Bob Miller

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

Bob Miller was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1957 to 1974 for 10 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 18 seasons. Across 694 career appearances, he went 69-81 with a 3.37 ERA, 895 strikeouts, and 51 saves. He also batted .110 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 6986.0.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

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

Bob Miller — 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 1551.1 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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Bob Miller (b. 1939) Stats, Bio & Career Records
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 70.2 66 26 21 43 3.31 3.90 (+15%) 2288.9
1960 SLN NL 4 3 15 7 0 0 0 52.2 53 20 17 33 3.42 3.82 (+10%) 1364.1
1961 SLN NL 1 3 34 5 0 0 3 74.1 82 35 46 39 4.24 4.03 (-5%) -751.0
1962 NYN NL 1 12 33 21 1 0 0 143.2 146 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 9 137.2 115 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 84.1 70 26 29 58 2.77 3.52 (+21%) 1080.0
1967 LAN NL 2 9 52 4 0 0 0 85.2 88 41 27 32 4.31 3.30 (-30%) -1937.9
1968 MIN AL 0 3 45 0 0 0 2 72.1 65 22 24 41 2.74 2.98 (+8%) 638.8
1969 MIN AL 5 5 48 11 1 0 3 119.1 118 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 63.2 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 54.1 54 16 24 18 2.65 3.26 (+19%) -775.1
1973 SDN NL 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 30.2 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

Bob Miller — 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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Bob Miller (b. 1939) Stats, Bio & Career Records
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

Bob Miller — 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

Bob Miller — 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

Bob Miller — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 2 9 1 0 14.2 17 5 6 7 3.07

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bob Miller — 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 4.2 7 2 1 2 3.86
1969 ALCS MIN 0 1 1 1 0 1.2 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 1.1 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

Bob Miller — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home32714732207.150
Away38015251101.072

Pitching — Home / Away

Bob Miller — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home318770.07382882894793.37
Away376781.17492933194163.38

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bob Miller — 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

Bob Miller — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 694 99 106 335 22 27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bob Miller — 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

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Bob Miller (b. 1939) Stats, Bio & Career Records
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

Bob Miller: the record in brief

Bob Miller played a first major league game on June 26, 1957 and a last one on September 28, 1974. By club, Miller's seasons break down as the St. Louis Cardinals (1957 to 1961), the New York Mets (1962 to 1974), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963 to 1967), the Minnesota Twins (1968 through 1969), the Cleveland Indians (1970), the Chicago White Sox (1970), the Chicago Cubs (1970 through 1971), and the San Diego Padres (1971 through 1973), among other clubs in the table. Miller, born on February 18, 1939, in St. Louis, MO, USA, is listed as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Miller's listed size is 6 feet, 1 inch and 180 pounds. The bio records the death on August 6, 1993, in Rancho Bernardo, CA, USA. On the record, Bob Miller was born Robert Lane Miller.

The pitching table credits Miller with a 69-81 record and a 3.37 ERA in 694 games. Also on Miller's record: 895 strikeouts and 51 saves.

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.
What teams did Bob Miller play for?
Bob Miller played for 10 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1957, 1959–1961), the New York Mets (1962, 1973–1974), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1963–1967), the Minnesota Twins (1968–1969), the Cleveland Indians (1970), the Chicago White Sox (1970), the Chicago Cubs (1970–1971), the San Diego Padres (1971, 1973), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1971–1972), and the Detroit Tigers (1973).
What were Bob Miller's career stats?
In 694 games, Bob Miller went 69-81 with a 3.37 ERA, 895 strikeouts, 1,551.1 innings pitched, and 51 saves. At the plate he had 33 hits and 0 home runs.
What position did Bob Miller play?
Bob Miller played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bob Miller and how much did he weigh?
Bob Miller was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 180 pounds.
What was Bob Miller's career ERA?
Bob Miller finished with a 3.37 career ERA, going 69-81 with 895 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bob Miller have?
Bob Miller recorded 895 career strikeouts.
Is Bob Miller in the Hall of Fame?
No. Bob Miller has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.