Minneapolis Millers Game by Game Results: 1931-1940

Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley

1933 - American Association, 86-67, 2nd place (1st among western teams) - Standings, statistics, and notes follow game-by-game results

Manager: Dave "Beauty" Bancroft

Date

Opponent

Outcome

Record

Notes

Tu 4/11

at Columbus Red Bird, rain

W 4/12

at Columbus

L 0-2

0-1

Losing pitcher-Harry Holsclaw.

Th 4/13

at Columbus

W 8-2

1-1

7-hitter by Petty.

F 4/14

at Columbus

W 9-4

2-1

Winning pitcher-Rube Benton. Spencer Harris, Joe Mowry, and Art Ruble homer.

Sa 4/15

at Toledo Mud Hens, rain

Su 4/16-1

at Toledo, rain

Su 4/16-2

at Toledo, rain

M 4/17

at Toledo

W 8-2

3-1

WP-Holsclaw.

Tu 4/18

at Toledo, rain

W 4/19

at Indianapolis Indians

W 10-0

4-1

2-hitter by Petty. Joe Hauser gets 4 hits, now 9 for 18 with 10 RBIs in 5 games.

Th 4/20

at Indianapolis, cold

F 4/21

at Indianapolis

L 2-3

4-2

LP-Benton.

Sa 4/22

at Indianapolis

L 1-2

4-3

LP-Holsclaw.

Su 4/23-1

at Louisville Colonels

W 8-7 (10)

5-3

WP-Petty.

Su 4/23-2

at Louisville

L 4-5 (8, darkness)

5-4

WP-Elam Vangilder. Foster "Babe" Ganzel and Vangilder homer.

M 4/24

at Louisville, rain

Tu 4/25

at Louisville, rain

Th 4/28

Toledo

W 13-8

6-4

WP-Vangilder. HR-Hauser (1) and Mowry before 8,064 in home opener.

F 4/28

Toledo

W 15-11

7-4

WP-Benton. Hauser hits 3 home runs (4), including a grand slam, and drives in 8 runs.

Sa 4/29

Toledo, rain

Su 4/30

Columbus

W 2-1 (10)

8-4

5-hitter by Petty. Millers, in first place, improve to 9-4. Columbus is 6-9

M 5/1

Columbus

L 1-15

8-5

LP-Holsclaw. Art "Whattaman" Shires gets 5 hits, including a home run and double, for Columbus. Pea Ridge Day returned to the Millers from the Baltimore Orioles.

Tu 5/2

Columbus

L 3-5

8-6

LP-Vangilder.

W 5/3

Columbus

L 7-8

8-7

LP-Benton. Hauser hits 2 home runs (6) off Paul Dean and drives in 6 runs.

Th 5/4

Indianapolis

L 4-8

8-8

LP-Petty. Joe Glenn homers.

F 5/4

Indianapolis, rain

Sa 5/6

Indianapolis

W 11-10

9-8

Miller score 2 in the last of the 9th. Hauser (7), Andy Cohen, and Harris homer.

Su 5/7-1

Indianapolis, rain

Su 5/7-2

Indianapolis, rain

M 5/8

Louisville, rain

Tu 5/9

Louisville, rain

W 5/10

Louisville

W 10-9 (10)

10-8

Hy Vandenberg the gets win and singles home the winning run in the 10th. Eight homers in the game, 4 by the Millers: Mowry, Leo Norris, Harris, Hauser (8).

Th 5/11-1

Louisville

L 4-6

10-9

LP-Holsclaw. Hauser hits 9th home run.

Th 5/11-2

Louisville

W 8-7

11-9

WP-Vandenberg. Harris leads off the 9th with a home run to win the game. Mowry also homers. Mowry, after being scouted by Johnny Evers, is then sold/traded to the Boston Braves.

F 5/12

at St. Paul Saints

L 2-14

11-10

WP-Phil Hensiek. Frank Packard, received in a trade with Baltimore for Dudley Branom, debuts.

