Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley
1890 - Western Association, 78-45, 2nd place - Standings and roster follow game-by-game results
Manager: Sam Morton-Tim Hurst
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Notes
Th 4/17	Milwaukee	W 13-5	1-0
F 4/18	Milwaukee	W 11-1	2-0
Sa 4/19	Milwaukee	W 15-4	3-0
Su 4/20	at Milwaukee	L 7-8	3-1
Tu 4/22	at Milwaukee	W 7-5	4-1
W 4/23	at Milwaukee	L 5-9	4-2
Sa 4/26	at St. Paul	L 3-10	4-3
Su 4/27	at St. Paul	W 15-9	5-3
Tu 4/29	Des Moines	W 13-5	6-3
W 4/30	Des Moines	W 10-5	7-3
Th 5/1	Des Moines	L 7-13	7-4
Sa 5/3	St. Paul	L 10-17	7-5
Su 5/4	at St. Paul, snow
M 5/5	at St. Paul, ppd.
Tu 5/6	St. Paul	W 5-1	8-5
W 5/7	St. Paul	W 4-0	2-2
Th 5/8	at Des Moines	L 4-5	9-6
F 5/9	at Des Moines	L 0-9, forfeit	9-7	Millers were losing 8-7 in the 9th when captain Jack Carroll refuses to play because of rain.  The game was forfeited.
Sa 5/10	at Des Moines	L 1-2	9-8
Tu 5/13	at Sioux City	W 11-9	10-8
W 5/14	at Sioux City	L 4-11	10-9
F 5/16	Omaha	L 7-9	10-10
Sa 5/17	Omaha, rain
M 5/19	Omaha	W 14-2	11-10
Tu 5/20	Omaha, rain
W 5/21	Omaha	W 6-4	12-10
Th 5/22	Denver, rain
F 5/23	Denver	W 12-7	13-10
Sa 5/24 a.m.	Denver	W 11-9	14-10
M 5/26	Kansas City Cowboys	W 13-12	15-10
W 5/28	Kansas City	L 1-8	15-11
F 5/30 a.m.	Sioux City	W 5-2	16-11
F 5/30 p.m.	Sioux City	W 11-9 (11)	17-11
Sa 5/31	Sioux City	W 2-0	18-11	Millers in first place, 1-1/2 ahead of Des Moines (18-14).
Su 6/1	at Sioux City	L 5-8	18-12
Tu 6/3	Omaha	W 4-3	19-12
W 6/4	Omaha	W 6-3	20-12
Th 6/5	Omaha	W 9-2	21-12
Sa 6/7	at Denver	L 4-5	21-13	Elmer Foster of the Millers hits 10th homer of the season.
Su 6/8	at Denver	W 7-6	22-13
Tu 6/10	at Denver	L 8-11	22-14
Th 6/12	at Kansas City	L 5-8	22-15
Sa 6/14	at Kansas City	W 1-0	23-15
Su 6/15	at Kansas City	W 9-8 (11)	24-15
Tu 6/17	St. Paul	W 12-5	25-15
W 6/18	St. Paul	W 11-1	26-15
Th 6/19	St. Paul	W 11-3	27-15
F 6/20	Milwaukee Griffiths	L 3-9	27-16	Referred to as Griffiths after Clark Griffith.
Sa 6/21	Milwaukee	L 4-7	27-17
Su 6/22	at Milwaukee	L 0-2	27-18
Umpire Tim Hurst, after a Milwaukee dispute over one of his calls in the fourth inning, orders the June 22 game forfeited to the Millers.  After Hurst left the field, the game continued with a fill-in umpire.  With a large crowd, Milwaukee didn't want to see the game prematurely ended and threatened to withhold the gate money from the Millers, who then agreed to continue, playing the remainder of the game under protest.  Milwaukee's 2-0 win held up over the forfeit declared by Hurst, although the Western Association, well after the season was over, reversed itself and awarded the game to Minneapolis.
M 6/23	Milwaukee	L 1-3	27-19
Hurst, the umpire who declared the forfeit win for Minneapolis the day before, becomes the new Minneapolis manager on June 23, succeeding Sam Morton.  Duke returns after a suspension, his first appearance since June 12 when he left in the 5th inning, sick to his stomach.  Co-owner Henry “Hy” Hach said, “Duke was not in condition to pitch ball, nor has he been for some time.”  There may have been other reasons, and one of Hurst’s first duties as manager was to get Duke into shape to pitch.  According to the Minneapolis Journal of Saturday, June 28, 1890, “Yesterday afternoon Hurst took Duke before a Catholic priest, and the latter took the vow and promised to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors for an indefinite length of time.  If Duke sticks to his oath—and the probabilities are that he will—he will once more become the popular idol of the cranks that he was last season.”
