Dots Miller
1909–1921 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
1,591G
.263AVG
.314OBP
.357SLG
More career statistics
1,526H
32HR
715RBI
177SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 5,805 | 5,799 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 30 | 155 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,526 | 1,528 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 45 | 47 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 454 | 508 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,476 | 6,477 |
| Batting · Runs | 711 | 713 |
| Batting · RBI | 715 | 737 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 177 | 180 |
| Batting · Walks | 391 | 393 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,591 | 6,476 | 5,805 | 711 | 1,526 | 232 | 108 | 32 | 715 | 391 | 454 | 177 | 30 | 45 | 0 | 2,070 | .263 | .314 | .357 | .671 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1913-07-01 to 1913-07-12
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1912-07-31 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1910-08-13 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1912-04-27 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 783 | 3124 | 751 | 10 | 373 | 204 | 224 | .271 | .306 | .361 |
| Away | 808 | 3353 | 777 | 22 | 364 | 189 | 284 | .257 | .288 | .354 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 135 | 557 | 131 | 3 | 63 | 36 | 38 | .261 | .300 | .345 |
| May | 289 | 1175 | 294 | 5 | 132 | 86 | 90 | .282 | .323 | .382 |
| June | 289 | 1223 | 289 | 5 | 164 | 74 | 93 | .266 | .297 | .378 |
| July | 270 | 1111 | 252 | 9 | 117 | 68 | 87 | .253 | .288 | .366 |
| August | 297 | 1186 | 280 | 7 | 127 | 61 | 92 | .260 | .288 | .346 |
| September | 280 | 1101 | 253 | 2 | 118 | 63 | 98 | .259 | .287 | .320 |
| October | 31 | 124 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | .252 | .274 | .339 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 237 | 973 | 237 | 6 | 116 | 55 | 81 | .273 | .300 | .406 |
| new-york-giants | 236 | 960 | 217 | 5 | 99 | 50 | 82 | .248 | .278 | .335 |
| cincinnati-reds | 223 | 897 | 211 | 5 | 121 | 58 | 71 | .265 | .300 | .374 |
| chicago-cubs | 223 | 910 | 204 | 2 | 94 | 62 | 77 | .251 | .292 | .314 |
| boston-braves | 223 | 924 | 209 | 3 | 96 | 63 | 67 | .257 | .294 | .330 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 193 | 788 | 178 | 7 | 83 | 51 | 69 | .252 | .291 | .357 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 129 | 499 | 120 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 28 | .264 | .281 | .330 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 127 | 526 | 152 | 1 | 72 | 34 | 33 | .320 | .354 | .429 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 560 | 156 | 3 | 95 | 14 | .279 | – | – |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 120 | 440 | 101 | 1 | 51 | 11 | .230 | – | – |
| 1911 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 138 | 469 | 126 | 6 | 79 | 17 | .269 | – | – |
| 1912 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 567 | 156 | 4 | 85 | 18 | .275 | – | – |
| 1913 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 579 | 158 | 7 | 89 | 20 | .273 | – | – |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 155 | 572 | 166 | 4 | 91 | 16 | .290 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Cardinals | 150 | 553 | 146 | 2 | 74 | 28 | .264 | – | – |
| 1916 | St. Louis Cardinals | 144 | 506 | 121 | 1 | 47 | 19 | .239 | – | – |
| 1917 | St. Louis Cardinals | 148 | 544 | 135 | 2 | 46 | 14 | .248 | – | – |
| 1919 | St. Louis Cardinals | 101 | 346 | 80 | 1 | 28 | 6 | .231 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 98 | 343 | 87 | 1 | 27 | 13 | .254 | – | – |
| 1921 | Philadelphia Phillies | 84 | 320 | 96 | – | 25 | 4 | .300 | – | – |