Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics
1921-1920

Web page by Stew Thornley
Author of On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers

1921     1922     1923     1924     1925     1926     1927     1928     1929     1930

    Key to Abbreviations for Batting Statistics:
B.A.-Batting Average; HR-Home Runs; RBI-Runs Batted In
    Key to Abbreviations for Pitching Statistics:
IP-Innings Pitched; W-Won; L-Lost; ERA-Earned Run Average

Note: The information on this page has been derived from game-by-game compilations and other notes from research I did in the 1980s, from annual record books lent to me by Glenn Gostick of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and current record sources such as Marshall D. Wright’s The American Association and http://baseball-reference.com. SABR member Rich Arpi has provided great help by catching and informing me of data-entry errors and other information.

1921 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 92-73, 2nd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
John Grabowski 7 .444 0 2 c
Ewell “Reb” Russell 146 .368 33 132 of-1b-p
Bob Fisher 164 .351 14 96 2b-ss
Sherry Magee 137 .338 13 93 1b-of
Johnny Mokan 41 .336 0 21 cf
Dick Wade 152 .327 31 126 cf
Bill McKechnie 156 .321 8 65 3b
Harold Allen 8 .316 2 2 ss-rf
Bill Conroy 149 .310 3 85 1b-3b
Morley Jennings 111 .287 3 70 ss
Walter Mayer 112 .277 6 54 c
Tom Stevenson 19 .276 1 9 ss
Henri Rondeau 126 .263 3 73 lf
W. L. Crosby 36 .261 0 10 c
George Shestak 45 .235 0 13 c
T. F. “Ham” Connelly 24 .205 0 4 ss
Wallie Smith 21 .190 0 4  
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Ewell “Reb” Russell 5 11 1 0 1.64
Leo Mangum 12 70 8 1 3.21
Charley Robertson 44 300 17 15 3.48
Walter Smallwood 36 173 12 8 3.91
Jack Weinecke 8 38 3 2 4.03
Tom “Lefty” George 42 156 10 8 4.04
Grover Lowdermilk 25 166 11 9 4.18
Mutt Williams 8 21 2 0 4.71
Earl Yingling 19 97 6 3 4.82
Pol Perritt 12 35 3 1 5.14
Hollis McLaughlin 15 61 1 2 5.31
Bill James 39 195 10 16 5.45
Alexander “Rube” Schauer 37 135 6 6 5.46
Roy Birkenstock 3 4 0 0 7.20
C. B. “Bugs” Grover 4 9 0 1 8.00
Dominic Mulrenan 8 19 2 1 8.05
           
    Other players: Cy Williams, p.

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1922 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 92-75, 2nd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Sherry Magee 106 .358 12 63 of-3b
Ewell “Reb” Russell 77 .331 17 63 lf
Walter Mayer 164 .317 19 114 c
Earl Smith 48 .316 6 25 lf
Ossie Bluege 44 .315 1 15 3b-ss
Ted Jourdan 159 .312 15 98 1b
Dick Wade 165 .311 22 119 cf
Bob Fisher 156 .306 6 78 2b
Bill Conroy 86 .297 3 47 3b-1b
Tony DeFate 83 .284 4 42 2b-ss
Henri Rondeau 159 .282 8 96 lf
Gavvy Cravath 52 .277 4 19 rf
Morley Jennings 87 .268 0 33 ss-3b-of
Bob Browne 80 .229 0 16 3b-ss
Frank “Yip” Owens 24 .119 0 0 c
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
John Hollingsworth 14 86 5 5 3.55
Jim Shaw 10 37 2 0 3.65
Alexander “Rube” Schauer 33 161 9 8 3.86
Earl Yingling 41 173 12 11 4.11
Bob McGraw 41 248 16 11 4.21
Tom Phillips 21 143 9 7 4.47
Red McColl 20 106 7 7 4.58
Herb Thormahlen 33 148 13 6 4.62
Harold Haid 21 97 4 5 4.91
Leo Mangum 24 103 5 5 5.16
Walter Smallwood 38 132 7 7 5.72
Cy Williams 11 25 2 0 6.12
Charley Boardman* 7 26 1 2 6.92
Hollis McLaughlin 1 3 0 1 15.00
Hennings 1 1 0 0  
           
    *Boardman’s statistics include games pitched with Kansas City in 1922.

