Eddie Miller

Edward Lee Miller

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 29, 1957 in San Pablo, CA
High School: Ells HS (Richmond, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1977
Teams (by GP): Braves/Rangers/Tigers/Padres 1977-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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
1975	18	TEX-min	Rk	51	238	180	47	46	5	3	0	21	30	7	51	58	.256	.428	.317	.745		57	1	4	2	1	0		RGS · GULF
1976	19	TEX-min	A	116	443	443		117	14	3	1						.264	.264	.316	.580		140							AVL · WCRS
1977	20	TEX-min	AA	100	444	374	74	110	11	9	1	37	80	14	51	72	.294	.394	.380	.774		142		12	5	2			TUL · TL
1977	20	TEX	AL	17	7	6	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	111	2	0	0	0	0	0	/D8
1978	21	ATL-min	AAA	130	578	497	64	124	19	4	2	38	36	13	51	105	.249	.335	.316	.651		157		14	14	2			RMD · IL
1978	21	ATL	NL	6	24	21	5	3	1	0	0	2	3	0	2	4	.143	.250	.190	.440	19	4	0	1	0	0	0	/87
1979	22	ATL-min	AAA	135	588	517	73	121	18	11	5	37	76	23	41	111	.234	.311	.340	.651		176		17	12	1			RMD · IL
1979	22	ATL	NL	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	79	36	1	2	3	0	1	8/7
1980	23	ATL-min	AAA	110	460	411	57	86	11	1	0	22	60	13	31	67	.209	.281	.241	.522		99		10	8	0			RMD · IL
1980	23	ATL	NL	11	19	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	.158	.158	.158	.316	-12	3	0	0	0	0	0	/87
1981	24	ATL	NL	50	146	134	29	31	3	1	0	7	23	5	7	29	.231	.285	.269	.553	56	36	1	3	2	0	1	7/98
1982	25	DET-min	AAA	76	329	281	51	78	23	3	7	40	27	8	27	64	.278	.357	.456	.813		128		10	7	4	0		EVN · AA
1982	25	DET	AL	14	33	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	.040	.250	.040	.290	-14	1	0	3	1	0	0	/98D

1983	26	PHI-min	AAA	109	432	382	76	101	21	11	5	41	39	10	34	83	.264	.343	.416	.760		159		12	4	0	0		POR · PCL
1984	27	SDP-min	A	23	105	79	17	26	4	2	1	11	13	5	20	13	.329	.481	.468	.949		37		4	1	1	5		REN · CALL
1984	27	SDP	NL	13	14	14	4	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	4	.286	.286	.643	.929	155	9	0	0	0	0	0	/89
1985	28	SDP-min	AA	52	178	158	20	35	7	2	0	11	10	2	14	32	.222	.294	.291	.585		46		3	1	2	0		BMT · TL
1986	29	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1987	30	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1989	32	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1990	33	ASC	AAA																										ASC · MEX
7 Yrs				138	366	332	63	79	5	2	1	17	49	13	19	71	.238	.297	.274	.571	58	91	2	9	6	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	430	390	74	93	6	2	1	20	58	15	22	83	.238	.297	.274	.571	58	107	2	11	7	0	2

ATL (4 yrs)				94	312	287	49	72	5	1	0	14	42	9	14	62	.251	.300	.275	.575	58	79	2	6	5	0	2
TEX (1 yr)				17	7	6	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	111	2	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				13	14	14	4	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	4	.286	.286	.643	.929	155	9	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				14	33	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	.040	.250	.040	.290	-14	1	0	3	1	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				107	326	301	53	76	5	2	1	16	46	9	14	66	.252	.299	.292	.591	63	88	2	6	5	0	2
AL (2 yrs)				31	40	31	10	3	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	5	.097	.282	.097	.379	10	3	0	3	1	0	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
1977	20	TEX	AL	17	7	0	0	0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/D8
1978	21	ATL	NL	6	24	-2	1	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.456	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/87
1979	22	ATL	NL	27	123	-2	3	-0	3	-0	4	0.4	4	8	0.8	.516	.503	0.4	0.4	4	$	8/7
1980	23	ATL	NL	11	19	-3	-1	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.439	.496	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	/87
1981	24	ATL	NL	50	146	-6	4	0	2	-2	0	0.1	4	4	0.5	.500	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$	7/98
1982	25	DET	AL	14	33	-4	-2	0	-2	-0	-8	-0.9	1	-7	-0.8	.437	.495	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$	/98D

