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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 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
1947	20	LAD-min	B	11	6	.647	2.70	37	12					140.0	115	50	42		58								1.236	7.4		3.7			NAS · NENL
1948	21	LAD-min	B,AA	10	9	.526	3.63	33						161.0	169	82	65		72								1.497	9.4		4.0			DNV,FTW · IIIL,TL
1949	22	LAD-min	AA	12	5	.706	2.65	34	16					170.0	144	60	50		63								1.218	7.6		3.3			FTW · TL
1950	23	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	8.25	4	2		0	0		12.0	11	14	11		10		3	0		2			1.750	8.2		7.5	2.2	0.30	MTL · IL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	26	BRO	NL	8	4	.667	3.37	37	10	12	3	0	2	117.2	94	52	44	13	42		65	0	0	4	485	128	1.156	7.2	1.0	3.2	5.0	1.55
1954	27	LAD-min	AAA	1	4	.200		8																									STP · AA
1954	27	BRO	NL	5	2	.714	4.02	24	3	6	0	0	2	62.2	58	31	28	12	18		25	2	0	1	261	103	1.213	8.3	1.7	2.6	3.6	1.39
1955	28	LAD-min	AA	2	1	.667		7																									FTW · TL
1956	29	LAD-min	AAA,A,AA	5	4	.556	3.73	18	11		2	0		70.0	62	33	29	4	24		14	0	0	1			1.229	8.0	0.5	3.1	1.8	0.58	MTL,MAC,FTW · IL,SALL,TL
1957	30	LAD-min	AAA	15	10	.600	3.63	32	30		12	2		196.0	204	87	79	15	58	4	73	0	0	3			1.337	9.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.26	STP · AA
1958	31	LAD-min	AAA	5	13	.278	4.50	41	19		6	3		136.0	152	75	68	12	38	1	62	3	0	4			1.397	10.1	0.8	2.5	4.1	1.63	SPO,STP · PCL,AA
1959	32	LAD-min	AA,AAA	11	4	.733	2.31	20	14		3	1		121.0	109	39	31	8	44	6	88	1	0	2			1.264	8.1	0.6	3.3	6.5	2.00	MEM,SPO · SOUA,PCL
1960	33	STL-min	AA,AAA	11	14	.440	3.59	30	27		2	0		183.0	193	94	73	17	43	0	20	0	0	0			1.290	9.5	0.8	2.1	1.0	0.47	MEM,ROC · SOUA,IL
1961	34	STL-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.60	40	17					130.0	128	58	52	10	28								1.200	8.9	0.7	1.9			SJN · IL
1962	35	STL-min	A,AAA	3	4	.429	4.85	43	5		0	0		102.0	103	61	55	18	33	3	72	0	0	4			1.333	9.1	1.6	2.9	6.4	2.18	PNO,ATA · SALL,IL
2 Yrs				13	6	.684	3.59	61	13	18	3	0	4	180.1	152	83	72	25	60		90	2	0	5	746	118	1.176	7.6	1.2	3.0	4.5	1.50
162 Game Avg.				12	6	.684	3.59	56	12	17	3	0	4	166	140	76	66	23	55		83	2	0	5	686	118	1.176	7.6	1.2	3.0	4.5	1.50

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1953	26	BRO	NL	117.2	37	10	52	3.98	4.68	0.32	100.1	4.37	6	0.6	.9	-0.2	1.6	19	.516	.504	$
1954	27	BRO	NL	62.2	24	3	31	4.45	4.49	0.16	99.4	4.30	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.4	6	.496	.499	$
2 Seasons				180.1	61	13	83	4.14	4.62	0.27	99.9	4.34	5	0.5	1.0	-0.3	2.0	25	.509	.502	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00

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	ROE
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	485	438	52	94	14	10	13	2	2	42	65	.215	.283	.381	.665	.225	167	7	0	4	0	7
1954	27	BRO	NL	24	261	236	31	58	13	2	12	3	1	18	25	.246	.304	.470	.774	.230	111	4	2	4	1	2
2 Yrs				61	746	674	83	152	27	12	25	5	3	60	90	.226	.290	.412	.703	.227	278	11	2	8	1	9
162 Game Avg.				56	686	619	76	140	25	11	23	5	3	55	83	.226	.290	.412	.703	.227	255	10	2	7	1	8
MLB Averages																.263	.335	.390	.724	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	26	BRO	NL	11.2	1.1	493	0.0	7.8	-7.8	.88	1.1	-1.1	7.4	0.7	0.88	15.0	5	9	12
1954	27	BRO	NL	1.1	0.1	265	1.0	5.2	-4.2	1.06	0.1	0.9	2.8	0.3	1.06	0.5	9	2	10
2 Yrs				12.3	1.2	758	1.1	13.0	-12.0	.94	1.2	-0.1	10.2	1.0	0.94	15.6	14	11	22

Starting Pitching*

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	10	3	2	5	1	1	7	3	.700	1	3	3	0	5	50%	51.1	76	28	10	2	2	3	5.4	5.8	5.9
1954	27	BRO	NL	24	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	1	33%	45.3	53	33	5	3	2	1	3.6	1.7	5.0
2 Yrs				61	13	3	4	6	1	2	8	5	.615	1	4	3	0	6	46%	50	76	28	15	5	4	4	5.0	4.9	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	109	-2					4.5	4.5	6.5

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	37	27	12	5	2	3	2	1	67%	3	0	21	9	43%	5	.881	5	9	12	5	4	18	11	16	16	6	16	2	6.6
1954	27	BRO	NL	24	21	6	5	0	2	2	0	100%	3	1	18	6	33%	5	1.056	9	2	10	5	3	13	11	10	14	2	15	2	6.8
2 Yrs				61	48	18	10	2	5	4	1	80%	6	1	39	15	38%		.942	14	11	22	10	7	31	22	26	30	8	31	4	6.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	26	BRO	NL	485	58%	2.7%	13.4%	8.7%	7.6%	39%	0.58	74%	84	7	8%
1954	27	BRO	NL	261	67%	4.6%	9.6%	6.9%	10.3%	47%	0.85	77%	39	4	10%
2 Yrs				746	61%	3.4%	12.1%	8.0%	8.6%	42%	0.67	75%	123	11	9%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.5%	10.0%	6.8%	27%	0.95	82%			10%

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
1953	26	BRO	NL	485	94			13	0	9	8	5	5	8	28	15	3	54%	7	4	0	161	2	2	50%	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	0
1954	27	BRO	NL	261	58			12	1	6	6	6	4	8	13	9	2	69%	2	1	0	98	3	1	75%	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
2 Yrs				746	152			25	1	15	14	11	9	16	41	24	5	59%	9	5	0	259	5	3	63%	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1953	26	8	4	.667	3.37	37	10	12	3	0	2	117.2	94	52	44	13	42		65	0	0	4	485	128	1.156	7.2	1.0	3.2	5.0	1.55	128
1954	27	13	6	.684	3.59	61	13	18	3	0	4	180.1	152	83	72	25	60		90	2	0	5	746	118	1.176	7.6	1.2	3.0	4.5	1.50	118

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
1953	26	8	5	.615	3.07	123.0	94	47	42	13	42	68	0	1.106	6.9	3.1	5.0	1.62	1.0	37
1954	27	4	3	.571	3.88	65.0	59	31	28	12	18	26	2	1.185	8.2	2.5	3.6	1.44	1.7	24
2 Yrs		12	8	.600	3.35	188.0	153	78	70	25	60	94	2	1.133	7.3		4.5	1.57	1.2	61

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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