W 6/25	Des Moines	W 6-2	28-19
Th 6/26	Des Moines	W 14-5	29-19
F 6/27	Des Moines	W 14-6	30-19
Sa 6/28	St. Paul, rain
Su 6/29	at St. Paul	W 5-4	31-19
M 6/30	St. Paul	W 8-5	33-18*	*The Minneapolis Tribune shows the Millers in first place with a 33-18 record, counting the June 22 game as a win for the Millers, 1 game ahead of Milwaukee (31-18).
Tu 7/1	St. Paul	W 5-4	33-18
W 7/2	Des Moines	W 4-2	34-18
Th 7/3	Des Moines	W 10-8	35-18
F 7/4 a.m.	Des Moines	W 4-1	36-18	Milwaukee plays in St. Paul in the morning, and Des Moines plays in St. Paul in the afternoon.  Duke strikes out 10 in the afternoon game against Milwaukee.
F 7/4 p.m.	Milwaukee	W 8-1	37-18
Sa 7/5	at Milwaukee	L 8-25 (7)	37-19	10-game winning streak snapped.  Elmer Foster and Moxie Hengel jump the team.
Su 7/6	at Milwaukee	L 2-15	37-20
M 7/7	at Milwaukee	L 4-12	37-21
Tu 7/8	Omaha	L 6-8	37-22	Two batters are thrown out at first base on apparent singles to right field; four have been thrown out this season.
W 7/9	Omaha	L 2-12	37-23
Th 7/10	Omaha	W 11-5	38-23
F 7/11	Denver	W 9-1	39-23	Duke strikes out 12.
Sa 7/12	Denver	W 16-2	40-23	Frank "Red" Killen debuts for the Millers with a 4-hitter.
M 7/14	Denver	W 9-5	41-23
Tu 7/15	St. Paul	W 10-6	42-23
W 7/16	Sioux City	L 1-9	42-24
Th 7/17	Sioux City	W 2-1	43-24
F 7/18	Sioux City	W 2-1	44-24
Sa 7/19	Kansas City	L 4-5	44-25
M 7/21	Kansas City, rain			Game called after 1 inning with Millers ahead 4-0.
Tu 7/22-1	Kansas City	W 4-0	45-25
Tu 7/22-2	Kansas City	W 9-5 (6)	46-25
Th 7/24	at Sioux City	W 7-4	47-25
Sa 7/26	at Sioux City	L 7-14	47-26
Su 7/27	at Sioux City	L 8-12	47-27
Tu 7/29	at Omaha	L 5-14	47-28
W 7/30	at Omaha	L 4-8	47-29
Th 7/31	at Omaha	L 3-10	47-30
Sa 8/2	at Kansas City	L 1-14	47-31
Su 8/3	at Kansas City	L 5-15	47-32	7th straight loss.
Tu 8/5	at Kansas City	W 6-4	48-32
Th 8/7	at Denver	L 7-8	48-33
Sa 8/9	at Denver	L 6-9	48-34
Su 8/10	at Denver	W 12-8	49-34	Des Moines team is transferred to Lincoln.
W 8/13	St. Paul	W 12-6	50-34
Th 8/14	St. Paul	W 9-2	51-34
Sa 8/16	Milwaukee	W 4-0	52-34
Su 8/17	at Milwaukee	L 0-2	52-35
Tu 8/19	at Lincoln	W 13-6	53-35	Duke strikes out 11.
W 8/20	at Lincoln	W 3-2	54-35
F 8/22	St. Paul	W 13-4	55-35
Sa 8/23	St. Paul, rain
Su 8/24-1	at St. Paul	W 9-2	56-35
Su 8/24-2	at St. Paul	L 2-6	56-36
M 8/25-1	Lincoln	W 3-0	57-36
M 8/25-2	St. Paul	W 9-3	58-36	Duke strikes out 14.
M 8/26-3	St. Paul	W 14-7	59-36	Millers sweep tripleheader.
Tu 8/26	Lincoln	W 6-1	60-36
W 8/27	Lincoln	W 5-3	61-36
Th 8/28	Lincoln	W 10-4	62-36
F 8/29	Sioux Indians (ex.)	W 21-20 (10)		Exhibition game.  Sioux Indians batting order: Come Back Red 2b, Kick a Hole in the Sky 3b, Swift Bear c, Little Male p, Yellow Dog ss, Santee Male cf, Small Cloud 1b,  One Eye rf, His Long Knife lf.
