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Roy McMillan
Full name Roy David McMillan Born July 17, 1929, Bonham, Texas Died November 2, 1997, Bonham, Texas Buried at Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Texas (Section L- Block 515- Grave 1) First Game: April 16, 1951 ; Final Game: August 3, 1966 Managed First Game: May 28, 1972 ; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1975 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 170 Won Major League Gold Glove as shortstop (1957) Won NL Gold Glove as shortstop (1958 to 1959) Ejections as player: 1958 (1), 1960 (2), 1963 (1). Total: 4 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1951 CIN N Daily Splits 85 199 21 42 4 0 1 8 17 1 26 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 .211 .273 .246 -1.4 1951 CIN N
1952 CIN N Daily Splits 154 540 60 132 32 2 7 57 45 3 81 3 2 1 13 13 4 5 .244 .306 .350 0.6 1952 CIN N
1953 CIN N Daily Splits 155 557 51 130 15 4 5 43 43 6 52 1 9 0 15 11 2 4 .233 .290 .302 -1.4 1953 CIN N
1954 CIN N Daily Splits 154 588 86 147 21 2 4 42 47 0 54 5 31 6 0 22 9 4 2 .250 .308 .313 -1.3 1954 CIN N
1955 CIN N Daily Splits 151 470 50 126 21 2 1 37 66 7 33 7 10 3 0 10 11 4 4 .268 .364 .328 2.7 1955 CIN N
1956 CIN N Daily Splits 150 479 51 126 16 7 3 62 76 9 54 5 8 6 0 12 14 4 3 .263 .366 .344 4.2 1956 CIN N
1957 CIN N Daily Splits 151 448 50 122 25 5 1 55 66 8 44 6 11 3 0 8 11 5 1 .272 .371 .357 0.7 1957 CIN N
1958 CIN N Daily Splits 145 393 48 90 18 3 1 25 47 5 33 1 5 1 0 7 8 5 2 .229 .312 .298 -0.8 1958 CIN N
1959 CIN N Daily Splits 79 246 38 65 14 2 9 24 27 3 27 4 2 1 0 3 11 0 2 .264 .345 .447 0.7 1959 CIN N
1960 CIN N Daily Splits 124 399 42 94 12 2 10 42 35 5 40 4 6 4 0 11 10 2 0 .236 .301 .351 -1.2 1960 CIN N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 154 505 42 111 16 0 7 48 61 2 86 4 11 7 0 16 16 2 4 .220 .305 .293 -1.3 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 137 468 66 115 13 0 12 41 60 0 53 5 9 2 0 5 14 2 2 .246 .336 .350 1.7 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 100 320 35 80 10 1 4 29 17 2 25 2 6 1 0 6 4 1 5 .250 .291 .325 0.2 1963 MIL N
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 8 13 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .308 .308 -0.2 1964 MIL N
1964 NY N Daily Splits 113 379 30 80 8 2 1 25 14 2 16 4 6 2 0 7 18 3 1 .211 .246 .251 -1.4 1964 NY N
1964 TOT N 121 392 31 84 8 2 1 27 14 2 18 4 6 2 0 7 18 4 1 .214 .248 .253 -1.6 1964 TOT N
1965 NY N Daily Splits 157 528 44 128 19 2 1 42 24 1 60 4 16 2 0 10 7 1 0 .242 .280 .292 -1.0 1965 NY N
1966 NY N Daily Splits 76 220 24 47 9 1 1 12 20 3 25 2 3 1 0 8 4 1 1 .214 .284 .277 -0.6 1966 NY N
Total (16 Years) Splits 2093 6752 739 1639 253 35 68 594 665 57 711 57 140 39 1 155 163 41 36 .243 .314 .321 0.2 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1956 NL
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1951 CIN N Daily Splits SS 54 44 38 408.1 78 132 8 23 0 .963
1951 CIN N 3B 12 9 8 91 13 28 1 5 0 .976
1951 CIN N 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CIN N Daily Splits SS 154 154 152 1356.1 297 495 24 101 1 .971
1953 CIN N Daily Splits SS 155 155 149 1348 288 519 23 114 1 .972
1954 CIN N Daily Splits SS 154 154 134 1332.1 341 464 34 129 0 .959
1955 CIN N Daily Splits SS 150 148 126 1277 290 495 25 111 0 .969
1956 CIN N Daily Splits SS 150 150 140 1311 319 511 21 105 0 .975
1957 CIN N Daily Splits SS 151 149 103 1260.2 253 418 16 86 1 .977
1958 CIN N Daily Splits SS 145 131 90 1117.2 278 394 14 81 0 .980
1959 CIN N Daily Splits SS 73 72 70 621 163 205 10 50 0 .974
1960 CIN N Daily Splits SS 116 101 92 933.2 171 315 18 68 0 .964
1960 CIN N 2B 10 4 2 39.2 3 14 1 2 0 .944
1961 MIL N Daily Splits SS 154 154 134 1352.1 257 496 19 110 0 .975
1962 MIL N Daily Splits SS 135 124 117 1101 243 424 19 85 0 .972
1963 MIL N Daily Splits SS 94 90 75 781 143 283 9 60 0 .979
1964 MIL N Daily Splits SS 8 6 1 35.1 7 7 1 2 0 .933
1964 NY N Daily Splits SS 111 111 86 941.2 217 353 14 64 1 .976
1964 TOT N SS 119 117 87 977 224 360 15 66 1 .975
1965 NY N Daily Splits SS 153 152 114 1243.1 248 477 27 80 1 .964
1966 NY N Daily Splits SS 71 63 45 550 112 203 8 35 0 .975
Total (16 Years) Splits SS 2028 1958 1666 16970.2 3705 6191 290 1304 5 .972
Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 12 9 8 91 13 28 1 5 0 .976
Total ( 2 Years) 2B 11 4 2 40.2 4 14 1 2 0 .947
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1956 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 1 5 0 1 0 1.000
1957 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits SS 2 2 1 14 3 5 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1972 MIL A 2 1 1 .500 12 7 5-28 5-29 6 6 6
1975 NY N 53 26 27 .491 213 208 8- 6 3 3
Total ( 2 Years) 55 27 28 .491 225 215
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
1970 MIL A First base 4- 7 10- 1
1971 MIL A First base 4- 6 9-30
1972 MIL A First base 4-15 5-27
1972 MIL A First base 5-30 10- 4
1973 NY N Coach 4- 6 10-21
1974 NY N Coach 4- 6 10- 2
1975 NY N Coach 4- 8 8- 5
1976 NY N Coach 4- 9 10- 3
Total ( 7 Years)
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-28-1958 BOX CIN N Stan Landes Balls and strikes
6-12-1960 BOX CIN N Tony Venzon Bench jockeying
7-17-1960(1) BOX CIN N Ed Sudol Call at HP (Threw helmet)
6- 9-1963(2) BOX MIL N Ed Sudol Call at 2B
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1947).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Joey Jay and Juan
Pizarro (December 15, 1960 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves to New York Mets in exchange for Jay Hook and a player to
be named later (May 8, 1964 ); Milwaukee Braves received Adrian Garrett (June 17,
1964 ).
Released by New York Mets (October 17, 1966 ).
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