Brad Miller | |||
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Miller with the Seattle Mariners
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Tampa Bay Rays – No. 13 | |||
Shortstop / First Baseman / Outfielder | |||
Born: Windermere, Florida |
October 18, 1989 |||
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MLB debut | |||
June 28, 2013, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
MLB statistics (through May 3, 2017) |
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Batting average | .244 | ||
Home runs | 60 | ||
Runs batted in | 209 | ||
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Bradley Austin Miller (born October 18, 1989) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB), he previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners. Miller played college baseball for the Clemson Tigers, where he won the Brooks Wallace Award as the top shortstop in college baseball. Miller also was an outfielder with the Mariners.
Since joining the Rays, Miller has split time between shortstop and first base, to give Matt Duffy and Alexei Ramirez playing time, as Miller is rated as a poor defensive shortstop.
Miller attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida. Out of high school, Miller was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. However, he opted to instead attend Clemson University. While playing for the Clemson Tigers baseball team, he was selected to the 2009 and 2010 Collegiate National Teams, appearing in the 2009 World Baseball Challenge and 2010 World University Baseball Championship. He won the 2011 Brooks Wallace Award as the top college baseball shortstop in the nation. He was also named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year.