2011 Clemson Baseball Media Guide

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13 Brad Miller

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INF • L-R • 6-1 • 185 • Jr. • 2VL Windermere, FL • Olympia HS Marketing

Team co-captain in 2011...slated to be the starter at shortstop in 2011...a career .316 hitter with a .432 on-base percentage in 135 games (135 starts) over two seasons... has 25 doubles, five triples, 11 homers, 85 RBIs, 120 runs, 103 walks, and 25 steals...has 12 career bunt singles...started each of his first 118 games as a Tiger at shortstop...is 8-for-15 (.533) with two grand slams, one double, 30 RBIs, four walks, and one hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded in his career... two-time member of the USA National team...preseason second-team All-American by CollegeBaseballLineup.com and preseason third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...#58 player in the nation in the preseason by CollegeBaseballDaily.com...#35 prospect in the nation for the 2011 draft in the preseason by Baseball America.

2-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against N.C. State on Mar. 13...went 3-for-5 with a triple and RBI against Florida Gulf Coast on May 4... went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and a walk at Maryland on May 8; he was 5-for-9 (.556) with three RBIs, three runs, and three walks in the series...went 5-for-5 with a homer, double, three RBIs, and four runs against #7 Florida State on May 20; he started as the DH, his first career start at a position other than shortstop; he tied the score with a two-out, run-scoring double in the eighth inning...went 1-for-3 with two RBIs, two walks, and a steal against #7 Florida State on May 22; he was 7-for-13 (.538) with a homer, double, five RBIs, six runs, and two walks in the series...went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs against N.C. State in the ACC Tourney on May 26... went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer against #18 Virginia Tech 2010 (Sophomore) in the ACC Tourney on May 28...went 2-for-4 with a triple All-ACC Academic team member...hit a team-high .357 with and two RBIs against #6 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tourney 71 runs, 19 doubles, four triples, eight homers, 49 RBIs, on May 29; he was 6-for-12 with a homer, triple, double, 50 walks, a .458 on-base four RBIs, six runs, and two percentage, and nine steals walks in three ACC Tourney Miller’s Career Highs in 69 games (69 starts, ingames...went 4-for-5 with a cluding 65 at shortstop grand slam, three runs, and Runs 4 Florida State 5-20-10 and four as the DH)...his 69 a walk against #16 Alabama Hits 5 Florida State 5-20-10 games tied for 10th-most in the Clemson Super ReDoubles 2 Wright State 2-27-10 in school history...tied for gional on June 13...hit a key Home Runs 1 many (11) ---------(1) RBIs 5 N.C. State 3-13-10 23rd in the nation in walks... two-run double against #16 Walks 4 many (2) ---------tied for fifth in the ACC in Alabama in the Clemson Steals 2 Charlotte 2-20-09 walks, sixth in runs, eighth Super Regional on June 14; in hits (90), tied for eighth in he was 6-for-14 (.429) with sacrifice flies (6), tied for ninth in triples, and 10th in on-base a double, homer, and seven RBIs in three Clemson Super percentage...hit .402 with 31 runs, six doubles, two triples, Regional games...one of 22 members of the USA National five homers, 21 RBI, a .647 slugging percentage, 30 walks, a Team in the summer, where he hit a team-best .441 (15-for.533 on-base percentage, and five steals in 30 ACC regular34) with four doubles, one homer, six RBIs, 11 runs, a .647 season games...tied for first in the ACC in walks, second slugging percentage, six walks, a team-best .525 on-base in batting average, and second in on-base percentage in percentage, and a .963 fielding percentage in 14 games; he ACC regular-season games...had 23 multi-hit games...hit led the team in batting average by 80 points and helped a team-high .426 with runners on base...was 5-for-8 (.625) the team to the silver medal in Tokyo, Japan. with two grand slams and 16 RBIs with the bases loaded...in his last 26 games, he was 44-for-105 (.419) with five homers, 2009 (Freshman) six doubles, two triples, 27 RBIs, 29 runs, a .657 slugging Hit .273 with 49 runs, six doubles, one triple, three homers, percentage, 13 walks, and a .479 on-base percentage... 36 RBIs, and 16 steals in 66 games (all starts at shortstop)... reached base via a hit or walk in each of the first 33 games one of only three Tigers to start every game; he became the and reached base via a hit or walk in 66 of his 69 games...had first Tiger freshman to start every game since 2005...played a team-high six bunt singles...had two double-digit hitting all but a handful of Clemson’s 594.1 innings at shortstop...led streaks, as he hit safely in 30 of his last 32 games...had a 10the team in walks (53) and had a .405 on-base percentage; game hitting streak from April to May and a 20-game hitting the 53 walks tied for ninth-most in school history and most streak from May to June, the longest by a Tiger in 2010...went by a freshman in Clemson history...was second in the ACC in