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1923 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 74-92, 6th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Carlton East 151 .375 31 151 rf-p
Frank “Yip” Owens 3 .333 0 0 c
Hughie “Cowboy” Critz 154 .327 9 73 ss-2b
Earl Smith 139 .316 11 82 3b-cf
John Grabowski 98 .316 3 55 c
Henri Rondeau 126 .312 5 59 lf
Wally Gilbert 21 .305 1 12 3b
Clyde Milan 101 .296 3 25 cf
Pat Reagan* 28 .291 0 9 3b
Ted Jourdan 150 .282 4 73 1b
Bob Fisher 87 .280 2 40 2b-3b
Walter Mayer 111 .279 4 59 c
Elmer O’Shaugnessy 77 .277 1 39 3b-lf
Ray “Red” Massey 114 .276 2 40 cf-3b
Laster Fisher 69 .273 3 28 ss
Walter Nufer 15 .245 0 3 2b
Bill Hollahan 46 .236 2 17 2b
R. Browne 10 .120 0 2 ss
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Bob McGraw 40 226 15 12 4.38
Leo Mangum 11 51 4 2 4.41
Dan Tipple 39 240 16 17 4.57
Sheik Bill Morrisette 36 168 8 5 4.66
Tom Phillips 12 73 4 4 5.06
Doc Ayers 47 199 10 12 5.20
Eric Erickson 43 246 7 25 5.30
Alexander “Rube” Schauer 21 68 2 6 7.42
Frank Brinzda 10 63 2 5 9.43
Carl Eng 7 41 3 3  
Earl Yingling 6 29 2 0  
Clarence Griffin 6 17 1 1  
Bill Lindberg 2 2 0 0  
Doc Hamann     0 0  
           
    *Reagan’s statistics include games played with Kansas City in 1923.
    Carl East led the American Association with 31 home runs.

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1924 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 77-89-2, 6th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
John O’Shea 2 .667 0 0 2b
Joe Klugman 55 .376 1 34 3b-of
Earl Smith 158 .353 23 127 cf
Hughie “Cowboy” Critz 35 .328 4 22 2b
Jay Kirke 151 .326 14 97 1b-of
Johnny Grabowski 50 .319 4 27 c
Charlie See 104 .317 9 40 of-p
Clarence “Tilly” Walker 70 .313 8 34 cf
George Fisher 112 .309 10 72 of
Bill “Jigger” Black 69 .305 2 34 2b
Henri Rondeau 95 .302 4 33 lf
Chick Shorten 7 .300 0 4 of
Ted Jourdan* 100 .278 8 48 1b
Paul Sengstock 9 .276 0 3 c
Mike Gazella 151 .272 12 53 3b-2b
Elwood Wirts 67 .271 4 27 c
Walter Mayer 96 .265 4 26 c
Moe Berg* 118 .264 1 65 3b-ss
Ray French 67 .246 0 28 ss
Johnny Mitchell 97 .242 1 33 ss
Frank McCue 2 .000 0 1 2b-3b
Frank Parenti 2 .000 0 0 2b
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Eric Erickson 4 5 0 0 1.80
George Dumont 3 24 2 1 2.25
Joubert “Lum” Davenport 6 32 2 1 2.53
Leo Mangum 31 182 14 7 3.56
George Edmondson 21 100 6 3 3.69
Bob McGraw 25 110 6 6 3.84
John Hammond 3 22 2 1 4.09
Charlie See 29 147 7 7 4.28
Dick Niehaus 27 105 7 7 4.72
Bill Harris 47 219 10 13 5.06
Doug McWeeney 26 121 6 9 5.58
Earl Hamilton 32 144 6 10 5.63
George Burger 13 52 2 4 6.23
Adrian Lynch 26 104 3 9 6.49
Clarence Griffin 7 19 0 0 6.63
Carl Eng 9 35 2 1 6.69
Pat Malone 20 77 2 9 8.30
Godfrey Brogan 1 1 0 0 27.00
Roy Moore 1 1 0 1 108.00
           
    *Jourdan’s statistics include games played with Milwaukee in 1924, and Berg’s statistics include games with Toledo.

