STATISTICS & HISTORY
Ralph Miller represented Fort Wayne in professional basketball for 14 seasons. He also played professional baseball for 12 seasons, spending parts of three seasons in the major leagues. Miller was considered one of the best defensive guards in pro basketball throughout the 1920’s. Miller was a brawler, who had a well-deserved reputation for rough play. When frustrated, he was known to throw a punch at an unsuspecting opponent just to establish territorial rights. Miller served as the player-coach of the Fort Wayne entry in the American Basketball League intermittently during the six-year existence of the league. Simultaneously with his years in pro basketball, Miller also had a decade-long pro baseball career that included parts of three seasons in the major leagues.
RALPH MILLER | Height: | 6:00 | Weight: | 190 | College: | None | |||||
Ralph Joseph Miller | Born: | Feb 29, 1896 | Died: Mar 18, 1939 | Hometown: | Fort Wayne, In. | ||||||
Played Major League Baseball | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1919-20 | Fort Wayne Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
1920-21 | Fort Wayne Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
1921-22 | Fort Wayne Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
1922-23 | Fort Wayne Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
1923-24 | Fort Wayne Caseys | Indep | |||||||||
1924-25 | Forrt Wayne Knights | Indep | |||||||||
1925-26 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 21 | 21 | 22 | 64 | 3.0 | ||||
1926-27 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 31 | 34 | 61 | 129 | 4.2 | ||||
1927-28 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 39 | 52 | 35 | 139 | 3.6 | ||||
1928-29 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 41 | 57 | 45 | 159 | 3.9 | ||||
1929-30 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 45 | 49 | 45 | 143 | 3.2 | ||||
1930-31 | Fort Wayne–Chicago | ABL | 19 | 30 | 9 | 69 | 3.6 | ||||
1931-32 | Chicago Bruins | Indep | |||||||||
1931-32 | Fort Wayne | Indep | |||||||||
1932-33 | Fort Wayne | NPBL | 8 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 4.6 | ||||
Major League Totals | 204 | 258 | 224 | 740 | 3.6 | ||||||
PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1927-28 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 2.8 | ||||
1928-29 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2.5 | ||||
Major League Totals | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 2.7 |