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Bob Miller

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: February 18, 1939 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: August 6, 1993 in Rancho Bernardo, CA

Buried: Dearborn Memorial Park, Poway, CA

High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)

School: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: June 26, 1957 (Age 18-128d, 11,469th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1974 (Age 35-222d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Robert Lane Miller

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

ERA

3.37

694

1551.1

895

WHIP

1.350

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
1957	18	STL	NL	0	0		7.00	5	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	13	9	7	2	5	0	7	0	0	1	46	59	5.46	2.000	13.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.40

1958	19	STL-min	AA,AAA	9	12	.429	3.54	32	21		8	2		160.0	157	79	63	6	64	6	115	1	0	0				1.381	8.8	0.3	3.6	6.5	1.80	HSN,ROC TL,IL
1959	20	STL-min	AAA	8	12	.400	3.50	25	20		7	2		139.0	144	60	54	8	43	4	76	4	1	3				1.345	9.3	0.5	2.8	4.9	1.77	ROC IL
1959	20	STL	NL	4	3	.571	3.31	11	10	1	3	0	0	70.2	66	31	26	2	21	2	43	1	1	0	294	128	2.63	1.231	8.4	0.3	2.7	5.5	2.05
1960	21	STL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	2.45	3						11.0	10	3	3		5				0					1.364	8.2		4.1			MEM SOUA
1960	21	STL	NL	4	3	.571	3.42	15	7	3	0	0	0	52.2	53	21	20	2	17	2	33	1	0	2	225	120	2.79	1.329	9.1	0.3	2.9	5.6	1.94
1961	22	STL	NL	1	3	.250	4.24	34	5	13	0	0	3	74.1	82	41	35	6	46	7	39	0	0	4	333	104	4.43	1.722	9.9	0.7	5.6	4.7	0.85
1962	23	NYM	NL	1	12	.077	4.89	33	21	7	1	0	1	143.2	146	98	78	20	62	2	91	6	1	12	646	85	4.58	1.448	9.1	1.3	3.9	5.7	1.47
1963	24	LAD	NL	10	8	.556	2.89	42	23	10	2	0	1	187.0	171	71	60	7	65	9	125	3	0	12	781	104	2.72	1.262	8.2	0.3	3.1	6.0	1.92
1964	25	LAD	NL	7	7	.500	2.62	74	2	39	0	0	9	137.2	115	49	40	1	63	16	94	2	0	7	582	123	2.75	1.293	7.5	0.1	4.1	6.1	1.49
1965	26	LAD	NL	6	7	.462	2.97	61	1	37	0	0	9	103.0	82	37	34	9	26	3	77	3	0	4	414	110	3.00	1.049	7.2	0.8	2.3	6.7	2.96
1966	27	LAD	NL	4	2	.667	2.77	46	0	12	0	0	5	84.1	70	31	26	5	29	7	58	1	0	4	344	119	3.02	1.174	7.5	0.5	3.1	6.2	2.00
1967	28	LAD	NL	2	9	.182	4.31	52	4	22	0	0	0	85.2	88	46	41	9	27	9	32	3	1	3	363	72	4.21	1.342	9.2	0.9	2.8	3.4	1.19
1968	29	MIN	AL	0	3	.000	2.74	45	0	14	0	0	2	72.1	65	26	22	1	24	7	41	5	0	1	303	115	2.63	1.230	8.1	0.1	3.0	5.1	1.71
1969	30	MIN	AL	5	5	.500	3.02	48	11	15	1	0	3	119.1	118	42	40	9	32	7	57	0	0	5	486	123	3.34	1.257	8.9	0.7	2.4	4.3	1.78
1970	31	TOT	MLB	6	8	.429	4.79	37	15	11	0	0	3	107.0	129	61	57	15	54	6	55	4	0	3	497	82	5.06	1.710	10.9	1.3	4.5	4.6	1.02
1970	31	TOT	AL	6	8	.429	4.78	30	14	7	0	0	1	98.0	123	56	52	12	48	5	51	4	0	3	458	81	4.78	1.745	11.3	1.1	4.4	4.7	1.06
1970	31	CLE	AL	2	2	.500	4.18	15	2	6	0	0	1	28.0	35	14	13	1	15	2	15	0	0	0	133	95	3.64	1.786	11.3	0.3	4.8	4.8	1.00
1970	31	CHW	AL	4	6	.400	5.01	15	12	1	0	0	0	70.0	88	42	39	11	33	3	36	4	0	3	325	76	5.24	1.729	11.3	1.4	4.2	4.6	1.09
1970	31	CHC	NL	0	0		5.00	7	1	4	0	0	2	9.0	6	5	5	3	6	1	4	0	0	0	39	93	8.08	1.333	6.0	3.0	6.0	4.0	0.67
1971	32	TOT	NL	8	5	.615	1.64	56	0	37	0	0	10	98.2	83	24	18	1	40	11	51	1	0	1	409	209	2.80	1.247	7.6	0.1	3.6	4.7	1.28
