Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics
1951-1960

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

1951     1952     1953     1954     1955     1956     1957     1958     1959     1960

    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.

1951 American Association, Manager: Tommy Heath, Record: 77-75, 5th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Willie Mays 35 .477 8 30 cf
Artie Wilson 17 .390 2 13 ss-2b-3b-of
Harv Gentry 10 .364 0 3 of
Hank Thompson 14 .340 7 13 lf
Ray Dandridge 107 .324 8 61 3b
Ray Katt 117 .308 11 57 c
Neill Sheridan 75 .306 9 50 of
Pete Milne 131 .300 9 68 of
Bobby Hofman 67 .290 10 45 2b
Dave Williams 80 .287 12 49 2b
Tookie Gilbert 145 .273 29 100 1b
Guilford “Gip” Dickens 50 .269 6 26 of-3b
Gail Henley 39 .260 5 18 rf
Johnny Kropf 116 .250 10 43 lf
Jake Early 37 .250 5 23 c
Johnny Lucadello* 74 .249 2 25 3b-2b
Rudy Rufer 137 .233 1 45 ss
Mike Natisin 53 .232 5 24 1b
Ed Sokol 22 .207 0 11 c
Bama Rowell 5 .200 0 1 3b
Roy Weatherly 32 .198 3 7 lf
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Wally Cox 23 73 3 1 3.08
Roger Bowman 12 76 5 3 3.32
Hoyt Wilhelm 40 210 11 14 3.94
Adrian Zabala 49 177 14 12 3.97
Dave Barnhill 33 105 6 5 4.46
Andy Tomasic 21 88 3 5 4.91
Norm Fox 30 123 6 6 5.41
Frank Fanovich 26 114 7 12 5.53
Hugh Oser 25 92 7 3 5.58
Ed Wright 8 30 2 0 5.70
Barney Martin 17 39 4 1 5.77
Dixie Howell 29 137 9 9 6.50
Ike Pearson 4 5 0 1 9.00
Cy Buker 2 3 0 0 21.00
           
    Other players: Les Klesitz, p.
    *Lucadello’s statistics include games played with Toledo in 1951.
    Tookie Gilbert led the American Association with 29 home runs.

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1952 American Association, Manager: Chick Genovese, Record: 79-75, 3rd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Clint Hartung 105 .334 27 93 of
Bill Howerton 67 .307 24 61 of
Roy Broome 142 .305 17 99 of
Ray Katt 123 .304 15 68 c
Dom Dallessandro* 115 .295 7 30 1b-of
Jake Early 63 .295 8 28 c
Bob Lennon 50 .295 8 32 of
Daryl Spencer 142 .294 27 80 ss
Ray Dandridge 145 .291 10 68 3b
Marv Blaylock 133 .283 16 73 1b
Fred Gerkin 50 .274 6 24 1b-of
Ronnie Samford 139 .268 6 35 2b
Chuck Diering 55 .260 4 16 of
Billy Gardner 93 .259 1 15 2b-3b-ss
Dick Wakefield 27 .230 2 8 of
Jack Harshman 77 .222 8 15 1b-p
Ray Berns 28 .178 2 4 of
Bill Barnacle 10 .118 0 1 of
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Adrian Zabala 69 139 14 10 2.98
Mario Picone 9 73 6 1 3.33
Dick Libby 32 186 13 9 4.06
Hugh Oser* 34 173 11 9 4.21
Norm Fox 31 161 9 10 4.30
Whitey Konikowski 15 90 3 8 4.30
Jake Schmitt 25 119 7 7 4.54
Roger Bowman 6 37 2 2 4.62
Jack Harshman 26 131 6 7 4.67
Al Corwin 26 159 8 11 5.04
Andy Tomasic 35 94 4 4 5.17
Harry Nicholas 18 84 4 3 6.86
Pete Burnside 1 2 0 1 27.00
George Heller 7 8 0 0  
           
    *Dallesandro’s statistics include games played with Toledo-Charleston in 1952, and Oser’s statistics include games with St. Paul.

