Bob Miller
Robert Gerald Miller
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 15, 1935 in Berwyn, IL
High School: Morton (Cicero, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1953
Final Game: September 18, 1962
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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
1953 17 DET AL 1 2 .333 5.94 13 1 8 0 0 0 36.1 43 25 24 2 21 9 1 0 3 171 69 1.761 10.7 0.5 5.2 2.2 0.43
1954 18 DET AL 1 1 .500 2.45 32 1 22 0 0 1 69.2 62 25 19 1 26 27 0 0 1 287 152 1.263 8.0 0.1 3.4 3.5 1.04
1955 19 DET AL 2 1 .667 2.49 7 3 2 1 0 0 25.1 26 12 7 4 12 1 11 0 0 1 112 156 1.500 9.2 1.4 4.3 3.9 0.92
1956 20 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.68 11 3 1 0 0 0 31.2 37 23 20 5 22 2 16 0 0 1 146 73 1.863 10.5 1.4 6.3 4.5 0.73
1962 26 TOT NL 2 2 .500 10.17 23 0 15 0 0 1 25.2 38 29 29 3 11 0 12 3 0 1 121 40 1.909 13.3 1.1 3.9 4.2 1.09
1962 26 CIN NL 0 0 21.94 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 14 13 13 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 33 18 3.188 23.6 1.7 5.1 6.8 1.33
1962 26 NYM NL 2 2 .500 7.08 17 0 12 0 0 1 20.1 24 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 1 88 58 1.574 10.6 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00
5 Seasons 6 8 .429 4.72 86 8 48 1 0 2 188.2 206 114 99 15 92 3 75 4 0 7 837 83 1.580 9.8 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .429 4.72 62 6 35 1 0 1 137 149 82 72 11 67 54 3 0 5 605 83 1.580 9.8 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82
DET (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78
NYM (1 yr) 2 2 .500 7.08 17 0 12 0 0 1 20.1 24 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 1 88 58 1.574 10.6 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 21.94 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 14 13 13 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 33 18 3.188 23.6 1.7 5.1 6.8 1.33
AL (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78
NL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 10.17 23 0 15 0 0 1 25.2 38 29 29 3 11 0 12 3 0 1 121 40 1.909 13.3 1.1 3.9 4.2 1.09

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 18 DET AL 32 287 253 25 62 7 1 1 4 4 26 27 .245 .312 .292 .605 .268 74 3 0 5 3
1955 19 DET AL 7 112 99 12 26 0 1 4 1 1 12 11 .263 .339 .404 .743 .259 40 2 0 0 1 1
1956 20 DET AL 11 146 120 23 37 2 3 5 1 2 22 16 .308 .413 .500 .913 .320 60 6 0 3 1 2
1962 26 CIN NL 6 33 26 13 14 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 .538 .576 .962 1.537 .565 25 1 2 0 2 0
1962 26 NYM NL 17 88 77 16 24 5 4 2 0 0 8 8 .312 .379 .558 .938 .324 43 5 1 1 1 0
1962 26 TOT NL 23 121 103 29 38 9 6 3 1 1 11 12 .369 .433 .660 1.094 .385 68 6 3 1 3 0
4 Seasons 73 666 575 89 163 18 11 13 7 8 71 66 .283 .361 .421 .782 .298 242 17 3 9 8 3
162 Game Avg. 62 566 489 76 139 15 9 11 6 7 60 56 .283 .361 .421 .782 .298 206 14 3 8 7
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 18 DET AL 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 39 39 39 6 0 1 0 3.0 13.5 2.7
1955 19 DET AL 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 2 67% 56 72 38 1 0 0 2 5.5 7.1 6.6
1956 20 DET AL 11 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 42 18 7 2 1 2 5.0 10.5 2.0
3 Seasons 50 7 2 3 2 0 0 3 4 .429 0 0 1 0 2 29% 43 72 18 14 2 2 4 4.9 8.3 4.0
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 18 DET AL 32 31 22 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 22 8 36% 7 0.611 5 4 19 2 3 26 10 21 18 7 18 3 6.5
1955 19 DET AL 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 1 0.747 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 4.3
1956 20 DET AL 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0.512 1 0 7 0 0 8 1 7 7 0 7 1 9.6
1962 26 TOT NL 23 23 15 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 12 8 67% 0.497 4 5 10 2 3 18 7 16 6 6 6 6 3.3
1962 26 CIN NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 8 0.269 0 2 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 2 1 1 2.7
1962 26 NYM NL 17 17 12 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 3 43% 8 0.583 4 3 8 2 2 13 4 13 5 4 5 5 3.6
4 Seasons 73 66 40 3 3 1 2 0 200% 3 1 41 19 46% 0.592 10 10 39 4 6 56 20 46 33 13 33 10 5.6

