American baseball player (1901-1959)
Baseball player
Otis Louis Miller (February 2, 1901 – July 26, 1959) was an American politician and baseball player.
Baseball career
Miller was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns (1927) and Boston Red Sox (1930–1932). Miller batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Belleville, Illinois. In a four-season career, Miller was a .274 hitter (229-for-837) with 95 runs and 91 RBI in 272 games played.[1]
Political career
Miller served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1949 until his death as a Republican.[2] His son Otis L. Miller, Jr. also served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1961 and 1962.[3]
Miller died in Belleville, Illinois, at the age of 58.
Notes
- ^ Retrospect
- ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1959–1960,' Biographical Sketch of Otis L. Miller,' pg. 310
- ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1961–1962,' Biographical Sketch of Otis L. Miller (son), pg. 336
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