Sa 5/13

St. Paul

L 6-7

11-11

LP-Holsclaw. Ruble homers. Bob "Dutch" Holland debuts.

Su 5/14

at St. Paul

W 15-5

12-11

WP-Whitey Hilcher. Millers score 8 in the 2nd. Hauser (10) and Norris homer.

M 5/15

St. Paul

W 10-7

13-11

WP-Holsclaw. Ernie Smith and Holland homer.

Tu 5/16

at Kansas City Blues

W 12-5

14-11

WP-Vandenberg.

W 5/17

at Kansas City, wet grounds

Th 5/18-1

at Kansas City

W 8-1

15-11

WP-Petty.

Th 5/18-2

at Kansas City

L 3-11

15-12

LP-Ed Baecht. Ganzel homers.

F 5/19

at Milwaukee

L 1-6

15-13

LP-Holsclaw. Ruble homers.

Sa 5/20

at Milwaukee, wet grounds

Su 5/21-1

at Milwaukee

L 2-10

15-14

LP-Vandenberg. Ruble homers.

Su 5/21-2

at Milwaukee

W 14-2

16-14

WP-Benton. HR-Norris, Harris 2.

M 5/22

Milwaukee

W 14-3

17-14

WP-Hilcher. Norris and Packard homer.

Tu 5/23

Milwaukee

W 19-5

18-14

WP-Petty. Millers hit 6 homers: Hauser 2 (12), Norris 2, Petty, Glenn, Packard. Hauser drives in 6 runs.

W 5/24

Milwaukee

L 5-8

18-15

LP-Holsclaw. Harris and Hauser (13) homer. Wally Tauscher debuts for the Millers.

Th 5/25

Kansas City

L 2-12

18-16

LP-Tauscher. Harris homers.

F 5/26

Kansas City

W 9-3

19-16

WP-Benton. Nick Allen debuts as Kansas City manager, taking over for Tris Seaker. Hauser homers twice (15). Ganzel also homers.

Sa 5/27

Kansas City

W 8-4

20-16

WP-Holsclaw. Ganzel and Smith homer.

Su 5/28

St. Paul, rain

M 5/29

St. Paul, rain

Tu 5/30 a.m.

at St. Paul

W 3-2

21-16

WP-Hilcher. HR-Ganzel 2, Norris.

Tu 5/30 p.m.

St. Paul

W 7-6 (10)

22-16

WP-Tauscher. Saints score 5 in the top of the 9th for a 6-5 lead. Hauser homers (16) iin the last of the 9th to tie the game. Ruble also homers.

W 5/31

at St. Paul

W 6-1

23-16

WP-Benton. HR-Hauser (17), Ganzel, Holland.

F 6/2

at Columbus

L 6-9

23-17

LP-Holsclaw. Norris hoers.

Sa 6/3

at Columbus

L 1-5

23-18

LP-Hilcher. Hauser homers (18).

Su 6/4-1

at Columbus

W 11-8

24-18

WP-Hilcher. HR-Holland 2, Harris.

Su 6/4-2

at Columbus

L 7-9

24-19

LP-Vangilder. HR-Hauser 2 (20), Harris. Millers, 25-18 and 1/2 game behind first-place Columbus, 24-16.

M 6/5

at Toledo

L 4-9

24-20

LP-Benton.

Tu 6/6-1

at Toledo

W 7-4

25-20

WP-Tauscher. Holland homers.

Tu 6/6-2

at Toledo

L 4-6

25-21

LP-Holsclaw.

W 6/7

at Toledo

L 2-8

25-22

LP-George Murray.

Th 6/8-1

at Toledo

W 13-6

26-22

WP-Petty. Ruble homers.

Th 6/8-2

at Toledo

L 7-10

26-23

LP-Tauscher. HR-Hauser 2 (22), Holland, Ruble.

F 6/9-1

at Indianapolis

L 3-17

26-24

LP-Benton in twilight game.

F 6/9-2

at Indianapolis

W 4-1

27-24

WP-Holsclaw in night game. Holland homers.

