Wade Miller

Wade Thomas Miller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 13, 1976 in Reading, PA
High School: Brandywine Heights HS (Topton, PA)
School: Alvernia College (Reading, PA)
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 20th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1999
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox/Cubs 1999-2007
Agents: Bob Garber [*]
Final Game: April 22, 2007
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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
1999 22 HOU NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2000 23 HOU NL 16 41 40 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .100 .100 .125 .225 -45 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
2001 24 HOU NL 32 78 66 6 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 20 .167 .191 .197 .388 -1 13 0 0 10 0 0 1
2002 25 HOU NL 26 69 62 7 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 .177 .175 .226 .400 2 14 2 0 6 1 0 1
2003 26 HOU NL 36 70 63 4 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 16 .159 .185 .206 .391 1 13 0 0 5 0 0 1
2004 27 HOU NL 16 35 27 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .259 .259 .259 .519 35 7 0 0 8 0 0 1
2005 28 BOS AL 16 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 252 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 29 CHC NL 5 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 30 CHC NL 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Yrs 155 308 273 20 47 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 86 .172 .183 .205 .389 -1 56 3 0 30 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 322 285 21 49 9 0 0 18 0 0 4 90 .172 .183 .205 .389 -1 59 3 0 31 1 0
HOU (6 yrs) 131 294 259 20 43 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 80 .166 .178 .201 .379 -4 52 3 0 30 1 0
CHC (2 yrs) 8 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 -7 2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 16 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 252 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 139 305 270 20 45 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 85 .167 .178 .200 .378 -4 54 3 0 30 1 0
AL (1 yr) 16 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 252 2 0 0 0 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 Awards
1999 22 HOU NL 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
2000 23 HOU NL 16 41 -10 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
2001 24 HOU NL 32 78 -11 -1 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $241,000 1
2002 25 HOU NL 26 69 -10 -1 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $350,000 1
2003 26 HOU NL 36 70 -9 -0 0 0 10 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $525,000 1
2004 27 HOU NL 16 35 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $3,400,000 1
2005 28 BOS AL 16 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $1,500,000 1
2006 29 CHC NL 5 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 /1
2007 30 CHC NL 3 4 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .507 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 /1
9 Seasons 155 308 -44 -3 0 0 44 -3 -0.3 8 6 -0.3 .498 .500 -0.3 0.0 5 $8,516,000
HOU (6 yrs) 131 294 -43 -3 0 0 42 -4 -0.4 8 4 -0.4 .497 .500 -0.4 0.0 4 $4,516,000
CHC (2 yrs) 8 11 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $2,500,000
BOS (1 yr) 16 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $1,500,000

