James Charlie Miles (born August 8, 1943) was is a retired American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in thirteen

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in Major League Baseball ( MLB) for the Washington Senators over parts of the and seasons, including one

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."Jim Miles Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-13. Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Miles threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed during his baseball career. He attended Delta State University. Miles spent seven years (1966–1972) in professional baseball, all of them in the Washington/ Texas Rangers organization. His MLB stints consisted of a three-game, late-season callup to Washington in 1968, then ten games during the following year. In his only start, on August 13, 1969, against the

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, Miles lasted only two-plus

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, allowing three

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, three

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, and five earned runs, and was tagged with the loss as Kansas City won, 7–3. Retrosheetbr>box score: 1969-08-13
/ref> It was Miles' only MLB decision. Overall, he permitted 27 hits and 17 walks in 24

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, with 20

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s, in his big-league career.

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