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Millar signs on for second season with Orioles

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

First baseman Kevin Millar re-signed with the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, agreeing to a one-year $2.75 million contract with an option for 2008.

The 35-year-old Millar hit .272 with 15 home runs and 64 RBI in 132 games in his first season with the Orioles. He was second on the team with a .374 on-base percentage. He reached base by hit, walk or hit by pitch in 103 of his 132 games. Millar hit .303 with nine home runs and 33 RBI from July 1 through the end of the season, including a .350 average over his final 42 games beginning August 11.

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Kevin Millar leaves Boston for Baltimore

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

First baseman Kevin Millar agreed to a $2.1 million, one-year contract Thursday with the Baltimore Orioles.

The 34-year-old Millar, who can make an additional $2.6 million in performance bonuses, hit .276 with 25 home runs and 96 RBIs with Boston in 2003, then batted .297 with 18 homers and 74 RBIs for the World Series champions in 2004.

His production dropped last year, when he hit .272 with nine homers and 50 RBIs. But he remained a leader in the Boston clubhouse.

Millar is a career .289 batter over 932 games and exactly 3,000 at-bats. He has 111 homers and 471 RBIs.

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