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Buster
Mills		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 16, 1908 in Usa, TX, RANGER
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 27 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 28 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 29 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 30 MIN AL $ 725,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 31 MIN AL $ 892,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 32 MIN AL $ 892,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 33 CIN NL $ 450,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 34 CIN NL $ 450,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 892,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1935 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1936 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
1937 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1938 29 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1939 30 MIN AL $ 725,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1940 31 MIN AL $ 892,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1941 32 MIN AL $ 892,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1942 33 CIN NL $ 450,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
1943 34 CIN NL $ 450,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 892,857   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
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
1943 34 CIN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
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 LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Home 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
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
1934 25 MIN AL 7 24 4 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 5 .333 .407 .583 .991 5.1 1.2
    AAA   125 479 63 130 19 5 3 52 10 11 60 47 .271 .353 .351 .703 59.9  
    AA   10 43 5 12 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 .279 .295 .419 .714 5.1  
1935 26 MIN AL 159 604 90 161 27 6 5 49 20 5 66 56 .267 .343 .356 .699 74.0 9.3
1936 27 MIN AL 159 576 77 160 32 7 5 73 3 10 52 59 .278 .339 .384 .722 69.7 6.9
1937 28 MIN AL 100 304 49 71 13 3 3 28 8 2 39 29 .234 .323 .326 .648 31.9 3.1
    AAA   52 196 31 62 16 2 6 31 5 2 21 15 .316 .382 .510 .893 35.8  
1938 29 MIN AL 105 169 39 55 8 0 6 26 8 2 23 10 .325 .409 .479 .889 33.0 7.2
1939 30 MIN AL 118 177 23 46 12 3 4 27 3 1 19 18 .260 .333 .429 .763 23.4 3.5
1940 31 MIN AL 104 194 30 49 9 1 3 26 4 3 22 5 .253 .329 .356 .684 22.5 2.9
1941 32 MIN AL 100 127 20 31 7 0 0 14 3 0 13 10 .244 .319 .299 .618 12.5 1.3
1942 33 CIN NL 18 38 9 11 3 0 1 1 0 1 7 6 .289 .400 .447 .847 6.3 1.3
    AAA   109 430 62 125 30 4 9 66 7 4 50 45 .291 .365 .442 .806 67.4  
1943 34 CIN NL 32 41 9 10 3 0 2 3 0 0 5 5 .244 .326 .463 .790 5.6 0.8
    AAA   56 206 21 61 6 2 4 31 10 1 37 20 .296 .403 .403 .806 36.8  
10 Years Sim 902 2254 350 602 116 22 29 248 49 24 249 203 .267 .342 .377 .719 284.0 37.5
4 Years AAA 342 1311 177 378 71 13 22 180 32 18 168 127 .288 .373 .413 .786 199.9  
1 Years AA 10 43 5 12 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 .279 .295 .419 .714 5.1  
5 Years Minors 352 1354 182 390 72 14 23 184 32 18 169 130 .288 .371 .413 .784 204.9  
162 Game Average 404 62 108 20 3 5 44 8 4 44 36 .267 .342 .377 .719 51.0  
Career Highs 159 604 90 161 32 7 6 73 20 10 66 59 .333 .409 .583 .991 74.0  
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   1598 240 429 81 15 21 182 34 20 173 134 .268 .343 .377 .720 206.5
vs LH   656 110 173 35 7 8 66 15 4 76 69 .264 .341 .375 .716 86.4
Home 449 1155 164 293 62 13 12 116 24 10 115 106 .254 .325 .361 .686 135.9
Away 453 1099 186 309 54 9 17 132 25 14 134 97 .281 .360 .393 .753 157.0
RISP   522 0 151 28 4 5 197 0 0 72 48 .289 .373 .387 .760 77.4
Pinch Hitting   223 32 62 8 2 3 34 1 1 27 14 .278 .356 .372 .728 30.2
Close/Late   305 53 81 18 1 9 47 0 0 35 29 .266 .341 .420 .761 43.9
Mar/Apr 146 350 59 91 14 2 3 36 9 5 50 43 .260 .354 .337 .691 44.6
May 179 463 63 119 18 3 7 48 4 4 45 45 .257 .324 .354 .678 53.4
June 143 340 43 80 19 1 2 35 10 3 32 27 .235 .302 .315 .617 33.4
July 113 267 48 87 17 3 5 37 6 5 31 20 .326 .396 .468 .864 46.3
August 168 455 78 122 28 9 6 56 14 5 46 31 .268 .341 .409 .749 62.3
Sep/Oct 153 379 59 103 20 4 6 36 6 2 45 37 .272 .353 .393 .746 52.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1934 25 MIN AL LF 7 7 59.0 13 2 1 1 .938 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1935 26 MIN AL LF 153 146 1288.0 293 22 7 2 .978 2.20 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1936 27 MIN AL LF 154 148 1311.3 295 15 11 2 .966 2.13 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0  
1937 28 MIN AL LF 52 48 430.7 96 6 6 0 .944 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 31 28 252.3 63 3 3 0 .957 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1938 29 MIN AL CF 19 14 137.0 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.96 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 20 13 130.3 23 2 0 1 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 14 3 58.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 30 MIN AL RF 39 23 230.0 43 4 1 1 .979 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 9 1 38.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 2 37.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.16 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 31 MIN AL RF 51 46 379.0 95 4 2 1 .980 2.35 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 17 0 31.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.29 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
1941 32 MIN AL LF 28 20 177.3 40 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 12 0 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 0 18.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 33 CIN NL CF 8 8 70.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 3 0 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1943 34 CIN NL CF 13 9 92.3 35 2 3 0 .925 3.61 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 6 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 447 383 3481.0 772 49 25 6 .970 2.12 0 0 .000 0 10.1
  RF 153 100 961.3 225 11 7 2 .971 2.21 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  CF 65 33 368.0 125 4 4 0 .970 3.16 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  C 2 0 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   670 516 4821.3 1126 65 36 8 .971 2.22 0 0 .000 0 14.0
Career Highs   155 148 1313.0 298 22 11 2 1.000 3.25 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 33 CIN NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1935-1-159
1936-1-159
 Stolen Bases
1935-2-20
1937-8-8
1938-6-8
 Caught Stealing
1935-4-5
1936-1-10
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jim Mosolf (975)
  2. Gene Locklear (956)
  3. Si Rosenthal (955)
  4. Mel Hall (954)
  5. Mel Clark (952)
  6. Johnny Lindell (950)
  7. Mitch Webster (949)
  8. Jimmy Wasdell (948)
  9. Kirby Puckett (948)
  10. John Lowenstein (947)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by New York (G) in 1934
Injured on 5/22/1934 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (G) to Minnesota on 7/31/1934 (Going to NYG: P Walter Beall, RF Paul Waner. Going to MIN: P Dick Barrett, LF Buster Mills)
Had first career hit on 9/21/1934, off Roy Parmelee (MON)
Injured on 3/10/1935 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/12/1935, off Dave Keefe (TAM)
Injured on 6/7/1937 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $725,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $892,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $892,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/6/1942 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
 
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