After a 16 year career in Major League Baseball, left-handed relief pitcher Andrew Miller is retiring. Notably, Miller also served as one of the eight members of the Major League Player Association’s executive subcommittee, which had a key role in negotiating the latest collective bargaining agreement with MLB owners.
The 36-year-old Miller shared the news of his retirement on Thursday with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Miller said in a statement: “The list of people who took me aside, put their arm around me, made me laugh when I needed to, or taught me something is endless. It’s safe to say I would have been faced with the next chapter much earlier on if it weren’t for them. As someone who thought their career was practically over in 2010, to be able to experience everything I did along the way is incredible. You shouldn’t ever hear complaints from me. It was a heck of a run.”
Miller was a free agent after spending the past three seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. He began his career as a starting pitcher with the Tigers, Marlins and Red Sox, but transitioned to the bullpen in Boston, where he became dominant with over 14 strikeouts per nine innings in four consecutive seasons. After joining the Yankees in 2015, Miller finished 10th in the AL Cy Young voting, and in 2016 he had an ERA of 1.45.
Miller finishes his MLB career with appearances in 612 games, in which he racked up 979 strikeouts and a 10.6 SO/9 rate in 829 combined innings.
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