1984	27	SDP	NL	13	14	1	-0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/89
7 Seasons				138	366	-16	6	1	-0	-3	-13	-1.3	11	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.4	-0.2	-2	$

ATL (4 yrs)				94	312	-13	8	1	3	-2	-4	-0.4	9	5	0.5	.495	.499	0.1	0.1	2	$
TEX (1 yr)				17	7	0	0	0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$
SDP (1 yr)				13	14	1	-0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$
DET (1 yr)				14	33	-4	-2	0	-2	-0	-8	-0.9	1	-7	-0.8	.437	.495	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$

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
1977	20	TEX	AL	7	5	1	5.4	101	.400	.333	.267	.429	.331	.333	.407	.762	.738	111	.566	0.2	0.0	1.000	.500	.000	.0
1978	21	ATL	NL	24	18	2	3.0	104	.176	.143	.275	.250	.345	.190	.405	.440	.750	19	.350	-2.4	-0.2	.556	.286	.048	.0
1979	22	ATL	NL	123	84	15	4.8	105	.393	.310	.277	.350	.344	.319	.411	.669	.755	79	.540	-3.5	-0.4	.691	.168	.009	.0
1980	23	ATL	NL	19	18	0	0.0	98	.214	.158	.270	.158	.333	.158	.392	.316	.725	-12	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.111	-.053	.000	.0
1981	24	ATL	NL	146	111	12	2.9	94	.295	.231	.266	.285	.332	.269	.381	.553	.713	56	.349	-8.1	-0.9	.587	.224	.037	.0
1982	25	DET	AL	33	28	1	1.0	99	.048	.040	.264	.250	.328	.040	.402	.290	.730	-14	.054	-3.8	-0.4	.185	.040	.000

1984	27	SDP	NL	14	10	3	8.1	94	.333	.286	.263	.286	.328	.643	.383	.929	.711	155	.770	0.7	0.1	1.300	.643	.357	1.6
7 Yrs				366	274	34	3.4	99	.300	.238	.270	.297	.336	.274	.396	.571	.732	58	.390	-19.9	-2.1	.578	.202	.036	2.0
162 Game Avg.				430	322	40	3.4	99	.300	.238	.270	.297	.336	.274	.396	.571	.732	58	.390	-19.9	-2.1	.578	.202	.036	2

ATL (4 yrs)				312	231	29	3.4	100	.320	.251	.271	.300	.337	.275	.395	.575	.733	58	.398	-16.9	-1.8	.584	.188	.024	.0
TEX (1 yr)				7	5	1	5.4	101	.400	.333	.267	.429	.331	.333	.407	.762	.738	111	.566	0.2	0.0	1.000	.500	.000	.0
SDP (1 yr)				14	10	3	8.1	94	.333	.286	.263	.286	.328	.643	.383	.929	.711	155	.769	0.7	0.1	1.300	.643	.357	1.6
DET (1 yr)				33	28	1	1.0	99	.048	.040	.264	.250	.328	.040	.402	.290	.730	-14	.054	-3.8	-0.4	.185	.040	.000

NL (5 yrs)				326	241	32	3.6	99	.321	.252	.271	.299	.337	.292	.395	.591	.732	63	.423	-16.2	-1.7	.614	.209	.040	2.0
AL (2 yrs)				40	33	2	1.6	99	.115	.097	.265	.282	.329	.097	.403	.379	.732	10	.130	-3.7	-0.4	.313	.129	.000	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	20	TEX	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0		6.0	0.00	71%
1978	21	ATL	NL	24	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	4.2%	33%	2.00	5.3		10.5	1.00	71%
1979	22	ATL	NL	123	0.0%	19.5%	4.1%	0.8%	3%	4.80	4.7		22.6	1.85	72%
1980	23	ATL	NL	19	0.0%	26.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.8			2.67	74%
1981	24	ATL	NL	146	0.0%	19.9%	4.8%	2.7%	13%	4.14	4.6		19.1	2.17	72%
1982	25	DET	AL	33	0.0%	12.1%	12.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.3			1.33	64%

