Buster Mills
1934–1946 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
415G
.287AVG
.355OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
396H
14HR
163RBI
23SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 21 | 24 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 16 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,546 | 1,547 |
| Batting · Runs | 200 | 201 |
| Batting · RBI | 163 | 165 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 23 | 24 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 415 | 1,546 | 1,379 | 200 | 396 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 163 | 131 | 137 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 538 | .287 | .355 | .390 | .745 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1938-04-30 to 1938-05-11
31longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1937-07-14 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1937-07-09 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1937-05-31 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 203 | 731 | 184 | 4 | 72 | 60 | 60 | .281 | .334 | .363 |
| Away | 212 | 816 | 212 | 10 | 93 | 71 | 77 | .293 | .347 | .414 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 66 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | .362 | .394 | .569 |
| May | 83 | 303 | 78 | 3 | 37 | 32 | 31 | .294 | .363 | .415 |
| June | 89 | 327 | 74 | 2 | 22 | 26 | 27 | .251 | .306 | .312 |
| July | 81 | 301 | 91 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 21 | .338 | .389 | .483 |
| August | 69 | 288 | 76 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 24 | .298 | .351 | .396 |
| September | 65 | 239 | 51 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 23 | .237 | .280 | .307 |
| October | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .227 | .261 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 53 | 179 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 8 | .302 | .358 | .370 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 51 | 216 | 60 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 18 | .314 | .366 | .455 |
| new-york-yankees | 51 | 206 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 20 | .314 | .403 | .371 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 51 | 187 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 20 | .202 | .267 | .298 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 175 | 45 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 12 | .290 | .354 | .387 |
| boston-red-sox | 44 | 153 | 43 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 18 | .303 | .346 | .423 |
| cleveland-guardians | 42 | 171 | 45 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 12 | .302 | .333 | .409 |
| st-louis-browns | 30 | 115 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 7 | .330 | .357 | .459 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 8 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 17 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .214 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Boston Red Sox | 123 | 505 | 149 | 7 | 59 | 11 | .295 | – | – |
| 1938 |  St. Louis Browns | 123 | 466 | 133 | 3 | 46 | 7 | .285 | – | – |
| 1940 |  New York Yankees | 34 | 63 | 25 | 1 | 15 | – | .397 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Cleveland Guardians | 80 | 195 | 54 | 1 | 26 | 5 | .277 | – | – |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 22 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .273 | – | – |