Shelby Miller
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 1, #19, St. Louis Cardinals | Brownwood HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 1 6.43 4 0 0 7 14 1.29
2023 3 0 1.71 36 1 1 42 42 0.90
2024 6 8 4.53 51 0 2 55.2 49 0.97
12 Seasons 47 66 4.11 254 133 3 875.2 735 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 4 0-1 6.43 7 14 1.29
2023 36 3-0 1.71 42 42 0.90
2024 51 6-8 4.53 55.2 49 0.97
12 Seasons 254 47-66 4.11 875.2 735 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 24 3247 610 22 3.6 2.6 87.2 115.9 10.3 26.6 .226 .338 .290 .285 .319 27.7 19.9 8.5 3.02 3.33
2016 25 1740 346 34 9.8 7.4 89.9 117.6 13.3 34.1 .304 .529 .370 .382 .425 39.3 15.2 9.1 6.15 6.53
2017 26 386 67 3 4.5 3.0 86.6 109.9 10.9 26.9 .227 .324 .293 .286 .305 23.9 20.2 12.1 4.09 3.47
2018 27 328 52 9 17.3 11.4 92.2 110.4 8.5 38.5 .301 .614 .437 .426 .542 53.8 24.1 10.1 10.69 8.63
2019 28 863 157 12 7.6 5.5 89.6 114.9 13.5 34.4 .281 .497 .384 .384 .396 39.7 13.6 13.2 8.59 6.92
2021 30 273 42 3 7.1 4.8 90.9 106.3 16.1 31.0 .275 .461 .433 .382 .365 38.1 12.9 17.7 9.24 6.56
2022 31 127 13 0 0.0 0.0 90.3 108.1 23.5 30.8 .177 .234 .269 .215 .374 30.8 46.7 10.0 6.43 1.90
2023 32 663 100 7 7.0 4.3 89.5 113.7 14.9 30.0 .187 .347 .222 .280 .319 37.0 25.8 11.7 1.71 3.25
2024 33 850 158 12 7.6 5.3 91.1 109.0 16.8 31.0 .222 .389 .280 .300 .348 41.1 21.8 5.8 4.53 3.75
Player 8477 1545 102 6.6 4.6 88.9 117.6 12.6 30.3 .248 .410 .319 .323 .362 34.5 19.2 9.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Miller relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(60.6%) ,
Slider
(20.4%) ,
Split Finger
(18.8%) ,
Cutter
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 49.0 20.7 22.1 8.2 30.7 35.6 31.1 3.3 36.7 25.1 23.0 3.3 3.6 2.6
2016 43.6 21.4 29.5 5.5 34.7 41.3 24.0 3.5 28.9 22.0 26.3 4.3 9.8 7.4
2017 46.3 20.9 23.9 9.0 38.8 22.4 38.8 4.5 34.3 29.9 23.9 1.5 4.5 3.0
2018 51.9 25.0 21.2 1.9 30.8 38.5 30.8 5.8 36.5 11.5 25.0 3.8 17.3 11.4
2019 41.4 29.9 24.2 4.5 35.7 34.4 29.9 3.2 28.0 25.5 27.4 7.6 7.6 5.5
2021 38.1 31.0 23.8 7.1 26.2 40.5 33.3 0.0 31.0 28.6 31.0 2.4 7.1 4.8
2022 23.1 53.8 23.1 0.0 30.8 53.8 15.4 0.0 15.4 38.5 38.5 7.7 0.0 0.0
2023 39.0 27.0 22.0 12.0 43.0 38.0 19.0 5.0 33.0 32.0 14.0 9.0 7.0 4.3
2024 40.5 30.4 20.3 8.9 38.0 36.1 25.9 1.9 31.0 32.9 20.9 5.7 7.6 5.3
Player 45.0 23.9 23.9 7.2 33.9 36.8 28.3 3.3 32.8 25.6 23.8 4.5 6.6 4.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Cutter DET R 2 88.4 31.9 -4.7 5.8GLV 3.3 2.9 -5.4 5.8GLV 3.1
2024 Slider DET R 173 88.3 28.5 -4.3 4.1GLV 0.2 6.3 -4.7 4.1GLV -1.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball DET R 515 93.5 13.3 2.7 9.0ARM 0.7 18.0 2.2 9.0ARM 1.5
