Rupert Mills
First baseman, Baseball Player
1892 – 1929
Who was Rupert Mills?
Rupert Frank Mills was a professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the 1915 Newark Peppers of the now-defunct Federal League, primarily as a first baseman. He batted .201 in 41 games for the Peppers.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Mills attended Barringer High School and the University of Notre Dame, where he studied law. At Notre Dame he starred in football, baseball, basketball and track.
Mills was the only native-born Jerseyan on the Peppers' squad. Thanks to his law education, he signed an "ironclad" two-year contract with the Peppers. Though the team disbanded after the 1915 season, Mills "played" the non-existent 1916 "season." A clause in his 1915 contract guaranteed him a salary the following year as long as he continued to show up at the park, suited and ready to play for the team. Mills fulfilled his contractual obligations, coming to the empty park each day at 9 a.m., donning his uniform, and performing a rigorous physical workout to remain in playing condition. Partway through the summer, former team co-owner Patrick Powers bought out the balance of Mills' contract, after which Mills signed with a minor league club in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that was affiliated with the Detroit Tigers. He batted .256 in 70 games.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1892
Newark - Profession
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Newark
- Died
- Jul 20, 1929
Lake Hopatcong
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on July 23, 2013
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