Lefty Mills
[edit] Biography
Born on May 12, 1910 in Dedham, Massachusetts, Lefty Mills (Howard Robinson Mills) played for the St. Louis Browns for his entire 5 year career. Mills broke into the bigs on June 10, 1934 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.31 ERA in 210.1 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lefty Mills's best season was 1938, when he won 10 games and struck out 134 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1934
| STL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.15
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.2
| 10
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 6.39
| 10
| 13
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12.2
| 16
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 30
| 27
| 10
| 12
| 5.31
| 134
| 139
| 124
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 210.1
| 216
| 16
| 116
| 0
| 5
| 8
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 34
| 14
| 4
| 11
| 6.55
| 103
| 114
| 105
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 144.1
| 147
| 16
| 113
| 0
| 4
| 8
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 26
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 7.78
| 18
| 55
| 51
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 64
| 7
| 52
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 96
| 48
| 15
| 30
| 6.06
| 267
| 325
| 293
| 21
| 1
| 2
| 435
| 453
| 40
| 302
| 0
| 20
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1934
| STL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 28
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .865
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 96
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 65
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1934
| STL
| A
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| STL
| A
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 30
| 66
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .091
| .221
| .106
| 1
| 0
| 11
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 34
| 47
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 2
| .234
| .265
| .319
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 26
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .214
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 96
| 134
| 14
| 20
| 1
| 5
| .149
| .230
| .187
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 51
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Browns to Brooklyn Dodgers (February 4, 1941).
- Returned to St. Louis Browns (April 15, 1941).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Chicago Cubs in the minor league draft (November 20, 1947).
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