Wade Miller
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| Chicago Cubs — No. 52 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| July 7, 1999 for the Houston Astros | |
| Record | 62-45 |
| ERA | 4.00 |
| Strikeouts | 743 |
| Former teams | |
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Wade Miller (born September 13, 1976 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago Cubs. From 1999 through 2004, Miller played for the Houston Astros and in 2005 for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed.
A winner of 45 games in a three-year period for the Astros, Miller was one of the best young pitchers in the National League before injuring the rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder in 2004.
Miller went 16-8 with 183 strikeouts and a 3.40 ERA in 2001. A year later, he was close behind at 15-4, 144, 3.35, and tied the club record with a 12-game winning streak over the summer. He then pitched through right forearm pain in 2003, but still was 14-13, 161, 4.13, and led his team in starts (33) and innings (187.1).
In 2004 Miller was 7-7 with 74 strikeouts and a 3.35 ERA in 15 starts before going on the disabled list in June with a season-ending rotator cuff injury. Astros believed he was playing hurt with shoulder and elbow injuries much of a year before, but he never complained about them.
In an eight-year career, Miller has compiled a 62-45 record with 743 strikeouts and a 4.00 ERA in 880.2 innings.
A free agent before the 2005 season, Miller was signed by the Boston Red Sox. He started the year on the disabled list. The acquisition paid off well when Miller was activated on May 8, while starters Curt Schilling and David Wells spent time on the DL.
On January 23, 2006 the Chicago Cubs signed Miller to a one-year, one million dollar contract, with $1 million more in incentives. Miller made the first start of the 2006 season on September 9.
Miller Made five starts in the 2006 seaon. Going 0-2 with a 4.57 ERA. He filed for free agency after the season.
On November 9, 2006 Miller signed an incentive laden, 1.5 million dollar one-year extension to stay with the Chicago Cubs under new manager Lou Piniella.
[edit] 2005 season
- Miller went 2-3 with a 5.03 ERA in 12 starts before the All-Star break.
[edit] External links
- ESPN - profile and daily update
- Boston Red Sox web site - biography and highlights
- Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis
