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Frank Miller

Frank Lee Miller (Bullet)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: May 13, 1886 in Allegan, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1913
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves/WhiteSox 1913-1923

Final Game: July 30, 1923
Died: February 19, 1974 in Allegan, MI
Buried: Rowe Cemetery, Allegan, MI
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:58AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1913 27 CHW AL 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 10 14 4.200 21.6 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67
1916 30 PIT NL 7 10 .412 2.29 30 20 7 10 2 1 173.0 135 55 44 4 49 88 7 0 3 677 117 1.064 7.0 0.2 2.5 4.6 1.80
1917 31 PIT NL 10 19 .345 3.13 38 28 8 14 5 1 224.0 216 98 78 1 60 92 5 0 6 962 91 1.232 8.7 0.0 2.4 3.7 1.53
1918 32 PIT NL 11 8 .579 2.38 23 23 0 14 2 0 170.1 152 60 45 1 37 47 7 0 1 677 121 1.110 8.0 0.1 2.0 2.5 1.27
1919 33 PIT NL 13 12 .520 3.03 32 26 6 16 3 0 201.2 170 79 68 6 34 59 5 0 2 795 100 1.012 7.6 0.3 1.5 2.6 1.74
1922 36 BSN NL 11 13 .458 3.51 31 23 5 14 2 1 200.0 213 100 78 7 60 65 2 0 3 851 113 1.365 9.6 0.3 2.7 2.9 1.08
1923 37 BSN NL 0 3 .000 4.58 8 6 2 0 0 1 39.1 54 26 20 2 11 6 3 0 1 180 87 1.653 12.4 0.5 2.5 1.4 0.55
7 Seasons 52 66 .441 3.01 163 127 28 68 14 4 1010.0 944 423 338 21 254 359 29 0 17 4152 104 1.186 8.4 0.2 2.3 3.2 1.41
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .441 3.01 38 30 7 16 3 1 237 221 99 79 5 60 84 7 0 4 974 104 1.186 8.4 0.2 2.3 3.2 1.41
PIT (4 yrs) 41 49 .456 2.75 123 97 21 54 12 2 769.0 673 292 235 12 180 286 24 0 12 3111 104 1.109 7.9 0.1 2.1 3.3 1.59
BSN (2 yrs) 11 16 .407 3.69 39 29 7 14 2 2 239.1 267 126 98 9 71 71 5 0 4 1031 108 1.412 10.0 0.3 2.7 2.7 1.00
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 10 14 4.200 21.6 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67
NL (6 yrs) NL 52 65 .444 2.97 162 126 28 68 14 4 1008.1 940 418 333 21 251 357 29 0 16 4142 105 1.181 8.4 0.2 2.2 3.2 1.42
AL (1 yr) AL 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 10 14 4.200 21.6 0.0 16.2 10.8 0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1913 27 CHW AL 1.2 1 5 1 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
1916 30 PIT NL 173.0 20 55 75 -3 1.0 20 3.1 $
1917 31 PIT NL 224.0 28 98 99 -3 1.0 1 1.1 $
1918 32 PIT NL 170.1 23 60 76 3 1.0 16 1.9 $
1919 33 PIT NL 201.2 26 79 91 4 1.0 12 1.4 $
1922 36 BSN NL 200.0 23 100 126 -3 1.0 26 2.6 $
1923 37 BSN NL 39.1 6 26 24 -1 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
7 Seasons 1010.0 127 423 492 -3 1.0 69 9.5 $
PIT (4 yrs) 769.0 97 292 341 1 1.0 49 7.5 $
BSN (2 yrs) 239.1 29 126 150 -4 1.0 24 2.5 $
CHW (1 yr) 1.2 1 5 1 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $

