Kevin Millar

Millar with the Toronto Blue Jays

First baseman / Outfielder

Born: September 24, 1971 (age 45)
Los Angeles, California

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 11, 1998, for the Florida Marlins

Last MLB appearance

October 3, 2009, for the Toronto Blue Jays

MLB statistics

Batting average

.274

Home runs

170

Runs batted in

699

Teams

Career highlights and awards

World Series champion (2004)

Kevin Charles Millar (/mᵻˈlɑːr/; born September 24, 1971) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and current analyst for MLB Network. He currently is a host along with Chris Rose on the MLB Network show Intentional Talk.

Millar was born in Los Angeles and graduated from University High School in Los Angeles. He attended and played college baseball for Lamar in Beaumont, Texas. Under the tutelage of Coach Jim Gilligan, Millar and the Cardinals prospered. For two seasons, Millar was a key part of Lamar's return to prominence in collegiate baseball. In 1992, Lamar went 32–21, posting the NCAA’s biggest turnaround with a 14-victory improvement over the 1991 season. Millar led the Cardinals that season in runs (41), hits (56), home runs (13) and runs batted in (50), and he earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors.

The next season, Millar helped lead the Cardinals to a 44–18 record, to the SBC regular-season and tournament championships and to a berth in the NCAA’s Central 1 Regional in College Station. at Lamar.

In 1993, Millar began his professional career with the Saint Paul Saints of the Northern League.

Millar was a replacement player during the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, when he played with the replacements in early 1995 and therefore, he is barred from membership in the Major League Baseball Players Association.

From 1997 to 1999, during games encompassing several minor league stints, Millar set the record for most consecutive games reaching base with 71 straight (although this statistic only began to be formally tracked in the minors in 1996). This record was tied in 2003 by future Red Sox teammate Kevin Youkilis. His contract was purchased by the Florida Marlins at the end of the season and he made his major league debut for Florida in 1998.

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