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Lefty Mills
Howard Robinson Mills

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 187 lb.

Debut June 10, 1934
Final Game August 29, 1940
Born May 12, 1910 in Dedham, MA
Died September 23, 1982 in Riverside, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 24 SLB AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   4  0    8.7   10    4    4   0   11    2   0   1    44       0  4.15  4.99  120 2.423
 1937 27 SLB AL   1   1   2   2   1   0   0  0   12.7   16   13    9   1   10   10   0   4    66       0  6.39  4.81   75 2.053
 1938 28 SLB AL  10  12  30  27  15   1   2  0  210.3  216  139  124  16  116  134   8   5   962       0  5.31  4.98   94 1.578
 1939 29 SLB AL   4  11  34  14   4   0  12  2  144.3  147  114  105  16  113  103   8   4   695       1  6.55  4.85   74 1.801
 1940 30 SLB AL   0   6  26   5   1   0   9  0   59.0   64   55   51   7   52   18   3   6   291       0  7.78  4.60   59 1.966
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .333  15  30  96  48  21   1  27  2  435.0  453  325  293  40  302  267  19  20  2058       1  6.06  4.88   81 1.736
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  14  45  22   9   0  12  0  205.3  213  153  138  18  142  126   8   9   971   0   0  6.06  4.88   81 1.736
 Career High     10  12  34  27  15   1  12  2  210.3  216  139  124  16  116  134   8   6   962   0   1  5.31  4.98   94 1.578

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 24 SLB AL   4    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   67    1   0           0    
 1937 27 SLB AL   2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1938 28 SLB AL  30   66    8    6   1  0   0    3   0  0  11  18  .091  .221  .106  -16    7   5           0    
 1939 29 SLB AL  34   47    4   11   1  0   1    2   0  0   2  25  .234  .265  .319   48   15   2           0   1
 1940 30 SLB AL  26   13    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .154  .214  .154   -4    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       96  134   14   20   2  0   1    5   0  0  14  51  .149  .230  .187    6   25   7   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        226   24   34   3  0   2    8   0  0  24  86  .149  .230  .187    6   42  12   0   0   0   2
 Career High     34   66    8   11   1  0   1    3   0  0  11  25                          15   5   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 24 SLB AL    3    2    0   0.0   119| .333  .298| .333  .373| .333  .429| .666  .802|  67  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1937 27 SLB AL    5    5    0   0.0   117| .000  .290| .000  .365| .000  .432| .000  .797|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.1   0%
 1938 28 SLB AL   82   65    2   0.8   118| .091  .290| .221  .369| .106  .432| .327  .801| -16  .031 -12.2  -1.1   0%
 1939 29 SLB AL   51   39    4   2.7   116| .234  .289| .265  .364| .319  .427| .584  .791|  48  .242  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1940 30 SLB AL   14   11    0   0.0   113| .154  .282| .214  .355| .154  .427| .368  .782|  -4  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       155  122    6   1.3   117| .149  .289| .230  .366| .187  .430| .417  .796|   6  .074 -20.0  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 24 SLB AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.10 1.03 2.17 0 8.7 1937 27 SLB AL P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 1.10 2.13 2.06 2 12.7 1938 28 SLB AL P 30 4 28 5 1 .865 .952 1.07 1.12 1.37 2.11 27 210.3 1939 29 SLB AL P 34 2 20 3 0 .880 .952 0.65 0.98 1.37 1.92 14 144.3 1940 30 SLB AL P 26 3 13 1 1 .941 .958 0.62 1.05 2.44 2.04 5 59.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 24 SLB AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.10 1.03 2.17 0 8.7 1937 27 SLB AL P 2 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 1.10 2.13 2.06 2 12.7 1938 28 SLB AL P 30 4 28 5 1 .865 .952 1.07 1.12 1.37 2.11 27 210.3 1939 29 SLB AL P 34 2 20 3 0 .880 .952 0.65 0.98 1.37 1.92 14 144.3 1940 30 SLB AL P 26 3 13 1 1 .941 .958 0.62 1.05 2.44 2.04 5 59.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 96 9 65 10 2 .881 .955 0.77 1.05 1.53 2.04 48 435.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 96 9 65 10 2 .881 .955 0.77 1.05 1.53 2.04 48 435
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1938 AL-5.73-3

Innings
1938 AL-210.3-10

Strikeouts
1938 AL-134-3
1939 AL-103-7

Comp. Games
1938 AL-15-10

Home Runs Allow.
1938 AL-16-10
1939 AL-16-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1938 AL-116-4
1939 AL-113-7

SO to Walk
1938 AL-1.16-10

Losses
1938 AL-12-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1938 AL-124-5
1939 AL-105-9

Wild Pitches
1938 AL-5-10
1940 AL-6-10

Hit Batsmen
1938 AL-8-2
1939 AL-8-1
1940 AL-3-10

Batters Faced
1938 AL-962-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 4, 1941: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns.

April 15, 1941: Returned to the St. Louis Browns by the Brooklyn Dodgers following previous purchase.

November 20, 1947: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs in the 1947 minor league draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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