Bob Milliken

Robert Fogle Milliken (Bobo)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 25, 1926 in Majorsville, WV
High School: Cameron HS (Cameron, WV)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1953
Team: Dodgers 1953-1954

Final Game: July 29, 1954
Died: January 3, 2007 in Clearwater, FL
Cremated
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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
1947	20	LAD-min	B	37	42	42		7	1	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357		8							NAS · NENL
1948	21	LAD-min	B,AA	24	51	51		10	1	0	0						.196	.196	.216	.412		11							DNV,FTW · IIIL,TL
1949	22	LAD-min	AA	34	61	61		9	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.295		9							FTW · TL
1950	23	LAD-min	AAA	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							MTL · IL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	37	34	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.118	.143	.176	.319	-18	6	1	0	2			1
1954	27	LAD-min	AAA	8	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							STP · AA
1954	27	BRO	NL	24	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.176	.176	.176	.353	-9	3	0	0	0	0		1
1955	28	LAD-min	AA	7	9	9		2									.222	.222											FTW · TL
1956	29	LAD-min	A,AAA,AA	18	23	23		2	0	0	0						.087	.087	.000	.087		0							MAC,MTL,FTW · SALL,IL,TL
1957	30	LAD-min	AAA	32	78	73	5	10	1	0	0	5	0		2	13	.137	.160	.151	.311		11		0	3	0	0		STP · AA
1958	31	LAD-min	AAA	41	39	38	0	6	0	0	0	11	0		0	2	.158	.158	.079	.237		3	0	0	1	0			SPO,STP · PCL,AA
1959	32	LAD-min	AA,AAA	20	45	42	3	5	3	0	0	2	0		1	10	.119	.140	.190	.330		8		0	2	0	0		MEM,SPO · SOUA,PCL
1960	33	STL-min	AA,AAA	28	66	63	3	15	0	0	0	4	0		3	16	.238	.273	.159	.431		10							MEM,ROC · SOUA,IL
1961	34	STL-min	AAA	40	35	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	10	.125	.200	.125	.325		4							SJN · IL
1962	35	STL-min	A,AAA	43	26	26	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.192	.192	.192	.385		5		0	0	0	0		PNO,ATA · SALL,IL
2 Yrs				61	54	51	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.137	.154	.176	.330	-15	9	1	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	143	135	5	19	5	0	0	8	0	0	3	32	.137	.154	.176	.330	-15	24	3	0	5

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	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	37	-5	-0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1954	27	BRO	NL	24	17	-3	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
2 Seasons				61	54	-8	-0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	33	1	0.8	113	.167	.118	.278	.143	.349	.176	.433	.319	.782	-18	.036	-6.0	-0.6	.226	.088	.059
1954	27	BRO	NL	17	14	1	1.9	113	.200	.176	.279	.176	.351	.176	.431	.353	.782	-9	.158	-2.8	-0.3	.214	.000	.000
2 Yrs				54	47	2	1.1	113	.179	.137	.278	.154	.350	.176	.432	.330	.782	-15	.066	-8.9	-0.8	.222	.059	.039
162 Game Avg.				143	125	5	1.1	113	.179	.137	.278	.154	.350	.176	.432	.330	.782	-15	.066	-8.9	-0.8	.222	.059	.039

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	0.0%	27.0%	2.7%	5.4%	50%	10.00	3.4		34.0	1.88	65%
1954	27	BRO	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.5		8.5	5.00	88%
2 Yrs				54	0.0%	22.2%	1.9%	3.7%	29%	12.00	4.3		17.0	2.50	72%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.3%	6.6%	28%	1.15	8.3	42.1	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1953	26	BRO	NL	-6.0	-0.6	38	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.80	-0.4	-0.0	-5.0	-0.5	0.94	-5.2
1954	27	BRO	NL	-2.8	-0.3	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.88	-0.2	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.87	-2.5
2 Yrs				-8.9	-0.8	55	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.83	-0.7	-0.1	-5.8	-0.5	0.92	-7.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3
1953	26	BRO	NL	2	20%	9	1	1	0%	1	1	1	1
1954	27	BRO	NL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	25%	12	1	1	0%	1	1	1	1

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	8%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	6	1	17%	6	1	17%	19	1	5%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	27	BRO	NL	17	0%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	2	22%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				54	6%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	7	1	14%	8	1	13%	28	3	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			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	SF	IBB
1953	26	37	37	34	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.118	.143	.176	.319	-18	6	1	0	2
1954	27	61	54	51	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.137	.154	.176	.330	-15	9	1	0	2	0

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	26	38	39	36	1	5	2	1	1	10	.139	.162	.194	.357	1	37
1954	27	25	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
2 Yrs		63	57	54	1	5	2	1	1	12	.093	.109	.130	.239	1	61
162 Game Avg.		162	147	139	3	13	5	3	3	31	.093	.109	.130	.239	3	61

* 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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