Former major league pitcher Stu Miller died Monday at age 87. He is most famous for a balk in the 1961 All-Star Game:

A calm day had turned windy, some of the harshest gusts Miller saw in the three years that Candlestick was his home park while he played for the Giants. He remembered Harvey Haddix chasing his hat around the infield and the flags nearly blowing off the poles.

“Just as I was ready to pitch, an extra gust of wind came along and I waved like a tree,” he said. “My whole body went back and forth about 2 or 3 inches. The AL bench all hollered balk. I knew it was a balk, but the umpires didn’t call it at first. I went ahead and threw the pitch and Colavito swung and missed. The umpire then took off his mask and motioned the runners to second and third.”

Certainly one of the more humorous moments in All-Star history.

Miller’s best year was probably 1958, when he split time between starting and relief. He posted a league best 2.47 ERA in 182 innings. He showed excellent control for most of his career, with a good strikeout rate for the era, 6.2 per nine IP.

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.