Lefty Mills

Howard Robinson Mills

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

Born: May 12, 1910 in Dedham, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1934
Team: Browns 1934-1940

Final Game: August 29, 1940
Died: September 23, 1982 in Riverside, CA
Buried: Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1934	24	BAL-min	A	3	3	.500	4.95	15						80.0	71	49	44		63							1.675	8.0		7.1			SAN · TL
1934	24	SLB	AL	0	0		4.15	4	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	11	2	0	0	1	44	123	2.423	10.4	0.0	11.4	2.1	0.18

1935	25	CHW-min	AA	7	8	.467	5.36	34	21					146.0	170	97	87		84							1.740	10.5		5.2			STP · AA
1936	26	BAL-min	A1	12	6	.667	2.52	38	23					186.0	125	66	52		115							1.290	6.0		5.6			SAN · TL
1937	27	BAL-min	A1	14	12	.538	3.10	35	29					241.0	229	150	83		135							1.510	8.6		5.0			SAN · TL
1937	27	SLB	AL	1	1	.500	6.39	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.2	16	13	9	1	10	10	0	0	4	66	78	2.053	11.4	0.7	7.1	7.1	1.00
1938	28	SLB	AL	10	12	.455	5.31	30	27	2	15	1	0	210.1	216	139	124	16	116	134	8	0	5	962	94	1.578	9.2	0.7	5.0	5.7	1.16
1939	29	SLB	AL	4	11	.267	6.55	34	14	12	4	0	2	144.1	147	114	105	16	113	103	8	1	4	695	74	1.801	9.2	1.0	7.0	6.4	0.91
1940	30	SLB	AL	0	6	.000	7.78	26	5	9	1	0	0	59.0	64	55	51	7	52	18	3	0	6	291	59	1.966	9.8	1.1	7.9	2.7	0.35
5 Yrs				15	30	.333	6.06	96	48	27	21	1	2	435.0	453	325	293	40	302	267	19	1	20	2058	81	1.736	9.4	0.8	6.2	5.5	0.88
162 Game Avg.				7	14	.333	6.06	45	23	13	10	0	1	205	214	153	138	19	143	126	9	0	9	972	81	1.736	9.4	0.8	6.2	5.5	0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1934	24	SLB	AL	8.2	4	0	4	4.15	5.83	-0.09	0.00	112.2	6.64	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.558	.501	$

1937	27	SLB	AL	12.2	2	2	13	9.24	5.80	-0.31	0.00	110.0	6.72	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.355	.498	$
1938	28	SLB	AL	210.1	30	27	139	5.95	5.70	-0.36	0.00	103.9	6.29	6	0.5	1.0	-0.1	2.3	35	.518	.503	$
1939	29	SLB	AL	144.1	34	14	114	7.11	5.68	-0.48	0.00	101.9	6.27	-14	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	4	.463	.492	$
1940	30	SLB	AL	59.0	26	5	55	8.39	5.18	-0.12	0.00	104.2	5.51	-19	-1.8	1.0	-0.0	-1.4	-13	.433	.489	$
5 Seasons				435.0	96	48	325	6.72	5.63	-0.36	0.00	103.6	6.20	-29	-2.5	1.0	-0.3	0.9	28	.474	.497	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1934	24	SLB	AL	44	0.0%	4.6%	25.0%			70%

1937	27	SLB	AL	66	1.5%	15.2%	15.2%	4.6%	19%	68%
1938	28	SLB	AL	962	1.7%	13.9%	12.1%	4.5%	20%	70%
1939	29	SLB	AL	695	2.3%	14.8%	16.3%	3.5%	16%	63%
1940	30	SLB	AL	291	2.4%	6.2%	17.9%	2.8%	13%	71%
5 Yrs				2058	1.9%	13.0%	14.7%	3.8%	17%	68%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.9%	8.6%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1934	24	0	0		4.15	4	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	11	2	0	0	1	44	123	2.423	10.4	0.0	11.4	2.1	0.18	123
1935	25	0	0		4.15	4	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	11	2	0	0	1	44	123	2.423	10.4	0.0	11.4	2.1	0.18	123
1936	26	0	0		4.15	4	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	10	4	4	0	11	2	0	0	1	44	123	2.423	10.4	0.0	11.4	2.1	0.18	123
1937	27	1	1	.500	5.48	6	2	4	1	0	0	21.1	26	17	13	1	21	12	0	0	5	110	92	2.203	11.0	0.4	8.9	5.1	0.57	92
1938	28	11	13	.458	5.32	36	29	6	16	1	0	231.2	242	156	137	17	137	146	8	0	10	1072	94	1.636	9.4	0.7	5.3	5.7	1.07	94
1939	29	15	24	.385	5.79	70	43	18	20	1	2	376.0	389	270	242	33	250	249	16	1	14	1767	85	1.699	9.3	0.8	6.0	6.0	1.00	85
1940	30	15	30	.333	6.06	96	48	27	21	1	2	435.0	453	325	293	40	302	267	19	1	20	2058	81	1.736	9.4	0.8	6.2	5.5	0.88	81

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1934	24	0	0		4.50	8.0	10	4	4	0	11	2	0	2.625	11.3	12.4	2.3	0.18	0.0	4

1937	27	0	1	.000	4.20	15.0	15	8	7	1	9	12	0	1.600	9.0	5.4	7.2	1.33	0.6	2
1938	28	12	13	.480	4.03	232.0	204	116	104	15	110	148	8	1.353	7.9	4.3	5.7	1.35	0.6	30
1939	29	7	10	.412	5.04	159.0	139	99	89	15	107	113	8	1.547	7.9	6.1	6.4	1.06	0.8	34
1940	30	2	5	.286	6.43	63.0	61	50	45	7	50	19	3	1.762	8.7	7.1	2.7	0.38	1.0	26
5 Yrs		21	29	.420	4.70	477.0	429	277	249	38	287	294	19	1.501	8.1		5.5	1.02	0.7	96

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1938 AL 5.734 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1938 AL 210.3 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1938 AL 134 (3rd) 1939 AL 103 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1938 AL 15 (10th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1938 AL 16 (10th) 1939 AL 16 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1938 AL 116 (4th) 1939 AL 113 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1938 AL 1.155 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1938 AL 12 (7th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1938 AL 124 (5th) 1939 AL 105 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1938 AL 5 (10th) 1940 AL 6 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1938 AL 8 (2nd) 1939 AL 8 (1st) 1940 AL 3 (10th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1938 AL 962 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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