Andrew Miller (2006) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Andrew Miller

Induction:
2006
Class:
2006

2006— Andrew Miller: Baseball (Gainesville, Fla.)
In 2006, Miller was Baseball America’s National Player of the Year, and he won the Roger Clemens Award, which is presented by the Greater Houston Baseball Association to the most outstanding pitcher in the country.

Miller led the Tar Heels to the championship round of the 2006 College World Series, where the Tar Heels lost by a single run to Oregon State in the decisive game. Miller posted a 27-9 record with a 2.77 earned run average in 53 games in three seasons at Carolina.

He set the UNC career record for strikeouts with 325 and finished his career third in wins and fourth in innings pitched (309).

The 2006 ACC Pitcher of the Year, Miller went 13-2 with a 2.48 earned run average. He set a single-season UNC record with 133 strikeouts. He was named ACC Pitcher of the Week three times (five times in his career) and went 8-1 with a 1.94 ERA in ACC play.
The Detroit Tigers selected Miller in the first round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his major league debut against the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium on August 30, 2006.

Miller pitched in 641 games including the postseason for seven teams over 16 Major League seasons. He won 57 games and saved 64 more. He was the Most Valuable Player in the 2016 American League Championship series for the Cleveland Indians against the Toronto Blue Jays. He was an American League All-Star in 2016 and 2017 and the American League Reliever of the Year in 2015.
He set the ALCS record for strikeouts by a relief pitcher in 2016 and set an MLB record that season for consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason by a reliever.

In 2013 he was injured but was awarded a World Series championship ring by the Boston Red Sox and was the winning pitcher for the Indians in Game 3 of the 2016 World Series vs. the Cubs.