Buster Mills

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)

Born: September 16, 1908 in Ranger, TX us

Died: December 1, 1991 in Arlington, TX

Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX

High School: Ranger HS (Ranger, TX)

School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: April 18, 1934 (Age 25-214d, 7,699th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 1, 1946 (Age 37-258d)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Colonel Buster Mills

Nicknames: Bus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

1379

396

.287

200

RBI

163

OBP

.355

SLG

.390

OPS

.746

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	13	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	14	May 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	15	May 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	16	May 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,10-12	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	17	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	18	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
8	19	May 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	20	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	21	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	22	May 11	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	24 (1)	May 15	SLB	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	25	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
14	26	May 20	SLB		BOS	L,2-16	CG	55	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	27	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	28	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	47	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	29	May 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	30	May 25	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	31	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	32	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	33	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	34	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	35	Jun 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	36	Jun 2	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	37	Jun 5	SLB	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	38	Jun 6	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	39	Jun 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	40	Jun 8	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	41	Jun 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	42	Jun 10	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	43	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	6	0	0	6	0
32	44	Jun 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	45	Jun 12 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	46	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	47	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	48	Jun 16	SLB		BOS	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	49	Jun 18	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
38	50	Jun 19 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	51	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	T,7-7	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	52	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	53	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	54	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	55	Jun 23	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
44	56	Jun 25	SLB		WSH	W,12-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	57	Jun 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	58	Jun 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	66 (7)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
48	67	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	68	Jul 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	48	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
50	69	Jul 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
51	70	Jul 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	0	0	1	1	0
52	71	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	72	Jul 12 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	73	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15	CG	49	9.1	4	1	0	5	1
55	74	Jul 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	75	Jul 15	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	76	Jul 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	77	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	78	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	82 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	86 (3)	Jul 30	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	87	Jul 31 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
63	88	Jul 31 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,10-2	CG	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	89	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	90	Aug 3	SLB		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	91	Aug 4	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	92	Aug 5	SLB		PHA	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	93	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	94	Aug 7 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	95	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	96	Aug 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	99 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	100	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	101	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	102	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
76	103	Aug 14 (2)	SLB		DET	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	104	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	105	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	106	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	107	Aug 19 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
81	108	Aug 19 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	109	Aug 20	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	110	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	111	Aug 23	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	52	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	113 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	48	13.0	7	0	0	7	0
86	114	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	115	Aug 26 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	116	Aug 26 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
89	117	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
90	118	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	119	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
92	120	Aug 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	121	Aug 30	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	122	Aug 31	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	123	Sep 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	124	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	125	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	126	Sep 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	T,1-1	CG	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	127	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	128	Sep 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	CG	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	129	Sep 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	130	Sep 10	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	131	Sep 11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	132	Sep 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	133	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	134	Sep 15	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	142 (7)	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	149 (6)	Sep 28	SLB	@	DET	L,0-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	150	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	152 (1)	Sep 30 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	T,3-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	154 (1)	Oct 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	155	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	156	Oct 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							113gm			186	9	9	204	2