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Buster Mills

Colonel Buster Mills (Bus)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 16, 1908 in Ranger, TX
High School: Ranger HS (Ranger, TX)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1934
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Browns/Indians/Yankees/Cardinals/... 1934-1946

Final Game: June 1, 1946
Died: December 1, 1991 in Arlington, TX
Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 STL NL 25 OF 18 16 16 45 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 .973 2.37
1934 STL NL 25 CF 17 16 16 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 .979 2.70
1934 STL NL 25 RF 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .970 2.20
1935 BRO NL 26 OF 17 15 12 34 33 0 1 0 .971 1.94 .971 2.42
1935 BRO NL 26 LF 11 7 6 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 .970 2.25
1935 BRO NL 26 CF 8 8 6 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.50 .974 2.82
1935 BRO NL 26 RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.20
1937 BOS AL 28 OF 120 120 116 261 239 8 14 0 .946 2.06 .969 2.35
1937 BOS AL 28 LF 107 107 103 225 207 8 10 0 .956 2.01 .966 2.16
1937 BOS AL 28 CF 10 9 9 24 23 0 1 0 .958 2.30 .974 2.84
1937 BOS AL 28 RF 5 4 4 12 9 0 3 0 .750 1.80 .964 2.04
1938 SLB AL 29 OF 113 110 108 253 235 9 9 2 .964 2.16 .972 2.35
1938 SLB AL 29 LF 106 104 102 240 223 9 8 2 .967 2.19 .972 2.17
1938 SLB AL 29 CF 6 6 6 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .972 2.82
1938 SLB AL 29 RF 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .970 2.10
1940 NYY AL 31 OF 14 12 11 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .970 2.40
1940 NYY AL 31 LF 12 10 9 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .963 2.33
1940 NYY AL 31 RF 2 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .970 2.10
1942 CLE AL 33 OF 53 48 37 150 142 4 4 2 .973 2.75 .976 2.38
1942 CLE AL 33 CF 38 35 25 110 103 3 4 2 .964 2.79 .981 2.80
1942 CLE AL 33 LF 12 10 9 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 .974 2.27
1942 CLE AL 33 RF 4 3 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 .969 2.08
1946 CLE AL 37 LF 6 5 4 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .974 2.23
1946 CLE AL 37 OF 6 5 4 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .977 2.37
7 Seasons OF 341 326 304 776 727 21 28 4 .964 2.19 .972 2.36
6 Seasons LF 254 243 233 548 513 17 18 2 .967 2.09 .969 2.18
5 Seasons CF 79 74 62 199 190 3 6 2 .970 2.44 .979 2.79
6 Seasons RF 14 9 9 32 27 1 4 0 .875 2.00 .968 2.09
7 Seasons TOT 341 326 304 776 727 21 28 4 .964 2.19 .972 2.36
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1934 STL NL 25 29 16 29 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 18 0 10 1
1935 BRO NL 26 17 15 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 1 17 0 0 0
1937 BOS AL 28 123 120 123 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 10 5 120 0 3 0
1938 SLB AL 29 123 110 123 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 6 1 113 0 11 0
1940 NYY AL 31 34 12 34 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 14 0 20 0
1942 CLE AL 33 80 48 80 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 38 4 53 0 28 0
1946 CLE AL 37 9 5 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 3 0
7 Seasons 415 326 415 341 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 79 14 341 0 75 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  107 (5th)
1938 AL  106 (4th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  223 (4th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  8 (5th)
1938 AL  9 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  10 (2nd)
1938 AL  8 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1938 AL  2.19 (2nd)

                                         

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