1984	27	SDP	NL	14	7.1%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	50%		3.5	14.0	7.0	0.20	64%
7 Yrs				366	0.3%	19.4%	5.2%	2.2%	10%	3.74	4.7	332.0	19.5	1.64	71%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.2	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	20	TEX	AL	0.2	0.0	13	0.5	0.5	-0.1	1.09	0.2	0.2	2.7	0.3	1.00	1.8		0
1978	21	ATL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	28	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	1.26	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	-0.9		0
1979	22	ATL	NL	-3.5	-0.4	142	0.3	2.2	-1.9	.99	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.96	-0.4		0
1980	23	ATL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	22	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.10	-0.3	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.95	-2.8		0
1981	24	ATL	NL	-7.9	-0.8	177	0.8	3.7	-2.9	1.21	0.1	0.6	2.6	0.3	0.97	-0.6	1.11	7
1982	25	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	39	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	1.05	-0.5	-0.1	-5.6	-0.6	0.91	-5.6	5.14	1

1984	27	SDP	NL	0.7	0.1	19	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.40	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.88	-0.0	1.07	1
7 Yrs				-19.7	-2.1	440	0.3	7.5	-7.2	1.13	-0.6	0.8	-2.5	-0.3	0.96	-8.5	1.56	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	20	TEX	AL	0	0	233%	19	3	1	75%	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	63%	6	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	1
1978	21	ATL	NL	0	0	83%	13	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1979	22	ATL	NL	2	0	29%	42	15	2	88%	13	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	50%	6	4	2	0	0	0	6	2	4
1980	23	ATL	NL	0	0	100%	7	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1981	24	ATL	NL	4	0	71%	48	23	5	82%	20	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	69%	3	0	3	3	0	2	7	3	4
1982	25	DET	AL	0	0	38%	12	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

1984	27	SDP	NL	0	0	100%	9	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
7 Yrs				6	0	59%	150	49	13	79%	42	11	6	2	1	0	7	0	5	13	64%	17	8	9	4	0	3	21	6	15

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
1977	20	TEX	AL	7	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1978	21	ATL	NL	24	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		12	2	17%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1979	22	ATL	NL	123	100%	35			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	17	1	6%	8	2	25%	56	5	9%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1980	23	ATL	NL	19	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1981	24	ATL	NL	146	100%	31			7	3	0	0	1.11	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	15	1	7%	7	4	57%	58	9	16%	5	4	80%	3	3	100%	0
1982	25	DET	AL	33	100%	1			1	0	0	0	5.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1984	27	SDP	NL	14	100%	4			1	0	0	0	1.07	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				366	100%	79			9	3	0	0	1.56	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	11	6	55%	42	2	5%	17	8	47%	150	18	12%	11	8	73%	7	6	86%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

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	IBB
1977	20	17	7	6	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	111	2	0	0	0	0
1978	21	23	31	27	12	5	1	0	0	3	6	1	3	5	.185	.290	.222	.513	40	6	0	1	0	0
1979	22	50	154	140	24	40	2	0	0	8	21	3	8	29	.286	.338	.300	.638	72	42	1	3	3	1
1980	23	61	173	159	27	43	2	0	0	8	22	5	8	34	.270	.318	.283	.601	62	45	1	3	3	1
1981	24	111	319	293	56	74	5	1	0	15	45	10	15	63	.253	.303	.276	.579	60	81	2	6	5	2
1982	25	125	352	318	59	75	5	1	0	15	45	13	19	67	.236	.298	.258	.556	54	82	2	9	6	2
1983	26	125	352	318	59	75	5	1	0	15	45	13	19	67	.236	.298	.258	.556	54	82	2	9	6	2
1984	27	138	366	332	63	79	5	2	1	17	49	13	19	71	.238	.297	.274	.571	58	91	2	9	6	2

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
1977	20	17	7	6	8	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	1	17
1978	21	6	24	21	6	3	1	0	0	2	3	2	4	.143	.250	.190	.440	1	6
1979	22	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	12	27
1980	23	11	21	21	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	.238	.238	.238	.476	1	11
1981	24	76	225	206	50	50	5	2	0	12	37	11	44	.243	.297	.286	.584	17	50
1982	25	14	33	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.219	.000	.219	0	14

1984	27	13	14	14	5	4	0	1	1	2	4	0	4	.286	.286	.643	.929	3	13
7 Yrs		164	447	406	87	99	7	3	1	22	64	23	86	.244	.302	.283	.586	35	138
162 Game Avg.		162	442	401	86	98	7	3	1	22	63	23	85	.244	.302	.283	.586	35	138

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1981 NL 23 (10th)	SB % s c a p y 1979 NL 88.24 (2nd) 1981 NL 82.14 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1977 AL born 1957-06-29 (5th) 1978 NL born 1957-06-29 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1981 NL 23 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
1979 NL 88.24 (2nd)
1981 NL 82.14 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1977 AL born 1957-06-29 (5th)
1978 NL born 1957-06-29 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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