2024 Split-Finger DET R 160 86.8 29.4 -3.7 14.8ARM 3.1 6.9 -4.3 14.8ARM 4.2
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 381 93.5 13.8 2.4 9.2ARM 1.2 17.5 1.7 9.2ARM 1.8
2023 Sweeper LAD R 107 82.1 38.0 -0.2 14.4GLV 0.9 2.5 -1.0 14.4GLV 0.3
2023 Split-Finger LAD R 174 85.6 31.3 -1.0 15.1ARM 2.7 5.9 -2.6 15.1ARM 4.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 9 515 60.6 128 .183 .330 .273 23.7 23.4 21.0 .201 .349 .303 43.9
2024 Slider 0.2 0 173 20.4 48 .213 .447 .285 23.0 14.6 15.2 .272 .494 .335 42.5
2024 Split-Finger -3.7 -6 160 18.8 48 .239 .457 .352 27.7 22.9 21.2 .227 .385 .265 33.3
2024 Cutter -3.2 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 3.6 14 382 57.6 89 .110 .178 .222 25.8 24.7 22.0 .206 .394 .328 48.1
2023 Split-Finger 0.7 1 174 26.2 47 .136 .250 .198 30.7 29.8 22.6 .170 .274 .221 16.7
2023 Sweeper -0.3 0 107 16.1 25 .208 .417 .280 19.1 24.0 23.1 .162 .339 .227 38.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 4-Seam Fastball 496 93.4 98 19.9 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Split-Finger 155 86.8 89 16.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Slider 170 88.3 49 7.1 11:45 10:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 380 93.5 97 19.5 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Split-Finger 165 85.7 89 16.7 1:30 2:30 -60
2023 Sweeper 103 82.1 55 15.4 8:15 9:00 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 69 270 2 4 -1 -1 3
2013 726 2,980 13 28 -17 -10 14
2014 793 2,954 9 18 -16 -9 3
2015 851 3,217 31 15 -17 -11 18
2016 457 1,728 2 -5 -13 -9 -25
2017 98 384 2 4 -4 -2 0
2018 79 328 -3 -4 -1 -2 -10
2019 218 862 -1 -2 -12 -4 -20
2021 62 273 2 -2 -4 -2 -6
2022 29 127 1 2 -1 -1 0
2023 168 690 12 9 -3 -2 16
2024 224 850 2 9 -3 -5 4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 3,247 52.8 68.1 83.1 28.5 64.0 44.3 60.7 49.4 21.3 8.0 78.0
2016 1,740 49.8 67.4 84.2 26.7 73.4 42.2 59.3 47.0 18.2 7.9 76.8
2017 386 54.7 72.9 79.7 12.1 61.9 43.8 55.6 45.1 22.4 8.9 82.4
2018 328 50.0 67.7 89.2 26.2 55.8 48.5 48.1 47.0 20.1 8.5 89.3
2019 863 52.2 66.7 84.7 20.6 69.4 45.5 59.1 44.7 18.7 7.2 83.9
2021 273 50.9 71.2 75.8 14.2 78.9 40.3 48.4 43.2 23.7 9.9 66.7
2022 127 56.7 54.2 76.9 20.0 81.8 40.2 72.4 39.4 22.0 10.2 38.5
2023 663 52.8 61.1 81.8 22.7 50.7 41.9 58.0 43.0 26.0 9.2 70.5
2024 850 53.2 69.0 82.1 26.9 55.1 41.4 64.0 49.3 24.3 10.2 74.7
Player 8,477 52.1 67.4 83.0 25.3 64.8 43.4 59.5 47.3 21.1 8.4 76.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 75 72 79 80 61 26 83 76 90 47 30 37 39 76 68 38 94
2016 1 1 1 3 2 12 1 12 12 9 32 11 23 62 64 34 98
