BIOGRAPHY
Wade Miley was born November 13, 1986, in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Miley was born in Hammond, Louisiana, but grew up in Loranger, Louisiana, a town of 6,100 residents and 1,924 households. His father, Wendell, was a mechanic for 18 wheelers. Miley attended Loranger High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, where he played college baseball for the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team. In 2007, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Miley was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Month for April 2012, pitching 3–0 with a 1.29 earned-run average (ERA), striking out 15 in 21 innings in two starts. Miley took a no-hitter into the 6th inning against Miami. He was also named an NL All-Star in his rookie season after beginning the 2012 season with a 9–5 record with a 3.04 ERA. Later that season on October 1, 2012, Miley pitched an immaculate inning in a game facing the Colorado Rockies. Miley won 16 games for the Diamondbacks in 29 starts in 2012. He also made 3 relief appearances. He had an ERA of 3.33 in 194 2⁄3 innings.
He throws four main pitches with an occasional fifth. The main four are four-seam fastball and two-seam fastballs (ranging from 88–92 miles per hour (142–148 km/h)), a slider (79–82 miles per hour (127–132 km/h)), and a changeup to right-handed hitters (80–81 miles per hour (129–130 km/h)). The least commonly thrown is a curveball in the mid-upper 70s, mostly against right-handers. His favored off-speed pitch with two strikes is the slider.
Miley resigned with the Milwaukee Brewers following the 2023 season.
