Milt Shoffner
1929–1940 · bats L / throws L · Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians
135G
.156AVG
.210OBP
.234SLG
More career statistics
32H
2HR
14RBI
0SB
25–26W–L
577.0IP
180K
4.59ERA
51GS
3SV
3Rare 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 · Hits | 32 | 31 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 228 | 227 |
| Batting · Walks | 14 | 13 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,549 | 2,556 |
| Pitching · p er | 294 | 295 |
| Pitching · p hr | 34 | 32 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,731 | 1,732 |
| Pitching · p w | 214 | 215 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 228 | 205 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | .156 | .210 | .234 | .444 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 577.0 | 134 | 51 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 647 | 329 | 294 | 34 | 214 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 4.59 | 1.492 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1937-09-26 to 1938-04-28
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Three Balks | 1930-05-12 | 1 in 4,657 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1939-05-07 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1938-05-22 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 67 | 107 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 35 | .155 | .206 | .227 |
| Away | 68 | 120 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 41 | .148 | .183 | .231 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
| May | 22 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .179 | .207 | .286 |
| June | 23 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | .109 | .140 | .109 |
| July | 22 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .256 | .302 | .359 |
| August | 30 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .103 | .152 | .172 |
| September | 29 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | .125 | .193 | .271 |
| October | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .087 | .000 |
| new-york-giants | 15 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .160 | .222 | .160 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .240 | .286 | .240 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .130 | .148 | .130 |
| chicago-cubs | 13 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .174 | .240 | .217 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 12 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .167 | .312 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .158 | .158 | .368 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .167 | .100 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Cleveland Guardians | 11 | 15 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 45 | 15 |
| 1930 | Cleveland Guardians | 24 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | – | .212 | 84 | 17 |
| 1931 | Cleveland Guardians | 12 | 13 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 41 | 12 |
| 1937 |  Boston Braves | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | .125 | 42 | 13 |
| 1938 | Boston Braves | 27 | 57 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .211 | 139 | 49 |
| 1939 | Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds | 35 | 55 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .145 | 170 | 57 |
| 1940 |  Cincinnati Reds | 20 | 16 | 2 | – | – | – | .125 | 54 | 17 |