Richard Alan (Rick) Miller (born April 19, 1948) is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1985. Miller attended Union High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan) and was a star athlete in the Grand Rapids City League before playing collegiate ball for the Michigan State Spartans. On September 4, 1971, Miller, at the age of 23, broke into the big leagues with the Boston Red Sox.[1] He spent 12 of his 15 seasons as a member of the Red Sox, he also played with the California Angels. Miller was an accomplished fielder who won a Gold Glove in 1978 for his play in center field.
| Rick Miller | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: April 19, 1948 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 4, 1971, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 6, 1985, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .269 |
| Home runs | 28 |
| Runs batted in | 369 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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He was traded along with Carney Lansford and Mark Clear from the Angels to the Red Sox for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson on December 10, 1980.[2]
In a 15-year career covering 1482 games, Miller compiled a .269 batting average (1046-for-3887) with 552 runs, 28 home runs and 369 RBI. Defensively, he recorded a .986 fielding percentage at all three outfield positions and first base. In the postseason, in the 1975 World Series and 1979 American League Championship Series, he batted .222 (4-for-18) with 2 runs scored.
In 2007, Miller was named as the manager of the Nashua Pride of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, a team he managed through the end of the 2008 season. In 2012, he was named the manager of the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.[3]
Miller is the brother in law of former teammate Carlton Fisk, having married Fisk's sister Janet.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Rick Miller Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Sox Trade Burleson, Hobson For Lansford, Clear, Miller," The Harvard Crimson (Harvard University), Thursday, December 11, 1980. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
- ^ "Bay Sox Welcome Former MLB Star Rick Miller as Manager". South Coast Today. November 29, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Wilson, Doug (2015). Pudge: The Biography of Carlton Fisk. Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 9781466872349. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Rick Miller at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
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