Bob Miller

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1957-1974)

W–L 69–81
ERA 3.37
WHIP 1.35
SO 895
Pitcher PIV 6986.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 180 lb
Born
2/18/1939 in St. Louis, MO, USA
Died
8/6/1993 in Rancho Bernardo, CA, USA
MLB Debut
1957-06-26
Last Game
1974-09-28

Full name: Robert Lane Miller

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
69 81 694 99 7 0 51 1551.3 1,487 581 101 608 895 3.37 6986.0

Career ERA 3.37 vs. league average 3.60 across their career seasons — 6.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1957 SLN NL 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9.0 13 7 5 7 7.00 3.83 (-83%) 0.0
1959 SLN NL 4 3 11 10 3 0 0 70.7 66 26 21 43 3.31 3.90 (+15%) 2288.9
1960 SLN NL 4 3 15 7 0 0 0 52.7 53 20 17 33 3.42 3.82 (+10%) 1364.1
1961 SLN NL 1 3 34 5 0 0 3 74.3 82 35 46 39 4.24 4.03 (-5%) -751.0
1962 NYN NL 1 12 33 21 1 0 0 143.7 146 78 62 91 4.89 3.96 (-24%) -2244.1
1963 LAN NL 10 8 42 23 2 0 1 187.0 171 60 65 125 2.89 3.46 (+17%) 3589.1
1964 LAN NL 7 7 74 2 0 0 9 137.7 115 40 63 94 2.62 3.58 (+27%) 2938.6
1965 LAN NL 6 7 61 1 0 0 9 103.0 82 34 26 77 2.97 3.50 (+15%) 1304.8
1966 LAN NL 4 2 46 0 0 0 5 84.3 70 26 29 58 2.77 3.52 (+21%) 1080.0
1967 LAN NL 2 9 52 4 0 0 0 85.7 88 41 27 32 4.31 3.30 (-30%) -1937.9
1968 MIN AL 0 3 45 0 0 0 2 72.3 65 22 24 41 2.74 2.98 (+8%) 638.8
1969 MIN AL 5 5 48 11 1 0 3 119.3 118 40 32 57 3.02 3.61 (+17%) 839.5
1970 CLE AL 2 2 15 2 0 0 1 28.0 35 13 15 15 4.18 3.89 (-8%) 174.2
1970 CHA AL 4 6 15 12 0 0 0 70.0 88 39 33 36 5.01 3.89 (-29%) -2366.9
1970 CHN NL 0 0 7 1 0 0 2 9.0 6 5 6 4 5.00 3.89 (-29%) 0.0
1971 CHN NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 10 4 1 2 5.14 — 0.0
1971 SDN NL 7 3 38 0 0 0 7 63.7 53 10 26 36 1.41 3.47 (+59%) 1412.9
1971 PIT NL 1 2 16 0 0 0 3 28.0 20 4 13 13 1.29 3.47 (+63%) 62.7
1972 PIT NL 5 2 36 0 0 0 3 54.3 54 16 24 18 2.65 3.26 (+19%) -775.1
1973 SDN NL 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 30.7 29 14 12 15 4.11 3.75 (-10%) -545.1
1973 DET AL 4 2 22 0 0 0 1 42.0 34 16 22 23 3.43 3.75 (+8%) -235.6
1973 NYN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0
1974 NYN NL 2 2 58 0 0 0 2 78.0 89 31 39 35 3.58 3.63 (+1%) 148.1
Career · 23 seasons 69 81 694 99 7 0 51 1,551.1 1,487 581 608 895 3.37 — 6,986

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
707 299 8 33 1 2 0 8 0 14 125 .110 .152 .127 .279 -653

Career AVG .110 vs. league average .251 across their career seasons — 56.0% below league average.

Career OBP .152 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 52.0% below league average.

Career SLG .127 vs. league average .374 across their career seasons — 66.0% below league average.

