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Before Moving To MLB, Miller Was An Economist For The Machinists’ Union. And Labor Leader For The United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers
Players Had Virtually No Rights or Bargaining Power Prior To Miller Taking Office in 1966.
Free Agency, Salary Arbitration and Minimum Salaries In Pro Sports, Were All The Work Of Marvin Miller.
Miller Fought To Raise Salaries From $6000 to $10,000 in 1966. In 2012, Top Players earn up to $32 million a season, the average salary is more than $3 million with a league minimum of $480,000
In 1969, Miller Fought Very Hard Against 'The Reserve Clause' Which Binded Players To Their Teams
April 5, 1972 Marvin Miller Prompts The First Ever Player Strike.
In 1974, Miller Negotiated To Make Jim "Catfish" Hunter The First Free Agent In MLB
In 1975 LA Dodgers Pitcher Andy Messersmith Was Represented By Miller To Fight Contract Renewal For No More Than 1 Year
Miller Was Very Opposed To Drug Testing, Which He Believed Violated Players' Rights
MLB's revenue has grown from $50 million in 1967 to $7.5 billion this year. Thanks To The Intrigue of Free Agency.
"Baseball is my racket, When it comes to negotiating ... that's Marvin's racket."- Pete Rose
"As Important to the game of Baseball as Jackie Robinson."- Hank Aaron
Despite His Incredible Contributions To The Game, Marvin Miller Has Yet To Be Voted Into The Baseball Hall of Fame.
"Marvin Miller should be in the Hall of Fame if the players have to break down the doors to get him in."-Hank Aaron
"They should vote him in and then apologize for making him wait so long" -Joe Morgan
"Marvin's exclusion from the Hall of Fame is a national disgrace." -Tom Seaver
In 2007, “Enshrinement would be nice, but when you’re my age, questions of mortality have a greater priority than a promised immortality.”-Marvin Miller
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