Roger Miller (baseball)
Appearance
Roger Miller | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | August 1, 1954|
Died: April 26, 1993 Mill Run, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 38)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 8, 1974, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 13, 1974, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 11.57 |
Strikeouts | 2 |
Teams | |
Roger Miller (born Roger Wesley Miller[1]) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Miller was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fifteenth round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft and played at the Major League level with the team in 1974.[2]
Roger was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 15th round (342nd overall) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Uniontown Area High School in Uniontown, PA.
Miller died in an acetylene tank explosion in 1993 at the age of 38.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Roger Miller". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ "Roger Miller". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
- ^ The Deadball Era
External links
[edit]- Roger Miller at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
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- 1954 births
- 1993 deaths
- People from Connellsville, Pennsylvania
- Milwaukee Brewers players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Baseball players from Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Accidental deaths in Pennsylvania
- Deaths from explosion
- Industrial accident deaths
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American baseball pitcher, 1950s births stubs