Ox Miller Stats

Ox Miller was born on Tuesday, May 4, 1915, in Gause, Texas. Miller was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 7, 1943, with the Washington Senators. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ox Miller baseball stats page.

"One newspaper said that I was as strong as an ox, and the rival evening paper responded by saying I was as dumb as an ox for pitching and winning those four (back-to-back doubleheaders, all wins, Western League, 1939) games." - Ox Miller (on the origin of his nickname) in the San Antonio Express-News (David King, 08/14/2007)

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Ox Miller
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   John Anthony Miller
Nickname:   Ox
Born On:   05-04-1915
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gause, Texas
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-13-2007
Place of Death Data Died In:   Beeville, Texas
Cemetery:   George West Cemetery, George West, Texas
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   08-07-1943 (Age 28)
Last Game:   09-01-1947
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ox Miller

Ox Miller Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1943 Senators 3 0 2 0 0 .000 10.50 0 0 0 6.0 33 10 7 7 1 5 - 1 2 0 0 -
1943 Browns 2 0 1 0 0 .000 12.00 0 0 0 6.0 29 7 8 8 2 3 - 3 0 2 0 -
1945 Browns 4 3 0 2 1 .667 1.59 3 0 0 28.1 111 23 5 5 2 5 - 4 1 0 0 -
1946 Browns 11 3 2 1 3 .250 6.88 0 0 1 35.1 171 52 27 28 5 15 - 12 1 0 0 -
1947 Cubs 4 4 0 1 2 .333 10.13 1 0 0 16.0 83 31 18 18 2 5 - 7 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
4 Years 24 10 5 4 6 .400 6.38 4 0 1 91.2 427 123 65 66 12 33 - 27 4 2 0 -
Ox Miller

Ox Miller Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1943 Senators 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1943 Browns 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1945 Browns 6 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 1 - 0 0 .182 .182 .182
1946 Browns 11 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 1 - 0 1 .286 .375 .286
1947 Cubs 4 7 3 3 1 0 1 1 4 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 .429 .429 1.000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
4 Years 26 27 5 7 1 0 1 1 4 1 - 8 2 - 0 1 .259 .286 .407
Ox Miller

Ox Miller Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1943 Senators P 3 0 18 5 1.7 5 2 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.50 -
1943 Browns P 2 0 18 4 2.0 4 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00 -
1945 Browns P 4 3 85 3 0.8 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.64 -
1946 Browns P 11 3 106 14 1.3 14 7 7 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.57 -
1947 Cubs P 4 4 48 2 0.5 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 24 10 275 28 1.2 27 10 17 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.65 --
4 Years 24 10 275 28 1.2 27 10 17 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.65 --
Ox Miller

Ox Miller Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1943 Senators 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.20 1.50 7.50
1943 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.00 4.50 4.50
1945 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.80 1.27 1.59
1946 Browns 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.80 3.06 3.82
1947 Cubs 0 - - - - n/a 7.0 3.5 1.8 1.40 3.94 2.81
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
4 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 27.0 3.4 6.8 0.82 2.65 3.24
Ox Miller

Ox Miller Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1943 Washington Senators 17 Undetermined - -
1943 St. Louis Browns 36 Undetermined - -
1945 St. Louis Browns 36 Undetermined n/a -
1946 St. Louis Browns 37 Undetermined - -
1947 Chicago Cubs 24 Undetermined - -


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