| 19th Century | Doggie Miller | ||
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Full Name: George Frederick Miller Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'6" Weight: 145 Born: Aug 15, 1864 in Brooklyn, NY Major League Debut: May 1, 1884 Died: Apr 06, 1909 in Brooklyn, NY |
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| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
| BATTING | |||||||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
| 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 |
Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit StL StL Lou |
AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
.225 .163 .252 .243 .277 .268 .273 .285 .254 .182 .339 .292 .275 |
89 42 83 87 103 104 138 135 149 41 127 121 98 |
347 166 317 342 404 422 549 548 623 154 481 490 324 |
46 19 70 58 50 77 85 80 103 23 93 81 54 |
78 27 80 83 112 113 150 156 158 28 163 143 89 |
10 3 15 17 17 25 24 19 15 6 9 15 17 |
2 1 1 4 5 3 3 6 12 1 11 4 4 |
0 0 2 1 0 6 4 4 2 0 8 5 1 |
0 13 36 34 36 56 66 57 59 17 86 74 33 |
13 4 43 35 18 31 68 59 69 17 58 25 27 |
-- -- -- 13 16 11 11 26 14 8 9 12 9 |
.257 .182 .343 .317 .319 .321 .357 .357 .335 .284 .414 .334 .334 |
.265 .193 .325 .325 .344 .384 .350 .363 .326 .234 .453 .369 .361 |
| Totals | AVG .267 |
G 1317 |
AB 5167 |
R 839 |
H 1380 |
2B 192 |
3B 57 |
HR 33 |
RBI 567 |
BB 467 |
K 129 |
OBP .333 |
SLG .345 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
| 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 |
Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit StL StL Lou |
AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
2 0 1 2 7 2 4 3 7 5 4 6 2 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
92 32 103 111 139 162 192 199 203 36 218 181 117 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 1 3 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
0 0 35 33 27 16 32 35 28 3 17 18 16 |
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
-.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- -.--- |
--.- --.- 158.5 342.0 --.- 70.3 137.3 137.0 311.5 --.- 60.1 98.0 324.0 |
--.- --.- --.- 26.3 25.3 38.4 49.9 21.1 44.5 19.3 53.4 40.8 36.0 |
| Totals | HBP 45 |
GDP -- |
TB 1785 |
IBB -- |
SH 12 |
SF -- |
SB 260 |
CS -- |
SB% -.--- |
AB/HR 156.6 |
AB/K 40.1 |
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| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
| YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
| 1884 1884 1884 1884 1885 1885 1885 1885 1886 1886 1886 1887 1887 1887 1888 1888 1888 1889 1889 1889 1890 1890 1890 1890 1890 1891 1891 1891 1891 1891 1892 1892 1892 1892 1893 1894 1894 1894 1894 1894 1894 1895 1895 1895 1895 1895 1896 1896 1896 1896 1896 1896 |
Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit Pit StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL StL Lou Lou Lou Lou Lou Lou |
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL |
2B 3B C OF SS 3B OF C 2B OF C 3B OF C 3B OF C 3B OF C 2B C SS OF 3B 1B OF 3B SS C 3B SS C OF C SS OF 1B 2B C 3B 1B SS OF 3B C SS 1B OF 3B 2B C |
1 3 36 49 2 2 6 33 1 22 61 1 14 73 4 32 68 3 27 76 6 10 13 25 88 1 24 34 37 41 2 19 63 76 40 1 4 12 18 41 52 6 9 21 46 46 2 3 8 8 25 48 |
3 7 244 109 16 2 7 253 8 45 330 0 37 349 17 71 379 16 61 434 39 60 62 42 400 15 46 136 203 257 3 116 366 117 203 5 7 124 92 187 197 49 42 42 152 191 5 26 11 28 89 204 |
2 3 173 74 2 0 6 177 2 37 247 0 28 266 5 58 268 6 52 299 21 38 16 34 127 14 36 33 66 190 1 51 265 96 141 2 5 115 31 140 68 47 10 28 54 137 2 21 10 3 28 138 |
0 2 47 13 10 1 0 49 4 3 56 0 3 58 9 7 76 9 5 87 13 17 36 6 213 1 2 83 101 51 1 54 80 10 45 1 1 7 50 36 96 1 27 4 72 41 1 5 1 19 54 50 |
1 2 24 22 4 1 1 27 2 5 27 0 6 25 3 6 35 1 4 48 5 5 10 2 60 0 8 20 36 16 1 11 21 11 17 2 1 2 11 11 33 1 5 10 26 13 2 0 0 6 7 16 |
0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 1 0 8 0 1 1 1 18 0 0 1 10 2 0 10 10 2 3 0 0 5 3 3 6 4 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 3 6 4 |
0.667 0.714 0.902 0.798 0.750 0.500 0.857 0.893 0.750 0.889 0.918 -.--- 0.838 0.928 0.824 0.915 0.908 0.938 0.934 0.889 0.872 0.917 0.839 0.952 0.850 1.000 0.826 0.853 0.823 0.938 0.667 0.905 0.943 0.906 0.916 0.600 0.857 0.984 0.880 0.941 0.832 0.980 0.881 0.762 0.829 0.932 0.600 1.000 1.000 0.786 0.921 0.922 |
| Totals | G 1343 |
Ch 5904 |
PO 3673 |
A 1618 |
E 613 |
DP 134 |
FPCT 0.896 |
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One of the proponents of "Foghorn" coaching, Miller would stand near the on-deck circle and harass opposing catchers and umpires into making mistakes. Miller's best season was 1894 when his Batting Average was .339 with 11 triples, while posting a .941 Fielding Average while catching. He scored 839 runs and stole 260 bases in his career. His 1884 Rookie year resulted in an On-Base Percentage of .257 and a Slugging Average of .265 for a combined OPS of .522. This OPS for a catcher aged 19 is still a record today. He managed the 1894 St. Louis team to a 56-76 (.424) record and played six different positions that year as well (C-41, 1B-12, 2B-18, SS-1, 3B-52, OF-4). As a catcher Miller had a lifetime Fielding Average of .918 in 636 games behind the plate.
[From the New York Clipper November 16, 1889.]
George F. Miller, born Aug. 15, 1864 in Brooklyn, learned to play ball with amateur clubs in his native city and
commenced his professional career in 1883 when he caught for the Harrisburg (Pa.) Club which finished second to the
Brooklyn team that season in the race for the championship of the Interstate Association. During the latter part of
the season of 1883 he was engaged by the Pittsburg Club with which he has since remained alternating with Carroll in
the catcher's position during the past six championship seasons. Besides being a fine catcher he is also an excellent
batter and a very daring base runner making his services so valuable that he has been played in the Pittsburg Club in
a majority of the championship contests and when not engaged in catching he generally guards the left field which he
does in a very creditable manner. Taken altogether, Miller is one of the most promising and popular young players in
the profession and he certainly has a very bright future before him.
