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Lefty
Mills		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 192
 
Born: May 12, 1910 in Usa, MA, DEDHAM
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 24 ATL NL   10 9 8 8 3 2 3 4 4 4
1935 25 ATL NL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 3 3 3 4 4 4
1936 26 ATL NL $ 300,000 9 9 8 8 3 3 3 4 3 3
1937 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 3 2 2 4 3 3
1938 28 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 9 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3
1939 29 TAM AL $ 300,000 9 9 8 8 4 3 3 4 4 4
1940 30 TAM AL $ 1,348,571 9 9 8 8 4 3 3 5 4 4
1941 31 TAM AL $ 1,348,571 9 8 8 8 4 3 3 5 4 4
1942 32 TAM AL $ 750,000 9 8 7 8 4 3 3 4 4 4
1943 33 TAM AL $ 750,000 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 5 4 4
1944 34 NYG NL $ 750,000 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 8 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,348,571 10 9 8 8 4 3 3 5 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 24 ATL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 25 ATL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 26 ATL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 30 TAM AL $ 1,348,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 31 TAM AL $ 1,348,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 32 TAM AL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 33 TAM AL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 34 NYG NL $ 750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,348,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1934 24 AAA   13 8 .619 30 30 1 0 0 202.0 180 77 15 100 193 3.43 .239 .329 .355 .684  
1935 25 ATL NL 8 6 .571 34 16 4 0 0 144.0 140 70 13 66 76 4.38 .256 .340 .396 .736 8.1
1936 26 ATL NL 11 20 .355 34 34 15 1 0 268.7 267 139 28 121 125 4.66 .259 .339 .392 .731 10.6
1937 27 BSN NL 5 8 .385 38 2 0 0 11 47.3 58 39 4 34 21 7.42 .312 .420 .505 .925 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 1 8.7 12 8 0 4 8 8.31 .324 .390 .378 .769  
1938 28 BSN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 3.0 6 3 0 1 2 9.00 .400 .438 .667 1.104 0.0
    AAA   6 5 .545 30 14 0 0 1 110.0 92 46 14 53 105 3.76 .225 .314 .384 .698  
1939 29 BSN NL 4 4 .500 11 3 1 0 0 85.0 70 31 7 48 48 3.28 .222 .330 .356 .685 4.6
  TAM AL 5 2 .714 35 8 3 1 1 48.7 44 27 5 35 28 4.99 .239 .364 .402 .766 0.5
  TOT   9 6 .600 46 11 4 1 1 133.7 114 58 12 83 76 3.91 .228 .342 .373 .715 5.1
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 38.3 44 17 8 15 34 3.99 .288 .351 .529 .881  
1940 30 TAM AL 8 5 .615 60 1 0 0 1 67.0 69 39 6 36 43 5.24 .267 .360 .422 .783 3.3
1941 31 TAM AL 4 6 .400 67 9 0 0 1 105.0 100 56 7 66 48 4.80 .256 .363 .379 .742 3.9
1942 32 TAM AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 2 2 0 4 1 4.16 .167 .412 .167 .578 0.2
    AAA   4 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 4 30.7 20 6 3 18 32 1.76 .182 .297 .273 .570  
1943 33 AAA   4 5 .444 55 6 0 0 3 88.7 81 33 6 47 90 3.35 .241 .334 .336 .671  
1944 34 AAA   12 7 .632 26 26 0 0 0 176.3 150 70 24 113 146 3.57 .232 .346 .374 .720  
8 Years Sim 45 51 .469 284 73 23 2 15 773.0 756 406 70 411 392 4.73 .257 .351 .398 .749 31.3
7 Years AAA 41 27 .603 189 82 1 0 9 654.6 579 257 70 350 608 3.53 .237 .332 .370 .702  
Season Average 5 6 .455 35 9 2 0 1 96.6 94 50 8 51 49 4.73 .257 .351 .398 .749  
Career Highs 11 20 .615 67 34 15 1 11 268.7 267 139 28 121 125 9.00 .400 .438 .667 1.104  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   528 270 50 286 259   .268 .361 .415 .776
vs LH   228 136 20 125 133   .236 .323 .363 .686
Home 25 25 .500 147 33 11 2 7 388.6 376 192 33 208 207 4.45 .255 .347 .393 .740
Away 20 26 .435 137 40 12 0 8 384.3 380 214 37 203 185 5.01 .260 .350 .402 .753
Mar/Apr 2 5 .286 32 5 2 0 1 55.0 56 36 7 34 23 5.89 .263 .364 .437 .801
May 1 12 .077 49 15 2 0 6 140.6 125 74 10 87 64 4.74 .241 .350 .360 .710
June 12 14 .462 50 18 9 2 2 175.0 164 79 19 73 88 4.06 .252 .327 .400 .727
July 13 5 .722 55 5 2 0 1 106.3 113 58 9 58 57 4.91 .271 .360 .405 .765
