Owen Miller #11

Owen Robert Miller...Son of Thomas and Rose Miller...Has two younger siblings, Loren and Noah...Brother Noah is currently an infielder in the Dodgers organization and was a first-round pick (36th overall) by the Minnesota Twins in the 2021 Draft out Ozaukee High School...Attended Illinois State University...Set a Redbirds record with 88 hits in his junior year in 2018...Named First Team Missouri Valley Conference and MVC Academic Team...Played for the Lakeshore Chinooks in the Northwoods League in 2016 and 2017...Hit for the cycle twice in a three-game span with the Chinooks in 2017, July 3 at Kalamazoo and July 5 vs. Rockford...Graduated from Ozaukee (Wis.) High School, where he also played football and basketball...Played one season of high school baseball (freshman year) but played summer travel ball with Hitters Baseball Academy in Racine, Wis....Broke his high school’s basketball scoring record with 1,115 career points, a mark since broken by his brother, Noah...Is a fan of the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Badgers...Enjoys visiting the family cabin in Minocqua, Wis., where he hunts and fishes.

2024

In 14 games with the Brewers, slashed .185/.185/.222 with three RBI...Spent the majority of the season at Triple-A Nashville...During his time with the Sounds, slashed .276/.354/.392 with five home runs, 37 RBI and nine stolen bases in 91 games...Pitched two innings for the Brewers in a 15-3 loss to the Yankees on April 27...Allowed four runs on five hits over his two innings, walking one and striking out none...In 14 games in July with Nashville, hit .392 (20-for-51) with nine RBI and four stolen bases...In 105 games overall between the Brewers and Sounds, slashed .273/.360/.375 with three home runs and 29 RBI against right-handed pitching.

2022

Batted .243 with six HR and 51 RBI in 130 games with Cleveland... Made 108 starts (71g at 1B, 23g at 2B, 14g at DH)... Made his first career Opening Day roster... Tied for fourth in the Major Leagues in sacrifice flies (nine)... Notched his first career multi-homer game 4/13 at Cincinnati with a pair of solo shots in the 7-3 win... Posted a career-high 4 RBI in wins on 4/10 at Kansas City and 6/3 at Baltimore... From 9/3-9/17 recorded a career-high 10-game hitting streak during which he batted .333 (13-for-39) with four RBI... Appeared in five games (two starts) during the postseason.....started Game 1 of the Wild Card Series vs. Tampa Bay at DH and Game 2 of the ALDS at New York at DH.....went 1-for-9 with a walk and HBP during the postseason... Following the season played for Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League (12g, .273, 0hr, four rbi)... Was traded to Milwaukee in exchange for a player to be named or cash on 12/14.

2021

Split the season between Triple-A Columbus and Cleveland, his first taste of the Major League level in just his fourth professional season...Season got off to a torrid start in Columbus, batting .406 (26-for-64) over the first 16 games with 5 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, May 4-22...Recorded multi-hit games in 9 of his first 14 games... Contract selected to Cleveland on May 23, at time of MLB debut (May 23) he was second in Triple-A Northeast in average (.406) & third in hits (26)... Made ML debut on May 23 vs. Minnesota, collecting his first hit the following day at Detroit...Struggled with the adjustment over his first stint, batting .109 (5-for-46) with a 2B, 1 RBI, 2 RS over his first 15 games (optioned on June 15)...Overall spent four stints with the club (5/23-6/14; 6/30; 7/7; 7/30-remainder)... Over his last stint (July 30-Sept. 30) he batted .236 (34-144)with 7 2B, 4 HR and 17 RBI in 42 second-half games...Over his last nine games, he batted .310 (9-for-29), Sept. 18-30, before missing the last weekend at Texas following a family death... Over his final 30 Games (8/13-9/30), he hit .265 (27-for-102) with 6 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI and 10 runs scored...Clubbed his first home run on July 31 at Chicago-AL (off Dallas Keuchel)...Positionally with Cleveland, he made 3 starts at DH, 18 starts at first base, 25 starts at second base (29G), four starts at third (7G) and one start at SS...Batted .162 (16-for-99) at home, .130 (6-for-46) with RISP and .169 (14-for-83) with men on. At AAA Columbus, he wrapped up the campaign batting .297 (54-for-182) with 12 2B, 7 HR and 22 RBI in 48 games (.374/.489/.863); made starts at 5 different positions at Triple-A (21 2B; 8 1B; 7 3B; 4 SS; 1 LF; 6 DH)…On the year at AAA he hit .315 (45-for-143) off RHP with 10 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR and 16 RBI (.913 OPS).

2020

Spent entirety of the 2020 season at the Univ. of San Diego and Lake County Alternate Training Sites following his Aug. 31 acquisition from the Padres...Appeared in 8 exhibition games with the Padres between Spring and Summer Camp...Was rated the 11th-best prospect in the Padres system at the time of the trade (MLB Pipeline).

2019

Spent the entire 2019 season with Amarillo (AA) where his 147 hits headlined the Texas League and his .290 AVG (147-for-507) ranked T-7th...In his 2nd professional season, posted a .355 OBP, .430 SLG and .785 OPS…Also set career highs in games played (130), hits (147), 2B (28), HR (13), RBI (68), BB (46) and SB (5)...218 total bases ranked 2nd in the TL...Named a TL Mid-Season All-Star after batting .309 (89-for-288) with 15 2B, 8 HR, 40 RBI and 36 runs scored in the 1st half of the season…Hit .347 against left-handed pitchers and .276 vs. righties...Following the season, was named a Baseball America Double-A All-Star and an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star for SD...Played for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League.

2018

Divided his 1st professional season between Fort Wayne (A) and Tri-City (A), batting .336 (100-for-298) with 19 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 33 RBI, 19 BB...Began the season with Tri-City, batting .335 (64-for-191) in 49 games...Named a Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star...Promoted to FW on 8/8, and in 26 games through the end of the season, slashed .336/.368/.495 with 11 2B, 2 HR and 13 RBI.

2023

Batted .261 with 5 HR, 27 RBI and 13 SB in 90 games with Milwaukee...Made 73 starts (29g at 2B, 22g at 1B, 18g at 3B, 3g in LF, 1g in RF)...Had two stints with the team (Opening Day-8/1 and 9/1-9/10)...Batted .283 with 4 HR and 17 RBI in 29 games at Triple-A Nashville...From 5/3-5/21 produced a career-high 13-game hitting streak during which he batted .408 (20-for-49) with 2 HR and 5 RBI...Was on the NL Wild Card Series roster (DNP).