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
1999 22 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 115 .000 .274 .000 .350 .000 .442 .000 .792 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2000 23 HOU NL 41 38 0 0.0 122 .167 .100 .281 .100 .360 .125 .460 .225 .820 -45 .000 -9.3 -0.9 .135 .025 .025
2001 24 HOU NL 78 65 3 1.2 117 .239 .167 .275 .191 .348 .197 .451 .388 .799 -1 .071 -10.5 -1.0 .273 .061 .030
2002 25 HOU NL 69 60 2 0.9 112 .262 .177 .273 .175 .348 .226 .434 .400 .782 2 .044 -9.2 -0.9 .264 .048 .048
2003 26 HOU NL 70 58 3 1.4 112 .213 .159 .272 .185 .344 .206 .437 .391 .781 1 .089 -9.5 -0.9 .283 .079 .048
2004 27 HOU NL 35 28 2 1.9 112 .333 .259 .271 .259 .343 .259 .439 .519 .781 35 .146 -2.8 -0.3 .350 .000 .000
2005 28 BOS AL 3 1 1 26.7 108 1.000 .667 .273 .667 .336 .667 .433 1.333 .769 252 .957 0.6 0.1 2.000 .000 .000
2006 29 CHC NL 7 6 0 0.0 116 .500 .143 .276 .143 .347 .143 .448 .286 .795 -27 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
2007 30 CHC NL 4 3 0 0.0 115 .250 .250 .279 .250 .349 .250 .446 .500 .794 28 .000 -0.5 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
9 Yrs 308 260 11 1.1 115 .250 .172 .274 .183 .348 .205 .444 .389 .792 -1 .062 -42.8 -4.1 .262 .048 .033
162 Game Avg. 322 272 11 1.1 115 .250 .172 .274 .183 .348 .205 .444 .389 .792 -1 .062 -42.8 -4.1 .262 .048 .033
HOU (6 yrs) 294 250 10 1.1 115 .239 .166 .274 .178 .348 .201 .444 .379 .792 -4 .056 -41.6 -4.0 .256 .050 .035
CHC (2 yrs) 11 9 0 0.0 116 .333 .182 .277 .182 .348 .182 .447 .364 .795 -7 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .222 .000 .000
BOS (1 yr) 3 1 1 26.7 108 1.000 .667 .273 .667 .336 .667 .433 1.333 .769 252 .957 0.6 0.1 2.000 .000 .000
NL (8 yrs) 305 259 10 1.0 115 .242 .167 .275 .178 .348 .200 .444 .378 .792 -4 .053 -43.4 -4.2 .254 .048 .033
AL (1 yr) 3 1 1 26.7 108 1.000 .667 .273 .667 .336 .667 .433 1.333 .769 252 .957 0.6 0.1 2.000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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
2001 24 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1999 22 HOU NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2000 23 HOU NL 41 0.0% 39.0% 0.0% 2.4% 25% 2.5 13.3 1.67 2.00 59% 12% 0.0% 11%
2001 24 HOU NL 78 0.0% 25.6% 2.6% 2.6% 18% 10.00 3.3 66.0 1.37 1.76 59% 16% 0.0% 5%
2002 25 HOU NL 69 0.0% 30.4% 0.0% 4.4% 27% 3.0 15.5 0.90 1.86 61% 21% 0.0% 0%
2003 26 HOU NL 70 0.0% 22.9% 2.9% 4.3% 30% 8.00 3.9 10.5 0.81 0.72 67% 13% 0.0% 27%
2004 27 HOU NL 35 0.0% 17.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 9.0 1.10 2.83 60% 17% 0.0% 10%
2005 28 BOS AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67% 0%
2006 29 CHC NL 7 0.0% 71.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.4 0.00 0.00 29% 0% 0.0% 0%
2007 30 CHC NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.00 100% 0% 0.0% 50%
9 Yrs 308 0.0% 27.9% 1.3% 2.9% 19% 21.50 3.2 16.1 1.08 1.51 61% 16% 0.0% 12%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 8.7% 8.1% 34% 1.92 5.3 31.4 7.5 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.1% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 22 HOU NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .99 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
2000 23 HOU NL -9.3 -0.9 41 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 .76 -0.9 -0.2 -10.1 -0.9 1.04 -10.5 0
2001 24 HOU NL -10.6 -1.0 79 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 1.07 -1.1 -0.0 -13.8 -1.3 1.04 -12.0 0
2002 25 HOU NL -9.2 -0.9 69 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 .94 -0.9 -0.1 -13.3 -1.3 1.02 -10.9 0
2003 26 HOU NL -9.5 -0.9 70 -0.7 0.6 -1.2 .86 -0.7 -0.1 -8.5 -0.8 0.98 -8.7 1.04 2
2004 27 HOU NL -2.8 -0.3 35 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .99 -0.3 0.0 -4.7 -0.4 1.08 -3.2 0.24 1
2005 28 BOS AL 0.6 0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 1.19 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.91 0.5 0
2006 29 CHC NL -1.4 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .79 -0.1 -0.0 -1.6 -0.1 0.84 -1.5 0
2007 30 CHC NL -0.5 -0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .77 -0.0 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.82 -0.5 0
9 Yrs -42.9 -4.1 309 -4.1 2.2 -6.4 .93 -4.1 -0.3 -53.0 -5.0 1.02 -47.2 0.78 3

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 22 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 23 HOU NL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2001 24 HOU NL 1 0 46% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
2002 25 HOU NL 0 0 64% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18% 3 3 0 4 3 1 4 3 1
2003 26 HOU NL 1 0 33% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 2
2004 27 HOU NL 0 0 29% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2005 28 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2006 29 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 CHC NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 2 0 39% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 16% 13 13 0 7 6 1 12 8 4

