Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley
1924 - American Association, 77-89-2,  6th place - Standings, statistics, and notes follow game-by-game results
Manager: Mike Kelley
Date Opponent Outcome Record Notes
Tu 4/15 at Indianapolis Indians L 8-10 0-1 Pat Malone starts and loses.  Millers' 6-run rally in 8th, including 2 doubles by Henri Rondeau, falls short.
W 4/16 at Indianapolis L 7-10 0-2 Clarence Griffin knocked out in 1st.  Rondeau gets 4 hits, Carl East gets 3 hits.
Th 4/17 at Indianapolis L 16-17 (13) 0-3 Millers get 24 hits, including 4 each by Johnny Mitchell and Earl Smith.  Indianapolis scores 2 in the last of the 9th to tie and 2 in the last of the 13th to win.
F 4/18 at Indianapolis W 7-6 (12) 1-3
Sa 4/19 at Louisville Colonels W 7-5 2-3 Jay Kirke has a single, double, and homer.  Smith hits 2 triples.
Su 4/20 at Louisville L 7-8 2-4 Kirke has 2 doubles and a single.
M 4/21 at Louisville W 16-2 3-4 Tilly Walker has 4 hits.
Tu 4/22 at Louisville, rain
W 4/23 at Columbus Senators L 4-12 3-5 Kirke homers.
Th 4/24 at Columbus L 0-10 3-6
F 4/25 at Columbus L 5-6 3-7 Kirke and Carl East homer.
Sa 4/26 at Columbus W 5-2 4-7
Su 4/27 at Toledo Mud Hens W 4-2 5-7 5-hitter by Leo Mangum, who strikes out last 2 batters with the bases loaded.
M 4/28 at Toledo W 7-1 6-7 10-hitter by Carl Eng.
Tu 4/29 at Toledo W 5-4 7-7 8-hitter by Bob McGraw.  Millers trade East to Washington for infielder George Fisher, who had pitched for the Millers in 1919 and 1920.
Th 5/1 Columbus W 12-6 8-7 Fisher has 3 hits, including a double, in his first game with Millers.  Smith homers.  Crowd of 10, 192 sees home opener.
F 5/2 Columbus L 4-9 8-8 Fisher homers.
Sa 5/3 Columbus W 5-4 9-8 McGraw wins.  Fisher has double, homer, and 2 singles; his double in the 9th scores Walker from first with the winning run.
Su 5/4 Columbus L 8-11 9-9
M 5/5 Toledo W 10-7 10-9 Fisher and Kirke get 3 hits (including a homer by Kirke).
Tu 5/6 Toledo, rain East jumps the Senators after 2 games to play for a team in an outlaw league in Beloit, Wisconsin.
W 5/7 Toledo L 5-8 10-10 Kirke hits 5th homer to tie Reb Russell of Columbus for the league lead.
Th 5/8 Toledo, rain Washington Senators president demands the return of Fisher after East jumps the team.
Sa 5/10 Indianapolis Indians L 3-6 10-11
Su 5/11 Indianapolis W 6-4 11-11 7-hitter by Mangum.  Smith, Fisher, and Walker homer.
M 5/12 Indianapolis W 4-3 12-11 Walker ends a pitching duel between Jess Petty and Malone with an inside-the-park homer with 2 out in the 9th.
Tu 5/13 Louisville L 3-7 12-12
W 5/14 Louisville L 1-8 12-13 Triple play: McGraw-Mitchell-Kirke.
Th 5/15 Louisville L 1-2 12-14 Grabowski homers.  Commissioner Landis orders that the Millers return Fisher to Washington.
F 5/16 St. Paul Saints W 5-3 13-14 Walker homers.
Sa 5/17 at St. Paul L 5-8 13-15
Su 5/18 St. Paul L 3-11 13-16
M 5/19 at St. Paul W 11-3 14-16 8-hitter by McGraw, who also homers, along with Rondeau (2 homers) and Mike Gazella.
Tu 5/20 Kansas City Blues L 8-13 14-17
W 5/21 Kansas City L 4-11 14-18
Th 5/22 Kansas City W 4-3 15-18 6-hitter by Mangum for 6th straight win.  Blues score 2 in top of 9th for 3-2 lead, and Millers score 2 in last of 9th to win.
F 5/23 Kansas City, rain
Sa 5/24 Milwaukee Brewers W 8-6 16-18 Earl Smith hits 3 straight homers, giving him 6 for the season, tying Russell and Elmer Smith of Louisville for the league lead.  Walker and Hughie Critz also homer.
