Wade Miller
Wade Thomas Miller
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 13, 1976 in Reading, PA
High School: Brandywine Heights (Topton, PA)
School: Alvernia College
Drafted
by the Houston Astros in the 20th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1999
Final Game: April 22, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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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
1999 22 HOU NL 0 1 .000 9.58 5 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 17 11 11 4 5 0 8 0 0 0 52 47 2.129 14.8 3.5 4.4 7.0 1.60
2000 23 HOU NL 6 6 .500 5.14 16 16 0 2 0 0 105.0 104 66 60 14 42 1 89 3 0 1 453 96 1.390 8.9 1.2 3.6 7.6 2.12
2001 24 HOU NL 16 8 .667 3.40 32 32 0 1 0 0 212.0 183 91 80 31 76 3 183 4 0 8 873 136 1.222 7.8 1.3 3.2 7.8 2.41
2002 25 HOU NL 15 4 .789 3.28 26 26 0 1 1 0 164.2 151 63 60 14 62 9 144 6 0 4 688 132 1.294 8.3 0.8 3.4 7.9 2.32
2003 26 HOU NL 14 13 .519 4.13 33 33 0 1 0 0 187.1 168 96 86 17 77 1 161 10 0 4 797 106 1.308 8.1 0.8 3.7 7.7 2.09
2004 27 HOU NL 7 7 .500 3.35 15 15 0 0 0 0 88.2 76 35 33 11 44 0 74 0 0 1 383 130 1.353 7.7 1.1 4.5 7.5 1.68
2005 28 BOS AL 4 4 .500 4.95 16 16 0 0 0 0 91.0 96 53 50 8 47 0 64 3 0 6 414 92 1.571 9.5 0.8 4.6 6.3 1.36
2006 29 CHC NL 0 2 .000 4.57 5 5 0 0 0 0 21.2 19 12 11 4 18 1 20 1 0 1 103 101 1.708 7.9 1.7 7.5 8.3 1.11
2007 30 CHC NL 0 1 .000 10.54 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 24 16 16 5 6 0 6 0 0 0 70 44 2.195 15.8 3.3 4.0 4.0 1.00
9 Seasons 62 46 .574 4.10 151 147 2 5 1 0 894.1 838 443 407 108 377 15 749 27 0 25 3833 110 1.359 8.4 1.1 3.8 7.5 1.99
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .574 4.10 34 34 0 1 0 0 204 191 101 93 25 86 3 171 6 0 6 875 110 1.359 8.4 1.1 3.8 7.5 1.99
HOU (6 yrs) 58 39 .598 3.87 127 123 2 5 1 0 768.0 699 362 330 91 306 14 659 23 0 18 3246 117 1.309 8.2 1.1 3.6 7.7 2.15
CHC (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 6.88 8 8 0 0 0 0 35.1 43 28 27 9 24 1 26 1 0 1 173 67 1.896 11.0 2.3 6.1 6.6 1.08
BOS (1 yr) 4 4 .500 4.95 16 16 0 0 0 0 91.0 96 53 50 8 47 0 64 3 0 6 414 92 1.571 9.5 0.8 4.6 6.3 1.36
NL (8 yrs) 58 42 .580 4.00 135 131 2 5 1 0 803.1 742 390 357 100 330 15 685 24 0 19 3419 113 1.334 8.3 1.1 3.7 7.7 2.08
AL (1 yr) 4 4 .500 4.95 16 16 0 0 0 0 91.0 96 53 50 8 47 0 64 3 0 6 414 92 1.571 9.5 0.8 4.6 6.3 1.36

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2001 24 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.000 9.0 1.3 0.0 7.7
1 NLDS 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 1.000 9.0 1.3 0.0 7.7

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1999 22 HOU NL 5 52 47 11 17 5 0 4 1 0 5 8 .362 .423 .723 1.146 .371 34 2 0 0 0 0
2000 23 HOU NL 16 453 404 66 104 21 1 14 8 2 42 89 .257 .331 .418 .749 .298 169 10 3 3 1 1
2001 24 HOU NL 32 873 781 91 183 34 1 31 10 13 76 183 .234 .304 .399 .703 .266 312 16 4 7 5 3
