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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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Team Record in Appearances: 11-18 / in Starts: 11-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	7	16	May 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,10-12	5-7		99	2.2	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	6.05	13	1	4	0	3	2		2	0	0	0	1	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.18	0.020	.26	0.02%	2.25	5b 12- 1 out d7	7b 3 out d5
2	8	23	May 13	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.93	4.98	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.26	0.006	.17	0.00%	0.31	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
3	9	26	May 20	SLB		BOS	L,2-16	8-GF		6	2.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.70	4.70	11	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.21	8t --- 0 out d13	9t end d14
4	10	30	May 25	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	4	13.0	10	3	3	6	3	0	0	2.29	4.22	55						72						47	3	0			0
5	11	33	May 30(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-6		4	6.0	8	7	7	6	3	1	0	4.21	4.92	31	3	11	2	1	8	25			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	-0.262	.60	-0.06%	-3.07	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	12	39	Jun 7	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-8	GS-7		7	6.1	8	8	5	5	3	0	0	4.78	4.83	34	10	11	0	3	5	29			3	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	-0.404	.28	-0.05%	-4.05	1b start a 3	7b --3 1 out a1
7	13	45	Jun 12(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG(5)	L(1-1)	4	5.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	4.38	4.38	22	3	5	0	0	5	58			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.160	.23	0.02%	1.94	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
8	14	49	Jun 18	SLB		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.52	4.03	35	3	16	3	5	4	83			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.816	.13	0.04%	5.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	15	54	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	10	7	7	4	8	0	0	4.25	3.82	34	6	7	0	3	9	33			4	0	0	30	5	1	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.223	.08	-0.01%	-2.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
10	16	57	Jun 26(1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	7.0	8	6	4	0	2	2	1	4.35	4.15	32	21	0	0	0	8	43			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	2	.88	-0.204	.04	-0.01%	-1.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	17	63	Jul 2	SLB		DET	W,13-5	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	6	5	5	8	2	2	1	4.43	4.72	39	15	7	0	3	6	49			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
12	18	69	Jul 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-7		6	6.2	9	4	4	6	8	1	1	4.52	4.81	36	4	8	0	1	9	42			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-0.64	1b start a 3	7b 123 2 out tie
13	19	72	Jul 12(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-10	GS-5	L(3-4)	2	4.1	6	10	7	7	0	1	0	5.06	5.14	27	7	9	0	3	4	10			1	0	0	20	2	0	1	0	0	1	.83	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-5.63	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d6
14	20	75	Jul 15	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(3-5)	2	8.0	7	5	4	4	5	1	1	5.01	5.15	36	7	13	0	4	6	51			1	0	0	31	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.06	-0.213	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	21	79	Jul 22	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-7	GS-6	W(4-5)	6	5.2	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.09	5.19	26	3	11	0	0	8	37			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.002	.00	0.00%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
16	22	82	Jul 26(1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	GS-4	L(4-6)	3	3.1	9	7	7	1	4	1	1	5.57	5.23	21	3	3	0	0	9	17			0	1	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-4.09	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
17	23	88	Jul 31(2)	SLB		BOS	W,10-2	CG	W(5-6)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	5.37	5.19	26						63						24	0	1			0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	24	91	Aug 4	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	GS-8	L(5-7)	3	8.0	12	9	8	3	2	1	0	5.63	5.19	39	17	5	0	1	12	23			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.266	.00	0.00%	-4.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out d9
19	25	96	Aug 9(1)	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	7	3	2	4	6	0	1	5.36	5.06	37	9	10	1	0	7	65			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.262	.00	0.00%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	26	103	Aug 14(2)	SLB		DET	T,3-3	CG		4	9.0	7	3	2	2	6	0	0	5.12	4.87	37						67						35	2	0			0
21	27	108	Aug 19(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG(8)	L(6-8)	4	8.0	10	7	7	5	6	3	0	5.28	5.07	38	7	10	1	1	10	35			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	1	0	1	.60	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-1.75	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
22	28	111	Aug 23	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-8		3	8.0	6	4	4	7	1	0	0	5.24	5.09	36	11	12	1	2	5	48			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.59	-0.269	.00	0.00%	0.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	29	117	Aug 27(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	1	5.11	4.99	40	10	15	1	3	9	58			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.213	.00	0.00%	2.29	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
24	30	122	Aug 31	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(7-9)	3	8.0	7	6	6	5	4	0	0	5.19	4.94	35	10	9	2	1	7	43			4	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	31	127	Sep 5(1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(8-9)	4	9.0	4	2	2	6	7	0	0	5.02	4.86	36						72						30	1	0			0
26	32	131	Sep 11(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-	L(8-10)	5	6.0	11	6	6	4	6	1	0	5.16	4.88	31						28						26					0
27	33	134	Sep 15	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	CG	L(8-11)	3	9.0	9	6	5	4	6	0	0	5.15	4.79	39	15	6	0	2	8	49			0	0	1	33	1	0	1	0	0	1	.97	-0.169	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
28	34	139	Sep 19	SLB		NYY	W,13-1	CG	W(9-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	4.96	4.63	35	7	14	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	2	.46	0.200	.00	0.00%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
29	35	143	Sep 24(1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-7	CG	W(10-11)	4	9.0	8	7	5	5	8	0	0	4.96	4.55	39						50						34	0	1			0
30	36	149	Sep 28	SLB	@	DET	L,0-12	GS-6	L(10-12)	3	5.1	10	11	11	5	6	0	1	5.31	4.54	33	10	1	0	1	10	5			3	0	0	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.281	.00	0.00%	-5.80	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d8
							11-18		W-L:10-12	4.0	210.1	216	139	124	116	133	16	8	5.31	4.54	962	0.98		3%	10%	163	46	2	0%	22	4	3	825	45	10	6	7	0	14	.97	-1.892	.06	-0.05%	-15.74

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