2017 77 83 26 95
2018 74 73 29 91
2019 2 9 9 11 1 65 37 23 22 2 6 7 1 68 67 24 88
2021 48 82 96
2022 59 77 98
2023 41 68 97
2024 59 74 50 27 79 72 52 3 29 40 84 40 28 40 87 91
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.2 14 17.6 -4 6 14 7 50.0
2017 21.9 1 1.5 -1 0 2 0 0.0
2018 22.7 5 5.4 0 3 4 2 40.0
2019 24.2 8 8.3 0 3 5 4 50.0
2021 23.9 3 2.6 0 2 2 1 33.3
2023 24.7 3 2.5 1 0 4 0 0.0
2024 24.1 9 10.6 -2 1 5 7 77.8
Player 23.3 43 48.5 -6 15 36 21 48.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 14 19 16 18 19 15 19 20 13 15 17 18 18 19 15 19 12 15 18 21 20 13 24 22 18 16 16 23 20 18 13
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 0
2018 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 5 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 5 2
2019 8 9 6 8 9 8 9 8 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 9 9 8 11 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 7
2021 3 4 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3
2023 3 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 3 4 3 4 1
2024 9 10 11 11 10 10 11 12 8 10 10 10 12 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 10 12 12 11 10 9 11 12 10 10
Player 43 51 45 46 50 43 53 51 38 42 44 50 54 48 43 51 43 44 50 52 53 48 59 57 50 45 44 57 58 51 36
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.0 92.5 -0.5 ↓ 92.9 0.4 ↑ 93.8 0.9 ↑ -- 0.2 ↑ -- -- 92.3 -- 94.4 2.1 ↑ 93.5 -0.9 ↓ 93.5 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 87.0 86.5 -0.5 ↓ 0.0 0.0 88.2 0.0 -- -1.5 ↓ -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0 85.6 0.0 86.8 1.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.6 79.7 1.1 ↑ 78.1 -1.6 ↓ 79.9 1.8 ↑ -- -0.5 ↓ -- -- 80.2 -- 82.1 1.9 ↑ 82.1 0.0 88.3 6.2 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.2 89.9 2.7 ↑ 86.6 -3.3 ↓ 92.2 5.6 ↑ -- -2.6 ↓ -- -- 90.9 -- 90.3 -0.6 ↓ 89.5 -0.8 ↓ 91.1 1.6 ↑
Launch Angle 10.3 13.3 3.0 ↑ 10.9 -2.4 ↓ 8.5 -2.4 ↓ -- 5.0 ↑ -- -- 16.1 -- 23.5 7.4 ↑ 14.9 -8.6 ↓ 16.8 1.9 ↑
Barrel % 3.6 9.8 6.2 ↑ 4.5 -5.3 ↓ 17.3 12.8 ↑ -- -9.7 ↓ -- -- 7.1 -- 0.0 -7.1 ↓ 7.0 7.0 ↑ 7.6 0.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 27.7 39.3 11.6 ↑ 23.9 -15.4 ↓ 53.8 29.9 ↑ -- -14.1 ↓ -- -- 38.1 -- 30.8 -7.3 ↓ 37.0 6.2 ↑ 41.1 4.1 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.6 34.1 7.5 ↑ 26.9 -7.2 ↓ 38.5 11.6 ↑ -- -4.1 ↓ -- -- 31.0 -- 30.8 -0.2 ↓ 30.0 -0.8 ↓ 31.0 1.0 ↑
xBA .226 .304 0.078 ↑ .227 -0.077 ↓ .301 0.074 ↑ -- -0.020 ↓ -- -- .275 -- .177 -0.098 ↓ .187 0.010 ↑ .222 0.035 ↑
BA .238 .310 0.072 ↑ .230 -0.080 ↓ .343 0.113 ↑ -- -0.026 ↓ -- -- .327 -- .222 -0.105 ↓ .135 -0.087 ↓ .202 0.067 ↑
