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22-662: Ray or Raymond Miller may refer to: Ray Miller (baseball manager) (1945–2021), player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball Ray Miller (first baseman) (1888–1927), infielder in Major League Baseball Ray Miller (Ohio legislator) (born 1949), former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives Ray Miller (bandleader) (1896–1974), American bandleader in

44-700: A 60–65 win–loss record , a 3.50 earned run average (ERA), and 992 strikeouts over 1,012 innings pitched . In his final season at Rochester, he was a player-coach, and then became minor league pitching instructor for the Red Wings' parent club, the Orioles, from 1974–77. At the close of the 1977 season, Miller agreed to join the coaching staff of the Texas Rangers , whose manager was former Baltimore third-base coach Billy Hunter . But in January 1978,

66-519: A California League team longer than any other city, hosting a team in all but seven of the CL's 82 seasons. Active team Former team The California League inducted its first class of 15 inductees into its Hall of Fame in 2016. The California League Most Valuable Player Award was established in 1941. For award winners, see footnote For award winners, see footnote For award winners, see footnote The Doug Harvey Award—established in 2010—is for

88-568: A general nationwide growth and expansion to smaller towns, cities, and regions below those in the National League or American League with Minor League Baseball at various levels of play in growing popularity in the last few decades. There were various attempts in the late 1800s and early 1900s to form a "California League" on the West Coast , considering the distance of the two current major leagues which generally had teams only in

110-642: A pitching coach twice led him to be promoted to manager, where he was much less successful. He managed the Minnesota Twins (1985–86) and the Baltimore Orioles (1998–99), each for less than two seasons and with a losing record each time, compiling an overall managerial record of 266–297 (.472). Miller was born in Takoma Park, Maryland , on April 30, 1945. He was raised in nearby Forestville and attended Suitland High School , where he

132-513: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ray Miller (baseball manager) Raymond Roger Miller (April 30, 1945 – May 4, 2021) was an American pitching coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). A highly regarded pitching coach, he was known for bringing improvement to the pitchers he coached at many stops over his career. His successes as

154-810: The Reno Silver Sox of the Class A California League in 1968, Miller never reached the Major Leagues as a player. The highest level he attained was Class AAA, with Portland of the Pacific Coast League , Wichita of the American Association and Rochester of the International League from 1969–73. He became a full-time relief pitcher from 1970 season onwards. He finished his minor league career with

176-631: The 1920s Ray T. Miller (1893–1966), Ohio politician; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Raymond S. Miller (1891–1961), United States general and military aviation pioneer Ray Miller (actor) , actor in Daredevils of the Red Circle Ray Miller (singer)  [ de ] (born 1941), German singer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

198-826: The 2016 season, the Bakersfield Blaze , long dogged by inadequate facilities and unable to negotiate significant repairs, and the High Desert Mavericks , suffering from falling attendance and a lease dispute with the city of Adelanto , were folded; the High-A level replaced them by expanding the Carolina League to ten teams. The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled on June 30. As part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of

220-557: The California League was founded in 1941, and included teams in Anaheim , Bakersfield , Fresno , Merced , Riverside , San Bernardino , Santa Barbara , and Stockton . The following year, as a result of World War II, the league dropped to four teams, then ceased and suspended operations altogether, although major league baseball and some minor leagues continued as much as possible with limited availability of players during

242-559: The Northeast and were restricted at first until World War I by long-distance train travel. The first organized California League lasted from 1887 to 1889, then another followed in 1891, and 1893, and finally in 1899–1902. After the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues , an organization of minor leagues was formed in 1902, (following the "truce" and agreements between the older National League of 1876 and

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264-631: The Orioles' pitching coach position opened unexpectedly when George Bamberger was named skipper of the Milwaukee Brewers . Miller was let out of his Ranger contract and succeeded Bamberger as mound tutor of the pennant-contending Orioles. He worked under managers Earl Weaver and Joe Altobelli and coached for O's teams that won the 1979 American League championship and the 1983 world title . Miller tutored 20-game-winning pitchers such as Jim Palmer , Mike Boddicker , Mike Flanagan , Steve Stone , and Scott McGregor during that period. It

286-601: The Twins improved to 50–50 over the remainder of the season, they performed so poorly (59–80, .424) in 1986, Miller was replaced as skipper by Tom Kelly on September 12. Miller subsequently returned to the coaching ranks, spending ten seasons as pitching mentor of the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987–96) working for Jim Leyland and one (1997) back in Baltimore under Davey Johnson . When Johnson resigned at

308-528: The close of the Orioles’ AL East Division championship season, Miller replaced him as manager. However, over the next two seasons (1998–99), the Orioles played ten games under .500, and he was fired in favor of Mike Hargrove in November 1999. Miller returned as pitching coach of the Orioles in 2004–05, and the Baltimore mound staff showed improvement under his tutelage. However, he

330-673: The minor leagues, the California League was demoted to Low-A and temporarily renamed the "Low-A West" for the 2021 season. Following MLB's acquisition of the rights to the names of the historical minor leagues, the Low-A West was renamed the California League and reclassified as a Single-A league effective with the 2022 season. Year by Year list of league champions: The Los Angeles area, Riverside, San Bernardino, Palm Springs, Yuma (AZ) and Las Vegas (NV) were also major league spring training site cities, as well possessed California League teams on different occasions. Modesto has hosted

352-626: The newly "upstart" American League of 1901), the California League operated outside the NAPBL system as an independent league in 1902 and again from 1907 to 1909. This led to huge differences in the quality of teams competing with each other. In 1907, the San Francisco team was 3–34, while later in 1908 San Francisco was 9–67 and Oakland was 4–71. Oakland and San Francisco competed in every year of these various state leagues, with San Francisco having two teams during 1887–88. The latest version of

374-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ray_Miller&oldid=1188025918 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

396-473: The six cities in the league in 1960 would still be part of the league 50 years later. The league reached eight clubs in 1966 and would hold that for ten years, briefly dipped to six before wavering between eight and nine clubs in the early eighties, then reached ten in 1986 and held that configuration for thirty-one seasons. From 1996 to 2016, the league had a remarkably stable alignment for Class A baseball, with no teams moving or folding for twenty-one years. After

418-533: The war years. It reorganized and came back in 1946, adding teams in Visalia , San Jose , and Ventura by 1947. Further east, Reno, Nevada joined the league in 1955 with the movement of the old Channel Cities Oilers in Santa Barbara and continued as a member for 37 years. Though nicknames and affiliations shifted, the California League's postwar configuration was largely stable by the late 1950s; four of

440-588: Was forced to the sidelines by successful surgery to repair an aneurysm, and was succeeded in that role by Leo Mazzone in 2006. Miller retired from coaching in 2005. He was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame five years later on August 7, 2010. Miller died on the evening of May 4, 2021, at the age of 76. California League Before the COVID-19 pandemic , league attendance continued to increase each season, with over one million fans attending games per year, part of

462-730: Was selected as an all-state player in baseball. He signed with the San Francisco Giants in 1963. Miller made his minor league debut with the Lexington Giants of the Western Carolinas League in 1964. He split time evenly as starting pitcher and reliever in his rookie year, starting 18 of the 36 games he pitched that season. He was subsequently acquired by the Cleveland Indians the following season. Despite winning 16 games with

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484-414: Was with the Orioles where he began famously instructing his pitchers to "work fast, change speeds, throw strikes." The success of the Orioles' pitching staff made Miller a sought-after managerial candidate and on June 21, 1985, he received his first opportunity. Billy Gardner , who had led the Twins to a disappointing 27–35 record, was fired and Miller took control of the young Minnesota ballclub. Although

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