Dyar Miller

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46+1⁄3 IP with 33 SO and a 2.72 ERA. [4] He was traded by the Orioles to the California Angels for Dick Drago on June 13, 1977. [5]

The Mets released Miller after the 1981 season. In Miller's seven Major League seasons, he pitched 465+1⁄3 innings in 251 total games, making one start, and compiling a 3.23 ERA with 22 saves. [4] He also pitched 13 total seasons in the minor leagues. After his release from the Mets, Miller pitched three more years in the Cardinals organization with the Louisville Redbirds, where 1984 was his final season as a player. [2]

Coaching and baseball operations career (1985–2012)

After his playing career, Miller stayed in the Cardinals organization for the next two seasons. In 1985, Miller was named as pitching coach with the Cardinals' Class AA minor league club, the Arkansas Travelers, where Jim Riggleman was the manager. The next season, 1986, he returned to Louisville as the pitching coach, managed by Jim Fregosi. Fregosi left during the season to replace Tony La Russa as manager of the Chicago White Sox. The next season, Fregosi hired Miller as White Sox bullpen coach where he later on served as interim pitching coach while Don Rowe tended to his health concerns. The White Sox fired Fregosi following the 1988 season, and Miller took coaching roles in the Detroit Tigers (1989–1990) and Cleveland Indians (1991–1994) systems. [1]

In 1995, Miller returned to the Cardinals organization, again as a pitching coach for Louisville. Through 2008, Miller coached, instructed, or retained leadership roles within the organization. Two years after returning to Louisville, he became a roving pitching instructor in the minor league system and held that role until 2000. Miller then spent the next seven years as pitching coach for their new AAA-affiliate, the Memphis Redbirds. [6] He was then promoted to minor league pitching coordinator in 2008 and remained in that role through 2011. [7]

On January 6, 2012, the Cardinals named Miller their bullpen coach after Duncan, the longtime pitching coach with former Cardinals manager La Russa, took a leave of absence. Former bullpen coach Derek Lilliquist substituted for Duncan, creating the opportunity for Miller. [8] However, his tenure as bullpen coach was short-lived. The following October, the Cardinals announced he would not return in 2013. It was the only coaching change the Cardinals made at that time. No reason was directly given, although general manager John Mozeliak commented, "Just from a standpoint of when we were putting the coaching staff together last year, we were doing it quickly and Dyar deserved that opportunity. But when we look at this long-term, we want [manager] Mike [Matheny] to be able to put his fingerprints on it as well." [7]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Retrosimba (January 8, 2012). "Dyar Miller gets justly rewarded for loyalty to the Cardinals". RetroSimba.com. Retrieved November 6, 2013. One quality Dyar Miller should be able to teach Cardinals relievers is perseverance. As both a pitcher and as a coach, Miller has displayed tremendous patience and determination in achieving his goals.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dyar Miller Statistics minor league statistics & history". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Oakland Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 3". Retrosheet.org. June 9, 1975. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
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  5. ↑ "Yesterday's Pro Transactions," The New York Times, Tuesday, June 14, 1977. Retrieved April 29, 2020
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  9. ↑ "Inductee – Dyar Miller". Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame. October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
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Dyar Miller
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Pitcher
Born: (1946-05-29) May 29, 1946 (age 78)
Batesville, Indiana, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 9, 1975, for the Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB appearance
September 2, 1981, for the New York Mets