Rick Miller
1971–1985 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, California Angels
1,482G
.269AVG
.346OBP
.350SLG
More career statistics
1,046H
28HR
369RBI
78SB
8Rare feats
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 · RBI | 369 | 368 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,482 | 4,440 | 3,887 | 552 | 1,046 | 161 | 35 | 28 | 369 | 454 | 583 | 78 | 65 | 16 | 23 | 1,361 | .269 | .346 | .350 | .696 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1979-09-19 to 1980-04-13
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Four-Double Game | 1981-05-11 | 1 in 3,923 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1976-08-26 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1981-05-11 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 743 | 2138 | 505 | 9 | 170 | 239 | 290 | .273 | .348 | .351 |
| Away | 739 | 2302 | 541 | 19 | 198 | 215 | 293 | .266 | .328 | .349 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 172 | 509 | 111 | 3 | 35 | 61 | 73 | .253 | .338 | .330 |
| May | 240 | 712 | 172 | 7 | 60 | 69 | 97 | .274 | .338 | .363 |
| June | 221 | 597 | 140 | 4 | 52 | 73 | 77 | .276 | .357 | .360 |
| July | 277 | 845 | 213 | 3 | 76 | 83 | 92 | .287 | .350 | .355 |
| August | 265 | 844 | 178 | 5 | 62 | 88 | 116 | .241 | .315 | .325 |
| September | 286 | 855 | 208 | 6 | 74 | 74 | 124 | .274 | .330 | .357 |
| October | 21 | 78 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .333 | .385 | .431 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 146 | 457 | 120 | 6 | 58 | 41 | 67 | .295 | .352 | .405 |
| detroit-tigers | 134 | 390 | 78 | 1 | 26 | 42 | 56 | .230 | .308 | .295 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 132 | 407 | 99 | 3 | 36 | 36 | 43 | .278 | .332 | .365 |
| new-york-yankees | 129 | 345 | 93 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 38 | .305 | .362 | .403 |
| baltimore-orioles | 127 | 385 | 87 | 0 | 21 | 48 | 51 | .261 | .351 | .330 |
| chicago-white-sox | 122 | 346 | 73 | 0 | 25 | 40 | 44 | .244 | .327 | .281 |
| kansas-city-royals | 112 | 360 | 89 | 3 | 39 | 36 | 54 | .283 | .347 | .387 |
| athletics | 108 | 325 | 65 | 5 | 31 | 35 | 53 | .232 | .308 | .321 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  Boston Red Sox | 15 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 7 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1972 | Boston Red Sox | 89 | 98 | 21 | 3 | 15 | – | .214 | – | – |
| 1973 | Boston Red Sox | 143 | 441 | 115 | 6 | 43 | 12 | .261 | – | – |
| 1974 | Boston Red Sox | 114 | 280 | 73 | 5 | 22 | 13 | .261 | – | – |
| 1975 | Boston Red Sox | 77 | 108 | 21 | – | 15 | 3 | .194 | – | – |
| 1976 | Boston Red Sox | 105 | 269 | 76 | – | 27 | 11 | .283 | – | – |
| 1977 | Boston Red Sox | 86 | 189 | 48 | – | 24 | 11 | .254 | – | – |
| 1978 |  California Angels | 132 | 475 | 125 | 1 | 37 | 3 | .263 | – | – |
| 1979 | California Angels | 120 | 427 | 125 | 2 | 27 | 5 | .293 | – | – |
| 1980 | California Angels | 129 | 412 | 113 | 2 | 38 | 7 | .274 | – | – |
| 1981 | Boston Red Sox | 97 | 316 | 92 | 2 | 33 | 3 | .291 | – | – |
| 1982 | Boston Red Sox | 135 | 409 | 104 | 4 | 38 | 5 | .254 | – | – |
| 1983 | Boston Red Sox | 104 | 262 | 75 | 2 | 21 | 3 | .286 | – | – |
| 1984 | Boston Red Sox | 95 | 123 | 32 | – | 12 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1985 | Boston Red Sox | 41 | 45 | 15 | – | 9 | 1 | .333 | – | – |