Sa 8/30	Milwaukee	W 6-0 (8)	63-36	Duke 1-hitter, strikes out 7 in 7-2/3 innings.  Game called to allow teams to catch a train to Milwaukee.
Su 8/31	at Milwaukee	L 7-13	63-37
M 9/1	Kansas City	W 3-2	64-37	Duke strikes out 12.
Tu 9/2	Kansas City	L 1-12	64-38
Th 9/4	Omaha	W 5-0	65-38	Duke pitches 1-hitter and strikes out 15.
F 9/5	Omaha	L 6-8	65-39	Millers trail Milwaukee by percentage points.
Sa 9/6	Omaha	W 12-1	66-39
M 9/8	Sioux City	W 10-6	67-39	Duke's 10th straight win; strikes out 13.  Millers lead Mil. by 1/2 game, KC by 1.
Tu 9/9	Sioux City	W 3-0	68-39	Killen pitces no-hitter, strikes out 11.  Only baserunners reach on errors.
W 9/10	Sioux City	W 7-0	69-39	Duke pitches 2-hitter and strikes out 12.
Th 9/11	Denver	W 10-2	70-39
F 9/12	Denver	W 9-5	71-39
Sa 9/13	Denver	L 2-6	71-40	Duke strikes out 10 in 6 innings but has his 11-game winning streak stopped.
Tu 9/16	Denver	W 9-3	72-40	Moxie Hengel back with Millers.
W 9/17	Denver	W 3-2	73-40	Duke strikes out 18, fans 8 of the first 9, also has 5 wild pitches.  Minneapolis Tribune:  “Martin Duke, the rosy-checked [sic] youth who wears his cap on the side of his head and chews a select brand of gum, won yesterday’s game of ball at Athletic Park.”
Th 9/18 a.m.	Denver	W 8-1 (6, rain)	74-40	Make up of May 22 rain out.
Th 9/18 p.m.	Denver, rain			Three of the Denver games in this series were moved from Denver to Minneapolis; the upcoming Omaha and Sioux City series also were scheduled for those cities but then moved to Minneapolis.
Going into the series at Kansas City, Kansas City has a 72-38 record (.655), and Minneapolis has a 74-40 record (.649).
Sa 9/20	at Kansas City	L 0-9, forfeit	74-41	Millers trail 5-1 after 5.  Hurst tries to relieve Duke with J. G. Mitchell, whose name was not on the lineup card.  Umpire McDermott doesn't allow the substitution, Minneapolis refuses to take the field, and the game is forfeit.  Minneapolis Tribune: "500 fish horns and a dozen duck calls were scattered throughout the audience.  The duck calls were intended to rattle Martin Duke, and in the fourth inning a live duck was thrown down on the diamond."
Su 9/21	at Kansas City	L 5-7	74-42	Kansas City scores 4 in the top of the ninth off Killen.
M 9/22	at Kansas City	L 3-9	74-43	Duke strikes out 7 but loses.  Kansas City leads Millers by 2-1/2 games.
Tu 9/24	Omaha	W 7-3	75-43
Th 9/25	Omaha	W 2-0	76-43
F 9/26	Omaha	L  3-4	76-44	Duke strikes out 10.
Sa 9/27	Sioux City	L 6-11	76-45	Carroll, Minnehan, Dugdale, Day, Miller, and Killen each fined $25 for "indifferent playing."
M 9/29	Sioux City	W 13-0	77-45
Tu 9/30	Sioux City	W 5-3	78-45	Duke strikes out 12.
W 10/1	St. Paul (ex.)	W 8-5		Exhibition game.  Duke pitched 2 innings for St. Paul, which used several Minneapolis players.
		W	L
	Kansas City	78	39
	Minneapolis	78	45
	Milwaukee	77	45
	Denver	57	63
	Sioux City	56	64
	Omaha	51	69
	Lincoln	47	73
	St. Paul	38	84
Roster
John “Jack” Carroll, lf; Dan Minnehan, lf; Elmer Foster, cf; John “Dummy” Ryn, 1b; Joe Miller, 3b; Moxie Hengel, 2b-3b; Harry O’Day, ss-2b; George Meyers, c; Dan Dugdale, c; T. W. Esterquist, 3b; Wyman Andrus, cf; Frank Day, 2b; Joseph Dowie, 3b, James Twohey, c; Mart McQuaid, lf; Martin Duke, p-1b-rf (22-16 in 40 games with 314 strikeouts in 314 innings pitched); Ray Harkness, p; J. G. “Uncle Charley” Mitchell, p; L. L. Shreve, p; Nat Hudson, p; Frank “Red” Killen, p (hurled a no-hitter during the season); C. E. Petty, p.