Richard Alan Mills is a former right-handed pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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. Mills had originally been drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies

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 in the 1965 amateur draft

1965 Major League Baseball Draft

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 and by the Pittsburgh Pirates

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 in the January 1966 draft, but did not sign with a major league team until he was drafted by his hometown Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 in June 1966. He made his major league debut for Boston in 1970, coming into the sixth inning in relief of Chuck Hartenstein

Chuck Hartenstein

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 to finish an 8-2 blowout loss to the Cleveland Indians

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. His only other major league appearance came in relief in another blowout, pitching two-thirds of an inning in an eventual 13-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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Mills is the father of Ryan Mills, who pitched for seven seasons in the Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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minor league system. The elder Mills runs a website about pitching and pitching instruction.

External links

• All About Pitching - Dick Mills's website