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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
1913 27 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1916 30 PIT NL 30 59 51 1 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .137 .154 .216 .370 12 11 0 7 1
1917 31 PIT NL 39 81 76 0 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 11 .118 .118 .145 .263 -21 11 0 5 1
1918 32 PIT NL 23 67 57 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 3 10 .105 .150 .123 .273 -18 7 0 7 1
1919 33 PIT NL 32 73 66 0 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 16 .106 .119 .121 .241 -29 8 0 6 1
1922 36 BSN NL 31 75 68 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .118 .143 .118 .261 -31 8 1 5 1
1923 37 BSN NL 8 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 8 1 0 1 /1
7 Seasons 164 364 325 11 38 6 1 0 13 0 0 7 70 .117 .138 .142 .280 -18 46 1 31
162 Game Avg. 162 360 321 11 38 6 1 0 13 0 7 69 .117 .138 .142 .280 -18 45 1 31
PIT (4 yrs) 124 280 250 5 29 6 1 0 12 0 0 5 53 .116 .133 .148 .281 -15 37 0 25
BSN (2 yrs) 39 84 75 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .120 .154 .120 .274 -27 9 1 6
CHW (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 163 364 325 11 38 6 1 0 13 0 0 7 70 .117 .138 .142 .280 -18 46 1 31
AL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1916 30 PIT NL 59 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 1
1917 31 PIT NL 81 -10 0 0 0 0 3 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
1918 32 PIT NL 67 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1919 33 PIT NL 73 -10 0 0 0 0 3 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $ 1
1922 36 BSN NL 75 -14 0 0 0 0 6 2 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 1
1923 37 BSN NL 9 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $7,500 /1
6 Seasons 364 -48 0 0 0 0 18 10 -21 -2.7 -20 -2.2 -0.5 $7,500
PIT (4 yrs) 280 -33 0 0 0 0 11 8 -15 -2.2 -14 -1.6 -0.6 $
BSN (2 yrs) 84 -15 0 0 0 0 7 2 -6 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $7,500

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1913 CHW AL 27 P 1 1.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 1.00 .940 3.24 3.00
1916 PIT NL 30 P 30 173.0 50 3 44 3 0 .940 2.45 1.57 .959 2.67 2.67
1917 PIT NL 31 P 38 224.0 74 4 69 1 0 .986 2.93 1.92 .961 2.85 2.86
1918 PIT NL 32 P 23 170.1 58 2 53 3 1 .948 2.91 2.39 .965 2.93 2.94
1919 PIT NL 33 P 32 26 16 201.2 75 10 63 2 3 .973 3.26 2.28 .960 2.93 2.93
1922 BSN NL 36 P 31 23 14 200.0 58 4 51 3 0 .948 2.48 1.77 .957 2.38 2.36
1923 BSN NL 37 P 8 6 0 39.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.75 .958 2.40 2.40
7 Seasons P 163 55 30 1010.0 322 24 286 12 4 .963 2.76 1.90 .960 2.74 2.73
7 Seasons TOT 163 55 30 1010.0 322 24 286 12 4 .963 2.76 1.90 .960 2.74 2.73
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1918 NL  2.38 (9th)
1922 NL  3.51 (9th)
Career  3.01 (172nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1916 NL  1.064 (9th)
1918 NL  1.110 (8th)
1919 NL  1.012 (4th)
Career  1.186 (108th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 NL  7.023 (4th)
1918 NL  8.031 (10th)
1919 NL  7.587 (9th)
1922 NL  9.585 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1918 NL  1.955 (10th)
1919 NL  1.517 (7th)
Career  2.263 (187th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 NL  4.578 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1917 NL  5 (5th)
1922 NL  2 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1919 NL  6 (10th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1919 NL  1.735 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 NL  0.040 (5th)
1918 NL  0.053 (4th)
1922 NL  0.315 (8th)
Career  0.187 (147th)

Losses s c a p y
1917 NL  19 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1917 NL  78 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1917 NL  6 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1918 NL  7 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1918 NL  121 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  9 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1918 NL  1.0 (9th)

Oldest s c a p y
1922 NL  born 1886-05-13 (7th)
1923 NL  born 1886-05-13 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (1008), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Fred Anderson (969)
  2. Fred Glade (965)
  3. Lew Moren (962)
  4. Jesse Flores (961)
  5. Frank Allen (960)
  6. Roger Wolff (960)
  7. George Derby (957)
  8. Ed Karger (954)
  9. Oscar Jones (952)
  10. Mike Prendergast (951)
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  1. Alex Main (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rube Vickers (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Burns (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lou Fette (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim Turner (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Turner (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192337Boston Braves$7,500Contract at HOF
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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