Darrell Miller

Darrell Keith Miller

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 26, 1958 in Washington, DC
High School: Riverside Poly HS (Riverside, CA)
School: California Polytechnic State University, Pomona (Pomona, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1984
Team: Angels 1984-1988

Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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
1979	21	ANA-min	Rk	60	205	205		55	10	2	6						.268	.268	.424	.693		87							IDF · PION
1980	22	ANA-min	A,AAA	94	319	296	36	86	8	5	4	39	6	1	15	73	.291	.327	.392	.719		116		1	7	0			SLS,SLC · CALL,PCL
1981	23	ANA-min	AA	126	500	443	61	117	26	9	10	62	14	5	41	90	.264	.333	.431	.764		191		8	2	6	3		HLY · EL
1982	24	ANA-min	AA	119	511	450	76	118	25	10	11	60	12	6	52	104	.262	.343	.436	.778		196		4	3	2	1		HLY · EL
1983	25	ANA-min	AAA	51	151	142	29	43	5	1	2	23	4	0	6	28	.303	.338	.394	.732		56		2	0	1	0		EDM · PCL
1984	26	ANA-min	AAA	92	371	328	65	107	19	9	12	67	2	4	34	52	.326	.389	.549	.937		180		2	3	4	1		EDM · PCL
1984	26	CAL	AL	17	45	41	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.171	.244	.171	.415	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	3/7
1985	27	ANA-min	AAA	17	78	71	10	20	3	1	1	6	2	1	7	15	.282	.346	.394	.741		28		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1985	27	CAL	AL	51	50	48	8	18	2	1	2	7	0	1	1	10	.375	.400	.583	.983	166	28	0	1	0	0	0	9/D8527
1986	28	ANA-min	AAA	63	237	212	37	65	8	7	8	30	3	3	24	46	.307	.376	.524	.899		111		0	0	1	2		EDM · PCL
1986	28	CAL	AL	33	62	57	6	13	2	1	0	4	0	0	4	8	.228	.274	.298	.572	57	17	3	0	0	1	0	72/98D
1987	29	CAL	AL	53	124	108	14	26	5	0	4	16	1	0	9	13	.241	.303	.398	.701	87	43	5	2	2	3	0	27/95D
1988	30	ANA-min	AAA	37	137	123	14	39	5	3	4	19	3	1	10	24	.317	.380	.504	.884		62		3	0	1	0		EDM · PCL
1988	30	CAL	AL	70	157	140	21	31	4	1	2	7	2	1	9	29	.221	.292	.307	.599	71	43	1	5	3	0	0	2/78D
1989	31	NYY-min	AAA	76	250	218	23	53	7	5	4	26	2	0	22	46	.243	.322	.376	.699		82		4	5	1	0		CLB · IL
1990	32	SEA-BAL-min	AAA	80	253	226	27	62	6	2	3	31	5	5	18	44	.274	.343	.358	.701		81		6	2	1	2		CGY,ROC · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				224	438	394	54	95	13	3	8	35	3	2	27	69	.241	.300	.350	.650	80	138	9	8	5	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	317	285	39	69	9	2	6	25	2	1	20	50	.241	.300	.350	.650	80	100	7	6	4	3	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
1984	26	CAL	AL	17	45	-4	0	0	-0	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.468	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	3/7
1985	27	CAL	AL	51	50	4	-0	0	3	-1	6	0.6	2	7	0.8	.512	.504	0.5	0.2	4	$	9/D8527
1986	28	CAL	AL	33	62	-3	-0	-0	-4	-1	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.473	.495	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$	72/98D
1987	29	CAL	AL	53	124	-2	0	-0	1	1	-0	-0.0	4	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$91,000	27/95D
1988	30	CAL	AL	70	157	-4	1	0	-1	2	-2	-0.1	5	3	0.3	.497	.499	0.5	0.1	4	$107,500	2/78D
5 Seasons				224	438	-10	1	-0	-2	0	-10	-0.9	13	3	0.3	.495	.499	0.7	0.0	5	$198,500

