Shelby Miller
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 33
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 5 6 4.66 33 0 2 36.2 32 0.90
12 Seasons 46 64 4.11 236 133 3 856.2 718 1.33
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 33 5-6 4.66 36.2 32 0.90
12 Seasons 236 46-64 4.11 856.2 718 1.33
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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 33 534 104 9 8.7 6.1 91.3 109.0 15.9 33.7 .225 .425 .274 .315 .368 41.3 21.6 5.4 4.66 3.99
Player 8161 1491 99 6.6 4.7 88.8 117.6 12.3 30.4 .249 .414 .320 .325 .364 34.3 19.1 9.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Miller relies on 3 pitches.
Four Seamer
(60.9%) ,
Split Finger
(21.3%) ,
Slider
(17.8%) ,


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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 37.5 32.7 21.2 8.7 41.3 33.7 25.0 1.9 30.8 33.7 19.2 5.8 8.7 6.1
Player 44.9 23.8 24.1 7.2 33.9 36.6 28.4 3.4 32.9 25.4 23.8 4.5 6.6 4.7
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Slider DET R 95 88.3 28.2 -4.5 -14 3.8 -0.1 -3
2024 Split-Finger DET R 114 86.5 29.6 -3.6 -11 14.8 2.8 24
2024 4-Seam Fastball DET R 325 93.3 13.6 2.6 16 9.2 0.9 11
2023 Sweeper LAD R 107 82.1 38.0 -0.2 -1 14.4 0.9 7
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAD R 381 93.5 13.8 2.4 15 9.2 1.2 15
2023 Split-Finger LAD R 174 85.6 31.3 -1.0 -3 15.1 2.7 22
2022 4-Seam Fastball SF R 57 94.4 12.5 2.7 18 8.9 0.5 6
2022 Sweeper SF R 70 82.1 38.1 -0.4 -1 13.6 -1.1 -8
2021 Cutter PIT R 61 88.7 27.7 -0.7 -3 1.9 -0.4 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball PIT R 173 93.5 12.7 2.8 18 7.7 0.0 0
2021 Sweeper PIT R 39 80.2 46.2 3.6 9 17.5 0.7 4
2019 Cutter TEX R 31 88.6 27.2 -0.3 -1 3.2 1.4 75
2019 Sinker TEX R 20 93.8 17.1 -4.4 -21 13.3 -1.2 -8
2019 Changeup TEX R 20 86.7 27.0 -2.5 -9 13.4 -0.7 -5
2019 4-Seam Fastball TEX R 581 94.3 14.1 1.3 8 10.3 2.5 32
2019 Curveball TEX R 210 79.4 54.8 1.4 3 7.6 -2.6 -25
2018 Curveball AZ R 78 79.9 50.9 -1.3 -3 6.0 -3.6 -38
2018 Cutter AZ R 39 89.9 26.3 -1.1 -4 0.7 -1.1 -61
2018 Changeup AZ R 2 88.2 21.5 -7.3 -25 12.1 -1.9 -13
2018 Sinker AZ R 19 93.8 18.8 -2.6 -12 14.7 0.3 2
2018 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 190 94.5 14.9 0.6 4 9.3 1.3 16
2017 Cutter AZ R 98 88.7 26.0 -0.3 -1 0.9 -2.5 -156
2017 Sinker AZ R 153 95.2 14.4 -4.4 -24 14.4 -0.4 -3
2017 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 71 93.9 12.0 2.5 17 5.3 -2.9 -35
2017 Curveball AZ R 62 78.1 51.2 -1.7 -3 3.7 -6.0 -62
2016 Cutter AZ R 309 88.7 28.2 -1.4 -5 3.3 0.0 -1
2016 Sinker AZ R 220 93.6 18.9 -3.0 -14 12.6 -1.4 -10
2016 Curveball AZ R 191 79.6 51.4 -1.8 -3 9.0 -1.4 -13
2016 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 847 93.5 14.7 1.7 10 7.0 -0.5 -6
2016 Changeup AZ R 88 86.5 28.2 -3.0 -10 11.7 -1.2 -9
2015 Curveball ATL R 299 78.6 54.6 0.4 1 12.6 1.8 16
2015 Changeup ATL R 69 87.0 29.1 -2.0 -7 13.5 0.1 0
2015 Cutter ATL R 665 87.7 29.3 -1.0 -3 1.5 -1.7 -53
2015 Sinker ATL R 1,056 94.5 20.5 -1.3 -6 13.3 -0.9 -7
2015 4-Seam Fastball ATL R 1,029 94.9 15.2 0.5 3 7.8 0.3 4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 1.5 5 325 60.9 83 .157 .329 .264 24.5 24.1 24.4 .215 .402 .334 48.1
2024 Split-Finger -3.2 -4 114 21.3 35 .235 .412 .344 25.0 20.0 20.6 .237 .400 .261 35.7
2024 Slider 0.3 0 95 17.8 29 .214 .500 .310 22.9 13.8 20.0 .246 .526 .337 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 3.6 14 382 57.6 89 .110 .178 .222 25.8 24.7 22.0 .206 .394 .327 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
2022 Sweeper -1.9 -1 70 55.1 15 .286 .500 .357 18.5 26.7 17.4 .265 .357 .300 30.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 1 57 44.9 14 .154 .154 .179 26.1 71.4 43.5 .083 .100 .126 33.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -5 173 63.4 41 .290 .516 .430 22.1 12.2 10.0 .293 .468 .415 42.3
2021 Cutter 3.2 2 61 22.3 13 .364 .364 .385 28.1 7.7 6.7 .215 .253 .283 40.0
2021 Sweeper -7.7 -3 39 14.3 8 .429 1.143 .563 22.2 25.0 8.3 .288 .759 .381 16.7
2019 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -11 581 67.3 160 .323 .546 .437 18.8 15.6 15.0 .288 .549 .416 47.2
2019 Curveball -3.1 -7 210 24.3 48 .302 .395 .350 14.1 8.3 6.3 .267 .377 .309 17.5
2019 Cutter -5.6 -2 31 3.6 3 .333 .333 .300 27.3 33.3 10.0 .115 .136 .107 0.0
