Jim Miller

James Matthew Miller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 28, 1982 in Randolph, NJ
High School: North HS (Fort Myers, FL)
School: University of Louisiana at Monroe (Monroe, LA)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2008
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Rockies 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.051 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
2004	22	COL-min	A-	1	1	.500	0.97	34	0	32	0	0	17	37.0	21	6	4	1	11	0	65	2	0	1	145		0.865	5.1	0.2	2.7	15.8	5.91	TRI · NORW
2005	23	COL-min	A+,AA	2	4	.333	3.02	64	0	57	0	0	34	62.2	45	27	21	5	25	0	87	3	0	5	262		1.117	6.5	0.7	3.6	12.5	3.48	MOD,TUL · CALL,TL
2006	24	COL-min	AA	0	3	.000	3.86	45	0	27	0	0	12	44.1	50	23	19	10	14	2	41	5	1	1	205		1.444	10.2	2.0	2.8	8.3	2.93	TUL · TL
2007	25	BAL-min	AA,AAA	3	5	.375	3.39	52	0	26	0	0	7	66.1	51	26	25	3	41	0	79	4	0	5	293		1.387	6.9	0.4	5.6	10.7	1.93	BOW,NFK · EL,IL
2008	26	BAL-min	AAA,AA	3	6	.333	3.15	56	0	31	0	0	10	80.0	61	31	28	5	27	1	96	3	1	1	328		1.100	6.9	0.6	3.0	10.8	3.56	NFK,BOW · IL,EL
2008	26	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	1.17	8	0	5	0	0	1	7.2	9	3	1	0	5	2	8	1	0	1	39	396	1.826	10.6	0.0	5.9	9.4	1.60

2009	27	BAL-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.64	54	0	39	0	0	17	64.2	64	20	19	3	19	3	59	1	0	0	272		1.284	8.9	0.4	2.6	8.2	3.11	NFK · IL
2010	28	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.84	33	0	11	0	0	0	57.2	60	33	31	9	18	2	53	0	0	3	243		1.353	9.4	1.4	2.8	8.3	2.94	NFK · IL
2011	29	COL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	5.25	65	0	51	0	0	24	72.0	93	48	42	7	21	4	73	5	0	3	325		1.583	11.6	0.9	2.6	9.1	3.48	CSP · PCL
2011	29	COL	NL	0	0		2.57	6	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	182	1.000	3.9	0.0	5.1	6.4	1.25
2012	30	OAK-min	AAA	0	2	.000	2.92	10	0	5	0	0	2	12.1	9	4	4	0	2	1	12	0	0	0	49		0.892	6.6	0.0	1.5	8.8	6.00	SAC · PCL
2012	30	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	1.32	9	0	7	0	0	0	13.2	10	2	2	1	3	1	12	1	0	0	54	310	0.951	6.6	0.7	2.0	7.9	4.00
3 Yrs				1	2	.333	1.59	23	0	16	0	0	1	28.1	22	7	5	1	12	3	25	2	0	1	122	276	1.200	7.0	0.3	3.8	7.9	2.08
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.333	1.59	68	0	47	0	0	3	84	65	21	15	3	35	9	74	6	0	3	361	276	1.200	7.0	0.3	3.8	7.9	2.08

COL (1 yr)				0	0		2.57	6	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	182	1.000	3.9	0.0	5.1	6.4	1.25
OAK (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.32	9	0	7	0	0	0	13.2	10	2	2	1	3	1	12	1	0	0	54	310	0.951	6.6	0.7	2.0	7.9	4.00
BAL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	1.17	8	0	5	0	0	1	7.2	9	3	1	0	5	2	8	1	0	1	39	396	1.826	10.6	0.0	5.9	9.4	1.60

AL (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	1.27	17	0	12	0	0	1	21.1	19	5	3	1	8	3	20	2	0	1	93	338	1.266	8.0	0.4	3.4	8.4	2.50
NL (1 yr)				0	0		2.57	6	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	182	1.000	3.9	0.0	5.1	6.4	1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2008	26	BAL	AL	7.2	8	0	3	3.52	4.89	-0.01	-0.36	104.4	4.74	1	0.1	1.2	-0.0	0.2	2	.512	.501	$

2011	29	COL	NL	7.0	6	0	2	2.57	3.93	0.11	-0.30	120.1	4.24	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.523	.501	$
2012	30	OAK	AL	13.2	9	0	2	1.32	4.77	0.10	-0.35	97.6	4.21	4	0.5	.6	-0.1	0.5	6	.554	.503	$
3 Seasons				28.1	23	0	7	2.22	4.59	0.07	-0.34	105.0	4.36	7	0.7	.7	-0.2	0.8	10	.531	.501	$

COL (1 yr)				7.0	6	0	2	2.57	3.93	0.11	-0.30	120.1	4.24	1	0.1	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.523	.501	$
OAK (1 yr)				13.2	9	0	2	1.32	4.77	0.10	-0.35	97.6	4.21	4	0.5	.6	-0.1	0.5	6	.554	.503	$
BAL (1 yr)				7.2	8	0	3	3.52	4.89	-0.01	-0.36	104.4	4.74	1	0.1	1.2	-0.0	0.2	2	.512	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2008	26	BAL	AL	8	39	31	3	9	2	0	0	2	0	5	8	.290	.395	.355	.750	.375	11	0	1	1	1	2	1

