Bob Miller

Robert Gerald Miller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 15, 1935 in Berwyn, IL
High School: Morton HS (Cicero, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1953
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Mets/Reds 1953-1962

Final Game: September 18, 1962
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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
1953	17	DET	AL	13	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0			1
1954	18	DET	AL	34	15	15	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.200	.333	-9	3	0	0	0	0		1
1955	19	DET-min	A	21	32	32		3	1	0	0						.094	.094	.125	.219		4							AUG · SALL
1955	19	DET	AL	9	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	20	DET-min	AAA	15	27	21	2	7	0	1	0	3	0		3	3	.333	.417	.429	.845		9	0	0	3	0			CHL · AA
1956	20	DET	AL	11	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	39	48	46	0	8	2	0	0	0	0		2	3	.174	.208	.217	.426		10		0	0	0	0		BIR,CHL · SOUA,AA
1959	23	DET-min	AA	36	76	67	5	12	1	0	0	6	0		4	12	.179	.243	.194	.437		13		2	2	1	0		BIR · SOUA
1960	24	CIN-min	AAA	45	54	48	4	13	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	7	.271	.308	.354	.662		17		0	2	1			HAV · IL
1961	25	CIN-min	AAA	52	22	19	3	2	0	1	0	3	0		3	5	.105	.227	.211	.438		4							INA · AA
1962	26	TEX/NYM-min	AAA	22	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1962	26	TOT	NL	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	26	CIN	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	26	NYM	NL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Yrs				90	42	41	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.146	.167	.195	.362	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	76	74	5	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.146	.167	.195	.362	-2	14	0	0	0

DET (4 yrs)				67	40	39	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				67	40	39	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	17	DET	AL	13	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1954	18	DET	AL	34	15	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1955	19	DET	AL	9	9	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1956	20	DET	AL	11	8	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1962	26	CIN	NL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1962	26	NYM	NL	17	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				90	42	-6	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

DET (4 yrs)				67	40	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-0	$
NYM (1 yr)				17	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CIN (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1953	17	DET	AL	8	7	0	0.0	101	.125	.125	.267	.125	.343	.125	.393	.250	.736	-32	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1954	18	DET	AL	15	13	0	0.0	98	.182	.133	.264	.133	.340	.200	.386	.333	.726	-9	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.231	.067	.067
1955	19	DET	AL	9	7	0	0.0	101	.250	.222	.264	.222	.343	.222	.393	.444	.737	21	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
1956	20	DET	AL	8	6	1	4.5	107	.200	.143	.269	.250	.351	.286	.410	.536	.761	41	.466	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.286	.143

1962	26	TOT	NL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.273	.000	.341	.000	.414	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	26	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.343	.000	.417	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1962	26	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				42	35	1	0.8	101	.176	.146	.266	.167	.343	.195	.395	.362	.738	-2	.038	-6.0	-0.6	.257	.073	.049
162 Game Avg.				76	63	2	0.8	101	.176	.146	.266	.167	.343	.195	.395	.362	.738	-2	.038	-6.0	-0.6	.257	.073	.049

DET (4 yrs)				40	33	1	0.8	101	.188	.154	.266	.175	.343	.205	.394	.380	.737	3	.042	-5.4	-0.5	.273	.077	.051
NYM (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.412	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.343	.000	.417	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (4 yrs)				40	33	1	0.8	101	.188	.154	.266	.175	.343	.205	.394	.380	.737	3	.042	-5.4	-0.5	.273	.077	.051
NL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.273	.000	.341	.000	.414	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	17	DET	AL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.33	100%
1954	18	DET	AL	15	0.0%	26.7%	0.0%	6.7%	50%		3.8			3.50	73%
1955	19	DET	AL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0		4.5	2.00	89%
1956	20	DET	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	12.5%	100%	2.00	3.5			1.00	63%

1962	26	TOT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
1962	26	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1962	26	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
5 Yrs				42	0.0%	16.7%	2.4%	4.8%	33%	7.00	5.9		20.5	1.80	81%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.6%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.40	7.1	38.2	8.2	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1953	17	DET	AL	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.39	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.75	-1.5	0
1954	18	DET	AL	-2.3	-0.2	15	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.54	-0.2	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	0.95	-2.4	0
1955	19	DET	AL	-1.0	-0.1	9	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.77	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.96	-0.9	0
1956	20	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.75	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.94	-0.6	0

1962	26	TOT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.83	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.86	-0.6	0
1962	26	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.31	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
1962	26	NYM	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.36	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
5 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	42	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.61	-0.5	0.4	-3.6	-0.4	0.91	-6.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	17	DET	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	18	DET	AL	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1955	19	DET	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	20	DET	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	26	TOT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	26	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	26	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	43%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	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
1953	17	DET	AL	8	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	18	DET	AL	15	40%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	19	DET	AL	9	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	2	29%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	20	DET	AL	8	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	26	TOT	NL	2	50%	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
1962	26	CIN	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
1962	26	NYM	NL	1	100%	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
5 Yrs				42	40%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	6	0	0%	23	2	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					49%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SF	IBB
1953	17	13	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1
1954	18	47	23	23	2	3	1	0	0	4	.130	.130	.174	.304	-17	4	0
1955	19	56	32	32	3	5	1	2	0	5	.156	.156	.188	.344	-6	6	0	0
1956	20	67	40	39	3	6	2	2	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0
1957	21	67	40	39	3	6	2	2	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0
1958	22	67	40	39	3	6	2	2	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0
1959	23	67	40	39	3	6	2	2	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0
1960	24	67	40	39	3	6	2	2	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0
1961	25	67	40	39	3	6	2	2	1	7	.154	.175	.205	.380	3	8	0	0
1962	26	90	42	41	3	6	2	2	1	7	.146	.167	.195	.362	-2	8	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	17	14	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
1954	18	36	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
1955	19	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1956	20	11	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	11

1962	26	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
5 Yrs		93	43	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.023	.000	.023	0	90
162 Game Avg.		162	75	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.000	.023	.000	.023	0	90

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