Through the first 17 games of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2023 Major League Baseball season, Brownwood High School graduate Shelby Miller has maintained his 0.00 ERA.
Miller currently owns a 1-0 record in seven relief appearances, having pitched eight innings with eight strikeouts, six walks and two hits allowed. As of Tuesday morning, the Dodgers are 8-9 and in second place place in the National League West behind the Arizona Diamondbacks (10-7).
In his 11th Major League Baseball, the 32-year-old Miller – the 13th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft – owns a 39-58 career record with a 4.17 ERA, 652 strikeouts, and 318 walks in 786 innings pitched. Miller has appeared in 174 games and made 132 starts.
The Dodgers are the eighth franchise for which Miller has pitched, joining the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants.
Miller made his MLB debut on September 5, 2012 with St. Louis.
On May 11, 2013, Miller tossed a one-hitter with the Cardinals, retiring the final 27 Colorado Rockies batters in a row after yielding a lead-off single. Miller notched 13 strikeouts in the contest.
Miller appeared in the 2015 All-Star Game as a member of the Braves, as he posted a 3.02 ERA in 33 starts with a 6-17 record. Miller was one out away from recording a no-hitter against the Florida Marlins on May 17, 2015.