2002 25 HOU NL 26 688 607 63 151 34 4 14 7 5 62 144 .249 .322 .387 .709 .302 235 15 6 8 5 9
2003 26 HOU NL 33 797 695 96 168 34 4 17 9 5 77 161 .242 .323 .376 .699 .288 261 10 10 8 7 1
2004 27 HOU NL 15 383 333 35 76 13 2 11 8 0 44 74 .228 .317 .378 .696 .261 126 5 0 5 1 0
2005 28 BOS AL 16 414 359 53 96 23 5 8 9 3 47 64 .267 .354 .426 .780 .302 153 5 3 1 4 0
2006 29 CHC NL 5 103 82 12 19 2 0 4 2 0 18 20 .232 .376 .402 .779 .259 33 0 1 2 0 1
2007 30 CHC NL 3 70 63 16 24 6 0 5 1 1 6 6 .381 .435 .714 1.149 .365 45 0 0 1 0 0
9 Seasons 151 3833 3371 443 838 172 17 108 55 29 377 749 .249 .327 .406 .733 .288 1368 63 27 35 23 15
162 Game Avg. 34 875 769 101 191 39 4 25 13 7 86 171 .249 .327 .406 .733 .288 312 14 6 8 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1999 22 HOU NL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17 17 17 0 0 0 1 7.0 12.0 3.0 64 1 0 0 0 64
2000 23 HOU NL 16 16 6 6 4 3 2 7 9 .438 3 1 2 0 7 44% 49 79 -2 15 9 0 7 5.9 6.6 6.6 108 1 3 8 4 131
2001 24 HOU NL 32 32 16 8 8 3 4 22 10 .688 2 4 1 0 21 66% 56 88 22 6 2 0 14 4.9 4.9 6.6 104 1 4 22 5 129
2002 25 HOU NL 26 26 15 4 7 2 1 20 6 .769 2 3 1 1 18 69% 56 90 21 8 3 0 13 5.4 6.0 6.3 98 3 7 15 1 124
2003 26 HOU NL 33 33 14 13 6 1 2 17 16 .515 1 3 1 0 20 61% 52 92 16 22 12 1 12 4.8 5.2 5.7 94 6 11 15 1 120
2004 27 HOU NL 15 15 7 7 1 1 1 7 8 .467 1 0 0 0 8 53% 54 73 32 14 5 0 8 4.7 5.4 5.9 104 0 6 7 2 121
2005 28 BOS AL 16 16 4 4 8 1 0 9 7 .563 1 4 0 0 5 31% 47 67 14 12 1 0 10 5.2 4.7 5.7 105 1 1 13 1 121
2006 29 CHC NL 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 0 0% 47 60 31 1 1 0 3 4.6 3.6 4.3 85 1 4 0 0 94
2007 30 CHC NL 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 2 0 0 0 0% 27 42 18 3 1 0 2 4.4 3.5 4.6 88 1 2 0 0 98
9 Seasons 151 147 62 46 39 11 10 84 63 .571 11 18 5 1 79 54% 52 92 -2 81 34 1 70 5.1 5.4 6.0 100 15 38 80 14 131
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 22 HOU NL 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0.327 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.5 32
1 Season 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.327 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 5.5 32

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1999 22 HOU NL 52 48% 7.7% 15.4% 9.6% 17.3% 53% 0.86 1.88 67% 21% 23.5% 19% 9 2 22%
2000 23 HOU NL 453 42% 3.1% 19.7% 9.3% 8.0% 35% 0.90 1.39 67% 24% 11.1% 20% 84 10 12%
2001 24 HOU NL 873 47% 3.6% 21.0% 8.7% 7.6% 36% 0.89 1.34 66% 23% 12.2% 16% 120 16 13%
2002 25 HOU NL 688 44% 2.0% 20.9% 9.0% 7.6% 34% 0.79 1.23 66% 26% 6.5% 14% 120 15 13%
2003 26 HOU NL 797 47% 2.1% 20.2% 9.7% 6.9% 33% 0.95 1.13 66% 16% 7.2% 14% 156 10 6%
2004 27 HOU NL 383 46% 2.9% 19.3% 11.5% 6.8% 34% 0.59 0.73 65% 17% 8.0% 15% 63 5 8%
2005 28 BOS AL 414 54% 1.9% 15.5% 11.4% 8.7% 38% 0.84 0.98 70% 17% 5.7% 12% 76 5 7%
