Erik Miller

BIOGRAPHY

Erik Miller was born February 13, 1998, in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Miller attended De Smet Jesuit High School in Creve Coeur, Missouri. In 2015, his junior year, he went 5-1 with a 3.58 ERA, and as a senior in 2016, he compiled a 3-4 record and 3.14 ERA. He went undrafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft after emailing professional scouts that had contacted him and informing them that he would not sign if selected, and would be honoring his commitment to play college baseball at Stanford University.

In 2017, as a freshman at Stanford, Miller appeared in 17 games (making 13 starts and four relief appearances) in which he went 5-2 with a 3.65 ERA. After the season, he participated in the New England Collegiate Baseball League with the Newport Gulls. As a sophomore in 2018, he started 13 games, going 4-4 with a 4.07 ERA, striking out 52 over 48+2⁄3 innings. That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Orleans Firebirds. During his junior season in 2019, Miller started 15 games and pitched to a 3.15 ERA and 97 strikeouts over eighty innings. Following the season, he was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

Miller signed with the Phillies and made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Phillies before earning promotions to the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League and the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League during the season. Over 11 games (seven starts) between the three clubs, he went 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 52 strikeouts over 36 innings. Miller was invited to spring training by the Phillies in 2021. He began the 2021 season on the injured list, and pitched only 12+2⁄3 innings for the year. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Peoria Javelinas after the season.