	-0.1	2	2	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	2	$	1	RoY-2
1951	25	PHI	NL	17	7	0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1952	26	PHI	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1953	27	PHI	NL	35	56	-9	0	-0	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$	1
1954	28	PHI	NL	30	57	-6	0	-0	6	0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	2	$	1
1955	29	PHI	NL	40	19	-0	-1	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	1
1956	30	PHI	NL	49	25	-4	0	-0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	1
1957	31	PHI	NL	32	11	1	-0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
1958	32	PHI	NL	17	2	-1	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
10 Seasons				261	242	-28	-0	-0	27	-2	-0.3	8	6	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	-0.2	6	$

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	PwrSpd
1950	24	PHI	NL	64	53	2	1.0	106	.220	.180	.267	.194	.344	.197	.414	.390	.758	4	.056	-8.6	-0.8	.255	.033	.016
1951	25	PHI	NL	7	4	1	6.7	102	.600	.429	.265	.429	.339	.429	.402	.857	.740	133	.674	0.3	0.0	.750	.000	.000
1952	26	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	96		.000	.260	.000	.333	.000	.388	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1953	27	PHI	NL	56	47	2	1.1	110	.263	.182	.274	.182	.345	.200	.427	.382	.773	-1	.066	-8.2	-0.8	.239	.018	.018
1954	28	PHI	NL	57	48	2	1.1	109	.212	.160	.274	.208	.345	.240	.424	.448	.769	17	.065	-6.4	-0.6	.333	.140	.080	.0
1955	29	PHI	NL	19	14	2	3.8	104	.385	.278	.263	.278	.334	.333	.417	.611	.751	63	.408	-1.0	-0.1	.462	.056	.056
1956	30	PHI	NL	25	23	0	0.0	101	.133	.091	.262	.130	.328	.091	.413	.221	.742	-38	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.143	.045	.000
1957	31	PHI	NL	11	7	2	7.8	100	.250	.250	.265	.364	.328	.625	.410	.989	.738	163	.720	0.9	0.1	1.167	.625	.375	.0
1958	32	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	105		.000	.269	.000	.336	.000	.420	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
10 Yrs				242	199	11	1.5	107	.247	.184	.269	.208	.341	.229	.419	.436	.760	15	.107	-27.9	-2.7	.309	.076	.045	.0
162 Game Avg.				150	124	7	1.5	107	.247	.184	.269	.208	.341	.229	.419	.436	.760	15	.107	-27.9	-2.7	.309	.076	.045

