Edward Robert Miller

Full Name: Edward Robert Miller	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/180	First Game: September 9, 1936
Birthdate: November 26, 1916	Final Game: September 24, 1950
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: July 31, 1997
Deathplace: Lake Worth, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Eddie Miller (Edward Robert Miller) was born on November 26, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 9, 1936 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .267 with 4 home runs and 31 RBI. Miller played for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 14 year career.

Most people believe that Eddie Miller's best season was 1947, when he slugged 19 home runs and knocked in 87 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1936	CIN	N	5	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1937	CIN	N	36	60	3	9	0	5	.150	.190	.233	3	1	3	8	0	3	0	5
1939	BOS	N	77	296	32	79	4	31	.267	.315	.361	12	2	16	21	5	7	4	8
1940	BOS	N	151	569	78	157	14	79	.276	.330	.418	33	3	41	43	5	2	8	16
1941	BOS	N	154	585	54	140	6	68	.239	.288	.326	27	3	35	72	5	5	8	12
1942	BOS	N	142	534	47	130	6	47	.243	.279	.337	28	2	22	42	4	10	11	16
1943	CIN	N	154	576	49	129	2	71	.224	.271	.293	26	4	33	43	4	19	8	10
1944	CIN	N	155	536	48	112	4	55	.209	.269	.289	21	5	41	41	3	14	9	10
1945	CIN	N	115	421	46	100	13	49	.238	.275	.404	27	2	18	38	4	8	4	12
1946	CIN	N	91	299	30	58	6	36	.194	.258	.288	10	0	25	34	1	2	5	6
1947	CIN	N	151	545	69	146	19	87	.268	.333	.457	38	4	49	40	4	4	5	15
1948	PHI	N	130	468	45	115	14	61	.246	.281	.382	20	1	19	40	4	4	1	13
1949	PHI	N	85	266	21	55	6	29	.207	.294	.320	10	1	29	21	4	3	1	6
1950	STL	N	64	172	17	39	3	22	.227	.307	.326	8	0	19	21	1	3	0	4
Total			1510	5337	539	1270	97	640	.238	.290	.352	263	28	351	465	44	84	64	133

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1936	CIN	N	SS	4	5	10	1	1	.938
1936	CIN	N	2B	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1937	CIN	N	SS	30	45	68	9	16	.926
1937	CIN	N	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1.000
1939	BOS	N	SS	77	183	275	14	76	.970
1940	BOS	N	SS	151	405	487	28	122	.970
1941	BOS	N	SS	154	336	485	29	112	.966
1942	BOS	N	SS	142	285	450	13	78	.983
1943	CIN	N	SS	154	335	543	19	121	.979
1944	CIN	N	SS	155	357	544	27	100	.971
1945	CIN	N	SS	115	245	382	16	61	.975
1946	CIN	N	SS	88	184	297	15	79	.970
1947	CIN	N	SS	151	295	445	21	88	.972
1948	PHI	N	SS	122	229	341	20	63	.966
1949	PHI	N	2B	82	240	189	6	54	.986
1949	PHI	N	SS	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1950	STL	N	SS	51	72	173	5	29	.980
1950	STL	N	2B	1	3	3	0	2	1.000
Total			3B	4	1	1	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1395	2976	4500	217	946	.972
Total			2B	84	243	192	6	56	.986

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cincinnati Reds with $40000 to New York Yankees in exchange for Willard Hershberger (December 3, 1937).
Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Bees in exchange for Gil English, Johnny Riddle, cash and 3 players to be named later (August 10, 1938); New York Yankees received Bobby Reis and Johnny Babich (October 27, 1938) and Vince DiMaggio (February 4, 1939).
Traded by Boston Braves to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Eddie Joost, Nate Andrews and $25000 (December 4, 1942).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Johnny Wyrostek and cash (February 7, 1948).
Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Philadelphia Phillies (April 3, 1950).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 13, 1950).

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