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Merkle923 · 01-15-2017, 01:23 AM

There actually are (at least) two color Brace photos of Miller during his brief stint with the Dodgers in 1969. One is reproduced in black and white in the team's "100th Anniversary" set from 1990, and I've seen the other, and they're both bad, even for Brace.

This - again, photographer unknown - is clearly from 1969 Spring Training and while hardly perfect, is a spectacular improvement.

Miller holds the distinction of having hit just two major league home runs with his first in his first big league at bat (1966 with the Yankees, on the first pitch no less) and his second in his last big league at bat (1969 with the Dodgers). He maintained the accomplishment due something totally unplanned. Four days after that Dodger homer, he was sent in to pinch hit by Walter Alston. Giants' manager Charlie Fox changed pitchers, and Alston swapped out Miller for left-handed hitting Len Gabrielson.

On top of everything else, that debut/farewell homer thing was spread over 32 games and 63 plate appearances. Miller drove in only three career runs - two on the first homer and the other on the last!

01-15-2017, 01:23 AM	#30009
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,195	John A. Miller 1966 There actually are (at least) two color Brace photos of Miller during his brief stint with the Dodgers in 1969. One is reproduced in black and white in the team's "100th Anniversary" set from 1990, and I've seen the other, and they're both bad, even for Brace. This - again, photographer unknown - is clearly from 1969 Spring Training and while hardly perfect, is a spectacular improvement. Miller holds the distinction of having hit just two major league home runs with his first in his first big league at bat (1966 with the Yankees, on the first pitch no less) and his second in his last big league at bat (1969 with the Dodgers). He maintained the accomplishment due something totally unplanned. Four days after that Dodger homer, he was sent in to pinch hit by Walter Alston. Giants' manager Charlie Fox changed pitchers, and Alston swapped out Miller for left-handed hitting Len Gabrielson. On top of everything else, that debut/farewell homer thing was spread over 32 games and 63 plate appearances. Miller drove in only three career runs - two on the first homer and the other on the last! Last edited by Merkle923; 08-04-2017 at 02:02 AM.