Ward Miller

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 177 lb

BornJuly 5, 1884 · Mount Carroll, IL, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1909

Final gameJuly 15, 1917

Seasons8 (1909–1917)

Cincinnati Reds 1909; Pittsburgh Pirates 1909; Cincinnati Reds 1910; Chicago Cubs 1912–1913; St. Louis Terriers 1914–1915; St. Louis Browns 1916–1917

Percentile snapshot

1916 season — qualified batters

146

65.5

594

67.2

485

52.9

78.2

129

54.6

53.8

48.7

32.8

RBI

67.2

89.9

3.4

9.2

.266

47.1

OBP

.371

78.2

SLG

.328

35.3

OPS

.699

49.6

wRC+

119.5

65.5

OPS+

113.4

54.6

wOBA

.354

sWAR

2.5

66.4

of 120 qualified 1916 batters (min 489 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

12.5

89.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1909	58	183	169	19	43	3	2	0	8	10	14	11	0	.254	.300	.296	.596	82.8	84.5	.295	0.2
1910	81	156	126	21	30	6	0	0	10	22	13	10	0	.238	.356	.286	.641	98.5	90.6	.330	0.4
1912	86	276	241	45	74	11	4	0	22	26	18	11	0	.307	.377	.386	.763	111.5	110.3	.367	1.2
1913	80	241	203	23	48	5	7	1	16	34	33	13	0	.236	.349	.345	.694	102.9	98.3	.339	0.6
1914	121	482	402	49	118	17	7	4	50	59	36	18	0	.294	.397	.400	.798	131.5	126.9	.385	3.1
1915	154	646	536	80	164	19	9	1	63	79	39	33	0	.306	.400	.381	.781	135.6	129.8	.382	4.1
1916	146	594	485	72	129	17	5	1	50	72	76	25	21	.266	.371	.328	.699	119.5	113.4	.354	2.5
1917	43	102	82	13	17	1	1	1	2	16	15	7	0	.207	.350	.280	.630	104.4	94.2	.330	0.3

Career totals

769

2,680

2,244

322

623

RBI

221

318

244

128

.2776

OBP

.3746

SLG

.3547

OPS

.7293

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	TB
1912-08-12	CHC @ ATL Gameday	6	2	4	1	0	0	5
1912-09-10	CHC @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	2	0	2	5
1913-08-14	CHC @ ATL Gameday	5	0	3	2	0	2	5
1916-07-25	ATH @ BAL Gameday	4	1	2	1	1	3	5
1912-09-19	CHC @ LAD Gameday	4	3	2	1	1	1	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1909-04-14	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-15	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-16	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-17	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-18	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.