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Buster Mills

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1934-1946 (1934-1946)

Proper Name

Colonel Buster Mills

Nickname

Bus

Positions

OF (341)

Positions

OF

Height / Weight

6-0 / 195

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

September 16,1908

Death Date

December 1,1991 Age: 83.076

Place

High School

Ranger (Ranger,TX)

Colleges

University of Oklahoma (Norman,OK)

MLB Debut

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

millb108

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Stat Capsule	ab	r	h	hr	rbi	sb	avg	ops
MLB Career	1379	200	396	14	163	23	.287	.746

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Batting Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1934	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	10	25	OF	29	72	7	17	4	1	1	8	0	0	4	11	2	2	0	0	2	26	80	6	11	.236	.295	.361	.656	.000	.125	.000	5.00	13.75	2.75	72.00
1935	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	BRO	21	26	OF	17	56	12	12	2	1	1	7	0	0	5	11	4	0	0	0	4	19	65	4	8	.214	.323	.339	.662	.000	.125	.000	7.69	16.92	2.20	56.00
1937	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	7	28	OF	123	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	6	9	0	0	0	211	566	40	109	.295	.361	.418	.779	.220	.123	.000	8.13	7.24	0.89	72.14
1938	St. Louis Browns	AL	MLB	SLA	15	29	OF	123	466	66	133	24	4	3	46	7	8	43	46	3	8	0	0	0	174	520	31	102	.285	.350	.373	.723	.178	.088	.000	8.27	8.85	1.07	155.33
1940	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	17,27	31	OF	34	63	10	25	3	3	1	15	0	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	6	37	70	7	18	.397	.457	.587	1.044	.302	.190	.000	10.00	7.14	0.71	63.00
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	14	33	OF	80	195	19	54	4	2	1	26	5	4	23	18	0	2	0	0	7	65	220	7	47	.277	.353	.333	.686	.179	.056	.000	10.45	8.18	0.78	195.00
1946	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	24	37	OF	9	22	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	6	25	0	6	.273	.360	.273	.633	.091	.000	.000	12.00	20.00	1.67	0.00
1934	MLB	Total	--	SLN	--	--	--	29	72	7	17	4	1	1	8	0	0	4	11	2	2	0	0	2	26	80	6	11	.236	.295	.361	.656	.181	.125	.267	5.00	13.75	2.75	72.00	NL	1934
1935	MLB	Total	--	BRO	--	--	--	17	56	12	12	2	1	1	7	0	0	5	11	4	0	0	0	4	19	65	4	8	.214	.323	.339	.662	.214	.125	.250	7.69	16.92	2.20	56.00	NL	1935
1937	MLB	Total	--	BOS	--	--	--	123	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	6	9	0	0	0	211	566	40	109	.295	.361	.418	.779	.220	.123	.311	8.13	7.24	0.89	72.14	AL	1937
1938	MLB	Total	--	SLA	--	--	--	123	466	66	133	24	4	3	46	7	8	43	46	3	8	0	0	0	174	520	31	102	.285	.350	.373	.723	.178	.088	.312	8.27	8.85	1.07	155.33	AL	1938
1940	MLB	Total	--	NYA	--	--	--	34	63	10	25	3	3	1	15	0	0	7	5	0	0	0	0	6	37	70	7	18	.397	.457	.587	1.044	.302	.190	.421	10.00	7.14	0.71	63.00	AL	1940
1942	MLB	Total	--	CLE	--	--	--	80	195	19	54	4	2	1	26	5	4	23	18	0	2	0	0	7	65	220	7	47	.277	.353	.333	.687	.179	.056	.301	10.45	8.18	0.78	195.00	AL	1942
1946	MLB	Total	--	CLE	--	--	--	9	22	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	6	25	0	6	.273	.360	.273	.633	.091	.000	.353	12.00	20.00	1.67		AL	1946
Tot:	MLB (7 yrs)		MLB					415	1379	200	396	62	19	14	163	23	21	131	137	15	21	0	0	20	538	1546	95	301	.287	.355	.390	.746	.199	.103	.311	8.47	8.86	1.05	98.50
Tot:	NL (2 yrs)		NL					46	128	19	29	6	2	2	15	0	0	9	22	6	2	0	0	6	45	145	10	19	.227	.308	.352	.659	.195	.125	.260	6.21	15.17	2.44	64.00
Tot:	AL (5 yrs)		AL					369	1251	181	367	56	17	12	148	23	21	122	115	9	19	0	0	14	493	1401	85	282	.293	.360	.394	.754	.200	.101	.316	8.71	8.21	0.94	104.25

