Ray Miller, who managed the Orioles in the 1998 and 1999 seasons and served several tenures as Baltimore’s pitching coach, died this week, according to his family. He was 75.
Miller was born in Tacoma Park. A right-handed pitcher, Miller played in the minor leagues for 10 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians and Orioles farm systems. After his career, he spent the 1974-77 seasons working as a minor league coach for Baltimore.
He initially joined the Texas Rangers’ coaching staff for the 1978 campaign, but the Orioles’ pitching coach job came open, allowing Miller to begin the first of his three tenures in that role.