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b. February 18, 1939 · St. Louis Cardinals 1957, 1959–1961, New York Mets 1962, 1973–1974, Los Angeles Dodgers 1963–1967, Minnesota Twins 1968–1969, Cleveland Indians 1970, Chicago White Sox 1970, Chicago Cubs 1970–1971, San Diego Padres 1971, 1973, Pittsburgh Pirates 1971–1972, Detroit Tigers 1973

The original Mets carried two Bob Millers, roomed them together, and lost with both. This one went 1-12 with a 4.89 earned run average in 33 games; the other went 2-2. Casey Stengel could not keep them straight and did not pretend to.

He was better than that year suggests. Los Angeles took him in 1963 and got five seasons out of him at 2.62, 2.77, 2.89 and 2.97, working 74 games in 1964, and he was on the Dodger clubs that won the World Series in 1963 and 1965.

Seventeen seasons gave him 69 wins against 81, 51 saves, 1,551 innings and a 3.37 earned run average for ten franchises. He pitched for three clubs in 1970 and three more in 1971. He was killed in a car accident in Rancho Bernardo, California, in 1993, at fifty-four. The 1980 ballot gave him no votes.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1957	STL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1959	STL	11	24	1	5	0	0	1	1	13	.208
1960	STL	17	14	1	2	0	0	1	0	6	.143
1961	STL	35	14	2	5	0	1	0	2	5	.357
1962	NYM	40	41	2	5	0	1	0	1	17	.122
1963	LAD	42	57	1	4	0	0	2	2	24	.070
1964	LAD	74	19	1	3	0	0	0	2	7	.158
1965	LAD	61	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000
1966	LAD	46	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	.077
1967	LAD	52	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.125
1968	MIN	45	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	.143
1969	MIN	48	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.000
1970	CHC/CHW/CLE	38	28	0	5	0	0	2	4	6	.179
1971	CHC/PIT/SDP	56	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000
1972	PIT	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1973	DET/NYM/SDP	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1974	NYM	58	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.111
Career	—	707	299	8	33	1	2	8	14	125	.110

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1957	STL	0	0	5	0	0	9.0	13	7	5	7	7.00
1959	STL	4	3	11	10	0	70.2	66	26	21	43	3.31
1960	STL	4	3	15	7	0	52.2	53	20	17	33	3.42
1961	STL	1	3	34	5	3	74.1	82	35	46	39	4.24
1962	NYM	1	12	33	21	0	143.2	146	78	62	91	4.89
1963	LAD	10	8	42	23	1	187.0	171	60	65	125	2.89
1964	LAD	7	7	74	2	9	137.2	115	40	63	94	2.62
1965	LAD	6	7	61	1	9	103.0	82	34	26	77	2.97
1966	LAD	4	2	46	0	5	84.1	70	26	29	58	2.77
1967	LAD	2	9	52	4	0	85.2	88	41	27	32	4.31
1968	MIN	0	3	45	0	2	72.1	65	22	24	41	2.74
1969	MIN	5	5	48	11	3	119.1	118	40	32	57	3.02
1970	CHC/CHW/CLE	6	8	37	15	3	107.0	129	57	54	55	4.79
1971	CHC/PIT/SDP	8	5	56	0	10	98.2	83	18	40	51	1.64
1972	PIT	5	2	36	0	3	54.1	54	16	24	18	2.65
1973	DET/NYM/SDP	4	2	41	0	1	73.2	63	30	34	39	3.67
1974	NYM	2	2	58	0	2	78.0	89	31	39	35	3.58
Career	—	69	81	694	99	51	1551.1	1487	581	608	895	3.37

On this day & linked events

1939

Born February 18, 1939

St. Louis, MO, USA

1993

Died August 6, 1993

1957

Major-league debut: Bob Miller

Bob Miller made a major-league debut on June 26, 1957.

1974

Final major-league game: Bob Miller

Bob Miller played a final major-league game on September 28, 1974.

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