Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Bill Miller

19 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

94.4% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

49/84 calls

Best game 97.7% · worst 88.6%. Grade is accuracy on taken pitches vs the rulebook zone; ABS is the Automated Ball-Strike System challenge record (how often the robots overruled him).

The games

Game	Grade	Favor	ABS	Blue Note
STL @ AZ2026-07-17	A	0.4 STL	5/6	A few too many trips to the challenge cart.
LAA @ TEX2026-07-09	B	1.2 LAA	2/4	One side pitched to a slightly bigger plate.
AZ @ TB2026-06-27	A-	0.1 TB	1/2	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
HOU @ TOR2026-06-22	A	even	5/8	The Automated Ball-Strike System put in some overtime here.
KC @ WSH2026-06-17	B-	0.7 KC	5/7	The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.
TEX @ BOS2026-06-13	A	0.9 BOS	3/6	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
COL @ LAA2026-06-02	A	0.3 COL	2/4	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
HOU @ CHC2026-05-24	A	0.3 HOU	1/3	The zone showed up, did the job, and went home. Ideal.
SF @ AZ2026-05-19	A+	0.0 AZ	4/5	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
SD @ SEA2026-05-15	A	0.0 SD	0/3	Textbook top to bottom — a quiet masterclass.
ATL @ COL2026-05-03	A-	0.6 COL	4/6	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
WSH @ NYM2026-04-29	B-	0.0 NYM	1/1	The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story.
MIN @ TB2026-04-24	B-	0.8 MIN	0/2	Pitchers found a little extra real estate.
CWS @ ATH2026-04-19	A+	0.2 ATH	6/9	Hawkeye did more talking than the umpire tonight.
SEA @ SD2026-04-15	B+	0.2 SEA	3/5	A steady night's work behind the plate.
BOS @ STL2026-04-10	A	0.3 STL	0/2	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
CIN @ TEX2026-04-05	A-	0.6 TEX	1/1	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
DET @ AZ2026-03-31	B	0.7 DET	6/9	The players kept asking for a second opinion — and kept getting one.
NYY @ SF2026-03-25	D	0.2 NYY	0/1	Pitchers found a little extra real estate.