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
1984	26	CAL	AL	45	34	2	1.6	96	.219	.171	.263	.244	.325	.171	.396	.415	.721	18	.128	-4.6	-0.5	.324	.098	.000
1985	27	CAL	AL	50	31	11	9.5	99	.444	.375	.261	.400	.327	.583	.406	.983	.733	166	.791	4.0	0.4	.935	.208	.208	.0
1986	28	CAL	AL	62	48	4	2.2	99	.260	.228	.260	.274	.328	.298	.406	.572	.734	57	.205	-3.4	-0.3	.447	.140	.070
1987	29	CAL	AL	124	92	13	3.8	103	.234	.241	.262	.303	.329	.398	.420	.701	.749	87	.375	-1.7	-0.2	.632	.250	.157	1.6
1988	30	CAL	AL	157	114	13	3.0	92	.266	.221	.256	.292	.320	.307	.385	.599	.706	71	.337	-5.5	-0.6	.523	.157	.086	2.0
5 Yrs				438	319	43	3.6	97	.271	.241	.259	.300	.325	.350	.401	.650	.727	80	.387	-11.3	-1.1	.561	.180	.109	4.4
162 Game Avg.				317	231	31	3.6	97	.271	.241	.259	.300	.325	.350	.401	.650	.727	80	.387	-11.3	-1.1	.561	.180	.109	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1984	26	CAL	AL	45	0.0%	20.0%	8.9%	0.0%	0%	2.25	4.6		41.0		1.00	71%
1985	27	CAL	AL	50	4.0%	20.0%	2.0%	10.0%	28%	10.00	4.8	24.0	6.9		0.73	72%
1986	28	CAL	AL	62	0.0%	12.9%	6.5%	4.8%	23%	2.00	7.1		14.3		0.95	81%
1987	29	CAL	AL	124	3.2%	10.5%	7.3%	7.3%	35%	1.44	8.3	27.0	6.8		1.35	76%
1988	30	CAL	AL	157	1.3%	18.5%	5.7%	4.5%	23%	3.22	4.8	70.0	20.0	0.95	1.03	69%	20%	4.9%	27%
5 Yrs				438	1.8%	15.8%	6.2%	5.5%	25%	2.56	5.7	49.3	11.3	0.95	1.08	73%	20%	4.9%	27%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.7%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.72	6.1	39.1	8.3	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	26	CAL	AL	-4.6	-0.5	45	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.71	-0.3	0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.91	-3.8	0.03	1
1985	27	CAL	AL	4.0	0.4	51	0.0	0.7	-0.7	.92	0.3	-0.2	2.6	0.3	0.93	4.7	1.89	7
1986	28	CAL	AL	-3.4	-0.3	63	-0.9	0.5	-1.4	1.21	-0.5	-0.2	-6.5	-0.6	0.90	-5.6	1.63	6
1987	29	CAL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	126	-0.2	2.1	-2.3	1.04	-0.3	0.1	-5.9	-0.6	1.01	-2.9	1.44	10
1988	30	CAL	AL	-5.5	-0.6	165	-0.2	2.7	-2.9	1.09	-0.3	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.91	-3.7	2.47	9
5 Yrs				-11.3	-1.1	450	-1.4	6.5	-7.9	1.04	-1.1	-0.3	-14.2	-1.4	0.94	-11.3	1.81	33

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	26	CAL	AL	1	46%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1985	27	CAL	AL	0	33%	29	0	1	0%	0	0	1	1	0	33%	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1986	28	CAL	AL	1	35%	31	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	44%	6	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	2
1987	29	CAL	AL	1	30%	41	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	3	50%	8	5	3	2	0	2	4	2	2
1988	30	CAL	AL	3	44%	78	2	1	67%	2	1	0	1	9	36%	10	7	3	2	2	0	10	5	5
5 Yrs				6	38%	200	3	2	60%	3	1	1	4	13	42%	31	22	9	4	2	2	20	7	12

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
1984	26	CAL	AL	45	80%	7			1	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	4	1	25%	25	1	4%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1985	27	CAL	AL	50	68%	18			7	3	0	1	1.89	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		9	0	0%	5	1	20%	30	5	17%	4	3	75%	3	1	33%	0
1986	28	CAL	AL	62	73%	13			6	2	0	1	1.63	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	3	27%	4	2	50%	40	4	10%	2	2	100%	3	2	67%	0
1987	29	CAL	AL	124	50%	26			10	4	0	2	1.44	4	0	3	2	2	3	1	0	3	2	67%	29	5	17%	16	7	44%	96	12	13%	8	5	63%	8	3	38%	0
1988	30	CAL	AL	157	31%	31	7	0	9	2	0	0	2.47	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	3	100%	21	1	5%	10	3	30%	78	9	12%	5	2	40%	6	2	33%	0
5 Yrs				438	52%	95	7	0	33	11	0	4	1.81	8	0	8	5	3	3	5	0	6	5	83%	75	9	12%	39	14	36%	269	31	12%	21	13	62%	22	9	41%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			34%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	CAL	AL	155	567	3.66	347	61%	25%	18%	26%	32%	75%	0%	46%	77%	29%	6%	10	1	18%	28	10	7%	11	6	14%	2	0	0
1 Yr				155	567	3.66	347	61%	25%	18%	26%	32%	75%	0%	46%	77%	29%	6%	10	1	18%	28	10	7%	11	6	14%	2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1984	26	17	45	41	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.171	.244	.171	.415	18	7	0	0	0	0
1985	27	68	95	89	13	25	2	1	2	8	0	1	5	19	.281	.326	.393	.720	98	35	0	1	0	0
1986	28	101	157	146	19	38	4	2	2	12	0	1	9	27	.260	.306	.356	.662	82	52	3	1	0	1
1987	29	154	281	254	33	64	9	2	6	28	1	1	18	40	.252	.305	.374	.679	84	95	8	3	2	4
1988	30	224	438	394	54	95	13	3	8	35	3	2	27	69	.241	.300	.350	.650	80	138	9	8	5	4

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	26	17	47	42	6	8	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	.190	.277	.190	.467	2	17
1985	27	51	50	48	8	18	2	1	2	7	0	1	10	.375	.400	.583	.983	11	51
1986	28	33	62	57	6	13	2	1	0	4	0	4	8	.228	.274	.298	.572	5	33
1987	29	53	124	108	14	26	5	0	4	16	1	9	13	.241	.303	.398	.701	13	53
1988	30	70	160	142	24	33	4	1	2	8	2	10	29	.232	.306	.317	.623	13	70
5 Yrs		224	443	397	58	98	13	3	8	36	3	29	69	.247	.308	.355	.663	44	224
162 Game Avg.		162	320	287	42	71	9	2	6	26	2	21	50	.247	.308	.355	.663	32	224

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