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1953 American Association, Manager: Chick Genovese-Jake Early-Fred Fitzsimmons, Record: 76-78, 5th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Foster Castleman 20 .368 0 13 ss
Ray Katt 114 .326 28 98 c
Rance Pless 152 .322 25 88 3b
Chuck Diering 152 .322 12 74 of
George Wilson 118 .315 34 94 of
Rafael “Ray” Noble 29 .306 4 21 c
Amado “Chico” Ibanez 84 .289 2 30 2b-3b
Ray Berns 94 .283 7 37 of
Ronnie Samford 143 .280 12 52 2b-ss
Clint Hartung 120 .276 19 75 of-p
Joe Bracchitta 110 .259 9 30 1b-of
Marv Blaylock 69 .256 3 29 1b
Zikfert “Zig” Jasinski 78 .230 0 17 ss
Bill Taylor 47 .223 7 28 of
Johnny Kropf* 113 .214 7 26 of
Jake Early 27 .209 3 6 c
Claude Corbitt 54 .189 1 11 ss
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Adrian Zabala 48 97 5 6 2.78
Al Worthington 17 118 9 5 2.90
Frank Hiller 14 89 6 6 3.64
Fred Sherkel 33 98 7 4 4.04
George Spencer 50 119 7 8 4.31
Eldred “Bud” Byerly* 38 159 10 7 4.36
Harry Nicholas 36 161 7 13 4.53
Mario Picone 38 211 14 8 4.99
Bill Connelly 14 80 4 4 5.18
Dick Libby 24 69 4 6 7.43
Pete Modica     1 1  
Bob Giddens     1 2  
Tony West     1 6  
Robert Giddings 2   0 1  
Clint Hartung     0 1  
Les Klesitz     0 1  
Jake Schmitt 6   0 0  
           
    *Kropf’s statistics include games played with Charleston in 1953, and Byerly’s include games with St. Paul.
    George Wilson led the American Association with 34 home runs.

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1954 American Association, Manager: Bill Rigney, Record: 78-73, 3rd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Bill Rigney 43 .333 0 6 2b
Foster Castleman 85 .317 11 59 2b
Gail Harris 150 .309 34 113 1b
George Wilson 136 .302 27 92 of
Chico Ibanez 94 .302 5 31 2b
Rance Pless 138 .290 18 109 3b
Don Lund 42 .287 6 22 of
Grant Dunlap 49 .284 4 28 of
Gip Dickens 131 .281 15 67 3b-of
Billy Klaus 150 .280 21 66 ss
Ray Mueller 61 .266 5 19 c
Harv Gentry 113 .242 8 48 of
Joe Bracchitta 104 .242 4 17 of
Frank Baldwin 86 .240 2 31 c
Ray Berns 16 .238 1 2 of
Alex Cosmidis 5 .188      
Ebba St. Claire 51 .186 6 18 c
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
George Spencer 68 97 6 7 3.15
Al Corwin 12 92 6 4 3.33
Red Fahr* 25 128 9 10 3.80
Jim Singleton 39 67 2 4 4.30
Al Worthington 24 152 11 7 4.32
Jim Constable 37 197 10 13 4.39
Bud Byerly 28 162 10 10 4.39
Ramon Monzant 27 161 11 7 4.42
Alberto Osorio 14 33 1 0 4.64
Charley Fowler 34 120 6 9 4.80
Bill Connelly 13 76 8 3 5.68
Fred Sherkel 14 28 0 2 6.43
Joe Margoneri 3   1 0  
Pete Burnside 6   0 0  
Les Klesitz 3   0 0  
Monte Kennedy 1   0 0  
Mario Picone 4   0 2  
           
    *Fahr’s statistics include games pitched with Charleston in 1954.

