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Lefty Mills
Howard Robinson Mills
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: May 12, 1910 in Dedham, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1934
Final Game: August 29, 1940
Died: September 23, 1982 in Riverside, CA
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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 44 120 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 75 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

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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 67 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 -16 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1934 SLB AL 24 P 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 1.000 1.10
1937 SLB AL 27 P 2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 .975 1.10
1938 SLB AL 28 P 30 37 4 28 5 1 .865 1.07 .957 1.12
1939 SLB AL 29 P 34 25 2 20 3 0 .880 0.65 .956 0.98
1940 SLB AL 30 P 26 17 3 13 1 1 .941 0.62 .959 1.05
5 Seasons P 96 84 9 65 10 2 .881 0.77 .958 1.05
5 Seasons TOT 96 84 9 65 10 2 .881 0.77 .839 1.05

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 InkPitching - 13 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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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.

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