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1925 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 86-80-3, 4th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Wells* 17 .436 0 7  
George Fisher 123 .350 19 96 lf
Pat Duncan 163 .345 27 139 lf
Johnny Butler 147 .339 9 82 3b-ss-1b
Eddie Ainsmith 107 .332 10 55 c
Charlie See 80 .319 3 24 of-p
Ted Jourdan 144 .316 12 63 1b
Joseph “Monk” Fowler 100 .314 3 51 3b-ss
Earl Smith 164 .313 31 156 cf
Carl Schmehl 123 .287 2 53 2b-ss-of
Bill “Jigger” Black 111 .286 12 69 2b
Clarence “Tilly” Walker 30 .284 3 6 of
Frank Parenti 63 .270 0 18 2b
Ewell “Turkey” Gross 31 .256 1 12 ss
George Brovold 29 .242 0 9 3b
Elwood Wirts 60 .220 2 16 c
Paul Sengstock 61 .210 0 11 c
Carl Swenson 18 .174 0 1 ss
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Joubert “Lum” Davenport 2 3 0 1 0.00
Ray Francis 25 146 6 6 2.96
Gomer Wilson 1 7 0 1 3.86
Jim Middleton 49 193 12 7 3.96
Nelson Greene 18 97 6 5 4.27
George Dumont 41 223 15 13 4.32
Bob McGraw 49 282 22 13 4.40
Bill Harris 54 263 18 15 4.45
Wilbur Hubbell 1 8 0 1 4.50
Charley “Sea Lion” Hall 14 54 3 4 4.83
Earl Hamilton 22 73 3 5 5.18
Pat Shea 8 16 1 1 6.75
George Edmondson 11 28 0 1 7.07
John “Mule” Watson 16 48 0 3 7.50
Jan Hammond 2 6 0 1 9.00
Pat Malone 4 18 0 2 9.50
Charlie See 11 21 0 1 10.71
           
    Other players: Elmer O’Shaughnessy, 3b; Jake Hurt, ss; Bob Swanson; Dick Loftus, of; Novak, ss.
    *Wells’s statistics include games played with Kansas City in 1925.

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1926 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 72-94-1, 7th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Pat Duncan 153 .351 23 123 lf
Hank Gowdy* 78 .338 6 28 c
George Fisher* 139 .328 14 89 of
Jimmy Hudgens 32 .328 3 20 1b
Joseph “Monk” Fowler 129 .304 0 42 3b
Earl Smith 159 .302 15 94 cf
Bill “Jigger” Black 138 .297 14 86 2b
Mandy Brooks 84 .296 8 35 of
Dick Loftus 119 .294 0 24 1b-3b-rf
James “Cotton” Tierney* 103 .288 8 56 2b-3b
Horace Ford 90 .288 5 54 2b-ss
Ted Jourdan 95 .285 3 32 1b
Ernie Krueger 87 .265 3 32 c
Joe Schultz 20 .265 1 7 of
Frank Emmer 59 .240 6 20 ss
Butch Byler 57 .222 0 10 c
Eddie Kenna 5 .211 0   c
Jimmy McAuley 80 .204 3 15 2b-ss
Clyde Sukeforth 9 .182 0   c
Pete Kilduff 4 .143 0   2b
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
John “Rube” Benton 39 232 12 16 3.76
George Dumont 29 159 7 10 3.91
Jim Middleton 53 273 20 15 4.18
John Hollingsworth 50 271 11 18 4.48
Wilbur Hubbell 51 237 14 16 4.52
Gomer Wilson 39 161 6 10 5.14
Ray Francis 14 31 1 2  
Nelson Greene 16 37 1 4  
Leo Moon 6 10 0 0  
Bill Harris 9 26 0 1  
Joe McCann 5 35 0 2  
           
    Other players: Jake Hurt, ss.
    *Gowdy’s statistics include games played with Columbus in 1926, Fisher’s statistics include games with Indianapolis, and Tierney’s statistics include games with Kansas City.
    Pat Duncan led the American Association with 123 runs batted in.