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1955 American Association, Manager: Bill Rigney, Record: 92-62-2, 1st Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Alex Cosmidis 3 1.000
Monte Irvin 75 .352 14 52 of
Ron Northey* 98 .344 16 53 of
Rance Pless 156 .337 26 107 1b-3b
Billy Gardner 73 .310 17 48 2b-3b
George Wilson 140 .307 31 99 of
Gail Harris 44 .303 17 43 1b
Foster Castleman 43 .302 4 10 3b
Wayne Terwilliger 72 .297 4 28 2b
Joe Bracchitta 106 .297 7 32 1b-of
Bob Lennon 114 .280 31 104 of
Don Bollweg* 77 .274 12 39 1b
Gip Dickens* 118 .273 15 62 1b-of
Willie Kirkland 9 .273      
Carl Sawatski 142 .268 27 72 c
Lou Ortiz 26 .267 6 15 2b
Ed Bressoud 145 .251 19 74 ss
Dave Garcia 5 .250      
Eric Rodin 42 .246 3 16 of
Chico Ibanez* 34 .221 1 9 ss
Ray Dabek 52 .220 1 7 c
Fred Richards* 79 .218 6 19 1b-of
Bill Rigney 12 .182 1 4  
Dick Getter 6 .176      
Ray Mueller 3 .000      
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Al Worthington 38 239 19 10 3.58
Jim Constable 45 199 12 9 4.57
Whitey Konikowski 38 157 11 8 4.76
Floyd Melliere* 38 163 10 7 4.91
Harry Nicholas 39 156 9 6 5.08
Ramon Monzant 12 85 7 1 3.60
Bud Byerly 50 80 8 8 3.60
Bobby Hogue 18 33 1 0 4.64
Joe Margoneri 26 119 9 6 5.14
Al Corwin 30 138 8 8 5.41
Al Olsen 11 19 0 1 7.11
Ralph Branca 25 66 3 3 7.36
Charley Fowler 3   0 0  
Jim Graves 4   0 1  
           
    *Northey, Dickens, Ibanez, Richards, and Melliere’s statistics include games played with Charleston in 1955, and Bollweg’s statistics include games with Indianapolis.
    Rance Pless led the American Association with a .337 batting average, and Al Worthington led the Association with 19 wins.
    The Millers defeated Denver and Omaha in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they defeated the Rochester Red Wings of the International League, 4 games to 3.

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1956 American Association, Manager: Eddie Stanky, Record: 78-75-1, 4th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Valmy Thomas 3 .400      
Dave Garcia 5 .333      
Don Grate* 124 .316 4 36 3b-of
Bill Taylor 121 .308 19 69 of
Vern Rapp 85 .302 11 32 c
Willie Kirkland 154 .293 37 120 of
Bill White 20 .292 3 14 1b-of
Gil Coan 134 .286 12 54 of
Wilburn "Jake" Jenkins 116 .278 5 50 c
Gail Harris 133 .270 24 82 1b
Ed Bressoud 86 .269 3 36 ss
Bob Lennon 78 .266 7 27 of
Ozzie Virgil 152 .265 10 67 3b
Joe Bracchitta* 83 .261 0 14 of
Joey Amalfitano 44 .256 0 8 2b
Lee Tate 100 .255 3 25 2b-ss
Don Bollweg* 125 .248 19 73 1b
Wayne Terwilliger 90 .245 2 27 2b
Bob Stephenson* 118 .238 3 31 ss
Bill Wells 19 .125 0 3 of
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Roger Bowman 10 41 2 2 3.07
Frank Barnes 25 154 13 5 3.39
Phil Paine 58 116 8 6 3.49
Jim Constable 37 167 10 10 3.66
Curt Barclay 37 195 15 11 4.11
Al Corwin 26 120 6 8 4.50
Whitey Konikowski 29 86 4 5 4.60
Pete Burnside 22 113 5 9 4.62
Floyd Melliere* 45 74 5 3 4.86
Dennis Reeder 16 25 0 0 5.04
Bill Bradford 51 94 5 7 5.17
Mel Held 21 88 6 3 5.52
Lee Anthony* 16 23 0 0 6.65
Fernando Rodriguez 12 16 0 2 7.31
Dick Strahs 16 32 0 2 9.00
Joe Margoneri 7   3 3  
Tom Pruett 2   0 0  
Ramon Monzant 3   0 1  
Neil Roberts 2   0 1  
           
    *Bollweg’s statistics include games played with Wichita in 1956, Stephenson and Barnes’s include games with Omaha, and Grate, Bracchitta, Melliere, and Anthony’s statistics include games with Louisville.
    Curt Barclay tied for the American Association lead with 15 wins..

