Richard Alan (Rick) Miller (born April 19, 1948) is an American former

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from 1971 to 1985. Miller attended Union High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan) and was a star athlete in the Grand Rapids City League before playing collegiate ball for the Michigan State Spartans. On September 4, 1971, Miller, at the age of 23, broke into the big leagues with the

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. He spent 12 of his 15 seasons as a member of the Red Sox, he also played with the

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. Miller was an accomplished fielder who won a Gold Glove in 1978 for his play in center field. He was traded along with Carney Lansford and

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from the Angels to the Red Sox for Rick Burleson and Butch Hobson on December 10, 1980. In a 15-year career covering 1482 games, Miller compiled a .269 batting average (1046-for-3887) with 552 runs, 28

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and 369 RBI. Defensively, he recorded a .986

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at all three outfield positions and first base. In the postseason, in the 1975 World Series and 1979

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, he batted .222 (4-for-18) with 2 runs scored. In 2007, Miller was named as the manager of the Nashua Pride of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, a team he managed through the end of the 2008 season. In 2012, he was named the manager of the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Miller is the brother in law of former teammate Carlton Fisk, having married Fisk's sister Janet.

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