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Buster Mills
Colonel Buster Mills (Bus)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1908 in Ranger, TX
High School: Ranger (Ranger, TX)
School: University of Oklahoma (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Final Game: June 1, 1946
Died: December 1, 1991 in Arlington, TX
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1934	25	STL	NL	29	80	72	7	17	4	1	1	8	0		4	11	.236	.295	.361	.656	70	26	2	2	2	O
1935	26	BRO	NL	17	65	56	12	12	2	1	1	7	0		5	11	.214	.323	.339	.662	80	19	4	4	0	O

1937	28	BOS	AL	123	566	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	.295	.361	.418	.779	92	211		6	9	*O
1938	29	SLB	AL	123	520	466	66	133	24	4	3	46	7	8	43	46	.285	.350	.373	.723	81	174		3	8	*O

1940	31	NYY	AL	34	70	63	10	25	3	3	1	15	0	0	7	5	.397	.457	.587	1.044	173	37	6	0	0	O

1942	33	CLE	AL	80	220	195	19	54	4	2	1	26	5	4	23	18	.277	.353	.333	.687	99	65	7	0	2	O

1946	37	CLE	AL	9	25	22	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	5	.273	.360	.273	.633	83	6	1	0	0	/O
7 Seasons				415	1546	1379	200	396	62	19	14	163	23	21	131	137	.287	.355	.390	.746	91	538	20	15	21
162 Game Avg.				162	603	538	78	155	24	7	5	64	9		51	53	.287	.355	.390	.746	91	210		6	8

CLE (2 yrs)				89	245	217	20	60	4	2	1	29	5	5	26	23	.276	.354	.327	.681	97	71	8	0	2
STL (1 yr)				29	80	72	7	17	4	1	1	8	0		4	11	.236	.295	.361	.656	70	26	2	2	2
BOS (1 yr)				123	566	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	.295	.361	.418	.779	92	211		6	9
BRO (1 yr)				17	65	56	12	12	2	1	1	7	0		5	11	.214	.323	.339	.662	80	19	4	4	0
NYY (1 yr)				34	70	63	10	25	3	3	1	15	0	0	7	5	.397	.457	.587	1.044	173	37	6	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				123	520	466	66	133	24	4	3	46	7	8	43	46	.285	.350	.373	.723	81	174		3	8

AL (5 yrs)				369	1401	1251	181	367	56	17	12	148	23	21	122	115	.293	.360	.394	.754	93	493	14	9	19
NL (2 yrs)				46	145	128	19	29	6	2	2	15	0		9	22	.227	.308	.352	.659	75	45	6	6	2

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1934	25	STL	NL	80	59	7	3.2	109	.267	.236	.294	.295	.350	.361	.418	.656	.769	70	.323	-3.2	-0.3	.561	.181	.125	.0
1935	26	BRO	NL	65	48	5	2.8	102	.250	.214	.283	.323	.338	.339	.403	.662	.741	80	.279	-1.4	-0.1	.583	.214	.125	.0

1937	28	BOS	AL	566	373	74	5.2	120	.311	.295	.295	.361	.371	.418	.439	.779	.810	92	.499	-6.8	-0.6	.731	.220	.123	8.6
1938	29	SLB	AL	520	349	59	4.4	118	.312	.285	.290	.350	.369	.373	.432	.723	.801	81	.422	-13.5	-1.2	.642	.178	.088	4.2

1940	31	NYY	AL	70	44	17	10.3	107	.421	.397	.274	.457	.347	.587	.416	1.044	.762	173	.791	6.8	0.6	1.000	.302	.190	.0

1942	33	CLE	AL	220	154	23	4.0	89	.301	.277	.259	.353	.332	.333	.362	.687	.694	99	.488	0.2	0.0	.586	.179	.056	1.7

1946	37	CLE	AL	25	18	2	3.0	91	.353	.273	.256	.360	.330	.273	.369	.633	.699	83	.350	-0.3	-0.0	.444	.091	.000
7 Seasons				1546	1045	187	4.7	113	.311	.287	.286	.355	.360	.390	.421	.746	.782	91	.474	-18.4	-1.7	.670	.199	.103	17.4
162 Game Avg.				603	408	73	4.7	113	.311	.287	.286	.355	.360	.390	.421	.746	.782	91	.474	-18.4	-1.7	.670	.199	.103	7

