Bill Mueller
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William Richard Mueller (born March 17, 1971) is an American retired professional baseball third baseman who competed in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Mueller's MLB career included time with the San Francisco Giants (1996–2002), Chicago Cubs (2001–2002), Boston Red Sox (2003–2005), and Los Angeles Dodgers (2006). Several of Mueller's accomplishments during the 2003 season, when he captured the American League batting title and a Silver Slugger Award.
He became the first player in major league history to reach one grand slam from both directions of the plate in the same game on July 29, 2003.
He was the starting third baseman for the Red Sox' 2004 World Series championship team, defeating the Cardinals.
He has worked in baseball as a front office assistant and hitting coach since his time in college.
Personal life
In 2000, Mueller converted to Christianity as a Christian.
Playing career
Mueller was born in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and attended De Smet Jesuit High School. He played for Southwest Missouri State University for four years as a starter for the Bears' baseball team and was inducted into the school's athletics hall of fame in 2004. In 1993, he was named MVC Player of the Year and in 2020, he was inducted into their hall of fame.
In 1992, Mueller played collegiate summer baseball for the Bourne Braves in Cape Cod, and was named a league all-star. In the 15th round of the 1993 MLB draft, the San Francisco Giants drafted him.
Mueller made his professional debut with the Everett Giants in 1993, breaking in San Jose, Shreveport, and Phoenix before making his Giants farm debut against the Chicago Cubs on April 18, 1996. Against Terry Adams, he got his first strike of his career and then as a pinch hitter.
Mueller was a regular base for the Giants for five years before being traded to the Chicago Cubs in 2001. (Given that Mueller had departed from the Bay Area year round, the Giants, out of respect for Mueller, have postponed the trade several days so that Mueller could attend the Cal-Stanford football game as a local celebrity) In September 2002, he returned to San Francisco in a trade for minor league pitcher Jeff Verplancke. Mueller was signed by the Boston Red Sox as a free agent before the 2003 season. He won the American League batting championship with a.326 average in his first year in Boston. He also set career records with 45 doubles and 19 home runs. He had never had more than ten home runs or 29 doubles in any season before 2003.
During his three years with the Red Sox, he made up nearly half of his career home runs. Mueller has a reputation for sustaining consistency in the major leagues. His batting average increased between.290 and.295. His minor league numbers stayed stagnant, from.290 to.310.
Mueller was reunited with Boston teammate Nomar Garciaparra, but he played just 32 games before undergoing his third knee surgery, which would be career-ending. Doctors rejected all known treatments for his right knee's degenerative disease.
Mueller had a.291 batting average (1229-for-4223), 366 doubles, 85 home runs, 593 bases on balls,.425 slugging percentage, and a.291 on-base percentage in 1216 games over the past 11 seasons. He had a.958 fielding percentage at third and second base in his career. With 14 runs, 8 doubles, 1 home run, 4 RBI, and 13 walks in 36 postseason games, he reached.234 (34-for-145).
Coaching career
Mueller resigned as a baseball player on November 17, 2006, and the Dodgers announced their appointment of Mueller as a special assistant to the general manager.
When Eddie Murray was fired on June 15, 2007, Mueller was named as the Los Angeles Dodgers interim hitting coach. Grady Little, the Dodgers' head coach, announced that the "interim" tag would be stripped from the team's tag and that Mueller will remain the team's hitting coach through the season.
Mueller would step down from his role as hitting coach to return to a front office role after the season.
Mueller served as a special assistant to General Manager Ned Colletti during the 2012 season before moving to become a full-time scout.
Under new Cubs head Rick Renteria, Mueller was named hitting coach on November 22, 2013. Mike Brumley, his assistant, was fired by the Cubs on October 7, 2014, resigned in that role.
"We have a proposed deal with Billy Mueller" Cardinals GM John Mozeliak announced on November 17, 2014. The Cardinals' new assistant hitting coach was hired.
After third-base coach Jose Oquendo was put on medical leave of absence on March 27, 2016, Mueller was named first-base coach. Since being named assistant hitting coach for the 2017 season, he missed the first half of the first half due to a personal leave of absence, but he returned on June 27. Mueller and Cardinals boss Mike Matheny were fired by the Cardinals on July 14, 2018.
Mueller was hired by the Washington Nationals as part of the team's player development staff on January 17, 2022.