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Shelby Charles Miller (born October 10, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Drafted by the Cardinals out of Brownwood High School in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft, Miller was one of the sport's highest-rated prospects. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Cardinals' minor league pitcher of the year in 2010, Baseball America's number one Cardinals prospect from 2009 to 2011, and selection to the All-Star Futures Game in 2010 and 2011. A fourth award, MLB.com's Pitching Performance of the Month, was the result of his first MLB complete game shutout in May 2013, a one-hitter against the Colorado Rockies. After the 2014 season, the Cardinals traded Miller to the Braves. In 2015, Miller was named to the MLB All-Star Game. That offseason, the Braves traded Miller to the Diamondbacks. Early life Miller was born in Round Rock, Texas, and attended Brownwood High School in Brownwood, Texas. He played for the school's baseball team as a pitcher. In his sophomore year, he threw a no-hitter and helped lead his team to the regional semifinals. As a junior in 2008, Miller threw three no-hitters in consecutive games, including one perfect game. In Miller's senior year, he pitched to a 10–2 win–loss record with a 1.90 earned run average (ERA), and recorded 153 strikeouts in 77+2⁄3 innings pitched, with his fastball recorded as fast as 97 miles per hour (156 km/h). He drew comparisons to fellow Texas power pitchers Nolan Ryan and Josh Beckett. In addition to baseball, he played tight end and defensive end for the school's football team. He played quarterback until the seventh grade, when he suffered a staph infection, allowing Casey Pachall to win the role. Miller committed to attend Texas A&M University on a scholarship to play college baseball for the Texas A&M Aggies baseball team. Professional career Draft and minor leagues The St. Louis Cardinals selected Miller in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. Rather than attend Texas A&M, Miller signed with the Cardinals, receiving a $2.875 million signing bonus on the August 17 deadline. The Cardinals assigned him to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League, where he made two appearances. He returned to Quad Cities for the 2010 season, where he compiled a 7–5 win–loss record, a 3.62 ERA, 140 strikeouts and 33 walks in 104+1⁄3 innings pitched. During the season, he appeared in the All-Star Futures Game. He was named the Cardinals' minor league pitcher of the year after the season. Miller began the 2011 season with the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League (FSL). He was named the Cardinal Nation pitcher of the month for May 2011 after posting a 2.32 ERA for the month, and was promoted to the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League at the beginning of June. At the time of his promotion, he led the FSL with 81 strikeouts, and was considered the best pitching prospect in baseball by Keith Law of ESPN.com. Along with Carlos Martínez, Miller represented the Cardinals at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game. He made Baseball America's top prospect list in the 2011 midseason. The Cardinals named Miller their minor league pitcher of the month for June 2011. He pitched to a 9–3 win–loss record with a 2.70 ERA with 89 strikeouts in 86+2⁄3 innings pitched with Springfield. Miller totaled 25 starts with Palm Beach and Springfield, completing 139+1⁄2 innings and allowing a 2.70 ERA, 112 hits, 53 walks, and striking out 170 batters for an average of 11.0 strikeouts per nine innings pitched (K/9). After the season, Baseball America rated his fastball as the best in the Cardinals system, and named him a starting pitcher on their 2011 Minor League All-Star team. He was again named the Cardinals' Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Miller entered the 2012 season ranked as the fifth best prospect in baseball by MLB.com. After competing for a spot on the Cardinals roster, he began the 2012 season with the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL). Though he struggled in the beginning of the 2012 season, pitching to an ERA above 6.00 through the beginning of July, Miller pitched to an ERA below 3.00 for the remainder of the minor league season, and recorded 160 strikeouts for the Redbirds in 137 innings pitched. St. Louis Cardinals (2012–2014) 2012 season Miller made his MLB debut on September 5, 2012, against the New York Mets, as a relief pitcher. He threw two shutout innings, giving up one hit, walking none, and striking out four. Amidst the Cardinals' competition for a playoff spot, Miller recorded his first major league win as a reliever in an extra inning game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 16. Miller started his first major league game on October 3, against the Cincinnati Reds. Miller pitched six shutout innings, allowing only one hit, and striking out seven. He appeared twice in relief for the Cardinals during the 2012 National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the San Francisco Giants, allowing four hits and two runs in 3+1⁄3 innings. For the season, Miller completed 153+2⁄3 innings combined in the major league regular season, postseason and minor leagues. 2013 regular season Miller made the Cardinals' Opening Day starting rotation for the 2013 season, following a spring training competition with Joe Kelly for the final spot in the rotation. He threw his first career shutout in a 3–0 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 10, 2013. After allowing a bloop single to Eric Young, Jr. to begin the game, Miller pitched the equivalent of a perfect game by retiring the next 27 batters in a row. He threw 113 pitches, 84 for strikes. He walked none, striking out a career-high 13, which tied the Cardinals' rookie record, also held by Dick Hughes and Scipio Spinks. It was the closest a Cardinals' rookie came to throwing a no-hitter since Bud Smith performed the feat in 2001. His Game Score of 98 was the highest ever for a nine inning game thrown by a Cardinals pitcher. Miller's season performance vaunted him as an early Rookie of the Year award favorite. He won the Pitching Performance of the Month award for May because of his one-hit game on May 10. He had a 2–1 win–loss record, walking only six and striking out 32 for the month, while leading the NL with a 1.82 ERA. The shortest start of Miller's career occurred in an August 7 start against the Los Angeles Dodgers. On the second pitch of the game, a line drive off Carl Crawford's bat glanced struck Miller's right elbow. He was removed from the game at that point. Follow-up x-rays were negative and the injury was characterized as an elbow contusion. His ERA to that point in the sea.... Discover the Jeff Shelby popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jeff Shelby books.

