Bob Miller
Robert John Miller
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 16, 1926 in Detroit, MI
High School: St. Mary's (Detroit, MI)
School: University of Detroit Mercy
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Final Game: August 10, 1958
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1949 23 PHI NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
1950 24 PHI NL 11 6 .647 3.57 35 22 6 7 2 1 174.0 190 78 69 9 57 44 5 3 5 755 114 1.420 9.8 0.5 2.9 2.3 0.77 RoY-2
1951 25 PHI NL 2 1 .667 6.82 17 3 8 0 0 0 34.1 47 33 26 2 18 10 1 0 0 164 56 1.893 12.3 0.5 4.7 2.6 0.56
1952 26 PHI NL 0 1 .000 6.00 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.0 13 6 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 38 61 1.556 13.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
1953 27 PHI NL 8 9 .471 4.00 35 20 6 8 3 2 157.1 169 76 70 14 42 63 2 0 7 677 105 1.341 9.7 0.8 2.4 3.6 1.50
1954 28 PHI NL 7 9 .438 4.56 30 16 7 5 0 0 150.0 176 84 76 14 39 42 3 0 3 649 88 1.433 10.6 0.8 2.3 2.5 1.08
1955 29 PHI NL 8 4 .667 2.41 40 0 13 0 0 1 89.2 80 26 24 6 28 6 28 1 0 1 371 164 1.204 8.0 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00
1956 30 PHI NL 3 6 .333 3.24 49 6 14 3 1 5 122.1 115 55 44 14 34 11 53 3 1 3 514 115 1.218 8.5 1.0 2.5 3.9 1.56
1957 31 PHI NL 2 5 .286 2.69 32 1 17 0 0 6 60.1 61 18 18 4 17 5 12 1 0 0 254 142 1.293 9.1 0.6 2.5 1.8 0.71
1958 32 PHI NL 1 1 .500 11.69 17 0 4 0 0 0 22.1 36 30 29 7 9 2 9 0 0 1 113 34 2.015 14.5 2.8 3.6 3.6 1.00
10 Seasons 42 42 .500 3.96 261 69 79 23 6 15 822.0 889 406 362 72 247 24 263 16 4 20 3547 101 1.382 9.7 0.8 2.7 2.9 1.06
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .500 3.96 54 14 16 5 1 3 169 183 84 75 15 51 54 3 1 4 731 101 1.382 9.7 0.8 2.7 2.9 1.06

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1950 24 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 1 .000 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6.000 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 28 PHI NL 30 649 586 84 176 42 5 14 4 2 39 42 .300 .340 .461 .801 .298 270 14 3 8 13
1955 29 PHI NL 40 370 328 26 80 10 2 6 5 2 28 28 .244 .302 .341 .643 .248 112 5 1 9 4 6
1956 30 PHI NL 49 515 467 55 115 20 4 14 7 0 34 53 .246 .300 .396 .696 .251 185 12 3 8 3 11
1957 31 PHI NL 32 254 230 18 61 11 4 4 3 2 17 12 .265 .315 .400 .715 .263 92 4 1 3 3 5
1958 32 PHI NL 17 111 98 30 36 8 3 7 1 2 9 9 .367 .409 .724 1.134 .341 71 0 0 1 3 2
5 Seasons 168 1899 1709 213 468 91 18 45 20 8 127 144 .274 .322 .427 .750 .274 730 35 8 29 26 24
162 Game Avg. 60 676 608 76 167 32 6 16 7 3 45 51 .274 .322 .427 .750 .274 260 12 3 10 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 28 PHI NL 30 16 3 8 5 2 2 7 9 .438 2 1 5 0 5 31% 44 64 20 17 10 4 8 5.1 4.6 7.1
1956 30 PHI NL 49 6 2 2 2 0 1 4 2 .667 0 1 3 1 5 83% 64 85 47 10 5 4 2 3.4 3.1 8.3
1957 31 PHI NL 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 45 6 0 0 0 5.6 9.0 4.0
3 Seasons 111 23 5 10 8 2 3 12 11 .522 2 2 8 1 10 43% 49 85 20 33 15 8 10 4.7 4.3 7.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 28 PHI NL 30 14 7 4 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 3 23% 1.116 6 2 3 3 3 5 9 2 12 0 9 3 7.6
1955 29 PHI NL 40 40 13 8 4 3 1 2 33% 3 0 34 11 32% 5 1.167 7 12 16 7 4 24 20 15 26 5 23 5 6.7
1956 30 PHI NL 49 43 14 1 4 7 5 2 71% 7 0 30 11 37% 8 0.998 11 13 18 7 4 31 17 25 26 9 27 12 5.1
1957 31 PHI NL 32 31 17 2 5 8 6 2 75% 8 0 21 5 24% 8 1.148 9 9 13 9 6 16 13 18 18 9 20 5 5.5
1958 32 PHI NL 17 17 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 47% 4 0.494 1 2 14 0 1 16 8 9 10 5 12 2 3.9
5 Seasons 168 145 55 16 15 19 12 7 63% 19 0 113 37 33% 1.059 34 38 64 26 18 92 67 69 92 28 91 27 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1949 23 PHI NL
1950 24 PHI NL
1951 25 PHI NL
1952 26 PHI NL
1953 27 PHI NL