Sa 6/10

at Indianapolis

W 4-3

28-24

WP-Hilcher. Hauser gets 4 hits, including a 10th-inning home run, his 23rd of the season.

Su 6/11-1

at Indianapolis

W 5-1

29-24

WP-Benton.

Su 6/11-2

at Indianapolis

L 1-4

29-25

LP-Murray.

M 6/12

at Louisville

W 8-7

30-25

WP-Tauscher. Millers score 3 in the 9th. Ganzel homers.

Tu 6/13-1

at Louisville

L 5-7

30-26

LP-Holsclaw.

Tu 6/13-2

at Louisville

L 9-13

30-27

LP-Vandenberg. Hauser homers (24).

W 6/14

at Louisville

W 7-6

31-27

WP-Murray. HR-Hauser (25), Holland, Norris.

Th 6/15

at Louisville

W 9-5

32-27

WP-Tauscher.

Sa 6/17

St. Paul

L 7-12

32-28

LP-Tauscher.

Su 6/18

at St. Paul

L 3-7

32-29

LP-Petty.

W 6/21-1

at Milwaukee

L 5-7

32-30

LP-Benton. Hauser homers (26).

W 6/21-2

at Milwaukee

L 2-8

32-31

LP-Petty. Holland homers.

Th 6/22

at Kansas City

W 1-0

33-31

WP-Holsclaw.

F 6/23

at Kansas City

L 8-10

33-32

LP-Hilcher. Glenn homers.

Sa 6/24

at St. Paul

L 1-7

33-33

LP-Hilcher.

Su 6/25-1

St. Paul

L 3-5

33-34

LP-Petty. Hauser homers (27).

Su 6/25-2

St. Paul

W 10-1 (7, 6:00 law)

34-34

WP-Benton. HR-Hauser 2 (29), Holland.

M 6/26

Kansas City

W 10-6

35-34

WP-Tauscher. HR-Hauser (30), Holland, Glenn.

Tu 6/27

Kansas City

W 7-2

36-34

WP-Hilcher. Holland hits 2 home runs.

W 6/28

Kansas City

W 4-3 (10)

37-34

WP-Petty. HR-Glenn, Hauser (31), Holsclaw.

Th 6/29

Milwaukee

W 9-8 (10)

38-34

HR-Hauser (32), Ruble (inside-the-park), Cohen.

F 6/30

Milwaukee

W 9-8

39-34

WP-Petty.

Sa 7/1

St. Paul

W 5-3

40-34

WP-Benton. Glenn and Ganzel homer. Cohen handles 15 chances without an error.

Su 7/2

at St. Paul

L 3-9

40-35

LP-Hilcher. Holland homers.

M 7/3

St. Paul

W 9-3

41-35

WP-Petty. Cohen gets 5 hits and scores 4 runs.

Tu 7/4 a.m.

St. Paul

W 10-4

42-35

WP-Holsclaw. Glenn homers.

Tu 7/4 p.m.

at St. Paul

W 13-5

43-35

WP-Vandenberg. Holland homers.

Th 7/6

Toledo

L 10-12 (11)

43-36

LP-Tauscher.

F 7/7

Toledo

L 0-7

43-37

LP-Hilcher.

Sa 7/8

Toledo

W 7-6 (10)

44-37

WP-Holsclaw.

Su 7/9-1

Toledo

L 9-12

44-38

LP-Hilcher. HR-Hauser 2 (34), Holland. Hauser drives in 6 runs.

Su 7/9-2

Toledo

W 8-3 (7, 6:00 law)

45-38

WP-Benton. HR-Ganzel, Hauser (35).

M 7/10

Columbus

W 8-6

46-38

WP-Tauscher. Hauser (36) and Glenn homer.

T 7/11

Columbus

W 14-6

47-38

WP-Hilcher. Hauser hits 2 home runs (38), including a grand slam, and drives in 5 runs.

W 7/12

Columbus

L 5-7

47-39

LP-Petty. HR-Hauser (39), Ruble.

