Howard Mills

Name Note: Name presented as Lefty Mills in some sources

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 187lb (185cm, 84kg)

Born: May 12, 1910 in Dedham, MA us

Died: September 23, 1982 in Riverside, CA

Buried: Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Debut: June 10, 1934 (Age 24-029d, 7,736th in major league history)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 29, 1940 (Age 30-109d)
vs. NYY 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Howard Robinson Mills

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

6.06

435.0

267

WHIP

1.736

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	8-26 / in Starts: 3-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 51 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	34 (17-9-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 51 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	34 (17-10-5)

Most Driven In
H Clift	1
D Heffner	0

Most Driven In By
M Hoag	1
H Clift	1
G McQuinn	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	37	17 (16)	May 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-7	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.55	-0.017	1.12	-0.02%	-0.40	P
2	38	22 (4)	May 14 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.52	-0.018	.70	-0.01%	-0.11	P
3	39	25 (2)	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.58	-0.024	1.66	-0.02%	-0.24	P
4	40	31 (5)	May 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-16	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.16	-0.007	.08	0.00%	0.36	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	41	41 (9)	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	5-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.444	.944	9	1.81	0.122	.08	0.00%	0.57	P
6	42	43 (1)	Jun 6	SLB		WSH	L,7-10	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855	9	.98	-0.027	.04	0.00%	-0.13	P
7	43	48 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.333	.718	9	1.59	-0.132	.01	0.00%	-1.12	P
8	44	51 (2)	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	9	.88	0.058	.01	0.00%	0.63	P
9	45	53 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-6	5-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	9						P
10	46	58 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890	7						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	47	64 (5)	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.353	.686	9	.95	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-1.20	P
12	48	69 (4)	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9	GS-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.316	.350	.526	.876	9						P
13	49	73 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-14	2-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.476	.794	9	.33	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
14	50	76 (2)	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	L,9-11	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.292	.320	.458	.778	9	.69	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.70	P
15	51	81 (4)	Jul 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.296	.423	.719	9	1.23	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
16	52	85 (3)	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	5-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.407	.693	9	.64	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
17	53	86	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-13	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.407	.693	9						P
18	54	88 (1)	Jul 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.393	.669	9	1.19	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
19	55	91 (2)	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.267	.379	.646	9	.64	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	56	95 (3)	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.367	.648	9	1.72	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
21	57	97 (1)	Aug 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.281	.367	.648	9						P
22	58	100 (2)	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	1.25	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
23	59	104 (3)	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	W,11-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.371	.669	9	.06	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.29	P
24	60	108 (3)	Aug 17	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.282	.351	.633	9	.93	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
25	61	113 (4)	Aug 24	SLB		NYY	L,5-11	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.350	.636	9	1.59	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
26	62	117 (3)	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.350	.636	9						P
27	63	120 (2)	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,8-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.286	.350	.636	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	64	124 (3)	Sep 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.273	.333	.606	9	1.45	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.09	P
29	65	128 (3)	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.273	.333	.606	9						P
30	66	132 (3)	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,8-9	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.349	.638	9	1.57	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.67	P
31	67	138 (5)	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.289	.349	.638	9						P
32	68	141 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		1	0	0	0	.239	.271	.326	.597	9	1.12	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
33	69	148 (6)	Sep 24 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,9-11	1-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.265	.319	.584	9	.30	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
34	70	153 (4)	Sep 27	SLB		DET	L,4-7	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.265	.319	.584	9						P
							8-26		51	47	4	11	1	0	1	2	2	0	25	0	2		2	1	0	0	.234	.265	.319	.584		1.04	-0.459	.11	-0.05%	-5.43

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