Career OPS .279 vs. league average .692 across their career seasons — 59.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1957 SLN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1959 SLN NL 11 24 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 .208 — — — — 0.0
1960 SLN NL 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .143 — — — — 0.0
1961 SLN NL 35 14 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 .357 — — — — 0.0
1962 NYN NL 40 41 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 .122 — — — — 0.0
1963 LAN NL 42 57 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 24 .070 .246 (-72%) .308 (-68%) .371 (-81%) .680 (-75%) -653.0
1964 LAN NL 74 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .158 — — — — 0.0
1965 LAN NL 61 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 — — — — 0.0
1966 LAN NL 46 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .077 — — — — 0.0
1967 LAN NL 52 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 — — — — 0.0
1968 MIN AL 45 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .143 — — — — 0.0
1969 MIN AL 48 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 — — — — 0.0
1970 CLE AL 15 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
1970 CHA AL 16 23 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 .174 — — — — 0.0
1970 CHN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1971 CHN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1971 SDN NL 38 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
1971 PIT NL 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1972 PIT NL 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1973 SDN NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1973 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1973 NYN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1974 NYN NL 58 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 707 299 8 33 1 2 0 8 0 14 125 .110 — — — — -653

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
9 1 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
1972 NLCS PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 NLCS PIT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1971 WS PIT 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1969 ALCS MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1966 WS LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1965 WS LAN 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
0 2 9 1 0 14.7 17 5 6 7 3.07

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1972 NLCS PIT 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1971 NLCS PIT 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 3 2 3 3 6.00
1971 WS PIT 0 1 3 0 0 4.7 7 2 1 2 3.86
1969 ALCS MIN 0 1 1 1 0 1.7 5 1 0 0 5.40
1966 WS LAN 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 2 1 0.00
1965 WS LAN 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home32714732207.150
Away38015251101.072

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home318770.07382882894793.37
Away376781.17492933194163.38

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1974-09-28 NYNPIT — 0.2000000
1974-09-26 NYNPIT — 2.0200200
1974-09-25 NYNPHI — 1.0000010
1974-09-16 NYNWSN — 1.0100020
1974-09-14 NYNCHC — 1.2000210
1974-09-12 NYNSTL — 2.1665110
1974-09-11 NYNSTL — 1.0100110
1974-08-28 NYNHOU — 1.0100000
1974-08-24 NYNATL L 0.2211200
1974-08-23 NYNATL — 1.0000100

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 694 99 106 335 22 27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1957 SLN P 5 0 1 2 0 0
1959 SLN P 11 10 6 16 0 1
1960 SLN P 15 7 3 11 0 0
1961 SLN P 34 5 2 18 3 3
1962 NYN P 33 21 14 32 2 3
1963 LAN P 42 23 15 54 2 5
1964 LAN P 74 2 8 36 1 2
1965 LAN P 61 1 2 29 4 0
1966 LAN P 46 0 3 10 5 1
1967 LAN P 52 4 6 21 3 1
1968 MIN P 45 0 3 15 0 2
1969 MIN P 48 11 7 25 0 2
1970 CLE P 15 2 0 1 0 0
1970 CHA P 15 12 6 19 0 2
1970 CHN P 7 1 1 2 0 0
1971 CHN P 2 0 2 2 0 1
1971 SDN P 38 0 9 11 0 2
1971 PIT P 16 0 5 4 1 0
1972 PIT P 36 0 2 8 1 1
1973 SDN P 18 0 0 2 0 0
1973 DET P 22 0 4 5 0 1
1973 NYN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 NYN P 58 0 7 12 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 694

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Bob Miller (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Grant Jackson
    86-75, 3.46 ERA
  2. 88
    Al Worthington
    75-82, 3.39 ERA
  3. 80
    Greg Harris
    74-90, 3.69 ERA
  4. 79
    Dick Tidrow
    100-94, 3.68 ERA
  5. 78
    Skip Lockwood
    57-97, 3.55 ERA
  6. 76
    Dan Schatzeder
    69-68, 3.74 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Bob Miller

What years did Bob Miller play?
Bob Miller played in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1974.
Was Bob Miller a pitcher?
Yes. Bob Miller pitched in the major leagues, recording 69 wins and 895 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bob Miller hit?
Bob Miller hit 0 career home runs with 33 hits.