Roger Miller | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1954 |
Birth Place: | Connellsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mill Run, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | September 8 |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutyear: | 1974 |
Debutteam: | Milwaukee Brewers |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 13 |
Finalyear: | 1974 |
Finalteam: | Milwaukee Brewers |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 0–0 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 11.57 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 2 |
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Roger Wesley Miller (August 1, 1954 – April 26, 1993) 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.[1]
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 explosion while working as a welder in a limestone mine in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.[2]