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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:59AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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
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 77 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1934 24 SLB AL 8.2 0 4 6 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1937 27 SLB AL 12.2 2 13 9 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
1938 28 SLB AL 210.1 27 139 149 -6 1.0 10 2.0 $
1939 29 SLB AL 144.1 14 114 98 -6 1.0 -16 -0.4 $
1940 30 SLB AL 59.0 5 55 39 -1 1.0 -16 -1.3 $
5 Seasons 435.0 48 325 301 -13 1.0 -24 0.2 $

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1934 24 SLB AL 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 68 1 0 0 /1
1937 27 SLB AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1938 28 SLB AL 30 82 66 8 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 18 .091 .221 .106 .327 -15 7 0 5 1
1939 29 SLB AL 34 51 47 4 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 25 .234 .265 .319 .584 48 15 1 0 2 1
1940 30 SLB AL 26 14 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 -4 2 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 96 155 134 14 20 2 0 1 5 0 0 14 51 .149 .230 .187 .416 6 25 1 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 262 226 24 34 3 0 2 8 0 0 24 86 .149 .230 .187 .416 6 42 0 12

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1934 24 SLB AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1937 27 SLB AL 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
1938 28 SLB AL 82 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
1939 29 SLB AL 51 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1940 30 SLB AL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 155 -22 0 0 0 0 12 5 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 SLB AL 24 P 4 0 0 8.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04 0.25 .960 2.18 2.10
1937 SLB AL 27 P 2 2 1 12.2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 2.13 1.50 .955 2.06 2.00
1938 SLB AL 28 P 30 27 15 210.1 37 4 28 5 1 .865 1.37 1.07 .952 2.11 2.06
1939 SLB AL 29 P 34 14 4 144.1 25 2 20 3 0 .880 1.37 0.65 .951 1.92 1.89
1940 SLB AL 30 P 26 5 1 59.0 17 3 13 1 1 .941 2.44 0.62 .956 2.04 2.01
5 Seasons P 96 48 21 435.0 84 9 65 10 2 .881 1.53 0.77 .953 2.04 1.99
5 Seasons TOT 96 48 21 435.0 84 9 65 10 2 .881 1.53 0.77 .953 2.04 1.99
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1938 AL  5 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 13 (1314), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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