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1957 American Association, Manager: John “Red” Davis, Record: 85-69-2, 3rd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Orlando Cepeda 151 .309 25 108 1b
Don Grate 150 .296 10 69 of
Jim Davenport 148 .291 10 53 3b
Carlos Paula 104 .288 6 45 of
Ed Bressoud 81 .286 4 35 ss
Jack Tobin 42 .283 0 8 of
George “Bobby” Prescott 54 .278 8 31 of
Bobby Hofman 61 .278 4 28 c-1b
Bill Taylor 115 .274 21 59 of
Wayne Terwilliger 144 .270 7 50 2b
Bob Schmidt 120 .262 17 61 c
Foster Castleman 48 .245 3 13 2b-ss
Hank Thompson 78 .243 2 19 of-2b
Jake Jenkins 33 .233 2 13 c
Andre Rodgers 52 .220 2 15 ss
Felipe Alou 24 .211 0 3 of
Ed White 13 .107 0 3  
Lee Tate 8 .000      
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Stu Miller 7 51 3 3 2.29
Pete Burnside 20 131 10 5 2.47
Fernando Rodriguez 66 106 6 5 2.97
Matt Surkont 27 183 15 5 3.05
Jim Davis 21 36 1 1 3.50
Joe Shipley 18 61 4 1 3.84
Steve Ridzek 21 117 8 6 4.38
Vibert Clarke 21 80 3 5 4.39
Jim Constable 10 45 3 2 4.80
Joe Margoneri 25 132 9 10 4.84
Gordon Jones 33 166 9 14 5.04
Gene Bearden 34 112 5 6 5.30
Mike Blyzka 22 83 7 3 5.31
Al Corwin* 22 107 4 9 5.72
Roger Bowman* 15 30 1 2 7.20
           
    *Corwin and Bowman’s statistics include games pitched with Louisville in 1957.

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1958 American Association, Manager: Gene Mauch, Record: 82-71-1, 3rd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Faye Throneberry 29 .318 6 23 of
Art Schult 151 .287 20 89 of
Paul Smith 79 .275 5 43 1b
Ed Sadowski 123 .262 15 44 c
Tom Umphlett 144 .257 9 62 of
Spencer “Red” Robbins 136 .255 8 68 1b-3b
Elijah “Pumpsie” Green 145 .253 6 43 2b-ss
Lu Clinton 118 .251 6 37 of
Jerry Zimmerman 57 .250 2 16 c
Stu “Lefty” Locklin 37 .246 1 7 of
Gene Mauch 65 .243 3 29 2b-3b
Jack Lundquist* 46 .236 1 9 of
Harry Malmberg 140 .235 4 45 2b-3b
Jose Valdivielso 52 .222 1 9 ss
Frank Kellert 63 .191 4 28 1b
Joe Tanner 12 .176 0 2  
Dick McCarthy  13 .111 0 2  
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Tom Hurd 52 109 10 8 1.65
Tom Borland 38 143 9 7 2.20
Harry Dorish 48 93 3 3 2.23
Bob “Riverboat” Smith 13 73 6 4 2.47
Ted Bowsfield 19 117 8 4 2.62
Bill Monbouquette 22 134 8 9 3.16
Dean Stone 33 215 13 10 3.18
Al Schroll 29 158 8 8 3.70
Bert Thiel 32 134 6 6 3.76
Jack Spring 22 49 1 3 4.41
Duane Wilson 15 76 6 5 4.97
Glen “Stub” Stabelfeld 6   2 1  
Bud Byerly 5   1 0  
Arnold Earley 2   1 0  
Bill Prout 1   0 0  
Bill Abernathie 6   0 1  
Bob Chakales 4   0 2  
           
    *Lundquist’s statistics include games played with St. Paul in 1958.
    The Millers defeated Wichita and Denver in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they defeated the Montreal Royals of the International League, 4 games to 0.

