Bob Miller (1960s pitcher)
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Born: February 18, 1939 St. Louis, Missouri |
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Died: August 6, 1993 (aged 54) Rancho Bernardo, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 26, 1957, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
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| September 28, 1974, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 69–81 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.37 | ||
| Strikeouts | 895 | ||
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Robert Lane Miller (February 18, 1939 – August 6, 1993) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Miller was never a star pitcher, but his ability to fill in as a starter or reliever, as needed, allowed him to have a career that spanned 18 years in Major League Baseball.
In his diverse journey through organized baseball, he played for three World Series champions—the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates—five league champions and four division winners, as well as for four teams that lost 100 or more games in a season.
Miller played for ten different teams during his major league career, tying a modern-day record (since 1900) with Dick Littlefield that has since been broken. He played with three different teams in each of three different seasons: the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs in 1970; the Cubs, San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971; and the Padres, Detroit Tigers and New York Mets in 1973.
Steve Treder of Hardball Times described Miller as a "whatever-is-needed utility pitcher". Former teammate Roy Hartsfield, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays when Miller was the team's pitching coach, called him "The Christian", a nickname he earned "because he suffers so much", noting that Miller was a part-time reliever with a sore arm, but that "when we came up with some other sore arms on the staff he would come in and suffer a few innings."
His 12 consecutive losses at the start of the 1962 season with the Mets stood as a club record until it was broken by Anthony Young in 1993.
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