Mike Miley

{{Short description|American baseball player (1953–1977)}}

{{for|the musician, Michael Miley|Rival Sons}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Miley

|image=Mike Miley.jpg

|position=Shortstop

|bats=Switch

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1953|3|30}}

|birth_place=Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1977|1|6|1953|3|30}}

|death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 6

|debutyear=1975

|debutteam=California Angels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1976

|finalteam=California Angels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.176

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=30

|teams=

• California Angels ({{baseball year|1975}}–{{baseball year|1976}})

}}

Michael Wilfred Miley (March 30, 1953 – January 6, 1977) was an American professional baseball player who played two seasons for the California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He died in a one-car crash in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.{{cite news

| last = New York Times

| title = Angels' infielder Miley dies in auto accident

| publisher = UPI

| date = January 7, 1977

| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BnMsAAAAIBAJ&pg=7204,1358135&dq=mike+miley+dies&hl=en

| access-date = 2009-10-30 }}

Miley attended East Jefferson High School in Metairie, Louisiana and played football at Louisiana State University. His exploits and leadership as quarterback for the Tigers earned him the nickname, "Miracle Mike".[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wc48AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ny4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1208,2167831&dq=miracle+mike+miley&hl=en Once-famed LSU Bengals toothless in '75 season]

Miley quarterbacked LSU into the 1974 Orange Bowl as a junior, but left school to sign with the Angels later that year.

He was California's No. 1 draft pick in 1974 and played in 70 games in 1975 and 14 in 1976.