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Originally Posted by BleedinBlue
The story I always heard about how Miller became "Dots" Miller is that at spring training one year a sports writer asked Honus Wagner who a new player was. Wagner, in his thick accent said "that's Miller" but it sounded like "Dots Miller". And the nickname stuck.
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That is the story I've heard and the family tells. I tried finding it in some old newspapers, but couldn't find an origin. He had the name early in his Pirates career as evidence by this 1909 newspaper headline. I'm still looking for three more, so this is just an educational bump
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