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Bing Miller was a dependable, hard-hitting, graceful outfielder whom Connie Mack dealt to the Browns in 1926 but reacquired following the 1927 season. Miller joined with Mule Haas and Al Simmons in the Athletics' outfield for Mack's last champions of 1929-31. He batted over .300 in nine seasons, with a high of .342 for Philadelphia in 1924. In 1934 with the A's, and 1935 with the Red Sox, he led the AL in pinch hits and pinch at-bats. He was a contact hitter who considered it a disgrace to take a called third strike; when he did so in 1936, he knew it was time to retire. Miller became a coach with the Red Sox, Tigers, White Sox, and A's. His brother Ralph was an infielder with the Phillies in 1920-21 and the Senators in 1924. (JK)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » January 10, 1922: The following round-robin deal benefits everyone: Roger Peckinpaugh goes from Boston to Washington; Joe Dugan, from the Athletics to Boston; and OF Bing Miller and P Jose Acosta, from Washington to Philadelphia. Acosta will be sold to Chicago on February 4th. » May 2, 1922: With two outs, Washington's George Mogridge serves up consecutive home runs to three Philadelphia batters—Tilly Walker, Cy Perkins, and Bing Miller. It has been done twice before: June 30, 1902 and May 10, 1894. The A's win, 11–2, behind Bob Hasty. » May 6, 1922: Carl Mays allows two hits -- both to Bing Miller -- and faces just 29 batters as the Yankees beat the A's, 2–0. It is the submariner's 19th straight win over Philadelphia and his 2nd in two weeks. » August 19, 1922: In Philadelphia, the Browns and A's split a pair, with St. Louis taking the opener, 9–5. Urban Shocker is backed by Ken Williams 31st HR. He hits his 32nd in the nitecap, but the A's win, 6–5, when Bing Miller bangs a 2-run HR in the eighth off Rasty Wright. The split allows the Yankees, winner over Chicago, to move back into first place. » September 8, 1924: Washington, with a 2-game lead in the American League, beats the A's 8–4. Despite giving up solo home runs by Joe Hauser and Bing Miller, Walter Johnson's wins his 10th straight and his 20th of the year, For Hauser, trailing Babe Ruth in the home run race, it's his 3rd four bagger of the year off Johnson. » June 15, 1926: After sending OF Bing Miller to St. Louis for OF Baby Doll Jacobson, the A's trade P Slim Harriss, P Fred Heimach, and Jacobson to the Red Sox for OF Tom Jenkins and P Howard Ehmke, 32. Ehmke, 3-10 at Boston, will be 12-4 for the rest of the year at Philadelphia. » May 15, 1927: In St. Louis, Eddie Miller has his 2nd 4-hit day in a row, and Wally Schang is 3-for-3 with a grand slam to lead the Browns to an 8–6 win over the A's. Eddie Collins and Al Simmons homer for Philley. » October 14, 1929: After a Sunday off, a special train from Washington brings President and Mrs. Hoover to Shibe Park to see if Howard Ehmke can wind up the Series against Pat Malone. They match zeroes for 3, but with two outs in the 4th, a walk and three hits give the Cubs a 2–0 lead. Malone stifles the A's with two hits and the 2–0 lead holds up into the 9th. The Athletics rally and come up with three runs, the winning run scoring on a Bing Miller double, and take the series four games to one. There won't be another winning rally by a team down two runs in the 9th of game seven this century; the Diamondbacks, in 2001, will do it next. National League MVP Rogers Hornsby, hobbled with a heel spur, manages just five hits in the Series. » June 18, 1930: The Athletics beat Wes Ferrell of the Indians 7-2 with three consecutive HRs in the fifth (Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, and Bing Miller). » July 25, 1930: The Athletics pull off triple steals twice in one game against the Indians. Al Simmons, Bing Miller, and Dib Williams are the base thieves in the first inning, and Cochrane, Simmons, and Foxx steal together in the fourth. » January 14, 1935: Fading A's star Bing Miller is sold to the Red Sox. » September 28, 1936: The Boston Red Sox release Heinie Manush, and make Bing Miller a coach to replace Al Schacht, who will begin to barnstorm as the "Clown Prince of Baseball." » August 28, 1948: The Phils snap their 10-game losing streak with a pair of victories over the Pirates, 9–2 and 11–7. Del Ennis and Andy Seminick homer in the opener to back Schoolboy Rowe. Ennis hits pair in game two, Seminick adds another, as do Eddie Miller, Granny Hamner --his first of the year -- and Al Lakeman. But the Phils lose star Richie Ashburn, who breaks a finger on his left hand.