Dots Miller
John Barney Miller
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 9, 1886 in Kearny, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1909
Final Game: September 27, 1921
Died: September 5, 1923 in Saranac Lake, NY
Relatives: Uncle of Jack Tighe
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Standard Batting

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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
1909 22 PIT NL 151 631 560 71 156 31 13 3 87 14 39 .279 .329 .396 .725 120 222 3 29 *4
1910 23 PIT NL 120 504 444 45 101 13 10 1 48 11 33 41 .227 .284 .309 .592 68 137 2 25 *4/36
1911 24 PIT NL 137 556 470 82 126 17 8 6 78 17 51 48 .268 .348 .377 .725 99 177 7 28 *4
1912 25 PIT NL 148 628 567 74 156 33 12 4 87 18 37 45 .275 .324 .397 .721 97 225 4 20 *3
1913 26 PIT NL 154 643 580 75 158 24 20 7 90 20 37 52 .272 .317 .419 .736 113 243 1 25 *3/6 MVP-8
1914 27 STL NL 155 634 573 67 166 27 10 4 88 16 34 52 .290 .339 .393 .732 118 225 9 18 36/4 MVP-5
1915 28 STL NL 150 626 553 73 146 17 10 2 72 27 19 43 48 .264 .324 .342 .666 101 189 6 24 34/56
1916 29 STL NL 143 560 505 47 120 22 7 1 46 18 40 49 .238 .300 .315 .615 90 159 5 10 346/5
1917 30 STL NL 148 598 544 61 135 15 9 2 45 14 33 52 .248 .295 .320 .615 91 174 3 18 436
1919 32 STL NL 101 378 346 38 80 10 4 1 24 6 13 23 .231 .265 .292 .557 72 101 3 16 34
1920 33 PHI NL 98 375 343 41 87 12 2 1 27 13 6 16 17 .254 .289 .309 .598 69 106 1 15 456/3O
1921 34 PHI NL 84 343 320 37 95 11 3 0 23 3 5 15 27 .297 .330 .350 .680 75 112 1 7 53/4
12 Seasons 1589 6476 5805 711 1526 232 108 32 715 177 30 391 454 .263 .314 .357 .671 95 2070 45 235
162 Game Avg. 162 660 592 72 156 24 11 3 73 18 40 .263 .314 .357 .671 95 211 5 24
PIT (5 yrs) 710 2962 2621 347 697 118 63 21 390 80 197 186 .266 .321 .383 .704 101 1004 17 127
STL (5 yrs) 697 2796 2521 286 647 91 40 10 275 81 19 163 224 .257 .308 .336 .645 97 848 26 86
PHI (2 yrs) 182 718 663 78 182 23 5 1 50 16 11 31 44 .275 .309 .329 .638 72 218 2 22

