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Buster Mills
Colonel Buster Mills (Bus)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 195 lb.
School University of Oklahoma

Debut April 18, 1934
Final Game June 1, 1946
Born September 16, 1908 in Ranger, TX
Died December 1, 1991 in Arlington, TX

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 25 STL NL  29   72    7   17   4  1   1    8   0      4  11  .236  .295  .361   70   26   2           2   2
 1935 26 BRO NL  17   56   12   12   2  1   1    7   0      5  11  .214  .323  .339   80   19   0           4   4
 1937 28 BOS AL 123  505   85  149  25  8   7   58  11  8  46  41  .295  .361  .418   92  211   9           6    
 1938 29 SLB AL 123  466   66  133  24  4   3   46   7  8  43  46  .285  .350  .373   81  174   8           3    
 1940 31 NYY AL  34   63   10   25   3  3   1   15   0  0   7   5  .397  .457  .587  173   37   0           0   6
 1942 33 CLE AL  80  195   19   54   4  2   1   26   5  4  23  18  .277  .353  .333   99   65   2           0   7
 1946 37 CLE AL   9   22    1    6   0  0   0    3   0  1   3   5  .273  .360  .273   83    6   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      415 1379  200  396  62 19  14  163  23 21 131 137  .287  .355  .390   91  538  21   0   0  15  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        538   78  155  24  7   5   64   9  8  51  53  .287  .355  .390   91  210   8   0   0   6   8
 Career High    123  505   85  149  25  8   7   58  11  8  46  46  .295  .361  .418   92  211   9   0   0   6   7
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 25 STL NL   80   59    7   3.2   109| .236  .294| .295  .350| .361  .418| .656  .769|  70  .323  -3.2  -0.3     
 1935 26 BRO NL   65   48    5   2.8   102| .214  .283| .323  .338| .339  .403| .662  .741|  80  .279  -1.4  -0.1     
 1937 28 BOS AL  566  373   74   5.2   120| .295  .295| .361  .371| .418  .439| .779  .810|  92  .499  -6.8  -0.6  57%
 1938 29 SLB AL  520  349   59   4.4   118| .285  .290| .350  .369| .373  .432| .723  .801|  81  .422 -13.5  -1.2  46%
 1940 31 NYY AL   70   44   17  10.3   107| .397  .274| .457  .347| .587  .416|1.044  .762| 173  .791   6.8   0.6   0%
 1942 33 CLE AL  220  154   23   4.0    89| .277  .259| .353  .332| .333  .362| .686  .694|  99  .488   0.2   0.0  55%
 1946 37 CLE AL   25   18    2   3.0    91| .273  .256| .360  .330| .273  .369| .633  .699|  83  .351  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1546 1045  187   4.7   113| .287  .286| .355  .360| .390  .421| .745  .782|  91  .474 -18.4  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1934 25 STL NL OF 18 45 0 0 0 1.000 .974 2.50 2.26 0 17 1 1935 26 BRO NL OF 17 33 0 1 0 .971 .971 1.94 2.31 11 6 0 1937 28 BOS AL OF 120 239 8 14 0 .946 .969 2.06 2.28 107 10 5 1938 29 SLB AL OF 113 235 9 9 2 .964 .972 2.16 2.28 106 6 1 1940 31 NYY AL OF 14 22 0 0 0 1.000 .969 1.57 2.32 12 0 2 1942 33 CLE AL OF 53 142 4 4 2 .973 .976 2.75 2.31 13 37 3 1946 37 CLE AL OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.83 2.23 6 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 25 STL NL OF 18 45 0 0 0 1.000 .974 2.50 2.26 0 17 1 1935 26 BRO NL OF 17 33 0 1 0 .971 .971 1.94 2.31 11 6 0 1937 28 BOS AL OF 120 239 8 14 0 .946 .969 2.06 2.28 107 10 5 1938 29 SLB AL OF 113 235 9 9 2 .964 .972 2.16 2.28 106 6 1 1940 31 NYY AL OF 14 22 0 0 0 1.000 .969 1.57 2.32 12 0 2 1942 33 CLE AL OF 53 142 4 4 2 .973 .976 2.75 2.31 13 37 3 1946 37 CLE AL OF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.83 2.23 6 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 341 727 21 28 4 .964 .972 2.19 2.29 255 76 12 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 341 727 21 28 4 .964 .972 2.19 2.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1937 AL-6-3

Caught Stealing
1937 AL-8-5
1938 AL-8-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September, 1935: Sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

March 31, 1936: Sent from the Brooklyn Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

Before 1937 Season: Sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Bees in an unknown transaction.

December 2, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Red Kress and Bobo Newsom to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Vosmik.

October 26, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Oral Hildebrand to the New York Yankees for Joe Glenn and Myril Hoag.

July 3, 1946: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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