Su 5/25 Milwaukee W 5-4 (11) 17-18 Critz homers in the 11th to win game.  Mayer also homers.  Mangum wins 7th straight.
M 5/26 Milwaukee L 8-12 17-19 HR-Walker, Mayer.  Walker ties for league lead for 6th home run.
Tu 5/27 Milwaukee L 4-19 17-20 Critz homers.
W 5/28 Milwaukee W 6-0 18-20 5-hitter by McGraw.  Critz hits 4th homer of the series.
Th 5/29 St. Paul W 6-4 19-20 Walker hits 7th homer for league lead.  Magnum hits 8th straight.
F 5/30 a.m. St. Paul L 4-8 19-21
F 5/30 p.m. at St. Paul L 1-2 19-22
Sa 5/31 St. Paul L 2-7 19-23 Critz, who was traded to Cincinnati for Bill Harris, breaks into the majors with 2 hits off Grover Cleveland Alexander.
Su 6/1 at St. Paul L 2-11 19-24
M 6/2 at Kansas City, rain
Tu 6/3 at Kansas City W 9-5 20-24 Mangum wins 9th straight.  Kirke gets 5 hits.  Kelley and Millers protest Washington trades George Fisher to the Milwaukee Brewers.
W 6/4 at Kansas City L 3-4 20-25 Commissioner Landis orders Fisher returned to the Millers.
Th 6/5 at Kansas City W 4-2 21-25 McGraw breaks ankle, will be out for 6 weeks.
F 6/6 at Milwaukee L 2-11 21-26 Fisher returns, plays right field.
S 6/7 at Milwaukee, rain
Su 6/8-1 at Milwaukee W 3-0 22-26 Mangum wins 10th straight.
Su 6/8-2 at Milwaukee T 7-7 (9) 22-26-1 Millers come back from 7-run deficit.
M 6/9 at Milwaukee, rain
W 6/11-1 at Louisville L 3-4 (13) 22-27 Mangum loses in relief.  Smith homers.  Ted Jourdan, who broke his ankle in spring training, is back with the Millers.
W 6/11-2 at Louisville L 3-6 22-28
Th 6/12 at Louisville L 3-4 22-29 Colonels score 3 in the 9th.
F 6/13 at Louisville L 2-8 22-30 Mangum wins.  Moe Berg hits grand slam.
Sa 6/14 at Louisville W 9-6 23-30
Su 6/15-1 at Indianapolis L 9-10 (14) 23-31 Kirke homers.  Millers tie game with 5 in 9th but lose in 14th.
Su 6/15-2 at Indianapolis, rain
M 6/16 at Indianapolis W 4-3 24-31 5-hitter by Earl Hamilton.
Tu 6/17-1 at Indianapolis W 6-4 25-31 Bill Harris wins.
Tu 6/17-2 at Indianapolis L 6-8 25-32 Fisher homers.
W 6/18 at Toledo W 5-0 (10) 26-32 4-hitter by Mangum, now 13-4.
Th 6/19 at Toledo W 6-5 27-32 Fisher homers.  Millers score 2 in 9th.
F 6/20 at Toledo L 2-3 27-33
Sa 6/21 at Toledo W 6-4 28-33 Harris wins, Mangum finished up
Su 6/22 at Columbus W 7-2 29-33 Gazella homers.
M 6/23 at Columbus L 4-5 (10) 29-34 Mangum goes the distance.
Tu 6/24 at Columbus W 12-6 30-34 11-hitter by Hamilton.  Kirke, Fisher, Smith homer.
W 6/25 at Columbus L 7-8 30-35 Smith and Charlie See homer in 9th-inning rally that falls short.
F 6/27 Kansas City L 10-11 30-36 Kirke and Mayer homer.
Sa 6/28 Kansas City, rain
Su 6/29-1 Kansas City L 8-12 30-37 Mangum hit hard.  Rondeau homers.
Su 6/29-2 Kansas City T 8-8 (5, 6:00 law) 30-37-2 Kirke homers.
M 6/30 Kansas City W 4-3 31-37 Fisher homers.
Tu 7/1 Milwaukee L 3-5 31-38
W 7/2 Milwaukee W 7-1 32-38 5-hitter by Mangum.  Kirke homers.
Th 7/3 Milwaukee L 5-10 32-39 Rube Walberg beats Millers, strikes out 12.
