Ed Miller

Edward Robert Miller (1916–1997) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball known primarily for his defense. Born in Pittsburgh, he made his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 1936 at age 19. After being acquired by the Boston Bees (later the Braves), he became the club's regular shortstop and one of the National League's leading defensive infielders in the late 1930s and 1940s. By 1940 he was an All-Star, playing 151 games and leading all National League shortstops in putouts, double plays, and fielding percentage. In 1942 he led the league with a .983 fielding percentage at shortstop, then a single-season major league record for the position. He was a repeated All-Star selection during the 1940s. After the 1942 season he was traded back to the Cincinnati Reds. Miller died in 1997 in Lake Worth, Florida. His career fell within the prewar and wartime decades of the National League.