CLE (2 yrs)				245	172	25	3.9	90	.306	.276	.258	.354	.332	.327	.363	.681	.694	97	.474	-0.2	-0.0	.571	.171	.051	1.7
STL (1 yr)				80	59	7	3.2	109	.267	.236	.294	.295	.350	.361	.418	.656	.769	70	.323	-3.2	-0.3	.561	.181	.125	.0
BOS (1 yr)				566	373	74	5.2	120	.311	.295	.295	.361	.371	.418	.439	.779	.810	92	.499	-6.8	-0.6	.731	.220	.123	8.6
BRO (1 yr)				65	48	5	2.8	102	.250	.214	.283	.323	.338	.339	.403	.662	.741	80	.279	-1.4	-0.1	.583	.214	.125	.0
NYY (1 yr)				70	44	17	10.3	107	.421	.397	.274	.457	.347	.587	.416	1.044	.762	173	.791	6.8	0.6	1.000	.302	.190	.0
SLB (1 yr)				520	349	59	4.4	118	.312	.285	.290	.350	.369	.373	.432	.723	.801	81	.423	-13.5	-1.2	.642	.178	.088	4.2

AL (5 yrs)				1401	938	175	4.9	114	.316	.293	.286	.360	.362	.394	.422	.754	.784	93	.490	-13.8	-1.3	.681	.200	.101	15.8
NL (2 yrs)				145	107	12	3.0	106	.260	.227	.289	.308	.345	.352	.412	.659	.757	75	.303	-4.7	-0.5	.571	.195	.125	.0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1934	25	29	80	72	7	17	4	1	1	8	0		4	11	.236	.295	.361	.656	70	26	2	2	2
1935	26	46	145	128	19	29	6	2	2	15	0		9	22	.227	.308	.352	.659	75	45	6	6	2
1936	27	46	145	128	19	29	6	2	2	15	0		9	22	.227	.308	.352	.659	75	45	6	6	2
1937	28	169	711	633	104	178	31	10	9	73	11	8	55	63	.281	.350	.404	.754	89	256	6	12	11
1938	29	292	1231	1099	170	311	55	14	12	119	18	16	98	109	.283	.350	.391	.741	86	430	6	15	19
1939	30	292	1231	1099	170	311	55	14	12	119	18	16	98	109	.283	.350	.391	.741	86	430	6	15	19
1940	31	326	1301	1162	180	336	58	17	13	134	18	16	105	114	.289	.356	.402	.758	90	467	12	15	19
1941	32	326	1301	1162	180	336	58	17	13	134	18	16	105	114	.289	.356	.402	.758	90	467	12	15	19
1942	33	406	1521	1357	199	390	62	19	14	160	23	20	128	132	.287	.355	.392	.747	91	532	19	15	21
1943	34	406	1521	1357	199	390	62	19	14	160	23	20	128	132	.287	.355	.392	.747	91	532	19	15	21
1944	35	406	1521	1357	199	390	62	19	14	160	23	20	128	132	.287	.355	.392	.747	91	532	19	15	21
1945	36	406	1521	1357	199	390	62	19	14	160	23	20	128	132	.287	.355	.392	.747	91	532	19	15	21
1946	37	415	1546	1379	200	396	62	19	14	163	23	21	131	137	.287	.355	.390	.746	91	538	20	15	21

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1934	25	31	81	75	6	16	4	1	1	7	0	4	12	.213	.272	.333	.605	6	29
1935	26	18	67	58	12	12	2	1	1	7	0	5	12	.207	.313	.328	.641	5	17

1937	28	128	553	506	72	136	23	7	6	49	10	42	43	.269	.331	.377	.708	62	123
1938	29	130	519	476	57	123	22	4	3	40	6	40	49	.258	.320	.340	.660	51	123

1940	31	36	72	65	10	25	3	3	1	15	0	7	5	.385	.444	.569	1.014	17	34

1942	33	85	235	209	22	60	4	2	1	30	6	26	19	.287	.366	.340	.706	26	80

1946	37	9	26	23	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	5	.261	.346	.261	.607	2	9
7 Seasons		437	1553	1412	180	378	58	18	13	151	22	127	145	.268	.334	.362	.696	169	415
162 Game Avg.		162	576	523	67	140	22	7	5	56	8	47	54	.268	.334	.362	.696	63	415

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1937 AL 6 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1937 AL 8 (5th)
1938 AL 8 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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