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Full Name: Stuart Leonard Miller Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/165 First Game: August 12, 1952
Birthdate: December 26, 1927 Final Game: April 23, 1968
Birthplace: Northampton, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Born on December 26, 1927 in Northampton, Massachusetts, Stu Miller (Stuart Leonard Miller) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 16 year career. Miller broke into the bigs on August 12, 1952 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.05 ERA in 88 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Stu Miller's best season was 1965, when he posted a 1.89 ERA, won 14 games, notched 24 saves and struck out 104 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1952 STL N 12 11 6 3 2.05 64 25 20 6 2 0 88 63 3 26 0 1 2
1953 STL N 40 18 7 8 5.56 79 86 85 8 2 4 137.2 161 19 47 0 2 2
1954 STL N 19 4 2 3 5.79 22 36 30 0 0 2 46.2 55 5 29 2 1 3
1956 STL N 3 0 0 1 4.91 5 6 4 0 0 1 7.1 12 3 5 0 0 0
1956 PHI N 24 15 5 8 4.47 55 65 53 2 0 0 106.2 109 16 51 12 3 4
1956 TOT N 27 15 5 9 4.50 60 71 57 2 0 1 114 121 19 56 12 3 4
1957 NY N 38 13 7 9 3.63 60 53 50 0 0 1 124 110 15 45 6 4 3
1958 SF N 41 20 6 9 2.47 119 60 50 4 1 0 182 160 16 49 3 2 2
1959 SF N 59 9 8 7 2.84 95 66 53 2 0 8 167.2 164 15 57 13 1 5
1960 SF N 47 3 7 6 3.90 65 49 44 2 0 2 101.2 100 9 31 5 0 3
1961 SF N 63 0 14 5 2.66 89 41 36 0 0 17 122 95 4 37 11 0 1
1962 SF N 59 0 5 8 4.12 78 55 49 0 0 19 107 107 8 42 7 5 2
1963 BAL A 71 0 5 8 2.24 114 36 28 0 0 27 112.1 93 5 53 13 1 3
1964 BAL A 66 0 7 7 3.06 87 37 33 0 0 23 97 77 7 34 14 1 3
1965 BAL A 67 0 14 7 1.89 104 26 25 0 0 24 119.1 87 5 32 10 1 1
1966 BAL A 51 0 9 4 2.25 67 24 23 0 0 18 92 65 5 22 6 1 4
1967 BAL A 42 0 3 10 2.55 60 28 23 0 0 8 81.1 63 5 36 12 1 1
1968 ATL N 2 0 0 0 27.00 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 4 2 1 0
Total NL 407 93 67 67 3.61 732 546 478 24 5 54 1192 1137 113 423 61 20 27
Total AL 297 0 38 36 2.37 432 151 132 0 0 100 502 385 27 177 55 5 12
Total 704 93 105 103 3.24 1164 697 610 24 5 154 1694 1522 140 600 116 25 39

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1952 STL N P 12 0 0 12 24 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1953 STL N P 40 0 0 22 38 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1954 STL N P 19 4 46.2 8 16 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 .960
1956 STL N P 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PHI N P 24 0 0 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 TOT N P 27 0 0 9 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 NY N P 38 13 124 12 24 1 6 0 1 4 3 0 .973
1958 SF N P 41 20 182 9 34 1 4 0 2 7 3 1 .977
1959 SF N P 59 9 167.2 15 40 2 1 0 0 7 4 0 .965
1960 SF N P 47 3 101.2 5 25 2 2 0 0 9 1 0 .938
1961 SF N P 63 0 122 10 29 0 4 0 0 11 5 0 1.000
1962 SF N P 59 0 107 6 17 0 1 0 1 7 2 0 1.000
1963 BAL A P 71 0 112.1 7 22 1 1 0 0 9 3 2 .967
1964 BAL A P 66 0 97 8 15 2 2 0 2 5 2 0 .920
1965 BAL A P 67 0 119.1 18 16 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 1.000
1966 BAL A P 51 0 92 5 11 0 1 0 0 9 4 0 1.000
1967 BAL A P 42 0 81.1 6 10 0 1 0 0 6 4 1 1.000
1968 ATL N P 2 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 704 49 1353.2 152 341 14 35 0 7 81 34 5 .972

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1952 STL N 12 25 0 3 0 3 .120 .154 .120 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 0
1953 STL N 42 43 4 8 0 1 .186 .239 .233 2 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 2
1954 STL N 20 13 1 4 0 0 .308 .357 .308 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL N 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1956 PHI N 29 25 7 4 0 1 .160 .364 .200 1 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 0
1956 TOT N 33 26 7 4 0 1 .154 .353 .192 1 0 8 3 0 1 0 0 0
1957 NY N 38 35 2 2 0 0 .057 .057 .057 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
1958 SF N 42 50 4 6 0 5 .120 .228 .140 1 0 7 17 0 5 0 0 0
1959 SF N 59 45 1 2 0 0 .044 .104 .044 0 0 2 8 1 4 0 0 1
1960 SF N 47 25 1 5 0 0 .200 .259 .200 0 0 2 8 0 3 0 0 0
1961 SF N 64 20 2 4 0 1 .200 .333 .250 1 0 4 5 0 1 1 0 0
1962 SF N 60 16 2 2 0 1 .125 .176 .125 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
1963 BAL A 71 16 1 5 0 3 .313 .313 .500 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0
1964 BAL A 66 9 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .222 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1965 BAL A 67 16 1 1 0 2 .063 .118 .125 1 0 1 5 0 4 0 0 0
1966 BAL A 51 19 2 2 0 3 .105 .105 .105 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0
1967 BAL A 42 11 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1968 ATL N 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 419 298 24 40 0 12 .134 .213 .151 5 0 29 63 1 26 1 0 3
Total AL 297 71 4 9 0 8 .127 .139 .197 3 1 1 26 0 10 0 0 0
Total 716 369 28 49 0 20 .133 .200 .160 8 1 30 89 1 36 1 0 3

Transactions[]

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1949).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Harvey Haddix and Ben Flowers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier (May 11, 1956).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Giants in exchange for Jim Hearn (October 11, 1956).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Mike McCormick and John Orsino to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jack Fisher, Billy Hoeft and Jimmie Coker (December 15, 1962).
  • Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Atlanta Braves (April 1, 1968).

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