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	24	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	24	PHI	NL	64	0.0%	17.2%	1.6%	1.6%	9%	11.00	5.5		10.2	1.29	78%
1951	25	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.00	71%
1952	26	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1953	27	PHI	NL	56	0.0%	30.4%	0.0%	1.8%	10%		3.2		18.3	1.07	68%
1954	28	PHI	NL	57	1.8%	28.1%	5.3%	3.5%	25%	5.33	3.1	50.0	50.0	1.15	58%
1955	29	PHI	NL	19	0.0%	26.3%	0.0%	5.3%	20%		3.6		18.0	0.60	68%
1956	30	PHI	NL	25	0.0%	28.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	3.1			3.00	60%
1957	31	PHI	NL	11	9.1%	36.4%	18.2%	9.1%	50%	2.00	2.0	8.0	2.0	0.00	36%
1958	32	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
10 Yrs				242	0.8%	26.5%	2.9%	2.5%	15%	9.14	3.5	111.5	14.9	1.18	65%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.0%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.17	8.0	41.5	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	23	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	24	PHI	NL	-8.6	-0.8	54	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	1.01	-0.6	0.2	-5.7	-0.6	1.00	-6.1	0
1951	25	PHI	NL	0.3	0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.48	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.54	-0.5	0
1952	26	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.76	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0
1953	27	PHI	NL	-8.2	-0.8	56	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	.99	-0.7	0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.92	-7.5	0
1954	28	PHI	NL	-6.4	-0.6	53	-0.6	0.4	-1.1	.94	-0.6	-0.1	-7.9	-0.8	0.92	-6.0	0
1955	29	PHI	NL	-1.0	-0.1	19	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.12	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.83	-0.2	0
1956	30	PHI	NL	-4.3	-0.4	25	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.93	-0.5	0.0	-4.6	-0.5	0.98	-4.8	0
1957	31	PHI	NL	0.9	0.1	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.64	-0.0	-0.0	1.8	0.2	1.02	0.8	0
1958	32	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.71	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.14	-0.4	0
10 Yrs				-27.9	-2.7	227	-2.0	2.3	-4.2	.96	-2.4	0.3	-23.6	-2.3	0.93	-24.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	24	PHI	NL	3	33%	17		0	0	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
1951	25	PHI	NL	0	33%	3	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	26	PHI	NL	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	27	PHI	NL	0	50%	13	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1
1954	28	PHI	NL	1	40%	14	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1955	29	PHI	NL	1	20%	7	0	2	0	0%	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
1956	30	PHI	NL	0	33%	7	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	31	PHI	NL	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1958	32	PHI	NL	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				5	41%	63	0	4	1	18%	12	10	2	3	2	2	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
1950	24	PHI	NL	64	17%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	17	1	6%	16	3	19%	38	6	16%	5	4	80%	1	0	0%	0
1951	25	PHI	NL	7	67%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	26	PHI	NL	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	0		0
1953	27	PHI	NL	56	57%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	11	2	18%	35	5	14%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1954	28	PHI	NL	57	36%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	15	3	20%	16	3	19%	33	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1955	29	PHI	NL	19	32%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	3	0	0%	10	1	10%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	30	PHI	NL	25	8%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	6	1	17%	6	0	0%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	31	PHI	NL	11	27%	2			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	8	3	38%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1958	32	PHI	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				242	33%	41			0	0	0	0		2	0	7	2	0	1	1	0	12	10	83%	59	6	10%	55	10	18%	141	15	11%	14	6	43%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			86%			12%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	24	38	64	61	4	11	1	0	6		1	11	.180	.194	.197	.390	4	12	1	2
1951	25	55	71	68	5	14	1	0	6	0	1	13	.206	.217	.221	.438	17	15	1	2
1952	26	58	72	69	5	14	1	0	6	0	1	14	.203	.214	.217	.432	15	15	1	2
1953	27	93	128	124	10	24	2	0	9	0	1	31	.194	.200	.210	.410	8	26	2	3
1954	28	123	185	174	15	32	3	1	10	0	4	47	.184	.202	.218	.421	11	38	5	6	0
1955	29	163	204	192	16	37	4	1	11	0	4	52	.193	.209	.229	.438	15	44	5	7	0	0
1956	30	212	229	214	17	39	4	1	11	0	5	59	.182	.201	.215	.416	10	46	6	9	0	0
1957	31	244	240	222	21	41	4	2	15	0	7	63	.185	.209	.230	.438	16	51	6	9	1	0
1958	32	261	242	223	21	41	4	2	15	0	7	64	.184	.208	.229	.436	15	51	6	10	1	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	24	37	66	63	4	11	1	0	5	1	11	.175	.188	.190	.378	2	35
1951	25	18	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	17
1952	26	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1953	27	36	58	57	5	10	1	0	3	0	18	.175	.175	.193	.368	2	35
1954	28	32	57	51	4	7	1	1	1	3	17	.137	.185	.216	.401	2	30
1955	29	42	21	20	1	6	1	0	1	0	5	.300	.300	.350	.650	2	40
1956	30	51	26	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.042	.000	.042	0	49
1957	31	33	11	8	4	2	0	1	4	2	4	.250	.364	.625	.989	2	32
1958	32	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
9 Yrs		270	249	231	19	39	4	2	14	7	66	.169	.192	.212	.405	11	258
162 Game Avg.		162	149	139	11	23	2	1	8	4	40	.169	.192	.212	.405	7	258

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