Don Miles

Donald Ray Miles (March 13, 1936 – April 26, 2011) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played in eight games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1958 season.

Don Miles
Outfielder
Born: (1936-03-13)March 13, 1936
Indianapolis, Indiana
Died: April 26, 2011(2011-04-26) (aged 75)
Houston, Texas
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 9, 1958, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 20, 1958, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average.182
Home runs0
Runs scored2
Teams

Miles was a four-sport star in football, basketball, baseball, and track at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis from 1950-54. He attended college at Indiana Central (today the University of Indianapolis) where he continued to play the same four sports as a freshman in 1954-55, starring as fullback on the football team as well as in the outfield in baseball.[1] Miles returned for his sophomore year and played football in the fall of 1955,[2] then quit school mid-year to sign with the Dodgers.

References

  1. "Hoosier Power Hitter Also In Dodger Plans". The Kokomo Tribune. April 17, 1956.
  2. "Hounds Like New Coach And Feeling Is Mutual". The Indianapolis News. September 6, 1955.


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