William Richard Mueller is an American retired professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball.
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22 Facts About Bill Mueller
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Bill Mueller's MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Many of Bill Mueller's accolades came during the 2003 season, when he won the American League batting title and a Silver Slugger Award.
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Bill Mueller was the starting third baseman for the Red Sox' 2004 World Series championship team that beat the St Louis Cardinals.
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Bill Mueller was named the MVC Player of the Year in 1993, and inducted into their hall of fame in 2020.
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In 1992, Bill Mueller played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Bourne Braves and was named a league all-star.
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Bill Mueller was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1993 MLB draft.
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Bill Mueller made his professional debut with the Giants low A team, the Everett Giants, in 1993 and quickly rose through the Giants farm system, with stops in San Jose, Shreveport, and Phoenix before making his major league debut with the Giants as a pinch hitter on April 18,1996, against the Chicago Cubs.
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Bill Mueller got his first career hit the following day, as a pinch hitter, against Terry Adams.
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Bill Mueller played third base for the Giants fairly regularly for five seasons, until he was traded to the Chicago Cubs before the 2001 season for pitcher Tim Worrell.
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Bill Mueller contributed nearly half of his career home runs during his three years with the Red Sox.
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Bill Mueller developed a reputation for consistency throughout the major leagues.
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Bill Mueller joined the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2006 season and was reunited with former Boston teammate Nomar Garciaparra, but played only 32 games before undergoing his third knee surgery, which would prove to be career-ending.
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On November 17,2006, the Dodgers announced that Bill Mueller was retiring as a baseball player, and had been hired as a special assistant to the general manager.
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On June 15,2007, Bill Mueller was named Los Angeles Dodgers interim hitting coach when Eddie Murray was fired.
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Bill Mueller served as a special assistant to General Manager Ned Colletti through the 2012 season, when he left that position to become a full-time scout.
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On November 22,2013, Bill Mueller was named hitting coach of the Chicago Cubs under new manager Rick Renteria.
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Bill Mueller was named the first-base coach after third-base coach Jose Oquendo was placed on medical leave of absence on March 27,2016.
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Bill Mueller was fired by the Cardinals along with manager Mike Matheny on July 14,2018.
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On January 17,2022, Bill Mueller was hired by the Washington Nationals as part of the team's player development staff.
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