Ward Miller
1909–1917 · bats L / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Terriers
776G
.278AVG
.375OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
623H
8HR
221RBI
128SB
3Rare 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 · Games | 776 | 781 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,244 | 2,239 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 21 | 106 |
| Batting · Hits | 623 | 621 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 30 | 32 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 230 | 224 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,680 | 2,677 |
| Batting · Runs | 322 | 325 |
| Batting · RBI | 221 | 232 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 128 | 132 |
| Batting · Walks | 318 | 319 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 776 | 2,680 | 2,244 | 322 | 623 | 79 | 35 | 8 | 221 | 318 | 230 | 128 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 796 | .278 | .375 | .355 | .730 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1915-09-10 to 1915-09-27
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1913-05-28 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1915-07-20 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1915-07-10 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 396 | 1331 | 296 | 4 | 121 | 165 | 110 | .271 | .346 | .353 |
| Away | 385 | 1346 | 325 | 4 | 111 | 154 | 114 | .284 | .356 | .356 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 75 | 208 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 9 | .258 | .303 | .317 |
| May | 142 | 501 | 101 | 2 | 44 | 84 | 38 | .258 | .369 | .329 |
| June | 141 | 473 | 101 | 3 | 38 | 50 | 48 | .250 | .319 | .344 |
| July | 139 | 469 | 128 | 2 | 44 | 53 | 43 | .318 | .386 | .409 |
| August | 123 | 425 | 99 | 1 | 49 | 54 | 38 | .284 | .360 | .359 |
| September | 138 | 518 | 117 | 0 | 29 | 54 | 41 | .269 | .330 | .338 |
| October | 23 | 83 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | .380 | .434 | .423 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 47 | 158 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 14 | .217 | .304 | .264 |
| new-york-giants | 45 | 101 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | .253 | .307 | .341 |
| chicago-whales | 44 | 181 | 43 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 11 | .279 | .337 | .403 |
| boston-braves | 42 | 128 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 5 | .331 | .383 | .424 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 42 | 178 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 12 | .318 | .371 | .391 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 41 | 93 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 13 | .268 | .398 | .408 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 40 | 95 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | .244 | .305 | .366 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 40 | 108 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | .280 | .380 | .301 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 169 | 43 | – | 8 | 11 | .254 | – | – |
| 1910 |  Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 126 | 30 | – | 12 | 10 | .238 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Chicago Cubs | 86 | 241 | 74 | – | 27 | 11 | .307 | – | – |
| 1913 | Chicago Cubs | 84 | 204 | 48 | 1 | 18 | 14 | .235 | – | – |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Terriers | 121 | 401 | 118 | 4 | 52 | 19 | .294 | – | – |
| 1915 | St. Louis Terriers | 155 | 533 | 164 | 1 | 61 | 33 | .308 | – | – |
| 1916 |  St. Louis Browns | 146 | 483 | 128 | 1 | 51 | 28 | .265 | – | – |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 45 | 82 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .195 | – | – |