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1959 American Association, Manager: Gene Mauch, Record: 95-67, 2nd Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Gene Mauch 8 .500      
Lefty Locklin 39 .326 3 18 of
Pumpsie Green 98 .320 7 31 2b
Chuck Tanner 152 .319 12 78 of
Red Robbins 117 .310 6 53 1b-3b
Art Schult 93 .289 16 71 1b
Jerry Mallett 3 .286      
Joe Macko* 147 .279 25 85 1b-3b
Joe Tanner* 115 .274 7 55 2b-3b
Tom Umphlett 155 .265 9 53 of
Herbie Plews 46 .252 0 10 2b
Lu Clinton 151 .251 20 77 of
Walter Brady 2 .250      
Shep Frazier 54 .244 2 20 3b
Johnny Goryl 60 .240 3 25 3b-ss
Roy Smalley* 128 .236 15 56 2b-3b-ss-p
Haywood Sullivan 57 .235 0 14 c
Jim Mahoney 103 .212 0 30 ss
Bill Gabler* 129 .211 21 72 1b
Ed Sadowski 117 .207 14 53 c
Chuck Schilling 4 .200 0 2 2b
Jerry Zimmerman 20 .186 1 6 c
Marlan Coughtry 12 .172 0 0 3b
Lee Howell 11 .105 0 2 of
Don Gile 1 .000 0 0  
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Tracy Stallard 16 60 2 5 2.25
Ted Bowsfield 26 154 10 5 2.45
Chet Nichols 31 143 7 7 2.58
Tom Borland 32 178 14 8 2.73
Duane Wilson 26 57 3 3 3.00
Ted Wills 21 120 9 10 3.15
Herb Moford 8 32 2 2 3.38
Billy Muffett 20 55 4 4 3.44
Bud Byerly 28 60 6 4 3.45
Willard Nixon 26 98 6 2 3.58
Nelson Chittum 25 131 11 5 3.64
Murray Wall 18 49 3 1 3.67
Earl Wilson 21 113 10 2 3.82
Tom Hurd 28 48 2 4 3.94
Al Schroll 15 74 3 4 4.01
Vito Valentinetti 13   2 1  
Harry Dorish* 4   1 0  
Stub Stabelfeld 2   0 0  
Roy Smalley 1   0 0  
           
    Carl Yastrzemski also played for the Millers during the league playoffs and Junior World Series.
    *Macko, Gabler, and Dorish’s statistics include games played with Fort Worth in 1959, Joe Tanner’s statistics include games with St. Paul, and Smalley’s statistics include games with Houston.
    The Millers defeated Omaha and Fort Worth in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they lost to the Havana Sugar Kings of the International League, 4 games to 3.

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1960 American Association, Manager: Eddie Popowski, Record: 82-72, 5th Place
Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position
Ted Schreiber 3 .667      
Carl Yastrzemski 148 .339 7 69 of
Shep Frazier 99 .322 5 34 2b-3b
Chuck Schilling 142 .314 2 56 2b
Walter Brady 12 .310 0 5 c
Tom Umphlett 132 .304 9 61 of
Paul Smith* 120 .302 3 58 1b-of
Dave Mann 128 .293 3 33 of
Lefty Locklin 83 .293 0 25 1b-of
Don Gile 87 .280 19 64 1b-c
Red Robbins 121 .273 5 40 1b-3b
Bob Lawrence 19 .263 0 4 1b
Lu Clinton 35 .258 4 18 of
Bob Tillman 123 .256 24 82 c
Jim Mahoney 154 .236 3 54 ss
Curt Jensen 23 .234 1 7 3b
Marlan Coughtry 15 .163 0 1 3b
Archie Skeen 5 .100      
Lee Howell 10 .080 0 1  
Jerry Mallett* 13 .065 0 0  
Don Wheeler 1 .000     c
           
Pitcher Games IP W L ERA
Al Worthington 37 150 11 9 2.04
Billy Muffett 17 96 5 5 2.63
Stub Stabelfeld 13 34 2 0 2.65
Galen Cisco 33 138 3 7 2.93
Ted Wills 13 95 7 2 2.94
Jay Ritchie 44 73 4 2 3.21
Murray Wall 12 22 1 1 3.27
Hal Kolstad 31 175 10 11 3.45
Dick Radatz 13 54 3 0 3.50
Tracy Stallard 34 82 7 11 3.51
Don Schwall 33 193 16 9 3.59
Earl Wilson 19 112 6 6 4.18
Bill Slack 16 28 1 2 5.46
Billy Prout 10 19 2 1 6.16
Jake Striker 5   2 1
Tom Borland 5   1 2  
Bob Carlson 4   1 2  
Big Ben Tench 3   0 0  
Erv Palica 1   0 1  
           
    *Smith’s statistics include games played with Charleston in 1960, and Mallett’s statistics include games with Indianapolis.
    On October 27, 1960, Calvin Griffith announced that he would be moving the Washington Senators to Minnesota for the 1961 season. While this marked the return of major league baseball to Minnesota, it also marked the end of the Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints.

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