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  • What She Lost synopsis, comments

    What She Lost

    Jeff Shelby

    After nearly a decade, Elizabeth Tyler was finally found.But she's still lost.Going back to her family – the family she was stolen from as a small child – should have been easy for...

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    Cutting Ties

    Jeff Shelby

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Oasis Ridge.Except it isn't December, and no one's in a very jolly mood.Sunny's attempts to fill the holidays with events for the res...

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    Dead by Dinner Time

    Jeff Shelby

    Dinner time isn't supposed to be deadly.Not at home and not at a restaurant, and most certainly not at Oasis Ridge, the Florida retirement home where Sunny Springfield works as the...

  • Thread of Truth synopsis, comments

    Thread of Truth

    Jeff Shelby

    A missing kid. Two desperate parents. And a story that just doesn't add up. Joe Tyler knows all about finding missing kids, so when Desmond Locker's parents ask for help ...

  • Thread of Revenge synopsis, comments

    Thread of Revenge

    Jeff Shelby

    Joe Tyler’s life is almost normal.His daughter is back home. His relationship with her mother is stronger than ever. The three of them are living under one roof, eager to start the...

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    Deep Water

    Jeff Shelby

    Noah's going back to college…but this time, to investigate a death.A young coed's death has been ruled an accident, but the university fears a lawsuit from the girl's family and hi...

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    What She Found

    Jeff Shelby

    Being found doesn't mean Elizabeth Tyler isn't still lost.After a rough start to her road trip in search of answers to her past, Elizabeth finds herself in Phoenix. She knows why s...

  • Thread of Fear synopsis, comments

    Thread of Fear

    Jeff Shelby

    Joe Tyler finally has his daughter – and the answers to what happened that fateful day years ago. After spending nearly a decade searching for her, Elizabeth is home and the people...

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    Thread of Hope

    Jeff Shelby

    This is the FIRST book in the Joe Tyler series.If someone took your child, how soon would you stop looking for her? If someone accused your best friend of a terrible crime, when wo...

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    Dead in the Dorm

    Jeff Shelby

    A summer stay at Northwoods University is the perfect way for Daisy Savage and her family to vacation together…until someone ends up dead in one of the dorms. With Emily, her ...

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    Impact Zone

    Jeff Shelby

    Noah Braddock needs a job.After striking a deal with the district attorney, Noah is settling back in to life in San Diego. But work is hard to come by, so when he's offered a case ...

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    Death At The Diner

    Jeff Shelby

    When Daisy's daughter, Emily, takes a job at a local restaurant she ends up serving more than she bargained for.Moose River’s beloved Officer Ted falls ill after eating some t...

  • Close Out synopsis, comments

    Close Out

    Jeff Shelby

    Working as a bouncer at a local nightclub isn't Noah Braddock's ideal gig. He'd rather be solving cases, but his private investigator skills aren't exactly in high demand…until Cyn...

  • Thread of Doubt synopsis, comments

    Thread of Doubt

    Jeff Shelby

    Joe Tyler is done with investigations. Or at least he tells himself he is.He has a new job teaching history at the local high school, and his daughter, Elizabeth, is no longer at h...

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    Foul Play

    Jeff Shelby

    Snow White is missing.When the star of the Moose River community theater’s production goes missing, Daisy is reluctantly drawn to the case – and not just because her two youngest d...