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
1999 22 HOU NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 23 HOU NL 41 10% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 10 1 10% 32 3 9% 4 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 24 HOU NL 78 19% 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 67% 15 0 0% 18 5 28% 63 1 2% 5 1 20% 7 5 71% 0
2002 25 HOU NL 69 23% 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 15 2 13% 21 3 14% 54 4 7% 7 2 29% 3 1 33% 0
2003 26 HOU NL 70 14% 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.04 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 11 0 0% 17 4 24% 48 6 13% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0
2004 27 HOU NL 35 23% 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.24 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 11 0 0% 11 4 36% 30 3 10% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
2005 28 BOS AL 3 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 29 CHC NL 7 57% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 CHC NL 4 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 308 19% 47 6 0 3 0 0 0 0.78 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 45 30 67% 58 3 5% 79 17 22% 235 17 7% 24 5 21% 12 7 58% 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 22 HOU NL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 0% 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 75% 0% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2000 23 HOU NL 41 136 3.32 98 72% 29% 21% 24% 26% 71% 0% 51% 70% 46% 0% 0 0 2% 1 0 0% 0 0 44% 0 0 0
2001 24 HOU NL 78 237 3.04 168 71% 29% 13% 24% 33% 71% 0% 50% 82% 44% 1% 1 0 6% 5 1 4% 3 1 45% 0 0 0
2002 25 HOU NL 69 215 3.12 165 77% 28% 15% 27% 29% 72% 0% 55% 79% 39% 0% 0 0 6% 4 1 0% 0 0 29% 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 70 208 2.97 147 71% 24% 14% 26% 35% 76% 0% 53% 81% 43% 1% 1 0 11% 8 4 1% 1 0 38% 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL 35 101 2.89 74 73% 18% 16% 27% 39% 82% 0% 60% 80% 40% 0% 0 0 6% 2 2 3% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
2005 28 BOS AL 3 8 2.67 7 88% 43% 0% 29% 29% 57% 0% 50% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2006 29 CHC NL 7 33 4.71 21 64% 33% 48% 10% 10% 67% 0% 42% 29% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 30 CHC NL 4 11 2.75 7 64% 43% 0% 0% 57% 57% 0% 36% 100% 25% 0% 0 0 25% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 308 953 3.09 690 72% 27% 17% 25% 32% 73% 0% 53% 77% 41% 1% 2 0 7% 21 8 2% 5 2 34% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

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 SF IBB
1999 22 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 23 21 42 41 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 .098 .098 .122 .220 -46 5 1 0 1 0 0
2001 24 53 120 107 7 15 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 37 .140 .156 .168 .324 -19 18 1 0 11 0 0
2002 25 79 189 169 14 26 6 0 0 8 0 0 2 58 .154 .163 .189 .352 -11 32 3 0 17 1 0
2003 26 115 259 232 18 36 9 0 0 14 0 0 4 74 .155 .169 .194 .363 -8 45 3 0 22 1 0
2004 27 131 294 259 20 43 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 80 .166 .178 .201 .379 -4 52 3 0 30 1 0
2005 28 147 297 262 20 45 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 81 .172 .184 .206 .390 -1 54 3 0 30 1 0
2006 29 152 304 269 20 46 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 86 .171 .182 .204 .387 -1 55 3 0 30 1 0
2007 30 155 308 273 20 47 9 0 0 17 0 0 4 86 .172 .183 .205 .389 -1 56 3 0 30 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1999 22 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
2000 23 16 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
2001 24 32 77 65 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 2 20 .154 .179 .185 .364 2 32
2002 25 26 68 61 6 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 21 .164 .161 .213 .374 2 26
2003 26 36 69 62 3 9 3 0 0 5 0 2 16 .145 .172 .194 .365 2 36
2004 27 16 35 27 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 .259 .259 .259 .519 2 16
2005 28 16 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 16
2006 29 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
2007 30 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
9 Yrs 155 305 270 16 38 8 0 0 12 0 4 86 .141 .153 .170 .323 9 155
162 Game Avg. 162 319 282 17 40 8 0 0 13 0 4 90 .141 .153 .170 .323 9 155

* 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.

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