Joe Miller (shortstop)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1861–1928)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Miller

|image=

|position=Shortstop

|birth_date={{Birth date|1861|2|17}}

|birth_place=Baltimore, Maryland

|death_date={{death date and age|1928|4|23|1861|2|17}}

|death_place=Wheeling, West Virginia

|bats=Right

|throws=Unknown

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 1

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1884}}

|debutteam=Toledo Blue Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 15

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1885}}

|finalteam=Louisville Colonels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat2label=Runs scored

|stat3label=Batting average

|stat1value=203

|stat2value=90

|stat3value=.214

|teams=

• Toledo Blue Stockings ({{Baseball year|1884}})
• Louisville Colonels ({{Baseball year|1885}})

}}

Joseph A. Miller (February 17, 1861 – April 23, 1928) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Baltimore, Maryland, who played shortstop for two seasons, one for the {{Baseball year|1884}} Toledo Blue Stockings and the other for the {{Baseball year|1885}} Louisville Colonels. He had a career batting average of .214 in 203 total games played.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmillj102.htm|title=Joe Miller's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-09-10}}

Miller died in Wheeling, West Virginia at the age of 67, and is interred at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wheeling.