Percy Miller (pitcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1897–1958)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Percy Miller

| image = Percy Miller Baseball.jpg

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|1|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|1|14|1897|1|28|mf=y}}

| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| bats = Left

| throws = Left

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1921

| debutteam = Chicago Giants

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1937

| finalteam = Detroit Stars

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| teams =

• Chicago Giants (1921)
• St. Louis Stars (1922–1923, 1925-1926)
• St. Louis Giants (1924)
• Cleveland Elites (1926)
• Kansas City Monarchs (1926)
• Cleveland Hornets (1927)
• Nashville Elite Giants (1930)
• Cleveland Cubs (1931)
• Newark Browns (1932)
• Nashville Elite Giants (1933–1934)
• Detroit Stars (1937)

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Percy Miller (January 28, 1897 – January 14, 1958), nicknamed "Dimps", was an American Negro league pitcher and manager in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Miller made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the Chicago Giants. He went on to enjoy a long career with several teams, and finished his career as player-manager of the Detroit Stars in 1937.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=mille01per |title=Percy Miller |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=miller002per |title=Percy Miller |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/manager.php?playerID=mille01per&tab=record |title=Percy Miller (Manager page) |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} Miller died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1958 at age 60.