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    Dead in the Water

    Jeff Shelby

    Sunshine, relaxation, and…murder.Daisy and the family are excited for their weeklong Caribbean cruise, but the trip quickly derails with the discovery of a dead body. The ship's se...

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    School of Murder

    Jeff Shelby

    Daisy Savage and her family were promised a weekend of fun at Northwoods University. They got a dead body instead.When Emily, Daisy’s eldest daughter, makes plans to visit a colleg...

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    Wipe Out

    Jeff Shelby

    The unexpected death of a friend in the surfing community brings an old classmate into Noah’s life. A classmate looking for answers.When Mitchell Henderson, the owner of The Blue W...

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    The Murder Pit

    Jeff Shelby

    <b>Their old house was a money pit...but <i>a murder pit</i>?</b>Daisy Savage finally has everything she wants. A new husband. A bunch of kids. A charming o...

  • Thread of Suspicion synopsis, comments

    Thread of Suspicion

    Jeff Shelby

    Joe Tyler has a picture. After years of looking for his missing daughter, Elizabeth, and coming up empty, he finally has something. A picture of her shortly after her abduction, s...

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    The Last Time I Saw Them

    Jeff Shelby

    A new thriller from the bestselling author of Thread of Hope.When Kat Maddox's family set out for a day of fishing and never returned, the crushing pain and heartache brought her l...

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    Alibi High

    Jeff Shelby

    Daisy Savage has one goal when she signs up to volunteer at her daughter's high school: get her hours done and go home. But that's before she discovers the school's computer lab ha...

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    What She Knows

    Jeff Shelby

    Elizabeth Tyler is at the end of the road.She's come full circle, back to Minnesota, to the place she was taken after being abducted from her real family.Elizabeth [is there becaus...

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    Killer Swell

    Jeff Shelby

    Noah Braddock remembers Marilyn Crier as the stuckup mother of his high school girlfriend, Kate. Back then she thought Noah was strictly out of her daughter's league. Now she's app...

  • Thread of Danger synopsis, comments

    Thread of Danger

    Jeff Shelby

    Joe Tyler knows life will never be normal.Not after his daughter Elizabeth’s abduction and near decadelong absence, and not after his exwife’s murder. He just wants a chance to put...

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    Bail Out

    Jeff Shelby

    An old friend comes calling, asking for help and willing to pay Noah a premium price.But Darren Van Welker isn't really an old friend – he's more of an old enemy from high school. ...

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    Last Resort

    Jeff Shelby

    All Daisy Savage wants is a vacation. A romantic getaway with her husband. Seven blissful days at a fancy resort to relax, recharge and renew.What she gets instead is a dead body a...

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    Beauty and the Thief

    Jeff Shelby

    Beauty is only skin deep…especially when someone ransacks and robs a freelancing senior citizen's blossoming beauty business.Sunny Springfield has one thing she's supposed to be fo...

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    Locked In

    Jeff Shelby

    Noah Braddock's past won't leave him alone.After a selfimposed exile in Florida, Noah is back in San Diego, ready to face the fallout from the crime he committed. He doesn't want t...

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    Drift Away

    Jeff Shelby

    Forced to leave San Diego after his life is destroyed by tragedy, Noah is hiding and trying to heal on the Florida Panhandle. Paralyzed by fear and the pain of loss, he’s isolated ...

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    Assisted Murder

    Jeff Shelby

    Birthdays are a time for celebration…and murder?Daisy and her family travel to sunny Florida to help celebrate Jake’s grandmother’s 100th birthday, intent on reconnecting with Jake...

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    Popped Off

    Jeffrey Allen

    For stayathome dad Deuce Winters, the cutthroat world of suburban kiddie sports leagues is unavoidable. In his small town of Rose Petal, Texas, Moises Huber is known as the King of...

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    Thread of Betrayal

    Jeff Shelby

    So close... Joe Tyler is close to finding his daughter. After a narrow miss in Minnesota, Joe follows a money trail to Denver, hoping to finally find Elizabeth, the daughter who ...

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    Wicked Break

    Jeff Shelby

    Noah Braddock is just living from wave to wave, catching a nice break from his private eye business. So when Peter Pluto asks Noah to look for his missing younger brother, Linc, No...

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    Thread of Innocence

    Jeff Shelby

    Elizabeth Tyler is finally home.After years spent searching for her, Joe Tyler found his daughter and brought her home. But things aren't perfect and Joe is still looking.Not for h...