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Dots Miller

John Barney Miller

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 9, 1886 in Kearny, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1909
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies 1909-1921

Final Game: September 27, 1921
Died: September 5, 1923 in Saranac Lake, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, NJ
Relatives: Uncle of Jack Tighe
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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
1909 22 PIT NL 151 631 560 71 156 31 13 3 87 14 39 49 .279 .329 .396 .725 121 222 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 13 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 .732 119 225 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 0 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 71 101 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 15 456/37O
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 Yrs 1589 6476 5805 711 1526 232 108 32 715 177 43 391 503 .263 .314 .357 .671 96 2070 45 235
162 Game Avg. 162 660 592 72 156 24 11 3 73 18 40 51 .263 .314 .357 .671 96 211 5 24
PIT (5 yrs) 710 2962 2621 347 697 118 63 21 390 80 13 197 235 .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

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 Awards
1909 22 PIT NL 151 631 12 -1 0 9 0 20 2.5 19 39 4.4 .516 .515 3.2 1.2 30 $ *4
1910 23 PIT NL 120 504 -19 -1 0 -1 0 -21 -2.3 14 -7 -0.9 .480 .485 -0.8 -0.1 -6 $ *4/36
1911 24 PIT NL 137 556 0 -1 0 11 0 10 0.9 15 25 2.4 .508 .506 1.4 1.1 14 $ *4
1912 25 PIT NL 148 628 -3 -1 0 3 -5 -5 -0.6 17 12 1.1 .496 .497 0.9 -0.2 9 $ *3
1913 26 PIT NL 154 643 8 1 0 -4 -5 0 0.1 18 18 1.9 .500 .500 2.3 -0.9 22 $ *3/6 MVP-8
1914 27 STL NL 155 634 12 -1 0 7 1 19 2.1 18 37 3.8 .514 .514 3.2 0.9 30 $ 36/4 MVP-5
1915 28 STL NL 150 626 1 0 0 2 -3 1 -0.0 18 18 1.7 .501 .500 1.6 -0.1 16 $ 34/56
1916 29 STL NL 143 560 -5 -0 0 0 -2 -7 -0.9 16 9 0.7 .494 .494 0.7 -0.2 9 $ 346/5
1917 30 STL NL 148 598 -5 -0 0 12 -1 6 0.7 17 23 2.4 .505 .504 0.9 1.4 11 $ 436
1919 32 STL NL 101 378 -11 -0 0 1 -2 -12 -1.6 10 -2 -0.6 .485 .491 -0.6 -0.2 -3 $ 34
1920 33 PHI NL 98 375 -13 2 0 -6 2 -15 -1.8 11 -4 -0.7 .482 .489 0.0 -0.5 2 $ 456/37O
1921 34 PHI NL 84 343 -11 -0 0 -2 -0 -14 -1.5 10 -4 -0.5 .483 .491 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ 53/4
12 Seasons 1589 6476 -33 -4 0 32 -14 -19 -2.6 182 164 15.7 .499 .499 12.6 2.1 132 $
PIT (5 yrs) 710 2962 -2 -3 0 18 -10 4 0.5 83 87 8.9 .501 .501 7.0 1.1 69 $
STL (5 yrs) 697 2796 -8 -2 0 22 -6 6 0.2 78 85 8.0 .501 .501 5.8 1.7 63 $
PHI (2 yrs) 182 718 -24 1 0 -8 2 -29 -3.3 21 -8 -1.2 .483 .490 -0.2 -0.7 -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 PwrSpd
1909 22 PIT NL 631 433 72 4.5 80 .301 .279 .256 .329 .325 .396 .331 .725 .656 121 .645 11.9 1.4 .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 643 460 75 4.4 88 .290 .272 .265 .317 .329 .419 .360 .736 .689 113 .572 6.0 0.7 .662 .222 .147 10.4
1914 27 STL NL 634 425 74 4.7 83 .313 .290 .256 .339 .324 .393 .343 .732 .667 119 .628 12.0 1.4 .698 .190 .103 6.4
1915 28 STL NL 626 450 58 3.5 82 .286 .264 .257 .324 .320 .342 .344 .666 .664 101 .524 -0.0 0.0 .577 .170 .078 3.7
1916 29 STL NL 560 395 50 3.4 77 .262 .238 .253 .300 .311 .315 .338 .615 .649 90 .504 -5.6 -0.6 .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 -6.8 -0.8 .548 .158 .072 3.5
1919 32 STL NL 378 282 26 2.5 78 .245 .231 .258 .265 .312 .292 .340 .557 .651 71 .342 -12.5 -1.4 .462 .116 .061 1.7
1920 33 PHI NL 375 277 31 3.0 93 .265 .254 .280 .289 .334 .309 .372 .598 .706 69 .393 -14.0 -1.5 .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 Yrs 6476 4557 643 3.8 87 .283 .263 .266 .314 .330 .357 .356 .671 .686 96 .516 -46.2 -5.0 .611 .184 .094 54.2
162 Game Avg. 660 465 66 3.8 87 .283 .263 .266 .314 .330 .357 .356 .671 .686 96 .516 -46.2 -5.0 .611 .184 .094 6
PIT (5 yrs) 2962 2064 317 4.1 92 .286 .266 .269 .321 .339 .383 .361 .704 .700 101 .540 -7.6 -0.7 .663 .218 .117 33.3
STL (5 yrs) 2796 1979 259 3.5 79 .279 .257 .255 .308 .316 .336 .340 .645 .656 97 .516 -12.8 -1.5 .581 .169 .080 17.8
PHI (2 yrs) 718 514 67 3.5 102 .293 .275 .293 .309 .346 .329 .396 .638 .742 72 .418 -25.9 -2.7 .520 .109 .054 1.9

