Rick
Miller
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 19, 1948 in Usa, MI, GRAND RAPIDS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 23 STL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1972 24 STL NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1973 25 STL NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1974 26 STL NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5
1975 27 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1976 28 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6
1977 29 PHN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 23 AA   137 539 68 154 21 1 5 47 10 4 81 69 .286 .379 .356 .735 78.0  
1972 24 AA   137 524 66 153 24 6 6 53 14 11 85 82 .292 .391 .395 .786 82.9  
1973 25 AAA   135 476 48 109 17 3 4 53 19 9 86 109 .229 .347 .303 .649 58.2  
    AA   2 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.1  
1974 26 AAA   31 117 11 33 9 0 0 15 5 5 25 15 .282 .408 .359 .767 18.2  
    AA   106 396 44 114 16 2 4 27 8 7 67 67 .288 .391 .369 .760 60.3  
1975 27 STL NL 99 238 24 63 12 1 1 19 9 7 18 44 .265 .319 .336 .655 23.9 3.2
1976 28 STL NL 51 101 4 16 1 1 0 6 4 1 10 24 .158 .234 .188 .422 3.6 0.0
    AAA   31 120 9 20 4 0 0 3 3 0 10 25 .167 .231 .200 .431 5.2  
1977 29 AA   25 91 11 16 6 0 0 6 1 0 14 10 .176 .286 .242 .527 7.1  
    A   112 387 38 102 18 0 3 38 8 3 70 54 .264 .376 .333 .710 54.7  
1978 30 AA   25 91 10 26 0 1 0 2 1 0 13 14 .286 .375 .308 .683 11.9  
2 Years Sim 150 339 28 79 13 2 1 25 13 8 28 68 .233 .293 .292 .586 27.6 3.2
3 Years AAA 197 713 68 162 30 3 4 71 27 14 121 149 .227 .339 .295 .634 81.6  
6 Years AA 432 1648 199 466 67 10 15 135 34 23 261 242 .283 .381 .363 .743 241.3  
1 Years A 112 387 38 102 18 0 3 38 8 3 70 54 .264 .373 .333 .706 54.7  
10 Years Minors 741 2748 305 730 115 13 22 244 69 40 452 445 .266 .369 .341 .710 377.6  
162 Game Average 366 30 85 14 2 1 27 14 8 30 73 .233 .293 .292 .586 29.8  
Career Highs 99 238 24 63 12 1 1 19 9 7 18 44 .265 .319 .336 .655 23.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   305 26 70 12 2 1 24 13 8 27 60 .230 .294 .292 .586 26.1
vs LH   34 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .265 .286 .294 .580 2.7
Home 74 152 11 38 7 2 0 10 5 5 9 24 .250 .296 .322 .619 13.0
Away 76 187 17 41 6 0 1 15 8 3 19 44 .219 .291 .267 .559 15.7
RISP   72 0 17 7 0 0 22 0 0 9 16 .236 .329 .333 .663 7.8
Pinch Hitting   8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8
Close/Late   50 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 9 .140 .204 .220 .424 1.9
Mar/Apr 30 49 3 10 2 0 0 5 3 0 5 9 .204 .278 .245 .523 3.9
May 32 83 6 16 2 1 0 3 3 1 7 12 .193 .264 .241 .505 5.1
June 31 72 6 16 2 1 0 7 1 2 4 22 .222 .263 .278 .541 4.5
July 22 40 3 13 3 0 0 3 1 1 2 6 .325 .357 .400 .757 5.1
August 21 55 6 13 2 0 1 3 4 2 5 12 .236 .300 .327 .627 5.6
Sep/Oct 14 40 4 11 2 0 0 4 1 2 5 7 .275 .356 .325 .681 4.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 27 STL NL RF 38 10 138.3 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.6
    CF 17 15 127.7 35 0 1 0 .972 2.47    
    1B 14 12 105.0 117 12 2 16 .985 11.06   0.1
    LF 16 12 103.7 21 0 1 0 .955 1.82    
1976 28 STL NL RF 16 4 63.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.0
    LF 10 4 56.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.77    
    CF 10 3 35.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    1B 3 3 24.7 32 3 1 6 .972 12.77   0.0
  RF 54 14 202.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.6
  CF 27 18 163.0 43 0 1 0 .977 2.37    
  LF 26 16 159.7 32 0 1 0 .970 1.80    
  1B 17 15 129.7 149 15 3 22 .982 11.38   0.2
Career Totals   124 63 654.3 270 15 5 22 .983 3.92   0.8
Career Highs   85 49 474.7 206 12 4 16 .985 4.13    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 54th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1971
Had first career hit on 4/4/1975, off Fritz Peterson (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 8/28/1975, off Don Kirkwood (SDP)
Injured on 7/8/1977 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Released by Philadelphia on 5/1/1978