F 7/4 a.m. at St. Paul L 6-9 32-40 Millers stop Charlie Dressen's streak of 11 straight hits in the 1st (Dressen reached base on an error).  Grabowski, See, and Rondeau homer.
F 7/4 p.m. St. Paul L 8-21 32-41
Sa 7/5 at St. Paul L 2-7 32-42 Mangum loses.
Su 7/6 St. Paul L 2-5 32-43 Grabowski homers and is then traded, along with Mangum, to the White Sox.
Tu 7/8-1 Indianapolis W 7-4 33-43
Tu 7/8-2 Indianapolis W 7-4 34-43 Mitchell homers.
W 7/9 Indianapolis L 4-7 34-44
Th 7/10 Indianapolis L 7-8 34-35
F 7/11-1 Indianapolis L 5-7 34-36
F 7/11-2 Indianapolis L 3-9 (8, darkness) 34-37 Jourdan homers.  Millers drop to last place.
S 7/12 Louisville W 8-3 35-47 Bill Black, acquired from the White Sox in the Grabowski-Mangum trade, sprains his ankle trying to steal homer.  Smith homers.
Su 7/13 Louisville L 5-8 35-48 Walker homers.  Doug McWeeney loses his first start with the Millers.  Joubert Davenport debuts with Millers (McWeeney and Davenport acquired in the trade with the White Sox).
M 7/14 Louisville W 11-8 36-48 Elwood Wirts, acquired in White Sox trade, homers.  George Burger wins in first game with Millers.  Smith homers and gets 4 hits.
Tu 7/15 Louisville W 5-4 37-48 Dick Niehaus wins.
W 7/16 Louisville W 5-3 38-48 McWeeney wins.  Smith homers.
Th 7/17-1 Toledo W 3-2 39-48 6-hitter by Davenport.  Millers score 1 in 8th and 2 in 9th.
Th 7/17-2 Toledo L 2-4 39-49
F 7/18 Toledo W 7-5 40-49 See, Smith, and Gazella homer.
Sa 7/19 Toledo W 19-6 41-49 See and Fisher homer.
Su 7/20-1 Toledo L 4-6 41-50
Su 7/20-2 Toledo L 5-7 41-51 Kirke homers.
M 7/21 Columbus L 0-12 41-52
Tu 7/22 Columbus W 7-5 42-52 Gazella hits 3-run homer in 8th.
W 7/23 Columbus L 3-9 42-53
Th 7/24 Columbus W 8-7 43-53 Smith homers.  Burger goes the distance.
F 7/25 at St. Paul L 5-8 43-54
Sa 7/26 St. Paul L 3-4 43-55
Su 7/27 at St. Paul L 5-7 43-56
M 7/28 at Milwaukee L 3-5 43-57
Tu 7/29-1 at Milwaukee L 7-9 43-58 Davenport breaks leg sliding.
Tu 7/29-2 at Milwaukee L 2-9 43-59
W 7/30 at Milwaukee L 7-10 43-60 Gazella homers.
Th 7/31 at Milwaukee W 14-2 44-60
F 8/1 at Kansas City L 6-7 (10) 44-61
S 8/2 at Kansas City W 5-3 45-61
Su 8/3-1 at Kansas City W 8-4 46-61
Su 8/3-2 at Kansas City L 5-6 46-62 Smith homers.
Tu 8/5 at Columbus W 6-3 47-62 Smith hits grand slam, ties Russell for league lead with 16 home runs.
W 8/6 at Columbus W 8-6 48-62 George Edmondson wins in Millers debut.  Jourdan homers.
Th 8/7 at Columbus L 3-4 48-63
F 8/8 at Columbus W 3-2 49-63 Kirke and Jourdan homer.
Sa 8/9 at Toledo W 2-1 50-63 6-hitter by See.  Ray French scores both runs.
Su 8/10-1 at Toledo W 7-1 51-63 2-hitter by Edmondson.  Jourdan homers.
Su 8/10-2 at Toledo L 0-7 51-64
M 8/11 at Toledo L 7-8 51-65
Tu 8/12 at Toledo W 6-5 52-65
W 8/13 at Indianapolis W 12-11 53-65
Th 8/14 at Indianapolis L 6-7 (10) 53-66 Indianapolis scores 3 in 9th to send game into extra innings.
F 8/15 at Indianapolis W 11-5 54-66 See homers.
Sa 8/16 at Indianapolis L 4-8 54-67 Smith homers.