1971	32	CHC	NL	0	0		5.14	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	30	80	2.31	1.571	12.9	0.0	1.3	2.6	2.00
1971	32	SDP	NL	7	3	.700	1.41	38	0	26	0	0	7	63.2	53	12	10	0	26	7	36	1	0	1	264	235	2.59	1.241	7.5	0.0	3.7	5.1	1.38
1971	32	PIT	NL	1	2	.333	1.29	16	0	10	0	0	3	28.0	20	8	4	1	13	4	13	0	0	0	115	271	3.38	1.179	6.4	0.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
1972	33	PIT	NL	5	2	.714	2.65	36	0	18	0	0	3	54.1	54	19	16	3	24	7	18	1	0	0	237	128	3.83	1.436	8.9	0.5	4.0	3.0	0.75
1973	34	TOT	MLB	4	2	.667	3.67	41	0	17	0	0	1	73.2	63	34	30	7	34	3	39	0	0	1	310	105	4.13	1.317	7.7	0.9	4.2	4.8	1.15
1973	34	TOT	NL	0	0		3.98	19	0	7	0	0	0	31.2	29	18	14	4	12	1	16	0	0	0	136	89	4.33	1.295	8.2	1.1	3.4	4.5	1.33
1973	34	SDP	NL	0	0		4.11	18	0	7	0	0	0	30.2	29	18	14	4	12	1	15	0	0	0	133	85	4.46	1.337	8.5	1.2	3.5	4.4	1.25
1973	34	DET	AL	4	2	.667	3.43	22	0	10	0	0	1	42.0	34	16	16	3	22	2	23	0	0	1	174	119	3.97	1.333	7.3	0.6	4.7	4.9	1.05
1973	34	NYM	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		0.57	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1974	35	NYM	NL	2	2	.500	3.58	58	0	30	0	0	2	78.0	89	39	31	2	39	13	35	1	0	2	353	101	3.55	1.641	10.3	0.2	4.5	4.0	0.90
1975	36	SDP-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.76	15	1		0	0	3	25.0	32	17	16	3	8	0	9	0	0	3				1.600	11.5	1.1	2.9	3.2	1.13	HAW PCL
17 Yrs				69	81	.460	3.37	694	99	290	7	0	52	1551.1	1487	679	581	101	608	111	895	32	3	62	6623	106	3.47	1.350	8.6	0.6	3.5	5.2	1.47
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.460	3.37	60	8	25	1	0	4	133	128	58	50	9	52	10	77	3	0	5	568	106	3.47	1.350	8.6	0.6	3.5	5.2	1.47
				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
LAD (5 yrs)				29	33	.468	3.03	275	30	120	2	0	24	597.2	526	234	201	31	210	44	386	12	1	30	2484	104	3.03	1.231	7.9	0.5	3.2	5.8	1.84
STL (4 yrs)				9	9	.500	3.83	65	22	21	3	0	3	206.2	214	102	88	12	89	11	122	2	1	7	898	111	3.44	1.466	9.3	0.5	3.9	5.3	1.37
NYM (3 yrs)				3	14	.176	4.41	92	21	37	1	0	3	222.2	235	137	109	22	101	15	127	7	1	14	1002	90	4.20	1.509	9.5	0.9	4.1	5.1	1.26
MIN (2 yrs)				5	8	.385	2.91	93	11	29	1	0	5	191.2	183	68	62	10	56	14	98	5	0	6	789	120	3.07	1.247	8.6	0.5	2.6	4.6	1.75
PIT (2 yrs)				6	4	.600	2.19	52	0	28	0	0	6	82.1	74	27	20	4	37	11	31	1	0	0	352	156	3.68	1.348	8.1	0.4	4.0	3.4	0.84
SDP (2 yrs)				7	3	.700	2.29	56	0	33	0	0	7	94.1	82	30	24	4	38	8	51	1	0	1	397	148	3.20	1.272	7.8	0.4	3.6	4.9	1.34
CHC (2 yrs)				0	0		5.06	9	1	5	0	0	2	16.0	16	9	9	3	7	1	6	0	0	0	69	87	5.56	1.438	9.0	1.7	3.9	3.4	0.86
CLE (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.18	15	2	6	0	0	1	28.0	35	14	13	1	15	2	15	0	0	0	133	95	3.64	1.786	11.3	0.3	4.8	4.8	1.00
DET (1 yr)				4	2	.667	3.43	22	0	10	0	0	1	42.0	34	16	16	3	22	2	23	0	0	1	174	119	3.97	1.333	7.3	0.6	4.7	4.9	1.05
CHW (1 yr)				4	6	.400	5.01	15	12	1	0	0	0	70.0	88	42	39	11	33	3	36	4	0	3	325	76	5.24	1.729	11.3	1.4	4.2	4.6	1.09

NL (15 yrs)				54	63	.462	3.33	549	74	244	6	0	45	1219.2	1147	539	451	76	482	90	723	23	3	52	5202	106	3.40	1.336	8.5	0.6	3.6	5.3	1.50
AL (4 yrs)				15	18	.455	3.53	145	25	46	1	0	7	331.2	340	140	130	25	126	21	172	9	0	10	1421	104	3.69	1.405	9.2	0.7	3.4	4.7	1.37