Advanced Batting

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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
1909 22 PIT NL 631 433 72 4.5 80 .275 .279 .258 .329 .326 .396 .332 .725 .658 120 .645 11.4 1.3 .688 .213 .118 4.9
1910 23 PIT NL 504 368 38 2.8 93 .249 .227 .271 .284 .346 .309 .359 .592 .705 68 .375 -20.8 -2.3 .534 .180 .081 1.8
1911 24 PIT NL 556 372 60 4.3 99 .288 .268 .273 .348 .351 .377 .376 .725 .727 99 .536 -0.7 -0.1 .733 .253 .109 8.9
1912 25 PIT NL 628 431 72 4.5 99 .293 .275 .279 .324 .349 .397 .380 .721 .729 97 .521 -4.0 -0.4 .691 .219 .122 6.5
1913 26 PIT NL 643 447 77 4.6 88 .290 .272 .265 .317 .329 .419 .360 .736 .689 113 .581 6.2 0.7 .713 .245 .147 10.4
1914 27 STL NL 634 425 74 4.7 83 .313 .290 .258 .339 .325 .393 .345 .732 .670 118 .627 11.4 1.3 .698 .190 .103 6.4
1915 28 STL NL 626 450 58 3.5 81 .286 .264 .256 .324 .319 .342 .342 .666 .661 101 .524 0.6 0.1 .577 .170 .078 3.7
1916 29 STL NL 560 395 47 3.2 77 .262 .238 .253 .300 .311 .315 .338 .615 .649 90 .487 -5.6 -0.7 .577 .192 .077 1.9
1917 30 STL NL 598 427 51 3.2 76 .271 .248 .253 .295 .310 .320 .334 .615 .644 91 .483 -6.7 -0.8 .548 .158 .072 3.5
1919 32 STL NL 378 282 26 2.5 77 .245 .231 .257 .265 .311 .292 .338 .557 .648 72 .342 -12.0 -1.4 .462 .116 .061 1.7
1920 33 PHI NL 375 277 31 3.0 94 .265 .254 .281 .289 .335 .309 .374 .598 .709 69 .393 -14.3 -1.6 .496 .122 .055 1.9
1921 34 PHI NL 343 237 36 4.1 112 .324 .297 .307 .330 .358 .350 .422 .680 .780 75 .443 -11.9 -1.2 .548 .094 .053 .0
12 Seasons 6476 4544 642 3.8 87 .281 .263 .266 .314 .330 .357 .356 .671 .686 95 .516 -46.5 -5.0 .616 .186 .094 54.2
162 Game Avg. 660 463 65 3.8 87 .281 .263 .266 .314 .330 .357 .356 .671 .686 95 .516 -46.5 -5.0 .616 .186 .094 6
PIT (5 yrs) 2962 2051 319 4.2 92 .280 .266 .269 .321 .340 .383 .361 .704 .701 101 .542 -7.9 -0.8 .675 .223 .117 33.3
STL (5 yrs) 2796 1979 256 3.5 79 .279 .257 .255 .308 .316 .336 .340 .645 .655 97 .513 -12.4 -1.5 .581 .169 .080 17.8
PHI (2 yrs) 718 514 67 3.5 103 .293 .275 .294 .309 .346 .329 .397 .638 .743 72 .418 -26.2 -2.8 .520 .109 .054 1.9

Postseason Batting

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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
1909 22 PIT NL WS DET W 7 30 28 2 7 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 5 .250 .300 .286 .586 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 28 2 7 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 5 .250 .300 .286 .586 8 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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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 IBB
1909 22 151 631 560 71 156 31 13 3 87 14 39 .279 .329 .396 .725 120 222 3 29
1910 23 271 1135 1004 116 257 44 23 4 135 25 72 41 .256 .309 .358 .667 96 359 5 54
1911 24 408 1691 1474 198 383 61 31 10 213 42 123 89 .260 .322 .364 .686 97 536 12 82
1912 25 556 2319 2041 272 539 94 43 14 300 60 160 134 .264 .323 .373 .695 97 761 16 102
1913 26 710 2962 2621 347 697 118 63 21 390 80 197 186 .266 .321 .383 .704 101 1004 17 127
1914 27 865 3596 3194 414 863 145 73 25 478 96 231 238 .270 .325 .385 .709 104 1229 26 145
1915 28 1015 4222 3747 487 1009 162 83 27 550 123 19 274 286 .269 .324 .378 .703 103 1418 32 169
1916 29 1158 4782 4252 534 1129 184 90 28 596 141 19 314 335 .266 .322 .371 .692 102 1577 37 179
1917 30 1306 5380 4796 595 1264 199 99 30 641 155 19 347 387 .264 .319 .365 .684 101 1751 40 197
1918 31 1306 5380 4796 595 1264 199 99 30 641 155 19 347 387 .264 .319 .365 .684 101 1751 40 197
1919 32 1407 5758 5142 633 1344 209 103 31 665 161 19 360 410 .261 .315 .360 .675 99 1852 43 213
1920 33 1505 6133 5485 674 1431 221 105 32 692 174 25 376 427 .261 .313 .357 .670 97 1958 44 228
1921 34 1589 6476 5805 711 1526 232 108 32 715 177 30 391 454 .263 .314 .357 .671 95 2070 45 235

