Rupert Mills

Rupert Frank Mills

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
• School University of Notre Dame
• High School Barringer High School
• Debut June 23, 1915
• Final Game October 3, 1915
• Born October 12, 1892 in Newark, NJ USA
• Died July 20, 1929 in Lake Hopatcong, NJ USA

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Biographical Information

Rupert Mills came out of the University of Notre Dame, where he attended in 1913-1915, and played in the 1915 Federal League for the Newark Peppers. He had been born in Newark, NJ and attended high school there as well.

The book Baseball Anecdotes says that Mills had signed a two-year contract, and when the Federal League folded, he refused to accept reassignment or the settlement offered. The team president ordered him to show up for work with the non-existent team, and so Mills did, showing up for work all day for months (and working out) until he was offered a settlement he was willing to accept in July 1916.

In 1917 he played for Denver, apparently showing up every day and playing in more games than any other player on the team.

Mills was a candidate for Sheriff of Essex County in New Jersey in 1929 when he drowned in Lake Hopatcong attempting to save a friend who's canoe had capsized. [1]

Related Sites

• Rupert Mills at the SABR Bio Project
• Find-A-Grave Memorial for Rupert Mills