American college athlete and professional baseball player
Baseball player
Rudel Charles Miller (July 12, 1900 – January 22, 1994) was an multi-sport college athlete at Western Michigan University and a professional baseball infielder. He played two games for the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Biography
Miller earner 15 varsity letters with the Western Michigan Broncos, a school record.[1] He earned letters in football (4; 1920–1923), basketball (4; 1921–1924), baseball (4; 1921–1924), and track (3; 1920, 1921, 1924).[1] In his senior year on the baseball team, he had a .441 batting average.[1]
Miller played a total of 448 games in minor league baseball across four seasons from 1925–1929.[2] Primarily a second baseman, he also played four games as an outfielder.[2]
During the 1929 season, Miller played two games with the Philadelphia Athletics.[3] He had one hit in four at bats, three walks, and one RBI. His only hit was thrown by Ownie Carroll of the Detroit Tigers.[4] Defensively, Miller played both games at third base, making two errors in eight total chances for a .750 fielding percentage.[3]
In 1900, Miller owned a sporting goods store his home city of Kalamazoo.[5] He was inducted to the Western Michigan University athletic hall of fame in 1974.[1] Miller died and was interred in 1994 in Kalamazoo.[5]
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