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
1909 22 158 646 599 85 177 35 15 3 104 16 44 0 .295 .347 .419 .766 87 151
1910 23 125 501 464 48 106 14 10 1 51 12 35 43 .228 .285 .308 .594 41 120
1911 24 142 544 485 82 128 17 8 6 78 17 52 50 .264 .344 .369 .713 60 137
1912 25 157 641 598 76 163 34 13 4 90 19 39 48 .273 .321 .393 .714 74 148
1913 26 161 658 616 87 175 27 22 8 104 22 41 54 .284 .330 .438 .768 89 154
1914 27 161 661 612 81 189 31 11 5 106 18 39 54 .309 .360 .420 .780 89 155
1915 28 156 647 591 93 168 20 12 2 91 31 49 50 .284 .346 .369 .715 74 150
1916 29 148 599 545 63 145 27 8 1 61 22 48 51 .266 .332 .350 .683 62 143
1917 30 154 631 587 81 162 18 11 2 60 17 40 54 .276 .326 .354 .681 68 148
1919 32 117 438 416 57 108 14 5 1 36 8 18 27 .260 .297 .325 .621 39 101
1920 33 103 384 365 47 96 13 2 1 31 14 18 18 .263 .299 .318 .617 35 98
1921 34 89 347 331 35 93 11 3 0 22 3 15 29 .281 .314 .332 .646 34 84
12 Seasons 1671 6697 6209 835 1710 261 120 34 834 199 438 478 .275 .328 .373 .701 752 1589
162 Game Avg. 162 649 602 81 166 25 12 3 81 19 42 .275 .328 .373 .701 73 1589

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1913 NL (8, 17%)
1914 NL (5, 28%)
0.45 Career Shares (457th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1909 NL  .396 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1909 NL  151 (8th)
1912 NL  148 (5th)
1913 NL  154 (3rd)
1914 NL  155 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1912 NL  567 (6th)
1913 NL  580 (5th)
1914 NL  573 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1913 NL  643 (7th)
1914 NL  634 (8th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1915 NL  73 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  156 (9th)
1913 NL  158 (9th)
1914 NL  166 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1909 NL  222 (5th)
1913 NL  243 (4th)
1914 NL  225 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1909 NL  31 (3rd)
1912 NL  33 (4th)
1914 NL  27 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1909 NL  13 (4th)
1912 NL  12 (10th)
1913 NL  20 (2nd)
1914 NL  10 (8th)
Career  108 (129th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1913 NL  7 (10th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1909 NL  87 (3rd)
1912 NL  87 (7th)
1913 NL  90 (4th)
1914 NL  88 (4th)
1915 NL  72 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1915 NL  27 (6th)

Singles s c a p y
1914 NL  125 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1909 NL  72 (7th)
1913 NL  77 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  47 (3rd)
1912 NL  49 (7th)
1913 NL  51 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1914 NL  209 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1911 NL  7 (9th)
1914 NL  9 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  29 (8th)
1911 NL  28 (5th)
1913 NL  25 (5th)
1915 NL  24 (8th)
Career  235 (48th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 NL  19 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1913 NL  10.4 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1909 NL  433 (9th)
1912 NL  431 (3rd)
1913 NL  447 (4th)
1914 NL  425 (10th)
1917 NL  427 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1921 NL  born 1886-09-09 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 58 (429), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1792), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Danny Murphy (890)
  7. Eddie Foster (890)
  8. George Cutshaw (888)
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  10. Tom Burns (886)
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  6. Harry Steinfeldt (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Harry Steinfeldt (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry Steinfeldt (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harry Steinfeldt (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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