Rick Miller (baseball)
Rick Miller | |||
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan | April 19, 1948|||
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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 | ||
Hits | 1,046 | ||
Runs batted in | 369 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Richard Alan (Rick) Miller (born April 19, 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1971 to 1985. Miller attended Grand Rapids Union High School and was a star athlete in the Grand Rapids City League. He spent 12 of his 15 seasons as a member of the Boston 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.
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.[1]
Miller is the brother in law of former teammate Carlton Fisk, having married Fisk's sister Janet.[2]
References
- ↑ "Bay Sox Welcome Former MLB Star Rick Miller as Manager". South Coast Today. November 29, 2011. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ Wilson, Doug (2015). Pudge: The Biography of Carlton Fisk. Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 9781466872349. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
External links
- Miller's career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
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Preceded by Butch Hobson |
Nashua Pride Manager 2008 |
Succeeded by Brian Daubach (American Defenders of New Hampshire) |