2006 29 CHC NL 103 59% 3.9% 19.4% 17.5% 5.8% 32% 0.48 0.61 56% 19% 10.5% 10% 21 0 0%
2007 30 CHC NL 70 54% 7.1% 8.6% 8.6% 15.7% 46% 0.37 0.55 74% 21% 13.9% 12% 15 0 0%
9 Seasons 3833 47% 2.8% 19.5% 9.8% 7.8% 35% 0.82 1.13 66% 21% 9.0% 15% 664 63 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1999 22 HOU NL 52 190 3.65 112 59% 17% 14% 34% 35% 83% 0% 49% 83% 48% 2% 1 0 13% 7 4 0 38% 1 1 0 0 0
2000 23 HOU NL 453 1725 3.81 1038 60% 24% 16% 29% 31% 76% 1% 46% 78% 53% 5% 21 9 14% 63 32 4 31% 11 11 0 0 0
2001 24 HOU NL 873 3326 3.81 2116 64% 25% 18% 28% 29% 75% 1% 48% 75% 60% 5% 41 22 26% 229 129 12 27% 29 16 0 0 0
2002 25 HOU NL 688 2560 3.72 1616 63% 25% 16% 29% 29% 75% 3% 47% 78% 59% 4% 30 11 24% 163 100 7 37% 32 10 0 0 0
2003 26 HOU NL 797 3111 3.90 1925 62% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 0% 46% 77% 53% 5% 42 23 23% 185 107 14 31% 16 18 0 0 0
2004 27 HOU NL 383 1560 4.07 908 58% 27% 14% 29% 29% 73% 0% 42% 80% 49% 6% 22 12 16% 63 32 3 20% 11 10 0 0 0
2005 28 BOS AL 414 1674 4.04 995 59% 27% 13% 30% 30% 73% 0% 44% 82% 52% 6% 25 10 16% 66 34 6 31% 7 15 0 0 0
2006 29 CHC NL 103 427 4.15 233 55% 29% 19% 25% 27% 71% 2% 39% 73% 45% 6% 6 1 17% 18 12 0 25% 5 4 0 0 0
2007 30 CHC NL 70 265 3.79 155 58% 30% 8% 24% 37% 70% 0% 41% 88% 46% 3% 2 2 14% 10 6 2 67% 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3833 14838 3.87 9098 61% 26% 16% 29% 29% 74% 1% 46% 78% 55% 5% 190 90 21% 804 456 48 30% 113 85 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1999 22 HOU NL 52 17 1 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 23 HOU NL 453 104 7 1 14 0 8 4 10 6 8 33 19 3 58% 4 1 0 155 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2001 24 HOU NL 873 183 13 0 31 1 14 17 14 20 11 33 13 9 39% 9 8 0 267 10 13 43% 9 11 1 1 0 1 4 2 18 0
2002 25 HOU NL 688 151 11 0 14 0 22 6 8 8 6 34 14 5 41% 6 4 1 243 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2003 26 HOU NL 797 168 12 2 17 0 20 7 10 5 12 47 24 8 51% 7 4 0 281 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
2004 27 HOU NL 383 76 4 2 11 0 12 8 3 8 3 17 6 4 35% 3 1 0 136 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 28 BOS AL 414 96 8 1 8 0 11 5 3 4 4 35 19 5 54% 5 6 0 157 9 3 75% 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 2 13 0
2006 29 CHC NL 103 19 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0% 1 1 0 40 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 30 CHC NL 70 24 2 1 5 0 1 1 4 3 2 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 29 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3833 838 58 7 108 1 93 50 58 56 52 203 97 35 48% 36 25 1 1332 55 29 65% 50 27 4 1 1 1 9 4 60 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1999 22 0 1 .000 9.58 5 1 2 0 0 0 10.1 17 11 11 4 5 0 8 0 0 0 52 47 2.129 14.8 3.5 4.4 7.0 1.60 47
2000 23 6 7 .462 5.54 21 17 2 2 0 0 115.1 121 77 71 18 47 1 97 3 0 1 505 89 1.457 9.4 1.4 3.7 7.6 2.06 89