2019 Sinker 0.7 0 20 2.3 4 .333 .333 .400 44.4 0.0 0.0 .169 .183 .297 66.7
2019 Changeup -1.6 0 20 2.3 3 .333 .333 .300 16.7 0.0 0.0 .456 .632 .459 66.7
2018 4-Seam Fastball -3.8 -7 190 57.9 48 .405 .690 .515 12.8 22.9 18.6 .319 .588 .423 54.8
2018 Curveball -2.7 -2 78 23.8 18 .278 .611 .372 36.1 33.3 23.1 .287 .722 .421 50.0
2018 Cutter -3.3 -1 39 11.9 9 .250 .625 .400 26.1 22.2 20.0 .255 .598 .400 50.0
2018 Sinker 2.4 0 19 5.8 4 .000 .000 .175 12.5 0.0 0.0 .225 .250 .574 66.7
2018 Changeup -0.6 0 2 0.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker -1.1 -2 153 39.6 45 .225 .375 .333 20.3 20.0 20.9 .232 .362 .303 25.8
2017 Cutter 0.3 0 98 25.4 30 .240 .280 .308 38.8 26.7 25.8 .203 .242 .276 23.5
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.7 1 71 18.4 16 .200 .333 .369 9.1 18.8 18.8 .239 .382 .287 33.3
2017 Curveball -0.3 0 62 16.1 7 .286 .429 .307 7.7 0.0 0.0 .255 .279 .233 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 4-Seam Fastball 322 93.3 98 19.8 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Split-Finger 109 86.6 90 16.7 1:30 2:15 -45
2024 Slider 95 88.3 51 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball 57 94.4 96 20.2 1:00 1:00 0
2022 Sweeper 70 82.1 53 14.5 8:15 9:00 -45
2021 Cutter 61 88.7 52 6.5 11:45 11:15 30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 173 93.5 95 19.8 12:45 12:45 0
2021 Sweeper 39 80.2 62 19.4 7:30 8:30 -60
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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 147 534 1 5 -1 -3 2
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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 21.1 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 534 54.3 68.3 80.3 25.0 57.4 40.6 61.5 48.5 24.3 10.5 73.2
Player 8,161 52.2 67.3 82.9 25.1 65.4 43.5 59.2 47.1 20.9 8.3 76.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 35 39 76 68 38 94
2016 1 1 1 3 2 12 1 12 12 9 32 12 23 62 63 35 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 97
2022 59 78 98
2023 41 68 97
2024 46 73 31 9 77 58 30 2 30 44 87 42 17 36 85 91
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

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 93.3 -0.2
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 86.5 0.9
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 91.3 1.8
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 15.9 1.0
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 8.7 1.7
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 41.3 4.3
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 33.7 3.7
xBA .226 .304 0.078 .227 -0.077 .301 0.074 -- -0.020 -- -- .275 -- .177 -0.098 .187 0.010 .225 0.038
BA .238 .310 0.072 .230 -0.080 .343 0.113 -- -0.026 -- -- .327 -- .222 -0.105 .135 -0.087 .188 0.053
xwOBA .285 .382 0.097 .286 -0.096 .426 0.140 -- -0.042 -- -- .382 -- .215 -0.167 .280 0.065 .315 0.035
wOBA .290 .370 0.080 .293 -0.077 .437 0.144 -- -0.053 -- -- .433 -- .269 -0.164 .222 -0.047 .274 0.052
xSLG .338 .529 0.191 .324 -0.205 .614 0.290 -- -0.117 -- -- .461 -- .234 -0.227 .347 0.113 .425 0.078
SLG .355 .493 0.138 .345 -0.148 .643 0.298 -- -0.146 -- -- .571 -- .333 -0.238 .241 -0.092 .383 0.142
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 21.6 -4.2
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 5.4 -6.3
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 48.5 5.5
Whiff% 21.1 18.2 -2.9 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 54.3 1.5
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 45.7 -1.5
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 25.0 2.3
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 33.1 8.4
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 61.5 3.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 429 .368 180 17 9.4 249 83 33.3
2017 Shifts 98 .293 39 0 0.0 59 23 39.0
2018 Shifts 79 .437 37 3 8.1 42 10 23.8
2019 Shifts 219 .384 126 5 4.0 93 26 28.0
2021 Shifts 62 .433 35 7 20.0 27 19 70.4
2022 Shifts 29 .269 13 2 15.4 16 10 62.5
2023 Shades 161 .222 87 0 0.0 74 35 47.3
2024 Shades 147 .276 76 0 0.0 71 43 60.6
! 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 113 17.1 15.0% 0.0% 89 18.7 2.2% 1.1%
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Pitch Distribution