2011	29	COL	NL	6	29	23	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	5	.130	.241	.304	.546	.150	7	0	0	0	2	0	1
2012	30	OAK	AL	9	54	50	2	10	2	0	1	1	0	3	12	.200	.259	.300	.559	.243	15	1	1	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				23	122	104	7	22	4	2	1	3	0	12	25	.212	.298	.317	.615	.259	33	1	2	1	3	3	2
162 Game Avg.				68	361	307	21	65	12	6	3	9	0	35	74	.212	.298	.317	.615	.259	98	3	6	3	9	9	6
MLB Averages																.259	.327	.408	.736	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2008	26	BAL	AL	2.0	0.2	42	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.35	-0.1	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	1.35	-1.3	3	1	3

2011	29	COL	NL	1.5	0.2	29	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.14	-0.0	-0.1	1.6	0.2	0.14	1.2	0	0	3
2012	30	OAK	AL	4.4	0.5	55	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.17	0.2	-2.7	2.0	0.2	0.17	2.5	1	0	7
3 Yrs				7.9	0.8	126	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	.56	0.1	-1.6	1.4	0.1	0.56	2.4	4	1	13

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	26	BAL	AL	8	8	5	0	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	6	4	67%	9	1.350	3	1	3	4	2	2	3	5	2	3	3	0	2.9	20

2011	29	COL	NL	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	8	.138	0	0	3	0	0	6	1	5	1	2	1	1	3.5	19
2012	30	OAK	AL	9	9	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	7	.168	1	0	7	0	1	8	2	7	6	2	6	1	4.6	24
3 Yrs				23	23	16	1	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	12	8	67%		.539	4	1	13	4	3	16	6	17	9	7	10	2	3.7	21

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2008	26	BAL	AL	39	49%	0.0%	20.5%	12.8%	5.1%	22%	0.92	1.14	62%	16%	0.0%	25%	11	0	0%

2011	29	COL	NL	29	76%	0.0%	17.2%	13.8%	6.9%	67%	0.36	0.23	69%	10%	0.0%	21%	5	0	0%
2012	30	OAK	AL	54	56%	1.9%	22.2%	5.6%	5.6%	30%	0.41	0.61	69%	21%	4.5%	19%	4	1	25%
3 Yrs				122	58%	0.8%	20.5%	9.8%	5.7%	32%	0.51	0.58	66%	17%	2.4%	21%	20	1	5%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	18.2%	8.5%	7.7%	33%	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	26	BAL	AL	39	157	4.03	98	62%	27%	17%	31%	26%	73%	3%	46%	76%	51%	3%	1	0	28%	11	4	0	25%	1	0	0	0	0

2011	29	COL	NL	29	116	4.00	74	64%	28%	12%	32%	27%	72%	0%	46%	83%	69%	0%	0	0	34%	10	7	0	60%	2	0	0	0	0
2012	30	OAK	AL	54	218	4.04	137	63%	23%	20%	30%	28%	77%	5%	49%	75%	54%	6%	3	1	28%	15	7	2	42%	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				122	491	4.02	309	63%	25%	17%	31%	27%	75%	3%	47%	77%	57%	3%	4	1	30%	36	18	2	40%	3	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2008	26	BAL	AL	39	9	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	50%	1	1	0	16	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

2011	29	COL	NL	29	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	75%	1	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2012	30	OAK	AL	54	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	17	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				122	22	2	2	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	8	5	2	63%	2	1	0	39	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2008	26	0	2	.000	1.17	8	5	1	7.2	9	3	1	0	5	2	8	1	1	39	396	1.826	10.6	0.0	5.9	9.4	1.60	396
2009	27	0	2	.000	1.17	8	5	1	7.2	9	3	1	0	5	2	8	1	1	39	396	1.826	10.6	0.0	5.9	9.4	1.60	396
2010	28	0	2	.000	1.17	8	5	1	7.2	9	3	1	0	5	2	8	1	1	39	396	1.826	10.6	0.0	5.9	9.4	1.60	396
2011	29	0	2	.000	1.84	14	9	1	14.2	12	5	3	0	9	2	13	1	1	68	253	1.432	7.4	0.0	5.5	8.0	1.44	253
2012	30	1	2	.333	1.59	23	16	1	28.1	22	7	5	1	12	3	25	2	1	122	276	1.200	7.0	0.3	3.8	7.9	2.08	276

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2008	26	0	0		1.13	8.0	9	1	1	0	5	8	1	1.750	10.1	5.6	9.0	1.60	0.0	8

2011	29	0	0		2.57	7.0	3	2	2	0	4	5	0	1.000	3.9	5.1	6.4	1.25	0.0	6
2012	30	1	0	1.000	1.38	13.0	10	2	2	1	3	12	1	1.000	6.9	2.1	8.3	4.00	0.7	9
3 Yrs		1	0	1.000	1.61	28.0	22	5	5	1	12	25	2	1.214	7.1		8.0	2.08	0.3	23

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