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Bob Miller

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: July 15, 1935 in Berwyn, IL us

High School: Morton HS (Cicero, IL)

Debut: June 25, 1953 (Age 17-345d, 11,046th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1962 (Age 27-065d)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Robert Gerald Miller

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

ERA

4.72

188.2

WHIP

1.580

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1953	17	DET	AL	1	2	.333	5.94	13	1	8	0	0	0	36.1	43	25	24	2	21	0	9	1	0	3	171	69	4.63	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	1	27	0	0	1	287	153	2.93	1.263	8.0	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.04
1955	19	DET-min	A	8	2	.800	1.73	19	12		6	1		99.0	68	24	19	3	41		99	1	2	2				1.101	6.2	0.3	3.7	9.0	2.41	AUG SALL
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	159	4.97	1.500	9.2	1.4	4.3	3.9	0.92
1956	20	DET-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.90	13	8		4	0		67.0	61	29	29	3	25	1	39	1	0	2				1.284	8.2	0.4	3.4	5.2	1.56	CHL AA
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	74	5.50	1.863	10.5	1.4	6.3	4.5	0.73
1957			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1958	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	7	6	.538	4.25	36	14		1	0		108.0	83	57	51	10	85	4	81	0	0	4				1.556	6.9	0.8	7.1	6.8	0.95	BIR,CHL SOUA,AA
1959	23	DET-min	AA	14	9	.609	3.25	32	30		7	4		183.0	160	73	66	12	105	5	130	5	0	9				1.448	7.9	0.6	5.2	6.4	1.24	BIR SOUA
1960	24	CIN-min	AAA	10	11	.476	4.38	42	18		6	0		146.0	131	79	71	10	70	12	77	1	0	7				1.377	8.1	0.6	4.3	4.7	1.10	HAV IL
1961	25	CIN-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.27	49	0		0	0		77.0	69	30	28	5	27	7	49	1	0	6				1.247	8.1	0.6	3.2	5.7	1.81	INA AA
1962	26	WSA-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.60	22	0		0	0		40.0	39	18	16	9	20	2	20	1	0	1				1.475	8.8	2.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	SYR IL
1962	26	TOT	NL	2	2	.500	10.17	23	0	15	0	0	0	25.2	38	29	29	3	11	0	12	3	0	1	121	42	4.84	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	20	6.37	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	0	20.1	24	16	16	2	8	0	8	1	0	1	88	59	4.44	1.574	10.6	0.9	3.5	3.5	1.00
5 Yrs				6	8	.429	4.72	86	8	48	1	0	1	188.2	206	114	99	15	92	4	75	4	0	7	837	84	4.22	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	3	54	3	0	5	605	84	4.22	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	4	63	1	0	6	716	102	4.12	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	0	20.1	24	16	16	2	8	0	8	1	0	1	88	59	4.44	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	20	6.37	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	4	63	1	0	6	716	102	4.12	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	0	25.2	38	29	29	3	11	0	12	3	0	1	121	42	4.84	1.909	13.3	1.1	3.9	4.2	1.09