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1927 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 88-80-1, 5th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Pat Duncan 152 .352 10 110 lf
Earl Smith 161 .342 25 135 cf
Ollie “Tarzan” Tucker 123 .341 24 100 rf
Eddie Kenna 93 .340 10 49 c
Frank Emmer 164 .330 32 116 ss
Jimmy McAuley 64 .314 2 28 2b-ss
Jake Hurt 16 .306 0 2 2b
Dick Loftus 141 .302 3 47 1b-of
Joe Sprinz 11 .294 1 6 c
Johnny Rawlings* 81 .290 1 21 2b
Hank Gowdy 64 .282 1 15 c
Sammy Bohne 143 .279 11 63 2b-3b
Homer Ezzell 101 .262 1 29 2b-3b
Jim Poole 32 .254 4 15 1b
Ernie Krueger 72 .251 5 20 c
Frank “Dutch” Wetzel 7 .250 0 4 rf
Bert Ellison 52 .248 4 29 1b
Dick Wade 18 .242 2 2 lf
Billy Kelley 52 .230 10 24 1b
George Redfern 16 .182 0 2 3b
George Fisher 3 .111 0 2 of
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Pat Malone 53 319 20 18 3.98
Wilbur Hubbell 52 216 9 9 4.32
Jim Middleton 41 207 12 7 4.35
Leo Moon 55 260 16 22 4.36
Rube Benton 46 256 18 13 4.64
Gomer Wilson 37 203 12 9 5.10
Tiny Owens 10 26 1 1  
Claude Davenport 3 8 0 1  
           
    *Rawlings’s statistics include games played with Columbus in 1927.
    Frank Emmer led the American Association with 32 home runs.

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1928 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 97-71-1, 2nd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Carlton East 15 .406 1   rf
Ernie Orsatti 123 .381 15 84 1b-of
Pat Duncan 60 .343 2 27 lf
Ray Jacobs* 40 .333 4   2b-ss
Minter “Jack” Hayes 57 .332 5 32 2b
Spencer Harris 169 .327 32 127 cf
Elmer Yoter 143 .322 2 45 3b-ss
Hugh McMullen 76 .313 1   c
Charles “Hack” Miller 28 .311 4   lf
Zack Wheat 82 .309 5 30 of
Bernie DeViveiros 27 .305 3   ss
Grant Gillis 120 .303 1 41 ss-2b
Leo Cotter* 140 .298 10 65 1b
Eddie Kenna 41 .296 4   c
Gus Mancuso 48 .295 1   c
Frank Emmer 64 .294 0   ss
Sammy Bohne 101 .294 2   3b
Johnny Rawlings* 141 .293 6 63 2b-ss
Bill “Jigger” Black 47 .282 3   2b
Earl Smith 163 .280 16 103 rf
Homer Ezzell 9 .273 1 2 3b
Cliff Brady 61 .269 0   2b
Bill Warwick 49 .228 1   c
Jim Oglesby 5 .000 0 1 1b
Ernie Krueger 3 .000 0 0 c
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Guy “Lefty” Williams 39 133 6 7 3.38
Rube Benton 41 250 15 13 3.46
Ad Liska 46 225 20 4 3.68
John “Lefty” Brillheart 58 221 15 9 4.11
Leo Skidmore 9 30 2 1 4.20
Paul McCullough* 44 221 13 16 4.32
Horace “Hod” Lisenbee 26 122 8 6 4.64
Clayton Van Alstyne 25 119 7 7 4.69
Wilbur Hubbell 27 85 5 5 5.40
Leo Moon 12 40 2 2 6.30
Herb Brett 4 13 0 0 6.39
Ad Stemig 1 1 0 1 54.00
Joe Pate 14 18 2 0  
Charley Robertson 4 28 2 1  
           
    *Jacobs’s, Rawlings’s, and McCullough’s statistics include games played with Toledo in 1928, and Cotter’s statistics include games with Kansas City.
    Spencer Harris led the American Association with 32 home runs.

