Lefty Mills
1934–1940 · bats L / throws L · St. Louis Browns
96G
.149AVG
.230OBP
.187SLG
More career statistics
20H
1HR
5RBI
0SB
15–30W–L
435.0IP
267K
6.06ERA
48GS
2SV
6Rare feats
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 · Strikeouts | 51 | 52 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,058 | 2,061 |
| Pitching · p er | 293 | 292 |
| Pitching · p h | 453 | 452 |
| Pitching · p hr | 40 | 38 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,305 | 1,306 |
| Pitching · p k | 267 | 266 |
| Pitching · p r | 325 | 326 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 155 | 134 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .149 | .230 | .187 | .417 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 435.0 | 96 | 48 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 453 | 325 | 293 | 40 | 302 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 6.06 | 1.736 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1939-05-14 to 1939-06-04
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1937-09-29 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1939-07-02 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1940-04-22 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  St. Louis Browns | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 8 | 2 |
| 1937 | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 10 |
| 1938 | St. Louis Browns | 30 | 66 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .091 | 210 | 133 |
| 1939 | St. Louis Browns | 34 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 2 | – | .234 | 144 | 103 |
| 1940 | St. Louis Browns | 26 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 59 | 18 |