Joseph "Cannon Ball" Miller (birthdate unknown) was an American

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in the pre-

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. Prior to his first known games played for the

Page Fence Giants The Page Fence Giants were a professional Black-American baseball team based in Adrian, Michigan, from 1895 to 1898, performing as one of the nation's top teams in the Negro leagues. Named after the Page Woven Wire Fence Company in Adrian, they ...

, Miller pitched for multiple amateur teams in the Nebraska League with the first known record being his 1890 resigning with the Omaha Lafayettes. Often referred to as "Kid" Miller in the Nebraska League, Miller held the nation's amateur record of striking out 22 of 27 batters in 1890 while pitching for the Lincoln Giants shortly before they disbanded. During this Pre-Page Fence Giants era, he teamed up with Frank Maupins (later also of the Page Fence Giants) to form a formidable battery with the reorganized Lincoln Giants. During his recorded 4 years in the Nebraska League, Miller played with 7 different teams: the Omaha Lafayettes, Lincoln Giants, Nebraska City Steam, Prospect Hills, N.B. Falconers, Fontanelle, and Council Bluffs Maroons. Miller played a few seasons for Chicago teams

Columbia Giants The Columbia Giants were a professional, black baseball team based in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, prior to the Negro leagues. Founding In 1899, a group known as the Columbia Club, organized the Columbia Giants under the direction ...

and

Chicago Union Giants The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gi ...

. He played with many popular players of the day, including

Sol White King Solomon White (June 12, 1868 – August 26, 1955) was an American professional baseball infielder, manager (baseball), manager and executive, and one of the pioneers of the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues. An active sportswriter for m ...

William Binga William H. Binga (February 26, 1869 – October 14, 1950) was an American third baseman, catcher and manager (baseball), manager in the pre-Negro league baseball era. Born in Michigan, Binga played most of his career in Chicago, Illinois, Phi ...

Rube Foster Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. Foster is considered by sports historians to hav ...

Harry Hyde Harry Hyde (January 17, 1925 – May 13, 1996) was a leading crew chief in NASCAR stock car racing in the 1960s through the 1980s, winning 56 races and 88 pole positions. He was the 1970 championship crew chief for Bobby Isaac. He inspired t ...

, Walter Ball, and Charles "Joe" Green.

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