Su 8/17 at Louisville L 7-11 54-68
M 8/18 at Louisville W 9-5 55-68
Tu 8/19 at Louisville W 9-6 56-68 Fisher hits 3-run homer.
W 8/20 at Louisville, rain
Th 8/21 at Milwaukee L 5-6 56-69
F 8/22 at Milwaukee W 11-5 57-69
Sa 8/23 at Milwaukee L 2-5 57-70
Su 8/24-1 at Milwaukee L 2-3 57-71
Su 8/24-2 at Milwaukee L 2-4 57-72
M 8/25 at Kansas City W 1-0 58-72 3-hitter by See.
Tu 8/26 at Kansas City L 6-11 58-73
W 8/27-1 at Kansas City W 6-3 59-73 8-hitter by Harris.
W 8/27-2 at Kansas City W 2-0 60-73 5-hitter by Edmondson.
Th 8/28 at Kansas City W 5-4 (13) 61-73
Sa 8/30 at St. Paul L 3-8 61-74 McGraw returns to mound after nearly 3 months.  Wirts homers.
Su 8/31 St. Paul W 5-1 62-74 Kirke's pinch-hit grand slam in 9th wins game.
M 9/1 a.m. St. Paul W 19-5 63-74 Wirts, Kirke, Smith homer.
M 9/1 p.m. at St. Paul L 0-3 63-75
W 9/3-1 Kansas City W 11-7 64-75 Jourdan homers.
W 9/3-2 Kansas City L 3-5 64-76
Th 9/4 Kansas City W 8-7 (11) 65-76 Millers score 2 in 9th to tie and 2 in 11th to win, winning run coming on an interference call.
F 9/5-1 Kansas City W 6-2 66-76 Smith and Gazella homer.
F 9/5-2 Kansas City W 14-4 67-76 Mayer and Jourdan homer.
Sa 9/6 Kansas City, rain
Su 9/7-1 Milwaukee, rain
Su 9/7-2 Milwaukee, rain
M 9/8-1 Milwaukee L 9-13 67-77
M 9/8-2 Milwaukee, rain
Tu 9/9-1 Milwaukee L 3-12 67-78
Tu 9/9-2 Milwaukee L 5-6 (14) 67-79
W 9/10 Milwaukee, rain
Th 9/11 St. Paul, rain
F 9/12 at St. Paul, rain
Sa 9/13-1 St. Paul L 1-6 67-80 Smith homers.
Sa 9/13-2 St. Paul L 1-5 67-81
S 9/14 at St. Paul L 4-5 (10) 67-82 Wirts homers.
M 9/15 at St. Paul L 3-5 67-83
Tu 9/16 Toledo W 5-4 68-83 Black's bases-loaded walk in 9th drives in Smith with the winning run.
W 9/17 Toledo W 3-1 69-83 John Hammond wins in Millers debut.
Th 9/18 Toledo L 3-7 69-84 Joe Klugman and Gazella homer.
F 9/19 Toledo L 1-4 69-85
Sa 9/20 Columbus L 0-3 69-86
Su 9/21 Columbus L 1-5 69-87
M 9/22-1 Columbus W 9-5 70-87
M 9/22-2 Columbus W 9-4 71-87
W 9/24-1 Louisville W 6-2 72-87
W 9/24-2 Louisville L 6-11 72-88
Th 9/25 Louisville W 13-12 73-88 Smith hits grand slam in the 1st.
F 9/26-1 Louisville L 8-12 73-89
F 9/26-2 Louisville W 7-5 (7, darkness) 74-89
Sa 9/27 Indianapolis W 3-1 75-89 See homers.
Su 9/28-1 Indianapolis W 7-3 76-89 6-hitter by George Dumont beats Hod Eller.  See and Black homer.
Su 9/28-2 Indianapolis W 8-2 77-89-2 Gazella, Smith, Black homer.
W L Manager
St. Paul 96 70 Nick Allen
Indianapolis 92 74 Donie Bush
Louisville 91 76 Joe McCarthy
Milwaukee 83 83 Harry Clark
Toledo 82 83 Jimmy Burke
Minneapolis 77 89 Mike Kelley
Columbus 75 93 Carleton Molesworth
Kansas City 68 96 Wilbur Good-John "Doc" Lavan
Statistics
Player Games Batting Average Home Runs Runs Batted In 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
Pitcher G 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.
Smith led the American Association with 64 doubles.