walks and tied for eighth in steals...tied for 11th in the nation in walks, including most among freshmen, as no other freshman in the country had more than 40 walks or finished in the top 88 in that category...was 3-for-7 (.429) with a double, 14 RBIs, and four walks with the bases loaded...had a team-high six bunt singles...had a 20-game errorless streak (70 chances) from March to April...went 3-for-4 with two RBIs against Charlotte on Feb. 21...hit his first career homer, a two-run shot, against Charlotte on Feb. 22...went 1-for-2 with three runs and four walks against North Carolina-Asheville on Mar. 4...walked four times and scored two runs against Michigan State on Mar. 10...hit a three-run double and walked twice against #4 Georgia Tech on Apr. 24...went 2-for-3 with an RBI, walk, and steal against #4 Georgia Tech on Apr. 25; he went 3-for-7 (.429) with four RBIs and five walks in the series...went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBIs, two runs, a walk, and steal at N.C. State on May 14...went 2-for-4 with two runs at #2 Arizona State in the Tempe Super Regional on June 6...one of 22 members of the USA National Team in the summer, where he hit .255 with 13 runs, eight RBIs, 16 walks, a .417 on-base percentage, and eight steals in 23 games.

Before Clemson Drafted in the 39th round (#1173 overall pick) by the Texas Rangers in 2008...#17 prospect in Florida by Perfect Game... first-team All-Central Florida as a junior...hit .420 with a .560 on-base percentage as a junior...team MVP as a junior...hit .382 with a .500 on-base percentage as a sophomore...lettered three times in baseball at Olympia High School, where he was coached by Randy O’Neal.

Personal His father, Steve, played baseball at Northern Iowa...twotime member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...majoring in marketing...born Bradley Austin Miller on Oct. 18, 1989 in Orlando, FL.

Miller’s Career Stats Overall Year 2009 2010 Totals

Avg .273 .357 .316

GP-GS 66-66 69-69 135-135

AB 238 252 490

R 49 71 120

H 65 90 155

2B 6 19 25

3B 1 4 5

HR 3 8 11

RBI 36 49 85

Year 2009 2010 Totals

Avg .265 .402 .329

GP-GS 30-30 30-30 60-60

AB 117 102 219

R 19 31 50

H 31 41 72

2B 3 6 9

3B 1 2 3

HR 2 5 7

RBI 18 21 39

TB 82 141 223

Slg% .345 .560 .455

BB 53 50 103

HP 2 2 4

SO GDP 35 1 43 3 78 4

OB% .405 .458 .432

SF 3 6 9

SH 5 3 8

SB 16-21 9-11 25-32

PO 104 99 203

A 166 171 337

E 23 32 55

Fld% .922 .894 .908

HP 0 1 1

SO GDP 17 0 20 0 37 0

OB% .360 .533 .446

SF 1 2 3

SH 2 1 3

SB 7-9 5-6 12-15

PO 49 44 93

A 78 66 144

E 11 10 21

Fld% .920 .917 .919

ACC Regular Season

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TB 42 66 108

2011 Tiger Baseball

Slg% .359 .647 .493

BB 18 30 48

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