Johnny Miljus
[edit] Biography
Born on June 30, 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Johnny Miljus (John Kenneth Miljus) played for the Pittsburgh Rebels, Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn Robins, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Miljus broke into the bigs on October 2, 1915 with the Pittsburgh Rebels, and put up a 4.23 ERA in 93.2 innings pitched in 1921, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Johnny Miljus's best season was 1927, when he posted a 1.90 ERA.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1915
| PIT
| F
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BRO
| N
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .60
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3.09
| 9
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.1
| 24
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| 28
| 9
| 6
| 3
| 4.23
| 37
| 49
| 44
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 93.2
| 115
| 1
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1927
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 6
| 8
| 3
| 1.90
| 24
| 21
| 16
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 75.2
| 62
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1928
| PIT
| N
| 21
| 10
| 5
| 7
| 5.30
| 26
| 48
| 41
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 69.2
| 90
| 2
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1928
| CLE
| A
| 11
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 2.66
| 19
| 25
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 50.2
| 46
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1928
| Total
|
| 32
| 14
| 6
| 11
| 4.19
| 45
| 73
| 56
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 120.1
| 136
| 3
| 53
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1929
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 15
| 8
| 8
| 5.19
| 42
| 93
| 74
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 128.1
| 174
| 10
| 64
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 81
| 26
| 20
| 14
| 3.57
| 105
| 131
| 110
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 277.1
| 305
| 5
| 89
| 0
| 6
| 8
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 45
| 19
| 9
| 12
| 4.47
| 61
| 118
| 89
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 179
| 220
| 11
| 84
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 127
| 45
| 29
| 26
| 3.92
| 166
| 249
| 199
| 15
| 2
| 5
| 457.1
| 526
| 16
| 173
| 0
| 10
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1915
| PIT
| F
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| BRO
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| P
| 28
| 9
| 93.1
| 4
| 33
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1927
| PIT
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| PIT
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1928
| CLE
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1928
| Total
|
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 25
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1929
| CLE
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 28
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 127
| 9
| 93.1
| 22
| 123
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1915
| PIT
| F
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| BRO
| N
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1920
| BRO
| N
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .429
| .667
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| BRO
| N
| 28
| 30
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .179
| .179
| .214
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| PIT
| N
| 21
| 26
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .308
| .333
| .308
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| CLE
| A
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .267
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| Total
|
| 32
| 41
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 3
| .268
| .286
| .293
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| CLE
| A
| 34
| 43
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 5
| .256
| .256
| .395
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 82
| 95
| 7
| 20
| 0
| 7
| .211
| .227
| .242
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 45
| 58
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 5
| .241
| .241
| .362
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 128
| 153
| 14
| 34
| 0
| 12
| .222
| .232
| .288
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 35
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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- Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Pittsburgh Pirates (July 10, 1928).
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