Andrew Miller
From BR Bullpen
Andrew Mark Miller
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 6' 6", Weight 210 lb.
- School University of North Carolina
- High School Buchholz High School
- Debut August 30, 2006
- Born May 21, 1985 in Gainesville, FL USA
[edit] Biographical Information
The nephew of former NFL player Dan Miller, Andrew Miller was taken in the third round of the 2003 amateur draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays but did not sign. In his freshman year of college, Miller went 6-3 with a 2.98 ERA, third in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Baseball America named him to their all-freshman team, second string. In 2005, Miller went 8-4 with a 2.98 ERA. He was 6-0 with a 1.65 ERA and .133 opponent average in the Cape Cod League that summer for the Chatham Athletics and was named the Baseball America Summer Baseball Player of the Year. The publication also ranked him as the top prospect in the Cape Cod League. He ranked 8th in ERA and made the League All-Star team as well as splitting Outstanding Pitcher honors with Tim Norton.
The next year, Andrew did even better. He went 13-2 with a 2.48 ERA and set a school record with 133 strikeouts. He made at least four All-American team lists, won the Roger Clemens Award, was a semifinalist for other major collegiate awards and was named "Baseball America Player of the Year" as the top college baseball player.
He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the first round of the 2006 amateur draft. He only pitched three minor league games, throwing five scoreless innings for the Lakeland Tigers, with nine strikeouts, one walk and two hits allowed, and then was called up to Detroit after one of the shortest farm tenures in recent history. Miller was 0-1 with a 6.10 ERA in eight games for the 2006 Detroit Tigers.
Miller went 5-5 with a 5.63 ERA in 13 starts for the 2007 Tigers and was 3-4 with a 2.77 ERA at three different minor league stops. He was sidelined part of the year by a hamstring injury.
He was part of a major deal in December of 2007. He was sent with Cameron Maybin, Eulogio De La Cruz, Dallas Trahern, Mike Rabelo and Burke Badenhop from the Detroit Tigers to the Florida Marlins for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis.
Main source: University of North Carolina website
