Darrell Keith Miller is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 catcher

Catcher

Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to...

/outfielder

Outfielder

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, playing from 1984 through 1988. Before being drafted to the major leagues, he played three seasons at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California

Pomona, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Pomona had a population of 149,058, a slight decline from the 2000 census population. The population density was 6,491.2 people per square mile...

. He played his entire career for the California Angels, the team that drafted him in the 9th round of the 1979

1979 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles ; Willie Stargell, MVP*American League Championship Series MVP: None.*National League Championship Series MVP: Willie Stargell...

 amateur draft. He played in 224 career major league games, batting .241 with 13 double

Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice....

s, 8 home runs, and 35 runs batted in, in 394 at-bats. As a member of the team in 1986, the Angels advanced to American League Championship Series

American League Championship Series

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, losing to the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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Connection to Baseball: Post-Retirement

Miller serves as the director of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's Urban Youth Academy, located in Compton, California

Compton, California

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Defender of Catholicism

Miller was raised as a Baptist

Baptist

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 but as an adult converted to Roman Catholicism after studying the history of the church

History of the Roman Catholic Church

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 and the Early Church Fathers on the Eucharist

Eucharist

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 and papal authority. He is also a speaker in defense of the Catholic faith sharing his conversion story at Catholic conferences and adult retreats around the world. He attended the first-ever Council on Church and Sports

Sports ministry

A Sports Ministry is any competitive or non-competitive "activity that takes place during leisure time with the stated purpose or intention of helping people become aware of their need for a relationship with God, his daily role in their lives and their place in his kingdom work." Sport is an...

 held at the Vatican

Vatican City

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. He and his wife Kelly led a very successful young adult ministry for 14 years at St. Angela Merici Catholic Church in Brea, California

Brea, California

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Family

Miller is the brother of retired National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 star Reggie Miller

Reggie Miller

Reginald Wayne "Reggie" Miller is a retired American professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association career with the Indiana Pacers...

, and of Basketball Hall of Fame

Basketball Hall of Fame

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 member Cheryl Miller. He attended Ramona High School in Riverside, California

Riverside, California

Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...

in the mid 1970s.

He is married to Kelly Miller and has three children; Darrell Jr., Nicole and Cameron Willis.