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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: 10-23 / in Starts: 3-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 13

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	80	1	Apr 19	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	7-9		99	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.93	12	3	5	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.80	0.111	1.95	0.16%	1.38	7t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d1
2	81	4	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS-4		2	3.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.68	5.44	15	4	4	1	1	4	35			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.232	3.27	-0.45%	-2.17	1b start a 3	4b 1-3 1 out tie
3	82	8	Apr 27	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	8-8		4	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	5.44	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.78	-0.336	7.75	-0.56%	-2.50	8b 12- 0 out a4	8b -23 0 out a2
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
4	83	15	May 7	BSN		PIT	L,2-9	9-9		9	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	11.37	5.44	4	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.027	.42	-0.05%	-3.34	9t --- 0 out d3	9t 1-3 0 out d5
5	84	26	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-12	4-GF(8)		12	4.1	9	7	6	2	0	0	0	11.81	4.84	24	11	2	0	0	9		2	0	1	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.19	-0.059	.46	-0.09%	-4.55	4b 1-3 2 out d3	8b end d 6
6	85	30	May 24	BSN	@	STL	L,0-7	6-GF(8)		3	2.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	10.38	4.75	10	4	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.02	0.000	.04	0.00%	0.40	6b -2- 2 out d6	8b end d 7
7	86	32	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-4	5-GF(8)		2	3.1	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	8.27	4.18	12	4	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.099	.57	0.08%	1.95	5b --3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
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
8	87	38	Jun 2	BSN		CIN	L,0-4	CG(11)	L(0-1)	5	11.0	10	4	4	3	7	1	0	6.26	3.84	45	12	13	2	0	10	65			0	0	0	42	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.303	1.14	0.15%	1.06	1t start tie	11t 3 out d4
9	88	41	Jun 6	BSN		STL	L,3-5	CG(10)	L(0-2)	3	10.0	11	5	2	6	2	0	0	5.06	3.88	48	17	15	0	2	8	52			0	0	0	39	3	0	3	1	1	2	1.85	-0.233	1.55	-0.12%	-0.40	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
10	89	45	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	L(0-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.47	3.87	36	15	7	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	28	2	0	3	4	1	0	.96	0.115	.58	0.04%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	90	48	Jun 15	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5			4	5.1	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.35	3.95	22												22					0
12	91	53	Jun 20	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	5.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.45	3.90	21	10	3	0	1	5	44			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.101	.40	-0.02%	-0.45	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	92	56	Jun 24	BSN	@	STL	L,2-5	2-GF(8)		3	6.2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.98	3.68	25	6	10	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	1	.19	0.072	.05	0.01%	4.12	2b 12- 1 out d5	8b end d 3
14	93	59	Jun 27	BSN		BRO	T,2-2			2	8.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.53	3.45	31												29					0
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
15	94	63	Jul 2(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,9-7	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	3.44	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	0.045	.95	0.01%	-1.25	9b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 2
16	95	66	Jul 4(2)	BSN		NYG	W,10-2	CG	W(1-4)	1	9.0	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	3.12	3.31	32	13	10	0	1	5	75			0	1	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	2	.82	0.207	.48	0.07%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
17	96	71	Jul 9(2)	BSN		PHI	L,6-7	GS-		4	8.2	12	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.32	3.29	40						39						37					0
18	97	75	Jul 15	BSN		STL	W,7-3	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.29	3.23	38	11	11	0	2	9	58			0	1	0	35	4	1	0	1	0	1	.47	0.169	.20	0.04%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	98	80	Jul 19	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.19	3.21	39	16	10	0	5	7	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.67	0.164	.71	0.04%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	99	84	Jul 23(1)	BSN		PIT	L,2-3	CG	L(3-5)	3	9.0	9	3	0	2	3	0	1	2.94	3.19	40	15	11	1	5	8	64			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.124	.34	-0.02%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	100	90	Jul 29	BSN	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-4	L(3-6)	5	3.1	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.23	3.15	17	7	1	0	0	8	25			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.188	.05	-0.01%	-2.43	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d3
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
22	101	97	Aug 6	BSN	@	CHC	W,9-8	9-GF(12)	W(4-6)	7	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.14	3.09	12	5	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	0.618	.00	0.00%	2.06	9b 1-- 1 out tie	12b end a 1
23	102	99	Aug 9(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.09	6	1	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.126	.00	0.00%	0.03	7b 1-- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
24	103	102	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-10	3-GF(8)		2	5.1	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.18	3.21	23	14	1	0	0	6		1	0	0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.04	3b -2- 2 out d6	8b end d 7
25	104	107	Aug 16(2)	BSN		PHI	L,2-3	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.19	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
				Player went from Boston Bees to Cincinnati Reds
26	105	110	Aug 20(1)	CIN		STL	L,1-7	8-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.19	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.011	2.86	0.04%	0.78	8t 123 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
27	106	111	Aug 20(2)	CIN		STL	L,5-7	4-6		-1	3.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	3.12	3.23	16	4	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.54	0.018	4.58	0.09%	0.53	4t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d4
28	107	115	Aug 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-7)	3	7.0	6	4	4	4	1	1	0	3.22	3.36	30	8	11	2	0	6	46			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	1	0	.75	-0.097	2.91	-0.22%	-0.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
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
29	108	122	Sep 4(1)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	1-7		10	6.2	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.07	3.30	27	9	7	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.099	1.99	0.44%	3.46	1b --- 1 out d4	7b 3 out d4
30	109	123	Sep 4(2)	CIN	@	STL	T,6-6	7-8	BS(1)	-1	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.12	3.30	3	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.07	-0.158	19.89	-0.92%	-0.66	7b --3 1 out a1	8b -2- 0 out tie
31	110	127	Sep 7	CIN	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-5		2	4.2	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.20	3.28	21	7	4	2	0	8	36			0	0	0	20	2	1	1	2	0	0	.99	0.031	3.07	0.06%	-0.87	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out a2
32	111	134	Sep 14(2)	CIN		NYG	W,9-3	3-GF	W(5-7)	6	7.0	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.06	3.29	28	8	13	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	1	.93	0.295	4.14	0.79%	3.92	3t 1-3 0 out d2	9t end a 6
33	112	141	Sep 18(2)	CIN		BSN	L,4-5	GS-2	L(5-8)	3	1.0	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	3.21	3.31	9	3	0	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.346	4.75	-0.82%	-3.88	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d3
34	113	146	Sep 22(2)	CIN		PIT	W,10-9	5-GF	W(6-8)	3	4.1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.29	18	7	8	1	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.81	0.114	10.34	0.39%	-2.18	5t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 1
35	114	151	Sep 26(2)	CIN		STL	L,0-6	6-8		3	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.18	3.29	14	3	6	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.11	-0.010	.20	-0.01%	0.53	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
							10-23		W-L:6-8,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	170.0	176	74	60	53	57	5	3	3.18	3.29	729	1.31		3%	5%	144	49	23	39%	2	4	0	649	25	4	13	18	7	16	.97	0.521	1.62	-0.86%	4.79

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