Minor League Career With Nashville and San Diego
Though he never made it back to the big leagues, Boots had his best year in 1940 playing with the Nashville Vols in the Southern Association, a team that went 101–47 and has been ranked by MiLB.com as the 47th best team in minor league history. Poffenberger led the way with a 26–9 record for the 1940 Vols. Boots led the league in wins (the 2nd most was 18) and win percentage (.743).
Boots played for the Vols again in 1941 and was suspended for 90 days for throwing a ball at an umpire. During a game in Nashville, Poffenberger reportedly consumed "a few shots of gin" before taking the mound. He became angry at the umpire's calls and threw the ball at the umpire, resulting in the suspension. Boots later said of the umpire incident, “It just slipped up on me this time.” In 1942, Boots moved on to the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League.
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