August 5 9 .357 44 16 4 0 1 143.0 146 75 8 84 78 4.72 .265 .362 .387 .749
Sep/Oct 12 6 .667 54 14 4 0 4 153.0 152 84 17 75 82 4.94 .259 .343 .420 .763
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 25 ATL NL 34 43 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .093 .114 .093 .207 -1.1 0.0
1936 26 ATL NL 34 78 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .103 .113 .128 .241 -0.6 0.0
1937 27 BSN NL 38 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.1 0.3
1939 29 BSN NL 11 31 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .194 .194 .194 .387 0.9 0.0
  TAM AL 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
  TOT   46 41 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .146 .146 .146 .293 0.0 0.0
1940 30 TAM AL 60 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1941 31 TAM AL 67 20 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .350 .550 1.4 0.0
6 Years Sim 279 187 10 25 4 1 0 14 0 0 2 48 .134 .142 .166 .308 1.1 0.3
162 Game Average 108 5 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 27 .134 .142 .166 .308 0.6  
Career Highs 67 78 3 8 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 20 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   142 7 15 3 0 0 12 0 0 2 37 .106 .117 .127 .244 -3.4
vs LH   45 3 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 .222 .222 .289 .511 2.4
Home 145 84 7 12 2 1 0 7 0 0 2 21 .143 .161 .190 .351 0.7
Away 108 103 3 13 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 27 .126 .126 .146 .272 -1.7
RISP   50 0 7 2 0 0 14 0 0 0 17 .140 .137 .180 .317 -0.2
Close/Late   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .077 .000 .077 -0.8
Mar/Apr 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
May 18 29 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .103 .100 .138 .238 -0.8
June 50 47 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 .170 .170 .191 .362 0.5
July 24 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .056 .105 .056 .161 -0.8
August 33 43 4 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 .116 .116 .209 .326 -0.2
Sep/Oct 44 40 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .175 .195 .175 .370 0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1935 25 ATL NL P 34 16 144.0 2 29 4 4 .886 1.94    
1936 26 ATL NL P 34 34 268.7 11 49 4 6 .938 2.01    
1937 27 BSN NL P 38 2 47.3 1 10 2 2 .846 2.09    
1938 28 BSN NL P 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1939 29 BSN NL P 11 3 85.0 8 15 1 1 .958 2.44    
  TAM AL P 35 8 48.7 4 8 1 0 .923 2.22    
  TOT   P 46 11 133.7 12 23 2 1 .946 2.36    
1940 30 TAM AL P 60 1 67.0 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.01    
1941 31 TAM AL P 67 9 105.0 5 19 3 1 .889 2.06    
1942 32 TAM AL P 3 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   284 73 773.0 34 143 15 15 .922 2.06    
Career Highs   67 34 268.7 12 49 4 6 1.000 3.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1936-5-20
 Saves
1937-5-11
 Games Pitched
1940-9-60
1941-5-67
 Complete Games
1936-10-15
 Shutouts
1936-9-1
 Homeruns Allowed
1936-2-28
Strikeouts
1936-10-125
 Walks Allowed
1936-7-121
 Hits per 9IP
1936-9-8.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1936-7-4.2
 OAVG
1936-8-.259
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1934
Earned first career win on 6/1/1935
Had first career hit on 9/1/1935, off Dutch Henry (SDP)
Injured on 8/9/1938 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1939 (Going to TAM: P Spud Chandler, P Lefty Mills, 2B Billy Herman. Going to BSN: 2B Johnny Hodapp, LF Ralph Hodgin)
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/3/1940 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,348,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $750,000 per year, for 3 years
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 7/1/1944 (Going to NYG: P Bob Muncrief, P Mace Brown, C Willard Hershberger, RF Ben Chapman, P Lefty Mills. Going to TAM: P Ralph Birkofer, P Claude Passeau, C Buddy Rosar)
 
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