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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1909	PIT	NL	22	2B	150				720	260	426	34	50	.953		4.57	.938		4.87
1910	PIT	NL	23	2B	119				614	263	318	33	45	.946		4.88	.952		5.23
1910	PIT	NL	23	1B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			10.40
1910	PIT	NL	23	SS	1				6	3	3	0	0	1.000		6.00	.923		5.20
1911	PIT	NL	24	2B	129				668	273	357	38	65	.943		4.88	.952		5.21
1912	PIT	NL	25	1B	147				1493	1385	85	23	93	.985		10.00	.988		10.17
1913	PIT	NL	26	1B	150				1500	1400	78	22	67	.985		9.85	.986		10.40	MVP-8
1913	PIT	NL	26	SS	3				13	6	4	3	1	.769		3.33	.937		5.33	MVP-8
1914	STL	NL	27	1B	91				1084	1019	57	8	46	.993		11.82	.988		10.60	MVP-5
1914	STL	NL	27	SS	60				354	152	182	20	19	.944		5.57	.925		5.38	MVP-5
1914	STL	NL	27	2B	5				15	5	8	2	2	.867		2.60	.949		5.20	MVP-5
1915	STL	NL	28	1B	94				1060	1000	50	10	54	.991		11.17	.990		10.61
1915	STL	NL	28	2B	55				301	136	156	9	28	.970		5.31	.955		5.05
1915	STL	NL	28	3B	9				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		0.11	.950		3.13
1915	STL	NL	28	SS	3				15	6	8	1	1	.933		4.67	.931		5.43
1916	STL	NL	29	1B	93				998	948	43	7	60	.993		10.66	.987		10.80
1916	STL	NL	29	2B	38				175	72	98	5	14	.971		4.47	.951		5.12
1916	STL	NL	29	SS	21				101	36	58	7	10	.931		4.48	.926		5.52
1916	STL	NL	29	3B	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.00	.940		3.20
1917	STL	NL	30	2B	92				549	219	308	22	56	.960		5.73	.956		5.33
1917	STL	NL	30	1B	46				545	518	26	1	36	.998		11.83	.988		10.92
1917	STL	NL	30	SS	11				51	18	28	5	8	.902		4.18	.931		5.34
1919	STL	NL	32	1B	68	64	60		741	687	40	14	33	.981		10.69	.988		11.24
1919	STL	NL	32	2B	28	27	27		164	69	87	8	15	.951		5.57	.960		5.43
1920	PHI	NL	33	2B	59	57	56		310	134	160	16	34	.948		4.98	.963		5.73
1920	PHI	NL	33	3B	17	15	13		65	20	41	4	2	.938		3.59	.947		3.16
1920	PHI	NL	33	SS	12	8	8		54	20	28	6	5	.889		4.00	.941		5.73
1920	PHI	NL	33	1B	9	6	6		86	80	5	1	7	.988		9.44	.990		11.09
1920	PHI	NL	33	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1920	PHI	NL	33	OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
1921	PHI	NL	34	3B	41	38	35		117	37	73	7	9	.940		2.68	.941		3.06
1921	PHI	NL	34	1B	38	38	35		430	396	23	11	26	.974		11.03	.990		10.79
1921	PHI	NL	34	2B	6	3	3		26	8	17	1	1	.962		4.17	.962		5.70
	10 Seasons			1B	737	108	101		7937	7433	407	97	422	.988		10.64	.988		10.59
	10 Seasons			2B	681	87	86		3542	1439	1935	168	310	.953		4.95	.951		5.20
	7 Seasons			SS	111	8	8		594	241	311	42	44	.929		4.97	.928		5.44
	4 Seasons			3B	68	53	48		184	57	116	11	11	.940		2.54	.943		3.10
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.30
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
	12 Seasons			TOT	1598	256	243		12257	9170	2769	318	787	.974		7.47	.974		7.61
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF	PH	PR
1909	PIT	NL	22	151		151		0	150	0	0	0	0
1910	PIT	NL	23	120		120		1	119	0	1	0	0
1911	PIT	NL	24	137		137		0	129	0	0	0	0
1912	PIT	NL	25	148		148		147	0	0	0	0	0
1913	PIT	NL	26	154		154		150	0	0	3	0	0
1914	STL	NL	27	155		155		91	5	0	60	0	0
1915	STL	NL	28	150		150		94	55	9	3	0	0
1916	STL	NL	29	143		143		93	38	1	21	0	0
1917	STL	NL	30	148		148		46	92	0	11	0	0
1919	STL	NL	32	101	91	101	96	67	29	0	0	0	0	6	0
1920	PHI	NL	33	98	86	98	95	9	59	17	12	1	1	3	0
1921	PHI	NL	34	84	79	84	83	38	6	41	0	0	0	2	0
	12 Seasons			1589	256	1589	274	736	682	68	111	1	1	11	0

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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)	Putouts† s c a p y 1912 NL 1,385 (3rd) 1913 NL 1,406 (5th) 1914 NL 1,176 (5th)	Assists† s c a p y 1909 NL 426 (5th)
Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1912 NL 147 (1st) 1913 NL 150 (3rd)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1912 NL 1,385 (3rd) 1913 NL 1,400 (5th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1912 NL 85 (4th) 1913 NL 78 (5th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1912 NL 23 (2nd) 1913 NL 22 (3rd) 1919 NL 14 (5th) 1921 NL 11 (5th)
Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1909 NL 150 (1st)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1909 NL 260 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1909 NL 426 (1st) 1911 NL 357 (5th)	Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1909 NL 34 (5th) 1910 NL 33 (4th) 1911 NL 38 (3rd) Career 168 (90th)
Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1914 NL 11.82 (1st) 1915 NL 11.17 (1st) 1916 NL 10.66 (5th) Career 10.64 (18th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1914 NL .993 (3rd) 1915 NL .991 (5th) 1916 NL .993 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1917 NL 5.73 (1st)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1909 NL .953 (2nd) 1917 NL .960 (5th)

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