xwOBA .285 .382 0.097 ↑ .286 -0.096 ↓ .426 0.140 ↑ -- -0.042 ↓ -- -- .382 -- .215 -0.167 ↓ .280 0.065 ↑ .300 0.020 ↑
wOBA .290 .370 0.080 ↑ .293 -0.077 ↓ .437 0.144 ↑ -- -0.053 ↓ -- -- .433 -- .269 -0.164 ↓ .222 -0.047 ↓ .280 0.058 ↑
xSLG .338 .529 0.191 ↑ .324 -0.205 ↓ .614 0.290 ↑ -- -0.117 ↓ -- -- .461 -- .234 -0.227 ↓ .347 0.113 ↑ .389 0.042 ↑
SLG .355 .493 0.138 ↑ .345 -0.148 ↓ .643 0.298 ↑ -- -0.146 ↓ -- -- .571 -- .333 -0.238 ↓ .241 -0.092 ↓ .384 0.143 ↑
K% 19.9 15.2 -4.7 ↓ 20.2 5.0 ↑ 24.1 3.9 ↑ -- -10.5 ↓ -- -- 12.9 -- 46.7 33.8 ↑ 25.8 -20.9 ↓ 21.8 -4.0 ↓
BB% 8.5 9.1 0.6 ↑ 12.1 3.0 ↑ 10.1 -2.0 ↓ -- 3.1 ↑ -- -- 17.7 -- 10.0 -7.7 ↓ 11.7 1.7 ↑ 5.8 -5.9 ↓
Swing % 49.4 47.0 -2.4 ↓ 45.1 -1.9 ↓ 47.0 1.9 ↑ -- -2.3 ↓ -- -- 43.2 -- 39.4 -3.8 ↓ 43.0 3.6 ↑ 49.3 6.3 ↑
Whiff% 21.3 18.2 -3.1 ↓ 22.4 4.2 ↑ 20.1 -2.3 ↓ -- -1.4 ↓ -- -- 23.7 -- 22.0 -1.7 ↓ 26.0 4.0 ↑ 24.3 -1.7 ↓
In Zone % 52.8 49.8 -3.0 ↓ 54.7 4.9 ↑ 50.0 -4.7 ↓ -- 2.2 ↑ -- -- 50.9 -- 56.7 5.8 ↑ 52.8 -3.9 ↓ 53.2 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.2 50.2 3.0 ↑ 45.3 -4.9 ↓ 50.0 4.7 ↑ -- -2.2 ↓ -- -- 49.1 -- 43.3 -5.8 ↓ 47.2 3.9 ↑ 46.8 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.5 26.7 -1.8 ↓ 12.1 -14.6 ↓ 26.2 14.1 ↑ -- -5.6 ↓ -- -- 14.2 -- 20.0 5.8 ↑ 22.7 2.7 ↑ 26.9 4.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 28.8 25.9 -2.9 ↓ 30.3 4.4 ↑ 21.5 -8.8 ↓ -- 3.5 ↑ -- -- 17.7 -- 37.9 20.2 ↑ 24.7 -13.2 ↓ 36.0 11.3 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 60.7 59.3 -1.4 ↓ 55.6 -3.7 ↓ 48.1 -7.5 ↓ -- 11.0 ↑ -- -- 48.4 -- 72.4 24.0 ↑ 58.0 -14.4 ↓ 64.0 6.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 429 .368 180 16 8.9 249 78 31.3
2017 Shifts 98 .293 39 0 0.0 59 20 33.9
2018 Shifts 79 .437 37 3 8.1 42 10 23.8
2019 Shifts 219 .384 126 5 4.0 93 18 19.4
2021 Shifts 62 .433 35 7 20.0 27 18 66.7
2022 Shifts 29 .269 13 2 15.4 16 9 56.3
2023 Shades 161 .222 87 0 0.0 74 35 47.3
2024 Shades 220 .282 117 0 0.0 103 60 58.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2012 54 15.2 44.4% 1.9% 31 25.3 0.0% 16.1%
2013 858 15.2 47.8% 1.2% 466 25.7 1.1% 17.8%
2014 893 15.7 42.1% 1.6% 437 25.7 0.2% 19.9%
2015 916 15.3 47.1% 2.6% 496 23.5 7.1% 16.7%
2016 479 18.7 19.4% 5.4% 304 28.1 2.0% 34.9%
2017 119 15.8 40.3% 0.8% 57 25.3 1.8% 15.8%
2018 96 18.4 7.3% 2.1% 54 25.3 0.0% 11.1%
2019 207 17.1 28.5% 1.0% 169 23.1 0.0% 8.3%
2021 74 20.6 6.8% 5.4% 58 23.6 0.0% 3.4%
2022 46 18.3 6.5% 0.0% 16 23.4 0.0% 6.3%
2023 202 16.5 18.8% 0.0% 111 19.0 0.9% 1.8%
2024 201 16.9 11.9% 0.0% 145 18.9 1.4% 1.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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