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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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1909 PIT NL 22 2B 150 720 260 426 34 50 .953 4.57 .937 4.66
1910 PIT NL 23 2B 119 614 263 318 33 45 .946 4.88 .952 5.05
1910 PIT NL 23 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10.10
1910 PIT NL 23 SS 1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.00 .917 5.00
1911 PIT NL 24 2B 129 668 273 357 38 65 .943 4.88 .952 5.03
1912 PIT NL 25 1B 147 1493 1385 85 23 93 .985 10.00 .988 6.80
1913 PIT NL 26 1B 150 1500 1400 78 22 67 .985 9.85 .986 6.67 MVP-8
1913 PIT NL 26 SS 3 13 6 4 3 1 .769 3.33 .946 4.97 MVP-8
1914 STL NL 27 1B 91 1084 1019 57 8 46 .993 11.82 .988 10.10 MVP-5
1914 STL NL 27 SS 60 354 152 182 20 19 .944 5.57 .923 5.08 MVP-5
1914 STL NL 27 2B 5 15 5 8 2 2 .867 2.60 .953 4.88 MVP-5
1915 STL NL 28 1B 94 1060 1000 50 10 54 .991 11.17 .990 10.23
1915 STL NL 28 2B 55 301 136 156 9 28 .970 5.31 .954 4.79
1915 STL NL 28 3B 9 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.11 .900 3.00
1915 STL NL 28 SS 3 15 6 8 1 1 .933 4.67 .933 5.23
1916 STL NL 29 1B 93 998 948 43 7 60 .993 10.66 .987 10.15
1916 STL NL 29 2B 38 175 72 98 5 14 .971 4.47 .950 4.74
1916 STL NL 29 SS 21 101 36 58 7 10 .931 4.48 .926 5.18
1916 STL NL 29 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.00
1917 STL NL 30 2B 92 549 219 308 22 56 .960 5.73 .956 4.96
1917 STL NL 30 1B 46 545 518 26 1 36 .998 11.83 .988 10.51
1917 STL NL 30 SS 11 51 18 28 5 8 .902 4.18 .933 5.15
1919 STL NL 32 1B 68 741 687 40 14 34 .981 10.69 .988 10.84
1919 STL NL 32 2B 28 164 69 87 8 13 .951 5.57 .960 5.14
1920 PHI NL 33 2B 59 310 134 160 16 34 .948 4.98 .964 5.45
1920 PHI NL 33 3B 17 65 20 41 4 2 .938 3.59 .948 3.04
1920 PHI NL 33 SS 12 54 20 28 6 5 .889 4.00 .944 5.47
1920 PHI NL 33 1B 9 86 80 5 1 7 .988 9.44 .990 10.80
1920 PHI NL 33 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1
1921 PHI NL 34 3B 41 117 37 73 7 9 .940 2.68 .941 2.95
1921 PHI NL 34 1B 38 430 396 23 11 26 .974 11.03 .990 10.45
1921 PHI NL 34 2B 6 26 8 17 1 1 .962 4.17 .962 5.45
10 Seasons 1B 737 7937 7433 407 97 423 .988 10.64 .988 8.89
10 Seasons 2B 681 3542 1439 1935 168 308 .953 4.95 .951 4.95
7 Seasons SS 111 594 241 311 42 44 .929 4.97 .927 5.15
4 Seasons 3B 68 184 57 116 11 11 .940 2.54 .943 2.98
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-1-0
12 Seasons TOT 1598 12257 9170 2769 318 786 .974 7.47 .948 6.69 0-1-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1913-NL-8-17%
1914-NL-5-28%
0.45 Career Shares (455th)

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 - 55 (355), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1823), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Bill Bradley (918)
  5. Art Fletcher (908)
  6. George Cutshaw (901)
  7. Lou Bierbauer (901)
  8. Jack O'Connor (893)
  9. Claude Ritchey (893)
  10. Shano Collins (893)
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  2. Bill Hallman (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Hallman (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Howard Freigau (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Red Smith (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  10. Howie Shanks (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Howie Shanks (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Howie Shanks (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June, 1908: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Easton (Atlantic). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 12, 1913: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Hank Robinson and Chief Wilson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Harmon, Ed Konetchy and Mike Mowrey.

January, 1920: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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