Elmer Miller
1912–1922 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
413G
.243AVG
.307OBP
.335SLG
More career statistics
343H
16HR
151RBI
29SB
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 | 1,414 | 1,412 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,602 | 1,601 |
| Batting · RBI | 151 | 158 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 29 | 32 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | 1,602 | 1,414 | 170 | 343 | 43 | 20 | 16 | 151 | 113 | 140 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 474 | .243 | .307 | .335 | .642 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1921-09-07 to 1921-09-22
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1917-07-10 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1922-04-19 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1922-07-26 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 204 | 768 | 166 | 5 | 75 | 62 | 68 | .246 | .297 | .334 |
| Away | 209 | 833 | 177 | 11 | 83 | 51 | 72 | .240 | .274 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 111 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 10 | .314 | .342 | .451 |
| May | 78 | 307 | 56 | 3 | 23 | 34 | 23 | .224 | .293 | .304 |
| June | 48 | 167 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 20 | .189 | .228 | .209 |
| July | 66 | 242 | 62 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 19 | .290 | .326 | .421 |
| August | 73 | 305 | 65 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 23 | .239 | .272 | .331 |
| September | 106 | 414 | 86 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 39 | .228 | .263 | .310 |
| October | 13 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | .292 | .345 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 63 | 253 | 58 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 14 | .266 | .308 | .381 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 61 | 240 | 45 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 20 | .217 | .287 | .343 |
| st-louis-browns | 58 | 224 | 51 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | .263 | .295 | .361 |
| cleveland-guardians | 56 | 222 | 50 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 15 | .249 | .297 | .299 |
| boston-red-sox | 55 | 206 | 42 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 29 | .223 | .238 | .293 |
| detroit-tigers | 55 | 207 | 41 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 18 | .229 | .266 | .341 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 47 | 182 | 45 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 18 | .274 | .313 | .366 |
| new-york-yankees | 6 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .192 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 12 | 37 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | .189 | – | – |
| 1915 |  New York Yankees | 26 | 83 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .145 | – | – |
| 1916 | New York Yankees | 43 | 152 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 9 | .224 | – | – |
| 1917 | New York Yankees | 114 | 381 | 95 | 3 | 40 | 11 | .249 | – | – |
| 1918 | New York Yankees | 67 | 202 | 49 | 1 | 22 | 4 | .243 | – | – |
| 1921 | New York Yankees | 56 | 242 | 72 | 4 | 39 | 2 | .298 | – | – |
| 1922 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees | 95 | 315 | 74 | 7 | 33 | 5 | .235 | – | – |