2001 24 22 15 .595 4.15 53 49 2 3 0 0 327.1 304 168 151 49 123 4 280 7 0 9 1378 114 1.304 8.4 1.3 3.4 7.7 2.28 114
2002 25 37 19 .661 3.86 79 75 2 4 1 0 492.0 455 231 211 63 185 13 424 13 0 13 2066 119 1.301 8.3 1.2 3.4 7.8 2.29 119
2003 26 51 32 .614 3.93 112 108 2 5 1 0 679.1 623 327 297 80 262 14 585 23 0 17 2863 115 1.303 8.3 1.1 3.5 7.8 2.23 115
2004 27 58 39 .598 3.87 127 123 2 5 1 0 768.0 699 362 330 91 306 14 659 23 0 18 3246 117 1.309 8.2 1.1 3.6 7.7 2.15 117
2005 28 62 43 .590 3.98 143 139 2 5 1 0 859.0 795 415 380 99 353 14 723 26 0 24 3660 113 1.336 8.3 1.0 3.7 7.6 2.05 113
2006 29 62 45 .579 4.00 148 144 2 5 1 0 880.2 814 427 391 103 371 15 743 27 0 25 3763 113 1.346 8.3 1.1 3.8 7.6 2.00 113
2007 30 62 46 .574 4.10 151 147 2 5 1 0 894.1 838 443 407 108 377 15 749 27 0 25 3833 110 1.359 8.4 1.1 3.8 7.5 1.99 110

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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
1999 22 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 16 11 10 4 5 8 0 2.100 14.4 4.5 7.2 1.60 3.6 5
2000 23 5 6 .455 4.16 106.0 95 54 49 13 38 90 3 1.255 8.1 3.2 7.6 2.37 1.1 16
2001 24 14 9 .609 3.07 208.0 174 79 71 29 72 180 4 1.183 7.5 3.1 7.8 2.50 1.3 32
2002 25 10 7 .588 3.25 158.0 147 63 57 14 60 138 6 1.310 8.4 3.4 7.9 2.30 0.8 26
2003 26 10 10 .500 3.93 183.0 163 89 80 16 75 157 10 1.301 8.0 3.7 7.7 2.09 0.8 33
2004 27 6 3 .667 3.17 88.0 75 34 31 11 43 73 0 1.341 7.7 4.4 7.5 1.70 1.1 15
2005 28 4 6 .400 4.70 90.0 94 52 47 8 46 63 3 1.556 9.4 4.6 6.3 1.37 0.8 16
2006 29 1 1 .500 4.09 22.0 19 11 10 4 18 20 1 1.682 7.8 7.4 8.2 1.11 1.6 5
2007 30 0 1 .000 9.64 14.0 23 17 15 5 6 6 0 2.071 14.8 3.9 3.9 1.00 3.2 3
9 Seasons 50 44 .532 3.79 879.0 806 410 370 104 363 735 27 1.330 8.3 7.5 2.02 1.1 151

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2001 NL  3.396 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
2001 NL  16 (7th)
2002 NL  15 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2001 NL  .667 (8th)
2002 NL  .789 (2nd)
Active  .574 (25th)
Career  .574 (206th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2001 NL  7.769 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2002 NL  7.870 (10th)
2003 NL  7.735 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2001 NL  183 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
2003 NL  33 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2002 NL  1 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2001 NL  31 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
2003 NL  13 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2001 NL  8 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 NL  10 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2001 NL  136 (7th)
2002 NL  132 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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