Milt Shoffner

Full Name: Milburn James Shoffner	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/184	First Game: July 20, 1929
Birthdate: November 13, 1905	Final Game: September 22, 1940
Birthplace: Sherman, Texas	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: January 19, 1978
Deathplace: Madison, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on November 13, 1905 in Sherman, Texas, Milt Shoffner (Milburn James Shoffner) played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 7 year career. Shoffner broke into the bigs on July 20, 1929 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 7.97 ERA in 84.2 innings pitched in 1930, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Milt Shoffner's best season was 1938, when he posted a 3.54 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1929	CLE	A	11	3	2	3	5.04	15	28	25	1	0	0	44.2	46	4	22	0	3
1930	CLE	A	24	10	3	4	7.97	17	86	75	1	0	0	84.2	129	8	50	2	1
1931	CLE	A	12	4	2	3	7.24	12	34	33	1	0	0	41	55	4	26	3	2
1937	BOS	N	6	5	3	1	2.53	13	14	12	3	1	1	42.2	38	1	9	0	1
1938	BOS	N	26	15	8	7	3.54	49	60	55	9	1	1	139.2	147	7	36	1	2
1939	CIN	N	10	3	2	2	3.35	6	18	14	0	0	0	37.2	43	3	11	1	2
1939	BOS	N	25	11	4	6	3.13	51	56	46	7	0	1	132.1	133	4	42	0	1
1939	TOT	N	35	14	6	8	3.18	57	74	60	7	0	1	170	176	7	53	1	3
1940	CIN	N	20	0	1	0	5.63	17	35	34	0	0	0	54.1	56	3	18	0	0
Total	NL		87	34	18	16	3.56	136	183	161	19	2	3	406.2	417	18	116	2	6
Total	AL		47	17	7	10	7.03	44	148	133	3	0	0	170.1	230	16	98	5	6
Total			134	51	25	26	4.59	180	331	294	22	2	3	577	647	34	214	7	12

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1929	CLE	A	P	11	1	10	0	1	1.000
1930	CLE	A	P	24	3	17	2	2	.909
1931	CLE	A	P	12	3	7	0	0	1.000
1937	BOS	N	P	6	2	12	0	1	1.000
1938	BOS	N	P	26	8	19	2	0	.931
1939	CIN	N	P	10	1	7	0	0	1.000
1939	BOS	N	P	25	2	30	2	3	.941
1939	TOT	N	P	35	3	37	2	3	.952
1940	CIN	N	P	20	0	10	0	0	1.000
Total			P	134	20	112	6	7	.957

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1929	CLE	A	11	15	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
1930	CLE	A	24	33	5	7	1	2	.212	.257	.455	3	1	2	14	2	0
1931	CLE	A	12	13	1	1	0	0	.077	.143	.077	0	0	1	6	0	0
1937	BOS	N	6	16	3	2	1	4	.125	.176	.375	1	0	1	6	3	0
1938	BOS	N	27	57	2	12	0	4	.211	.274	.281	2	1	5	17	0	3
1939	CIN	N	10	11	1	1	0	0	.091	.167	.091	0	0	1	8	1	0
1939	BOS	N	25	44	4	7	0	4	.159	.229	.159	0	0	4	19	2	2
1939	TOT	N	35	55	5	8	0	4	.145	.217	.145	0	0	5	27	3	2
1940	CIN	N	20	16	1	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	4	1	0
Total	NL		88	144	11	24	1	12	.167	.226	.222	3	1	11	54	7	5
Total	AL		47	61	7	8	1	2	.131	.172	.262	3	1	3	22	2	0
Total			135	205	18	32	2	14	.156	.210	.234	6	2	14	76	9	5

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Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Boston Bees (August 19, 1939).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants in exchange for Wayne Ambler (December 12, 1940).

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