Buster Mills - MLB Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1934-1946 (1934-1946)

Proper Name

Colonel Buster Mills

Nickname

Bus

Positions

OF (341)

Height / Weight

6-0 / 195

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

September 16,1908

Death Date

December 1,1991 Age: 83.076

Place

Ranger, Texas Flags

High School

Ranger (Ranger,TX)

Colleges

University of Oklahoma (Norman,OK)

MLB Debut

April 18,1934

MLBAM ID

119145

Retrosheet#

millb108

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Buster Mills [Colonel Buster Mills] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 1934-1946. His birthday is September 16th, 1908He died on December 1st, 1991 at the age of 83. He attended Ranger High School [Bulldogs] in Ranger, Texas. He played College Baseball for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Made his Major League Debut on April 18th, 1934 at the age of 25. Mills played 2 seasons with the Cleveland Guardians organization, 1 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1 season with the Baltimore Orioles, 1 season with the New York Yankees, 1 season with the Boston Red Sox and 1 season with the St. Louis Cardinals. Finished 5th in American League with 8 Caught Stealings in 1937. Finished 3rd in American League with 6 Hit ...

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By Pitch in 1937. Finished 7th in American League with 8 Caught Stealings in 1938. Had a career high 58 runs batted in with the Boston Red Sox in 1937. Had a career high 11 Stolen Bases for the Boston Red Sox in 1937. Had a career high .295 Batting Average for the Boston Red Sox in 1937. Had a career high .779 OPS for the Boston Red Sox in 1937.

Jobs in Baseball: Assistant Coach for the Cleveland Indians for 1 year in 1946. Assistant Coach for the Chicago White Sox for 4 years between 1947-1950. Assistant Coach for the Cincinnati Reds for 1 year in 1953. Manager for the Cincinnati Reds for 1 year in 1953. Third Base Coach for the Boston Red Sox for 1 year in 1954.

Career Transactions: Unknown transaction on March 31st, 1936. Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Bees on August 3rd, 1936. Traded from Boston Red Sox with Bobo Newsom and Red Kress to St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik on December 2nd, 1937. Traded from St. Louis Browns with Oral Hildebrand to New York Yankees for Joe Glenn and Myril Hoag on October 26th, 1938. Traded from New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians for Larry Rosenthal on April 3rd, 1942.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	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				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				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			104	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			97	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				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			102	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				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
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
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