J. R. Miner
Wilbert "J. R." Miner (sometimes known as Junior Miner) (April 4, 1926 - August 21, 1990)minor league baseball.
Miner attended Bethany College in West Virginia. A third baseman in amateur baseball, he never played professionally. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'11" (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).[2]
His professional coaching career began in the
Burlington Expos farm clubs (1981–87). His teams won 547 of 1,112 games (.492) with one championship (1983, in the South Atlantic League).[3]
References
- Howe News Bureau, Montreal Expos 1985 Organization Book. St. Petersburg, Florida: The Baseball Library, 1985.
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Minor League Encyclopedia, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007.
- ^ "Wilbert Miner Jr., 64, Former Baseball Manager". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Howe News Bureau, Montreal Expos 1985 Organization Book. St. Petersburg, Florida: The Baseball Library, 1985
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Minor League Encyclopedia, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007