Shelby Miller

Shelby Charles Miller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: October 10, 1990 in Houston, TX
High School: Brownwood HS (Brownwood, TX)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 2012 (Age 21)   vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Team: Cardinals 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.030, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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Standard Pitching

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
2012 21 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.32 6 1 1 0 0 0 13.2 9 2 2 0 4 0 16 1 0 0 54 300 0.951 5.9 0.0 2.6 10.5 4.00
2013 22 STL NL 5 3 .625 1.74 9 9 0 1 1 0 57.0 38 13 11 3 15 0 62 2 0 0 220 212 0.930 6.0 0.5 2.4 9.8 4.13
2 Yrs 6 3 .667 1.66 15 10 1 1 1 0 70.2 47 15 13 3 19 0 78 3 0 0 274 226 0.934 6.0 0.4 2.4 9.9 4.11
162 Game Avg. 16 8 .667 1.66 41 27 3 3 3 0 192 128 41 35 8 52 0 212 8 0 0 745 226 0.934 6.0 0.4 2.4 9.9 4.11

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2012 21 STL NL 13.2 6 1 2 1.32 4.07 -0.01 -0.10 91.8 3.65 3 0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.5 5 .564 .502
2013 22 STL NL 57.0 9 9 13 2.05 4.61 -0.30 0.18 92.3 4.70 16 2.0 -0.1 2.4 21 .722 .512 $490,000
2 Seasons 70.2 15 10 15 1.91 4.51 -0.25 0.12 92.2 4.50 19 2.4 1.0 -0.1 2.9 26 .659 .507 $490,000

Postseason Pitching

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
2012 21 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00
1 NLCS 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 0.0 2.7 10.8 4.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2012 21 STL NL 6 54 49 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 4 16 .184 .259 .204 .463 .273 10 1 1 0 0 0 0
2013 22 STL NL 9 220 202 13 38 6 2 3 8 1 15 62 .188 .250 .282 .532 .254 57 4 2 0 1 0 1
2 Yrs 15 274 251 15 47 7 2 3 8 1 19 78 .187 .252 .267 .519 .257 67 5 3 0 1 0 1
162 Game Avg. 41 745 683 41 128 19 5 8 22 3 52 212 .187 .252 .267 .519 .257 182 14 8 0 3 0 3
MLB Averages .254 .319 .405 .723 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2012 21 STL NL 4.2 0.4 54 0.4 0.9 -0.4 .81 0.5 0.1 4.0 0.4 0.81 4.5 2 0 3
2013 22 STL NL 12.2 1.4 230 1.6 4.3 -2.7 .97 1.2 0.5 14.9 1.8 0.97 12.8 0 0 0
2 Yrs 16.4 1.8 284 2.1 5.2 -3.1 .94 1.7 0.5 18.9 2.2 0.94 17.3 2 0 3

Starting Pitching*

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
2012 21 STL NL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 75.0 75 75 2 0 0 1 1.1 0.0 6.0 72 1 0 0 0 72
2013 22 STL NL 9 9 5 3 1 1 1 6 3 .667 2 0 1 1 5 56% 64.4 98 47 8 3 0 4 3.0 3.3 6.3 104 0 4 5 0 113
2 Yrs 15 10 5 3 2 1 1 7 3 .700 2 0 1 1 6 60% 65 98 47 10 3 0 5 2.8 3.0 6.3 101 1 4 5 0 113
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 101 -13 4.3 4.4 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2012 21 STL NL 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 .810 2 0 3 1 1 3 0 5 2 1 2 0 4.6 25
1 Yr 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .810 2 0 3 1 1 3 0 5 2 1 2 0 4.6 25

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2012 21 STL NL 54 59% 0.0% 29.6% 7.4% 1.9% 11% 0.74 0.79 61% 18% 0.0% 21% 7 1 14%
2013 22 STL NL 220 57% 1.4% 28.2% 6.8% 5.0% 29% 0.77 0.91 63% 21% 4.1% 8% 28 4 14%
2 Yrs 274 57% 1.1% 28.5% 6.9% 4.4% 26% 0.77 0.89 62% 21% 3.4% 10% 35 5 14%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 19.8% 8.0% 7.7% 34% 0.83 1.12 68% 19% 8.1% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2012 21 STL NL 54 196 3.63 133 68% 29% 21% 26% 25% 71% 0% 48% 71% 57% 2% 1 0 31% 17 15 1 38% 5 1 0 0 0
2013 22 STL NL 221 939 4.25 633 67% 30% 16% 32% 22% 70% 0% 47% 78% 63% 4% 8 7 36% 80 53 1 40% 11 1 -1 0 0
2 Yrs 275 1135 4.13 766 67% 30% 17% 31% 23% 70% 0% 48% 76% 62% 3% 9 7 35% 97 68 2 40% 16 2 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 63% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 1% 46% 78% 60% 5% 24% 24%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2012 21 STL NL 54 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 22 STL NL 220 38 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 6 2 4 33% 1 0 0 62 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Yrs 274 47 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 6 2 4 33% 1 0 0 81 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MLB Averages 52% 74%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2012 21 1 0 1.000 1.32 6 1 1 0 0 0 13.2 9 2 2 0 4 0 16 1 0 0 54 300 0.951 5.9 0.0 2.6 10.5 4.00 300
2013 22 6 3 .667 1.66 15 10 1 1 1 0 70.2 47 15 13 3 19 0 78 3 0 0 274 226 0.934 6.0 0.4 2.4 9.9 4.11 226

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
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
2012 21 1 0 1.000 1.38 13.0 9 2 2 0 4 16 1 1.000 6.2 2.8 11.1 4.00 0.0 6
2013 22 5 1 .833 1.96 55.0 39 13 12 3 15 59 2 0.982 6.4 2.5 9.7 3.93 0.5 9
2 Yrs 6 1 .857 1.85 68.0 48 15 14 3 19 75 3 0.985 6.4 9.9 3.95 0.4 15

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2013 NL  2.4 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2013 NL  1.74 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2013 NL  0.930 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  6.000 (4th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  9.790 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2013 NL  62 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2013 NL  1 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2013 NL  4.133 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2013 NL  0.474 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2013 NL  212 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2013 NL  12 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2013 NL  1.4 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)s c a p y
2013 NL  14.90 (6th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2013 NL  1.6 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)s c a p y
2013 NL  1.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)s c a p y
2013 NL  1.8 (6th)

Youngest s c a p y
2012 NL  born 1990-10-10 (9th)
2012 NL  born 1990-10-10 (9th)

             

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 17 (1194), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS Relief Pitcher (1486th), 0.7 career WAR/0.7 7yr-peak WAR/0.7 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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