Buster Mills

Buster Mills
Buster Mills
Runs batted in	163
Teams
	As player St. Louis Cardinals (1934); Brooklyn Dodgers (1935); Boston Red Sox (1937); St. Louis Browns (1938); New York Yankees (1940); Cleveland Indians (1942, 1946); As manager Cincinnati Redlegs (1953);

Colonel Buster Mills (September 16, 1908 – December 1, 1991) was an American

scout and interim manager in Major League Baseball.^[1] A native of Ranger, Texas, in his playing days, he stood 5 ft 111⁄2 in (1.82 m) (181.6 cm) tall, weighed 195 pounds (88.5 kg), and threw and batted righthanded.^[2]

Mills' father, Elvis, owned a general store in Ranger, Texas.[2] Elvis and Lucy Mills gave their fourth child the first name of Colonel, after the rank of either Elvis' best friend or a Civil War great-uncle.^[2] (During World War II, he enjoyed introducing himself to officers as "Colonel Mills".^[2]) He lettered in football, basketball, track and baseball at the University of Oklahoma and was named all-Big Six quarterback.^[2] He graduated with a degree in geology in 1931.

A

runs batted in. In 1940, Mills batted .397 in 63 at bats for the Yankees,^[2] largely as a pinch hitter

.

After military service in

minor league baseball.^[2] He was the interim manager of the 1953 Redlegs, finishing the unexpired term of Rogers Hornsby, who resigned late in the season.^[2] Mills' record in Cincinnati was 4–4 (.500).^[2]

After his coaching career, Mills spent many seasons as a scout for the

Kansas City Athletics

, then the Yankees.

Mills died in Arlington, Texas, at the age of 83.

Managerial record

Team	Year	Regular season
Team	Year	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish
CIN	1953	4	2	2	.500	6th in NL
CIN total		4	2	2	.500
Total^[4]		4	2	2	.500

References

^ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. 1-4027-4771-3. 2007. p. 744.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Bill Nowlin. "Buster Mills". Society for American Baseball Research.
^ "Vosmik To Red Sox For Newsom And Co.," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, December 3, 1937. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
^ "Buster Mills". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2023.

Spink, J.G. Taylor, ed., The Baseball Register 1954 edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ski Melillo	Boston Red Sox third-base coach 1954	Succeeded by Jack Burns

[1] The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. 1-4027-4771-3. 2007. p. 744.

[SABR-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Bill Nowlin. "Buster Mills". Society for American Baseball Research.

[3] "Vosmik To Red Sox For Newsom And Co.," The Associated Press (AP), Friday, December 3, 1937. Retrieved February 22, 2023.

[4] "Buster Mills". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved June 28, 2023.

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