Buster Mills

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Full Name: Colonel Buster Mills	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/195	First Game: April 18, 1934
Birthdate: September 16, 1908	Final Game: June 1, 1946
Birthplace: Ranger, Texas	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: December 1, 1991
Deathplace: Arlington, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Buster Mills (Colonel Buster Mills) was born on September 16, 1908 in Ranger, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1934 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1937, his rookie year, he hit .295 with 7 home runs and 58 RBI. Mills played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Buster Mills's best season was 1937, when he hit for a .295 average and knocked in 58 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1934	STL	N	29	72	7	17	1	8	.236	.295	.361	4	1	4	11	2	2	0	0	2
1935	BRO	N	17	56	12	12	1	7	.214	.323	.339	2	1	5	11	4	0	0	0	4
1937	BOS	A	123	505	85	149	7	58	.295	.361	.418	25	8	46	41	6	9	11	0	0
1938	STL	A	123	466	66	133	3	46	.285	.350	.373	24	4	43	46	3	8	7	0	0
1940	NY	A	34	63	10	25	1	15	.397	.457	.587	3	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	6
1942	CLE	A	80	195	19	54	1	26	.277	.353	.333	4	2	23	18	0	2	5	0	7
1946	CLE	A	9	22	1	6	0	3	.273	.360	.273	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		46	128	19	29	2	15	.227	.308	.352	6	2	9	22	6	2	0	0	6
Total	AL		369	1251	181	367	12	148	.293	.360	.394	56	17	122	115	9	19	23	0	14
Total			415	1379	200	396	14	163	.287	.355	.390	62	19	131	137	15	21	23	0	20

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1934	STL	N	OF	18	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1935	BRO	N	OF	17	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1937	BOS	A	OF	120	0	0	239	8	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1938	STL	A	OF	113	0	0	235	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1940	NY	A	OF	14	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	CLE	A	OF	53	0	0	142	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1946	CLE	A	OF	6	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	341	0	0	727	21	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	.964

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Bobo Newsom and Red Kress to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Joe Vosmik (December 2, 1937).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Oral Hildebrand to New York Yankees in exchange for Joe Glenn and Myril Hoag (October 26, 1938).
Released by Cleveland Indians (July 3, 1946).

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