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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: 8-26 / 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: 27, Entered with runners on base: 8

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	37	17	May 10	SLB		NYY	L,1-7	5-8		99	4.0	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	2.25	5.09	18	7	0	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.013	.25	0.02%	1.40	5t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
2	38	22	May 14(2)	SLB		DET	L,4-7	CG	L(0-1)	3	9.0	9	7	7	4	6	1	1	5.54	4.59	40	19	1	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.494	2.08	-0.40%	-1.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
3	39	25	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-3	L(0-2)	3	2.2	4	6	6	3	1	0	0	8.04	4.70	15	3	4	0	1	4	24			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.176	1.01	-0.11%	-2.08	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d3
4	40	31	May 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-16	4-GF(8)		5	4.1	5	8	8	6	4	0	1	9.90	4.89	27	10	1	0	0	5		1	0	2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	2	.25	-0.165	.12	-0.05%	-5.58	4b 1-- 2 out d3	8b end d10
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
5	41	41	Jun 4(1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	5-GF	W(1-2)	10	4.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	8.39	4.62	18	12	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.18	0.302	.10	0.01%	2.92	5t -23 1 out d3	9t end a 1
6	42	43	Jun 6	SLB		WSH	L,7-10	7-9	L(1-3)	1	2.0	4	5	5	4	0	0	0	9.45	4.92	14	6	2	2	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.39	-0.326	.10	-0.01%	-1.97	7t -23 1 out tie	9t 123 1 out a1
7	43	48	Jun 11(2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	7	5	5	5	3	0	0	8.82	4.70	32	9	8	0	0	7	41			4	0	0	26	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.79	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
8	44	51	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-3		5	2.0	5	3	2	4	0	0	0	8.83	4.92	14	4	3	0	1	3	32			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	-0.226	.01	0.00%	-2.26	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 0 out d1
9	45	53	Jun 19(2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-6	5-GF(7)		1	3.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	8.15	4.87	12	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.019	.00	0.00%	1.63	5b --- 0 out d5	7b end d 5
10	46	58	Jun 25(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.94	4.84	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
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	47	64	Jul 2(1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(2-4)	6	9.0	5	3	3	9	6	0	1	7.03	4.79	41	6	14	1	0	5	62			2	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.57	0.521	.00	0.00%	2.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	48	69	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9	GS-		3	4.2	7	5	2	5	6	1	0	6.75	4.90	29						37						22					0
13	49	73	Jul 9(1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-14	2-7		2	5.1	8	6	6	3	1	2	0	7.06	5.25	25	5	13	0	2	3		2	2	0	0	1	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.149	.00	0.00%	-4.51	2t 12- 2 out d2	7t 3 out d10
14	50	76	Jul 14	SLB		WSH	L,9-11	GS-9	L(2-5)	4	8.2	9	10	9	3	8	1	0	7.35	5.00	39	6	13	0	3	9	33			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-3.08	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
15	51	81	Jul 18(1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	GS-8	L(2-6)	3	8.0	13	8	8	5	5	1	0	7.53	4.98	41	5	13	0	0	13	24			2	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	1	0	.76	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-3.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d8
16	52	85	Jul 22	SLB		BOS	L,3-6	5-8		3	3.1	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	7.32	5.05	15	7	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	2	0	0	0	.18	0.032	.00	0.00%	1.47	5t -23 2 out d5	8t 3 out d6
17	53	86	Jul 23(1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-13			0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.23	5.02	4												4					0
18	54	88	Jul 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	3	2	2	0	2	2	1	7.21	5.24	12	1	5	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.66	6b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 4
19	55	91	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	7.07	5.19	7	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.31	0.452	.00	0.00%	1.30	8b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
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
20	56	95	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	GS-4	L(2-7)	4	3.1	5	7	7	5	1	0	0	7.52	5.24	21	3	7	1	3	5	18			3	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-3.79	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
21	57	97	Aug 5	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.44	5.24	3	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	58	100	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-8	L(2-8)	1	7.1	6	6	5	4	6	0	1	7.34	5.07	33	7	10	2	3	5	46			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.47	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a1
23	59	104	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	W,11-7	8-GF	W(3-8)	5	2.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	7.19	4.98	9	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.067	.00	0.00%	1.26	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
24	60	108	Aug 17	SLB		CLE	W,6-5	GS-8		3	8.0	8	5	5	6	6	1	0	7.07	4.98	37	9	9	0	3	7	46			0	1	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.216	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
25	61	113	Aug 24	SLB		NYY	L,5-11	CG	L(3-9)	6	9.0	12	11	10	7	10	3	1	7.30	5.17	49	13	6	0	0	12	24			0	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.612	.00	0.00%	-5.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
26	62	117	Aug 27(1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-8			2	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	7.33	5.16	11												9					0
27	63	120	Aug 30(1)	SLB		PHA	L,8-9	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.31	5.15	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.13	7t --- 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
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
28	64	124	Sep 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-6	L(3-10)	3	6.0	6	2	2	6	5	0	0	7.10	5.09	29	8	7	1	1	3	51			2	1	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	0.060	.00	0.00%	1.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
29	65	128	Sep 6	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	7-GF		2	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	7.07	5.06	14	7	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.32	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.20	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
30	66	132	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,8-9	7-8	L(3-11)	2	2.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	7.10	5.05	10	1	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.355	.00	0.00%	-0.80	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d1
31	67	138	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-5		S(3)	5	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	7.12	5.05	6												4					0
32	68	141	Sep 17(2)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(4-11)	1	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	1	0	6.72	5.01	36	13	11	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	0.571	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
33	69	148	Sep 24(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,9-11	1-5		6	4.1	5	3	1	5	4	0	0	6.58	4.98	21	7	0	0	0	5		2	1	1	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.08	1b 12- 2 out d3	5b 3 out d6
34	70	153	Sep 27	SLB		DET	L,4-7	4-5		2	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.55	5.03	8	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.20	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
							8-26		W-L:4-11,Sv:3	3.0	144.1	147	114	105	113	103	15	8	6.55	5.03	696	1.30		3%	5%	120	39	16	31%	20	4	2	558	33	5	5	6	5	7	1.07	-1.764	.16	-0.54%	-17.43

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