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1929 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 89-78-1, 3rd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Dan Oberholzer 5 .364 1 2 3b
Bill Bagwell 48 .353 7 36 rf
Wes Griffin 75 .351 6 42 of-p
Spencer Harris 154 .340 14 100 cf
Ernest “Mule” Shirley 47 .330 7 35 lf-1b
Earl Smith 151 .324 20 124 cf
Elmer Yoter 167 .317 4 65 3b-ss
Frank Emmer 162 .317 22 111 ss
Stan Keyes 59 .308 8 47 of
Charley High* 113 .303 28 87 lf
Leo Cotter 158 .293 27 120 1b
Hugh McMullen 100 .287 4 51 c
Johnny Rawlings 125 .268 4 39 2b
Edward “Joe” Delker 41 .265 1   2b
Sammy Bohne 57 .241 1   2b
Eddie Kenna 95 .238 3 36 c
Pat Duncan 7 .214 0 2 rf-p
Johnny Butler 15 .182 2   2b
Charles “Hack” Miller 6 .143 0 1 rf
Jim Oglesby 3 .000 0   1b
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Pat Duncan 1 1 0 0 0.00
Rube Benton 45 284 20 14 3.69
Eulas Morgan 12 66 3 5 3.95
Joe Pate 52 165 11 5 4.42
George Dumont 49 208 13 7 4.59
John “Lefty” Brillheart 54 267 20 16 5.02
Jim Middleton 41 197 10 9 5.12
Garland Buckeye* 32 145 5 11 5.40
Flint Rhem 23 123 5 11 5.85
Allen Benson 3 16 0 1 8.44
Fred Wingfield 7 14 1 0  
Les Ferguson 6 17 1 1  
Wes Griffin 7 18 0 1  
           
    *High’s statistics include games played with Columbus in 1929, and Buckeye’s statistics include games with Toledo.

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1930 American Association, Manager: Mike Kelley, Record: 77-76-1, 4th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Bill Bouza 2 .429 0 1 lf
Charley High 104 .380 25 82 cf
Charles “Hack” Miller 27 .366 6   lf
Spencer Harris 93 .363 10 46 1b-rf
Long George Kelly 34 .361 6 38 1b
Heinrich “Nick” Cullop 139 .359 54 152 cf-p
Frank Emmer 105 .350 8 55 3b-ss
Bernie Neis* 134 .344 11 88 of
Bruce Caldwell 10 .333 1   1b
Harry Riconda* 106 .332 5 50 3b-2b
Elmer Smith 84 .332 16 67 rf
Earl Smith* 150 .329 16 130 rf
Ernie Smith 111 .319 9 77 3b-ss
Wes Griffin 103 .319 10 63 c
Elmer Yoter* 142 .317 4 49 3b
Johnny Cortazzo 34 .314 0   2b-ss
Eddie Sicking* 148 .312 4 69 2b
Chester “Chick” Tolson 28 .310 8 35 1b
Alex Hooks* 16 .282 0   1b
Leo Cotter 34 .272 1   1b
Bill Barrett 76 .266 4 34 1b-of
Miguel “Mike” Gonzalez 92 .263 5 38 c
Newell Morse 44 .238 2   2b
Dan Oberholzer 76 .228 2   3b
Hugh McMullen 5 .222 0 1 c
Polvogt 7 .105 0 4 c
Leo Norris 2 .000 0 0 2b
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Heinrich “Nick” Cullop 1 3 0 0 3.00
George Dumont 42 192 13 3 5.39
Fred Holmes 3 5 0 0 5.40
Paul McCullough 62 224 13 14 5.43
John “Lefty” Brillheart 59 270 18 16 5.57
Clayton Van Alstyne* 32 124 3 15 5.95
Bud Tinning 4 27 1 0 6.00
Carmen Hill 36 128 8 9 6.05
Rube Benton 41 183 8 12 6.35
Dick Morgan 42 126 7 6 6.50
Ferdie Schupp 7 19 2 2 6.63
Malcolm Moss 12 63 5 3 6.86
Hal Smith* 16 45 2 5 7.00
Del Lundgren 19 61 1 6 7.67
           
    *Neis’s statistics include games played with Columbus in 1930, Riconda’s statistics include games with Kansas City, Earl Smith and Yoter’s statistics include games with Columbus, Sicking, Hooks, and Van Alstyne’s statistics include games with Indianapolis, and Hal Smith’s statistics include games with Toledo.
    Nick Cullop led the American Association with 54 home runs and 152 runs batted in.

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