Dots Miller

Dots Miller
First baseman / Second baseman
Born: September 9, 1886(1886-09-09) Kearny, New Jersey
Died: September 5, 1923(1923-09-05) (aged 36) Saranac Lake, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1909 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1921 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
Batting average	.263
Home runs	32
Hits	1526
Runs batted in	715
Stolen bases	177
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1909-1913) St. Louis Cardinals (1914-1917, 1919) Philadelphia Phillies (1920-1921)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion: 1909

John Barney "Dots" Miller (September 9, 1886 - September 5, 1923) was a professional baseball player who played first base and second base in Major League Baseball from 1909 to 1921. He would play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals.

Career

Miller started his major league career with the Pirates. In his rookie season, he drove in 87 runs and helped Pittsburgh win the American League pennant and their first World Series title. Miller was the regular second baseman from 1909 to 1911 but then moved over to first base.

Reportedly, he got the nickname "Dots" after someone asked Miller's thick-accented teammate Honus Wagner where they could find John Miller. Wagner pointed to Miller and replied, "Dots (That's) Miller."

In 1913, Miller was traded to the Cardinals, where he continued his good hitting and fielding for the next few years.

In 1918 Miller's career was interrupted while he served in World War I.^[1]

Miller became manager of a Pacific Coast League team, the San Francisco Seals, in 1922. He led the club to the pennant in his first year.^[2] The next season, he fell ill with tuberculosis and died on September 5.^[3]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases

References

1. ^ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. pp. 742. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3. 
2. ^ "The Ballplayers - Dots Miller". baseballlibrary.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
3. ^ "Dots Miller's Obit". thedeadballera.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Name	Miller, Dots
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	September 9, 1886
Place of birth	Kearny, New Jersey
Date of death	September 5, 1923
Place of death	Saranac Lake, New York