Fielding Statistics

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1934	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	25	OF	18	-	-	45	0	0	0	45	45	0	0		1.000	2.5	0.00	0.00	11.8	62.1	5
1935	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	26	OF	17	-	-	33	0	1	0	34	33	0	0		.971	1.9	0.00	0.00	11.1	100.0	7
1937	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	28	OF	120	-	-	239	8	14	0	261	247	0	0		.946	2.1	0.00	0.00	78.9	97.6	2
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Yearly Summary

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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1934	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	25	95	58	1	-	29	Frankie Frisch			Won World Series (Tigers)
1935	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	MLB	BRO	26	70	83	5	-	17	Casey Stengel			dnq
1937	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	BOS	28	80	72	5	-	123	Joe Cronin			dnq
1938	St. Louis Browns	AL	MLB	SLA	29	55	97	7	-	123	Gabby Street, Oscar Melillo			dnq
1940	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	31	88	66	3	-	34	Joe McCarthy			dnq
1942	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	33	75	79	4	-	80	Lou Boudreau			dnq
1946	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	37	68	86	6	-	9	Lou Boudreau			dnq
7 record(s)

Based on playing years with listed statistics and available season data.

Baseball Jobs

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year	team name	league	level	category	mlb org	job	w	l	wpct	rank	gbl	Playoffs
1946	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	MLB	CLE	Assistant Coach	68	86	.442	6	36.0	dnq
1947	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	MLB	CHA	Assistant Coach	70	84	.455	6	27.0	dnq
1948	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	MLB	CHA	Assistant Coach	51	101	.336	8	44.5	dnq
1949	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	MLB	CHA	Assistant Coach	63	91	.409	6	34.0	dnq
1950	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	MLB	CHA	Assistant Coach	60	94	.390	6	38.0	dnq
1953	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	MLB	CIN	Assistant Coach	68	86	.442	6	37.0	dnq
1953	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	MLB	CIN	Manager	68	86	.442	6	37.0	dnq
1954	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	MLB	BOS	Third Base Coach	69	85	.448	4	42.0	dnq
8 record(s)

Transactions

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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
1946-07-03	Released by Indians			No	Hist
1942-04-03	Traded from New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians for Larry Rosenthal	Cleveland Indians		No	Hist
1938-10-26	Traded from St. Louis Browns with Oral Hildebrand to New York Yankees for Joe Glenn and Myril Hoag	New York Yankees		No	Hist
1937-12-02	Traded from Boston Red Sox with Bobo Newsom and Red Kress to St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik	St. Louis Browns		No	Hist
1936-08-03	Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Bees	Boston Bees		No	Hist
1936-03-31	Unknown transaction	St. Louis Cardinals		No	Hist
1935-09-01	Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Brooklyn Dodgers	Brooklyn Dodgers		No	Hist
1935-01-01	no draft record			No	Hist
8 record(s)

Talent Ratings

About talent ratings

Speed

51

Power

57

Contact

47

XBH

53

RBIs

67

Runs

45

Hitting

67

Durability

39

Team

.495

[Career Highlights]

[1934] Played for St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)

[1935] Played for Brooklyn Dodgers (MLB)

[1937] Played for Boston Red Sox (MLB) ... Finished top 10 in AL in Caught Stealings, Hit By Pitch

[1938] Played for St. Louis Browns (MLB) ... Finished top 10 in AL in Caught Stealings

[1940] Played for New York Yankees (MLB)

[1942] Played for Cleveland Indians (MLB)

[1946] Played for Cleveland Indians (MLB) ... Assistant Coach for Cleveland Indians

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