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Milt Shoffner
Milburn James Shoffner

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 184 lb.

Debut July 20, 1929
Final Game September 22, 1940
Born November 13, 1905 in Sherman, TX
Died January 19, 1978 in Madison, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1929 23 CLE AL   2   3  11   3   1   0   7  0   44.7   46   28   25   4   22   15   3   0   197       0  5.04  4.45   88 1.522
 1930 24 CLE AL   3   4  24  10   1   0   6  0   84.7  129   86   75   8   50   17   1   2   420       3  7.97  4.83   61 2.114
 1931 25 CLE AL   2   3  12   4   1   0   3  0   41.0   55   34   33   4   26   12   2   3   202       1  7.24  4.60   63 1.976
 1937 31 BSN NL   3   1   6   5   3   1   1  1   42.7   38   14   12   1    9   13   1   0   174       0  2.53  3.59  142 1.102
 1938 32 BSN NL   8   7  26  15   9   1   7  1  139.7  147   60   55   7   36   49   2   1   595       0  3.54  3.44   97 1.310
 1939 33 TOT NL   6   8  35  14   7   0  12  1  170.0  176   74   60   7   53   57   3   1   729       0  3.18  3.72  117 1.347
         BSN NL   4   6  25  11   7   0  10  1  132.3  133   56   46   4   42   51   1   0   562       0  3.13  3.68  118 1.322
         CIN NL   2   2  10   3   0   0   2  0   37.7   43   18   14   3   11    6   2   1   167       0  3.35  3.84  115 1.434
 1940 34 CIN NL   1   0  20   0   0   0   5  0   54.3   56   35   34   3   18   17   0   0   232       0  5.63  3.81   68 1.362
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .490  25  26 134  51  22   2  41  3  577.0  647  331  294  34  214  180  12   7  2549       4  4.59  3.93   86 1.492
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   9  49  18   8   0  15  1  212.0  237  121  108  12   78   66   4   2   936   0   1  4.59  3.93   86 1.492
 Career High      8   8  35  15   9   1  12  1  170.0  176   86   75   8   53   57   3   3   729   0   3  2.53  4.83  142 1.102

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 23 CLE AL  11   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1930 24 CLE AL  24   33    5    7   3  1   1    2   0  0   2  14  .212  .257  .455   74   15   2           0    
 1931 25 CLE AL  12   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .077  .143  .077  -42    1   0           0    
 1937 31 BSN NL   6   16    3    2   1  0   1    4   0      1   6  .125  .176  .375   52    6   3           0   0
 1938 32 BSN NL  27   57    2   12   2  1   0    4   0      5  17  .211  .274  .281   60   16   0           0   3
 1939 33 TOT NL  35   55    5    8   0  0   0    4   0      5  27  .145  .217  .145    1    8   3           0   2
         BSN NL  25   44    4    7   0  0   0    4   0      4  19  .159  .229  .159    9    7   2           0   2
         CIN NL  10   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   8  .091  .167  .091  -29    1   1           0   0
 1940 34 CIN NL  20   16    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   4  .125  .125  .125  -31    2   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      135  205   18   32   6  2   2   14   0  0  14  76  .156  .210  .234   20   48   9   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        246   22   38   7  2   2   17   0  0  17  91  .156  .210  .234   20   58  11   0   0   0   6
 Career High     35   57    5   12   3  1   1    4   0  0   5  27                          16   3   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 23 CLE AL   15   15    0   0.0   116| .000  .297| .000  .364| .000  .429| .000  .793|-100  .000  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 1930 24 CLE AL   37   28    4   3.8   119| .212  .300| .257  .365| .455  .441| .712  .806|  74  .356  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1931 25 CLE AL   14   12    0   0.0   113| .077  .294| .143  .362| .077  .420| .220  .782| -42  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1937 31 BSN NL   20   17    1   1.6    93| .125  .269| .176  .329| .375  .381| .551  .710|  52  .127  -1.1  -0.1     
 1938 32 BSN NL   62   48    4   2.2    90| .211  .262| .274  .325| .281  .373| .555  .698|  60  .225  -3.0  -0.3     
 1939 33 TOT NL   63   52    2   1.0    99| .145  .273| .217  .338| .145  .391| .362  .729|   1  .061  -7.5  -0.7     
         BSN NL   50   41    2   1.3    97| .159  .272| .229  .336| .159  .388| .388  .724|   9  .091  -5.5  -0.5     
         CIN NL   13   11    0   0.0   104| .091  .281| .167  .347| .091  .402| .258  .749| -29  .000  -2.1  -0.2     
 1940 34 CIN NL   17   15    0   0.0    99| .125  .273| .125  .338| .125  .393| .250  .730| -31  .000  -2.9  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       228  187   11   1.6   101| .156  .277| .210  .341| .234  .398| .444  .739|  20  .120 -23.6  -2.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 23 CLE AL P 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 .957 1.00 1.29 2.21 2.34 3 44.7 1930 24 CLE AL P 24 3 17 2 2 .909 .948 0.83 1.18 2.13 2.20 10 84.7 1931 25 CLE AL P 12 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.83 1.19 2.20 2.22 4 41.0 1937 31 BSN NL P 6 2 12 0 1 1.000 .959 2.33 1.20 2.95 2.38 5 42.7 1938 32 BSN NL P 26 8 19 2 0 .931 .964 1.04 1.13 1.74 2.21 15 139.7 1939 33 TOT NL P 35 3 37 2 3 .952 .962 1.14 1.09 2.12 2.19 14 170.0 BSN NL P 25 2 30 2 3 .941 .961 1.28 1.09 2.18 2.19 11 132.3 CIN NL P 10 1 7 0 0 1.000 .964 0.80 1.09 1.91 2.20 3 37.7 1940 34 CIN NL P 20 0 10 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 1.10 1.66 2.22 0 54.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 23 CLE AL P 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 .957 1.00 1.29 2.21 2.34 3 44.7 1930 24 CLE AL P 24 3 17 2 2 .909 .948 0.83 1.18 2.13 2.20 10 84.7 1931 25 CLE AL P 12 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.83 1.19 2.20 2.22 4 41.0 1937 31 BSN NL P 6 2 12 0 1 1.000 .959 2.33 1.20 2.95 2.38 5 42.7 1938 32 BSN NL P 26 8 19 2 0 .931 .964 1.04 1.13 1.74 2.21 15 139.7 1939 33 TOT NL P 35 3 37 2 3 .952 .962 1.14 1.09 2.12 2.19 14 170.0 BSN NL P 25 2 30 2 3 .941 .961 1.28 1.09 2.18 2.19 11 132.3 CIN NL P 10 1 7 0 0 1.000 .964 0.80 1.09 1.91 2.20 3 37.7 1940 34 CIN NL P 20 0 10 0 0 1.000 .962 0.50 1.10 1.66 2.22 0 54.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 134 20 112 6 7 .957 .959 0.99 1.15 2.06 2.23 51 577.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 134 20 112 6 7 .957 .959 0.99 1.15 2.06 2.23 51 577
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1939 NL-3.18-6

Adjusted ERA+
1939 NL-117-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 19, 1939: Selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Bees.

December 12, 1940: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Wayne Ambler.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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