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%
1953 17 DET AL
1954 18 DET AL 287 67% 0.4% 9.4% 9.1% 3.1% 15% 1.07 79% 51 3 6%
1955 19 DET AL 112 72% 3.6% 9.8% 10.7% 4.5% 19% 0.75 76% 29 2 7%
1956 20 DET AL 146 66% 3.4% 11.0% 15.1% 6.9% 27% 1.71 68% 34 6 18%
1962 26 TOT NL 121 65% 2.5% 9.9% 9.1% 14.9% 47% 1.42 75% 27 6 22%
1962 26 CIN NL 33 61% 3.0% 12.1% 9.1% 21.2% 50% 1.75 70% 9 1 11%
1962 26 NYM NL 88 67% 2.3% 9.1% 9.1% 12.5% 46% 1.36 77% 18 5 28%
5 Seasons 666 67% 2.3% 11.3% 13.8% 6.3% 20% 1.16 76% 141 17 12%
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
1953 17 DET AL 43 2 3
1954 18 DET AL 287 62 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 14 9 3 64% 2 1 0 109 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1955 19 DET AL 112 26 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 5 3 0 60% 2 1 0 50 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
1956 20 DET AL 146 37 5 0 6 2 3 2 3 8 6 1 75% 2 1 0 57 1 2 33% 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1962 26 TOT NL 121 38 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 16 13 1 81% 0 1 2 47 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1962 26 CIN NL 33 14 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 1 100% 0 0 1 18 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 26 NYM NL 88 24 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 11 8 0 73% 0 1 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Seasons 666 206 15 0 21 9 4 6 7 43 31 5 72% 6 7 2 263 7 8 47% 5 7 1 1 1 0 2 0 18 0
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+
1953 17 1 2 .333 5.94 13 1 8 0 0 0 36.1 43 25 24 2 21 9 1 0 3 171 69 1.761 10.7 0.5 5.2 2.2 0.43 69
1954 18 2 3 .400 3.65 45 2 30 0 0 1 106.0 105 50 43 3 47 36 1 0 4 458 105 1.434 8.9 0.3 4.0 3.1 0.77 105
1955 19 4 4 .500 3.43 52 5 32 1 0 1 131.1 131 62 50 7 59 1 47 1 0 5 570 112 1.447 9.0 0.5 4.0 3.2 0.80 112
1956 20 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 101
1957 21 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 101
1958 22 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 101
1959 23 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 101
1960 24 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 101
1961 25 4 6 .400 3.87 63 8 33 1 0 1 163.0 168 85 70 12 81 3 63 1 0 6 716 101 1.528 9.3 0.7 4.5 3.5 0.78 101
1962 26 6 8 .429 4.72 86 8 48 1 0 2 188.2 206 114 99 15 92 3 75 4 0 7 837 83 1.580 9.8 0.7 4.4 3.6 0.82 83

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
1953 17 1 3 .250 6.08 37.0 45 28 25 2 22 9 1 1.811 10.9 5.4 2.2 0.41 0.5 13
1954 18 5 2 .714 2.74 69.0 66 23 21 1 28 27 0 1.362 8.6 3.7 3.5 0.96 0.1 32
1955 19 1 1 .500 2.88 25.0 28 9 8 4 13 11 0 1.640 10.1 4.7 4.0 0.85 1.4 7
1956 20 1 2 .333 5.81 31.0 37 22 20 5 22 16 0 1.903 10.7 6.4 4.6 0.73 1.5 11
1962 26 0 2 .000 10.96 23.0 37 31 28 3 11 11 3 2.087 14.5 4.3 4.3 1.00 1.2 23
5 Seasons 8 10 .444 4.96 185.0 213 113 102 15 96 74 4 1.670 10.4 3.6 0.77 0.7 86

* 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

Games Finished s c a p y
1954 AL  22 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1953 AL  born 1935-07-15 (1st)
1954 AL  born 1935-07-15 (4th)

                           

Similarity Scores

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