Milt Shoffner Stats

Milt Shoffner was born on Monday, November 13, 1905, in Sherman, Texas. Shoffner was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 20, 1929, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Milt Shoffner baseball stats page.

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Milt Shoffner



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Birth Name:   Milburn James Shoffner
Nickname:   Milt or Pinky
Born On:   11-13-1905  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Sherman, Texas
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-19-1978 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Madison, Ohio
Cemetery:   Madison Memorial Cemetery, Madison, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   184
First Game:   07-20-1929 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-22-1940
Draft:   Not Applicable

Milt Shoffner

Milt Shoffner Pitching Stats

1929 24 Indians 11 3 7 2 3 .400 5.04 1 0 0 44.2 197 46 25 28 4 22 - 15 0 3 0 -
1930 25 Indians 24 10 6 3 4 .429 7.97 1 0 0 84.2 420 129 75 86 8 50 - 17 2 1 3 -
1931 26 Indians 12 4 3 2 3 .400 7.24 1 0 0 41.0 202 55 33 34 4 26 - 12 3 2 1 -
1937 32 Bees 6 5 1 3 1 .750 2.53 3 1 1 42.2 174 38 12 14 1 9 - 13 0 1 0 -
1938 33 Bees 26 15 7 8 7 .533 3.54 9 1 1 139.2 595 147 55 60 7 36 - 49 1 2 0 -
1939 34 Bees 25 11 10 4 6 .400 3.13 7 0 1 132.1 562 133 46 56 4 42 - 51 0 1 0 -
1939 34 Reds 10 3 2 2 2 .500 3.35 0 0 0 37.2 167 43 14 18 3 11 - 6 1 2 0 -
1940 35 Reds 20 0 5 1 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 0 54.1 232 56 34 35 3 18 - 17 0 0 0 -
7 Years 134 51 41 25 26 .490 4.59 22 2 3 577.0 2,549 647 294 331 34 214 - 180 7 12 4 -

Milt Shoffner

Milt Shoffner Hitting Stats

1929 24 Indians 11 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1930 25 Indians 24 33 5 7 3 1 1 0 2 2 - 14 2 - 0 - .212 .257 .455
1931 26 Indians 12 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 0 0 0 - .077 .143 .077
1937 32 Bees 6 16 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 - 6 3 - 0 0 .125 .176 .375
1938 33 Bees 27 57 2 12 2 1 0 0 4 5 - 17 0 - 0 3 .211 .274 .281
1939 34 Bees 25 44 4 7 0 0 0 0 4 4 - 19 2 - 0 2 .159 .229 .159
1939 34 Reds 10 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 1 0 0 0 .091 .167 .091
1940 35 Reds 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125
7 Years 135 205 18 32 6 2 2 0 14 14 0 76 9 0 0 5 .156 .210 .234

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Milt Shoffner Fielding Stats

1929 Indians P 11 3 134 11 1.0 11 1 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.22
1930 Indians P 24 10 254 22 0.9 20 3 17 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .909 2.13
1931 Indians P 12 4 123 10 0.8 10 3 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.20
1937 Bees P 6 5 128 14 2.3 14 2 12 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.95
1938 Bees P 26 15 419 29 1.1 27 8 19 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.74
1939 Bees P 25 11 397 34 1.4 32 2 30 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.18
1939 Reds P 10 3 113 8 0.8 8 1 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.91
1940 Reds P 20 0 163 10 0.5 10 0 10 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.66
P Totals 134 51 1,731 138 1.0 132 20 112 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.06
7 Years 134 51 1,731 138 1.0 132 20 112 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.06

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Milt Shoffner Miscellaneous Stats

1929 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.5 0.0 0.68 3.02 4.43
1930 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 33.0 2.4 16.5 0.34 1.81 5.31
1931 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.46 2.63 5.71
1937 Bees 0 - - 0 0 n/a 16.0 2.7 4.0 1.44 2.74 1.90
1938 Bees 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 3.4 14.3 1.36 3.16 2.32
1939 Bees 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 11.0 1.21 3.47 2.86
1939 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.55 1.43 2.63
1940 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.94 2.82 2.98
7 Years 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 102.5 2.7 14.6 0.84 2.81 3.34

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Milt Shoffner Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1929 Cleveland Indians 23 Undetermined n/a -
1930 Cleveland Indians 17 Undetermined n/a -
1931 Cleveland Indians 17 Undetermined n/a -
1937 Boston Bees 22 Undetermined - -
1938 Boston Bees 15 Undetermined - -
1939 Boston Bees 15 Undetermined - -
1939 Cincinnati Reds 37 Undetermined - -
1940 Cincinnati Reds 37 Undetermined - -

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