Andrew Miller
Born: 5/21/1985 in Gainesville, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2006-08-30 | Final Game: 2021-10-01
Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 6'7" | Weight: 200 lbs
Full name: Andrew Mark Miller
Biography
Andrew Miller, born in 1985, was a prominent left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 until his retirement in 2021. Over his 15-year career, Miller established himself as one of the game's most effective relievers, particularly renowned for his ability to dominate in high-leverage situations. He finished his career with a record of 55-55, an earned run average (ERA) of 4.03, and accumulated 979 strikeouts alongside 63 saves. His versatility allowed him to transition from a starting pitcher to a key bullpen arm, contributing significantly to his teams' successes during his tenure.
Miller was recognized for his exceptional performance during the 2016 postseason, where he was named the American League Championship Series (ALCS) Most Valuable Player (MVP), showcasing his ability to perform under pressure. A two-time All-Star, he played for several teams, including the Florida Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians, and his career spanned the tail end of the steroid era into a new phase of pitching specialization. Known for his towering stature and a devastating slider, Miller's impact on the game was marked by his resilience and transformational role within the modern bullpen framework, influencing how teams approached late-game situations.
Career Pitching Statistics
| W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ERA | Pitcher PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 55 | 612 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 829.0 | 732 | 371 | 80 | 383 | 979 | 4.03 | 0 |
Season-by-Season Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA | Pitcher PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | DET | AL | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6.10 | -244.0 |
| 2007 | DET | AL | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 73 | 40 | 39 | 56 | 5.62 | -1293.2 |
| 2008 | MIA | NL | 6 | 10 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.3 | 120 | 70 | 56 | 89 | 5.87 | - |
| 2009 | MIA | NL | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 85 | 43 | 43 | 59 | 4.84 | - |
| 2010 | MIA | NL | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 51 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 8.54 | - |
| 2011 | BOS | AL | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 77 | 40 | 41 | 50 | 5.54 | -1935.4 |
| 2012 | BOS | AL | 3 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 51 | 3.35 | 859.6 |
| 2013 | BOS | AL | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 2.64 | 630.8 |
| 2014 | BAL | AL | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 1.35 | 1309.6 |
| 2014 | BOS | AL | 3 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 69 | 2.34 | 2187.8 |
| 2015 | NYY | AL | 3 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 61.7 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 100 | 2.04 | - |
| 2016 | CLE | AL | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 1.55 | 1942.9 |
| 2016 | NYY | AL | 6 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 45.3 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 1.39 | - |
| 2017 | CLE | AL | 4 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62.7 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 95 | 1.44 | 3753.3 |
| 2018 | CLE | AL | 2 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 4.24 | 543.8 |
| 2019 | STL | NL | 5 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54.7 | 45 | 27 | 27 | 70 | 4.45 | - |
| 2020 | STL | NL | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2.77 | - |
| 2021 | STL | NL | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 41 | 19 | 16 | 40 | 4.75 | - |
Career Batting Statistics
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 613 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.054 | 0.054 | 0.054 | 0.108 | 0.0 |
Season-by-Season Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | PIV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | DET | AL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | DET | AL | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | MIA | NL | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.067 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | MIA | NL | 20 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.083 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | MIA | NL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | BOS | AL | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | BOS | AL | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | BOS | AL | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | BAL | AL | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | BOS | AL | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | NYY | AL | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | CLE | AL | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | NYY | AL | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | CLE | AL | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | CLE | AL | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | STL | NL | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | STL | NL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | STL | NL | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0 |
Postseason Statistics
Playoff Career Batting
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Playoff Batting by Year
| Year | Round | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | NLWC2 | SLN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2019 | NLCS | SLN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2019 | NLDS2 | SLN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2018 | ALDS2 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2017 | ALDS1 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2016 | ALCS | CLE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2016 | ALDS2 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2016 | WS | CLE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2015 | ALWC | NYA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2014 | ALCS | BAL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2014 | ALDS2 | BAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Playoff Career Pitching
| W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 38.7 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 0.93 |
Playoff Pitching by Year
| Year | Round | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | NLWC2 | SLN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2019 | NLCS | SLN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
| 2019 | NLDS2 | SLN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | ALDS2 | CLE | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2017 | ALDS1 | CLE | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1.80 |
| 2016 | ALCS | CLE | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.00 |
| 2016 | ALDS2 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0.00 |
| 2016 | WS | CLE | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.52 |
| 2015 | ALWC | NYA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| 2014 | ALCS | BAL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
| 2014 | ALDS2 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
Fielding Statistics
Career Fielding Totals by Position
| Position | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 612 | 66 | 34 | 68 | 10 | 4 |
Season-by-Season Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | DET | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | DET | P | 13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | FLO | P | 29 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | FLO | P | 20 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | FLO | P | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | BOS | P | 17 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | BOS | P | 53 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | BOS | P | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | BAL | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | BOS | P | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | NYA | P | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | CLE | P | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | NYA | P | 44 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | CLE | P | 57 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | CLE | P | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | SLN | P | 73 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | SLN | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | SLN | P | 40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Career Games by Position
| Position | Games |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | 613 |
Awards & Honors
| Year | Award | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ALCS MVP | |
| 2016 | This Year in Baseball Best Major Leaguer - Postseason | Esurance |
| 2016 | This Year in Baseball Best Major Leaguer - Postseason | Esurance |
| 2015 | Reliever of the Year Award |
Salary History
| Year | Team | League | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NYA | AL | $9,000,000 |
| 2015 | NYA | AL | $9,000,000 |
| 2014 | BOS | AL | $1,900,000 |
| 2013 | BOS | AL | $1,475,000 |
| 2012 | BOS | AL | $1,040,000 |
| 2010 | FLO | NL | $1,790,219 |
| 2009 | FLO | NL | $2,462,500 |
| 2008 | FLO | NL | $2,212,500 |
| Total Career Earnings | $28,880,219 | ||
College History
| School Name | City | State | Years Attended |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | NC | 2004, 2005, 2006 |
Award Voting History
| Year | Award | League | Finish | Points Won | Points Max | Votes First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cy Young Award | AL | 9th | 3.0 | 210 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cy Young Award | AL | 10th | 3.0 | 210 | 0 |