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Milt Shoffner

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 184lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: November 13, 1905 in Sherman, TX us

Died: January 19, 1978 in Madison, OH

Buried: Madison Memorial Cemetery, Madison, OH

Debut: July 20, 1929 (Age 23-249d, 6,944th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1940 (Age 34-314d)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Milburn James Shoffner

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1940 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

ERA

4.59

134

577.0

180

WHIP

1.492

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-13 / in Starts: 9-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 5

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	54	3	Apr 21	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	3	3	4	2	1	0	3.38	5.68	36	10	13	3	2	7	52			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.028	2.86	-0.04%	0.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	55	8	Apr 28	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	CG	L(0-2)	6	9.0	10	4	3	2	0	1	0	3.18	5.40	39	17	12	2	2	8	51			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.150	1.91	-0.24%	0.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				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
3	56	13	May 5	BSN	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	W(1-2)	6	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.77	4.47	35	19	5	0	2	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.76	0.349	1.59	0.44%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	57	17	May 9	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-5	10-GF(10)	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	4.38	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.88	0.173	11.37	0.17%	0.77	10b 123 2 out a2	10b end a 2
5	58	18	May 12	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(1-3)	2	8.0	5	4	4	1	3	1	1	3.15	4.45	31	9	12	1	0	5	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.160	.74	-0.16%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
6	59	22	May 17	BSN		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.49	4.20	33	11	16	2	8	2	81			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.708	2.84	0.86%	4.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	60	26	May 22	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(3-3)	4	11.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.15	3.92	40	15	14	2	2	7	81			1	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.765	4.11	1.41%	3.90	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
8	61	30	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,5-6	GS-4	L(3-4)	5	3.1	7	5	5	1	2	1	0	2.81	4.07	18	3	5	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.366	2.92	-0.60%	-3.35	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d1
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
9	62	34	Jun 2	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS-2		4	1.2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.03	4.10	9	0	5	3	0	3	36			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.157	4.64	-0.32%	-1.42	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out tie
10	63	38	Jun 5(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.03	3.93	38						59						36	0	1			0
11	64	43	Jun 12(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-7		6	6.2	7	5	4	2	4	0	0	3.24	3.82	30	5	12	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.035	2.16	-0.05%	-0.37	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a2
12	65	49	Jun 18	BSN		CIN	W,7-4	GS-9	W(5-4)	5	8.1	15	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.35	3.70	40	6	17	7	0	15	39			0	0	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.161	1.41	0.26%	-0.47	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
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
13	66	95	Aug 7(1)	BSN		CHC	L,4-7			49	1.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.69	9												9					0
14	67	100	Aug 13(1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-8	6-GF		5	4.0	5	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.34	3.76	17	5	5	1	1	4		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.78	6t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
15	68	105	Aug 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7		L(5-5)	2	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.41	3.73	4												3					0
16	69	112	Aug 23(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4			6	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.73	3												3					0
17	70	114	Aug 25(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	5-GF(12)	W(6-5)	1	8.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.21	3.60	31	10	9	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.802	.01	0.00%	3.87	5b --- 0 out d1	12b end a 2
18	71	121	Aug 31	BSN	@	CHC	W,6-4	8-8	W(7-5)	5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.60	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	-0.085	.19	0.00%	0.20	8b 1-3 1 out tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
19	72	122	Sep 1	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-4	2-GF(8)		0	6.2	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.08	3.61	26	15	1	0	0	5		3	2	0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.005	.08	0.00%	1.64	2b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 2
20	73	126	Sep 5(1)	BSN		BRO	W,5-4	GS-3		3	3.0	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.32	3.63	14	2	5	2	0	4	34			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.262	.07	-0.01%	-2.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
21	74	128	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	8-10		0	1.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.52	3.75	8	3	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.295	.30	-0.03%	-1.77	8b 1-3 2 out tie	10b --- 1 out tie
22	75	132	Sep 10	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-5	3-3		3	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.59	3.73	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.140	.03	0.00%	-1.42	3b 12- 0 out tie	3b 12- 1 out d2
23	76	133	Sep 11(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-11	3-GF(8)		0	6.0	8	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.64	3.74	29	5	11	0	0	8		0	0	0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-1.03	3b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 9
24	77	139	Sep 17	BSN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(7-6)	5	9.0	9	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.52	3.75	38	14	11	0	4	9	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.76	-0.134	.00	0.00%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	78	146	Sep 25(2)	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(8-6)	7	9.0	5	3	1	1	7	0	1	3.35	3.64	35	13	11	2	0	2	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.254	.00	0.00%	1.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
26	79	152	Oct 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-13	GS-6	L(8-7)	5	5.1	9	5	5	2	2	2	0	3.54	3.82	25	8	4	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-2.27	1b start a 1	6b --- 1 out d4
							13-13		W-L:8-7,Sv:1	3.7	139.2	147	60	55	36	49	7	2	3.54	3.82	595	1.01		7%	6%	120	53	12	42%	2	3	0	545	15	6	1	2	0	5	1.02	1.171	1.37	1.69%	6.94

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