Mason Miller

Mason James Miller (born August 24, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Mason Miller
Oakland Athletics – No. 57
Pitcher
Born: (1998-08-24) August 24, 1998
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 19, 2023, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
(through May 7, 2023)
Win–loss record0–2
Earned run average3.38
Strikeouts22
Teams

Career

Miller attended Bethel Park High School in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, and played college baseball at Waynesburg University for four years until he graduated. He then played for Gardner-Webb University for his 5th year as a graduate student.[1][2][3] As a sophomore at Waynesburg, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.[4][5]

Miller was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[6][7] He made his professional debut that year with the Arizona Complex League Athletics. In 2022, Miller pitched in only six games between the ACL Athletics, Lansing Lugnuts and Las Vegas Aviators. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[8]

Miller began the 2023 season with the Double-A Midland RockHounds, starting one game for the team before being moved up to Triple-A Las Vegas. After one start in Triple-A, on April 18, 2023, the Athletics announced that Miller would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[9] Miller made his debut a day later, in a game against the Chicago Cubs. Miller pitched 41⁄3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, a walk, and 5 strikeouts.[10] He also became the 10th starting pitcher since the debut of Statcast to throw 15 pitches above 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).[11]

References
  1. "Bethel Park's Miller takes talents to Gardner-Webb".
  2. "How fate and a fastball converged to turn a Gardner-Webb pitcher into a MLB prospect".
  3. "Bethel Park's Mason Miller evolving into legitimate MLB prospect at Gardner-Webb".
  4. "Waynesburg pitcher striking out opponents, including diabetes".
  5. "Mason Miller drafted in third round by Oakland".
  6. "3rd-round pick Miller a tale of perseverance". MLB.com.
  7. "Bethel Park's Mason Miller taken in 3rd round of MLB draft by Athletics". July 12, 2021.
  8. "A's prospect Mason Miller riding a 100-MPH fastball into the AFL spotlight".
  9. "Athletics' Mason Miller: MLB debut imminent". cbssports.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  10. "Cubs 12, Athletics 2 Final Score (04/19/2023) on MLB Gameday". MLB.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  11. "Miller hits triple-digits 15 times in electrifying debut". MLB.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
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