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
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

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
1919 32 STL NL 378 0.3% 6.1% 3.4% 4.0% 19% 1.77 15.0 346.0 14.4 85%
1920 33 PHI NL 375 0.3% 4.5% 4.3% 4.0% 17% 1.06 20.2 343.0 12.7 87%
1921 34 PHI NL 343 0.0% 7.9% 4.4% 4.1% 15% 1.80 11.9 13.9 85%
12 Yrs 1096 2.9% 45.9% 35.7% 33.9% 24% 1.29 11.5 181.4 8.1 481%
MLB Averages 1.8% 34.8% 28.1% 18.8% 23% 1.24 9.2 177.3 9.8 285%

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 IBB
1909 22 151 631 560 71 156 31 13 3 87 14 39 49 .279 .329 .396 .725 121 222 3 29
1910 23 271 1135 1004 116 257 44 23 4 135 25 72 90 .256 .309 .358 .667 97 359 5 54
1911 24 408 1691 1474 198 383 61 31 10 213 42 123 138 .260 .322 .364 .686 98 536 12 82
1912 25 556 2319 2041 272 539 94 43 14 300 60 160 183 .264 .323 .373 .695 98 761 16 102
1913 26 710 2962 2621 347 697 118 63 21 390 80 13 197 235 .266 .321 .383 .704 101 1004 17 127
1914 27 865 3596 3194 414 863 145 73 25 478 96 13 231 287 .270 .325 .385 .709 104 1229 26 145
1915 28 1015 4222 3747 487 1009 162 83 27 550 123 32 274 335 .269 .324 .378 .703 104 1418 32 169
1916 29 1158 4782 4252 534 1129 184 90 28 596 141 32 314 384 .266 .322 .371 .692 102 1577 37 179
1917 30 1306 5380 4796 595 1264 199 99 30 641 155 32 347 436 .264 .319 .365 .684 101 1751 40 197
1918 31 1306 5380 4796 595 1264 199 99 30 641 155 32 347 436 .264 .319 .365 .684 101 1751 40 197
1919 32 1407 5758 5142 633 1344 209 103 31 665 161 32 360 459 .261 .315 .360 .675 99 1852 43 213
1920 33 1505 6133 5485 674 1431 221 105 32 692 174 38 376 476 .261 .313 .357 .670 97 1958 44 228
1921 34 1589 6476 5805 711 1526 232 108 32 715 177 43 391 503 .263 .314 .357 .671 96 2070 45 235

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 22 158 677 600 86 178 35 15 3 106 16 44 51 .297 .348 .420 .768 88 151
1910 23 125 527 464 48 106 14 10 1 51 12 35 43 .228 .285 .308 .594 41 120
1911 24 142 573 485 82 128 17 8 6 78 17 52 50 .264 .344 .369 .713 60 137
1912 25 157 662 598 76 163 34 13 4 90 19 39 48 .273 .321 .393 .714 74 148
1913 26 161 684 616 87 175 27 22 8 104 22 41 54 .284 .330 .438 .768 89 154
1914 27 161 681 613 82 190 31 11 5 107 18 39 54 .310 .361 .421 .782 90 155
1915 28 156 674 592 91 169 20 12 2 90 31 50 50 .285 .348 .370 .718 75 150
1916 29 148 609 545 63 145 27 8 1 61 22 48 51 .266 .332 .350 .683 62 143
1917 30 154 650 587 81 162 18 11 2 60 17 40 54 .276 .326 .354 .681 68 148
1919 32 117 454 414 55 106 13 5 1 35 8 17 27 .256 .292 .319 .611 38 101
1920 33 103 400 365 47 96 13 2 1 31 14 18 18 .263 .299 .318 .617 35 98
1921 34 89 355 332 35 94 11 3 0 22 3 15 29 .283 .316 .334 .650 35 84
12 Yrs 1671 6946 6211 833 1712 260 120 34 835 199 438 529 .276 .328 .373 .701 755 1589
162 Game Avg. 162 673 602 81 166 25 12 3 81 19 42 51 .276 .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 (472nd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1909 NL  4.4 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1909 NL  3.2 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1911 NL  1.1 (6th)
1917 NL  1.4 (6th)

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 (130th)

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)

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  460 (6th)
1914 NL  425 (10th)
1917 NL  427 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 58 (439), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1541), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1672), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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