Lefty Mills
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[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
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 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
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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