1954 28 PHI NL 649 37% 2.2% 6.5% 6.0% 9.4% 35% 0.87 84% 115 14 12%
1955 29 PHI NL 370 37% 1.6% 7.6% 7.6% 4.9% 23% 0.94 81% 74 5 7%
1956 30 PHI NL 515 34% 2.7% 10.3% 6.6% 7.4% 33% 0.99 78% 89 12 13%
1957 31 PHI NL 254 46% 1.6% 4.7% 6.7% 7.5% 31% 0.69 85% 40 4 10%
1958 32 PHI NL 111 38% 6.3% 8.1% 8.1% 16.2% 50% 0.70 77% 17 0 0%
10 Seasons 1899 37% 3.8% 13.9% 13.0% 8.1% 17% 0.88 81% 335 35 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1949 23 PHI NL 2 0 0
1950 24 PHI NL 190 9 5
1951 25 PHI NL 47 2 0
1952 26 PHI NL 13 2 0
1953 27 PHI NL 169 14 7
1954 28 PHI NL 589 176 14 0 12 11 3 8 6 42 23 3 55% 11 3 0 237 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 60
1955 29 PHI NL 340 80 6 1 18 3 2 3 2 24 9 3 38% 6 1 1 127 5 2 71% 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 9 30
1956 30 PHI NL 508 115 14 0 9 6 8 5 9 24 9 4 38% 12 3 1 200 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7
1957 31 PHI NL 254 61 4 0 8 2 2 0 4 13 7 1 54% 3 0 0 95 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1958 32 PHI NL 111 36 7 0 4 5 2 4 3 12 8 0 67% 1 1 0 39 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
10 Seasons 1802 889 72 1 51 27 17 20 24 115 56 11 49% 33 20 2 698 20 8 71% 19 4 1 0 0 4 4 1 41 97
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1949 23 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
1950 24 11 6 .647 3.52 38 22 8 7 2 1 176.2 192 78 69 9 59 44 5 3 5 767 115 1.421 9.8 0.5 3.0 2.2 0.75 115
1951 25 13 7 .650 4.05 55 25 16 7 2 1 211.0 239 111 95 11 77 54 6 3 5 931 99 1.498 10.2 0.5 3.3 2.3 0.70 99
1952 26 13 8 .619 4.13 58 26 18 7 2 1 220.0 252 117 101 13 78 56 6 3 5 969 97 1.500 10.3 0.5 3.2 2.3 0.72 97
1953 27 21 17 .553 4.08 93 46 24 15 5 3 377.1 421 193 171 27 120 119 8 3 12 1646 100 1.434 10.0 0.6 2.9 2.8 0.99 100
1954 28 28 26 .519 4.22 123 62 31 20 5 3 527.1 597 277 247 41 159 161 11 3 15 2295 97 1.434 10.2 0.7 2.7 2.7 1.01 97
1955 29 36 30 .545 3.95 163 62 44 20 5 4 617.0 677 303 271 47 187 6 189 12 3 16 2666 103 1.400 9.9 0.7 2.7 2.8 1.01 103
1956 30 39 36 .520 3.83 212 68 58 23 6 9 739.1 792 358 315 61 221 17 242 15 4 19 3180 104 1.370 9.6 0.7 2.7 2.9 1.10 104
1957 31 41 41 .500 3.75 244 69 75 23 6 15 799.2 853 376 333 65 238 22 254 16 4 19 3434 106 1.364 9.6 0.7 2.7 2.9 1.07 106
1958 32 42 42 .500 3.96 261 69 79 23 6 15 822.0 889 406 362 72 247 24 263 16 4 20 3547 101 1.382 9.7 0.8 2.7 2.9 1.06 101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1949 23 0 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.333 6.0 6.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
1950 24 11 8 .579 3.56 177.0 195 78 70 9 58 45 5 1.429 9.9 2.9 2.3 0.78 0.5 35
1951 25 1 2 .333 7.15 34.0 49 30 27 2 19 10 1 2.000 13.0 5.0 2.6 0.53 0.5 17
1952 26 0 0 6.00 9.0 13 7 6 2 1 2 0 1.556 13.0 1.0 2.0 2.00 2.0 3
1953 27 9 8 .529 3.83 162.0 173 77 69 14 43 65 2 1.333 9.6 2.4 3.6 1.51 0.8 35
1954 28 7 9 .438 4.68 152.0 183 88 79 15 41 43 3 1.474 10.8 2.4 2.5 1.05 0.9 30
1955 29 7 3 .700 2.47 91.0 85 28 25 6 30 28 1 1.264 8.4 3.0 2.8 0.93 0.6 40
1956 30 7 6 .538 3.48 124.0 125 53 48 15 37 54 3 1.306 9.1 2.7 3.9 1.46 1.1 49
1957 31 4 2 .667 2.85 60.0 65 21 19 4 18 12 1 1.383 9.8 2.7 1.8 0.67 0.6 32
1958 32 0 2 .000 11.74 23.0 39 33 30 8 10 9 0 2.130 15.3 3.9 3.5 0.90 3.1 17
10 Seasons 46 40 .535 4.02 835.0 929 415 373 75 259 268 16 1.423 10.0 2.9 1.03 0.8 261

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1950 NL--.647--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL--2.948--10th
1953 NL--2.403--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL--49--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL--2--9th
1953 NL--3--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL--.466--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL--5--8th
1953 NL--7--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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