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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	15 (9)	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	16	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	20 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	24 (3)	May 10 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
6	25	May 11	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	26	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	27	May 16 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	28	May 16 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
10	31 (2)	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	38 (6)	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	42 (3)	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	47 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
15	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	23	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	51 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	58 (6)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	59	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	60	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	61	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	63	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	64	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	65	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	66	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	67	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	W,9-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	70 (2)	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	71	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	73 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-5	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	76	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	77	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
35	83 (3)	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	89 (5)	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	90	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	91	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	92	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	93	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	100 (6)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	101	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	102	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	104	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	121 (16)	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	135 (13)	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	137 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
49	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	141 (2)	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-0	GS	30	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
51	143 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	L,2-15	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
52	153 (9)	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	154	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
							54gm			134	4	4	142	2