Th 7/13

Columbus

W 10-9

48-39

WP-Holsclaw. HR-Norris, Hauser (40).

F 7/14-1

Louisville

W 8-2

49-39

WP-Benton. Hauser homers (41) in his 7th straight game (9 homers in 7 games).

F 7/14-2

Louisville

L 2-4

49-40

LP-Vandenberg.

Sa 7/15

Louisville

W 5-4

50-40

WP-Tauscher. Glenn homers.

Su 7/16-1

Louisville

L 1-2

50-41

LP-Petty.

Su 7/16-2

Louisville

W 8-6

51-41

WP-Tauscher. Ganzel sprains ankle and will be out for a week after being thrown out at home trying to score from second on a bunt. Hauser homers (42). Harris hits a 2-run homer in the 9th to win the game.

M 7/17

Indianapolis

L 5-10

51-42

LP-Holsclaw. Hauser homers (43).

Tu 7/18

Indianapolis

L 2-9

51-43

LP-Benton. Norris homers.

W 7/19-1

Indianapolis

W 7-5

52-43

WP-Hilcher. Millers score 6 in the last of the 9th, capped by Hauser's grand slam (44). Glenn also homers.

W 7/19-2

Indianapolis

W 15-6

53-43

WP-Vandenberg. Glenn, Harris, and Ruble homer.

Th 7/20

Indianapolis

L 8-9 (10)

53-44

LP-Tauscher. Hauser (45) and Norris homers. Bob Fothergill debuts.

F 7/21

Milwaukee

W 7-6

54-44

WP-Petty. HR-Hauser (46), Glenn.

Sa 7/22

Milwaukee

W 13-9

55-44

WP-Tauscher. HR-Norris, Hauser (47).

Su 7/23-1

Milwaukee

L 7-8

55-45

LP-Holsclaw. Hauser homers twice (49).

Su 7/23-2

Milwaukee

W 5-0 (8, 6:00 law)

56-45

3-hitter by Benton.

M 7/24

Kansas City

W 8-0

57-45

4-hitter by Hilcher. Holland steals home.

Tu 7/25

Kansas City

L 6-10

57-46

LP-Petty. Norris homers.

W 7/26

Kansas City

W 4-1

58-46

WP-Vandenberg.

Th 7/27-1

at Milwaukee

W 11-8

59-46

WP-Holsclaw. Hauser homers (50). Cohen gets 4 hits and drives in 5 runs.

Th 7/27-2

at Milwaukee

L 3-4 (11)

59-47

LP-Tauscher.

F 7/28

at Milwaukee

W 6-5

60-47

WP-Murray. HR-Hauser (51), Harris, Cohen.

Sa 7/29

at Milwaukee

L 6-14 (8)

60-48

LP-Hilcher. Ruble gets 4 hits, including a home run. Game called to allow Millers to catch their train.

Su 7/30-1

at Kansas City

W 3-2

61-48

WP-Tauscher.

Su 7/30-2

at Kansas City

W 15-2

62-48

WP-Petty. Millers get 26 hits. Hauser homers (52).

M 7/31

at Kansas City

W 5-1

63-48

WP-Holsclaw.

Tu 8/1

at Kansas City

L 4-5

63-49

LP-Benton.

Th 8/3

at Indianapolis, rain

F 8/4

at Indianapolis

L 1-7

63-50

LP-Vandenberg.

Sa 8/5-1

at Indianapolis

L 3-10

63-51

LP-Petty. Hauser homers (53).

Sa 8/5-2

at Indianapolis

L 2-3

63-52

LP-Holsclaw.

Su 8/6-1

at Louisville

L 1-8

63-53

LP-Benton.

Su 8/6-2

at Louisville

L 5-7

63-54

LP-Murray. Millers drop to third place.

M 8/7

at Louisville

W 5-1

64-54

WP-Tauscher. Millers move back into second.

Tu 8/8

at Louisville

W 11-6

65-54

WP-Vandenberg. Harris homers.

W 8/9-1

at Columbus

L 2-10

65-55

LP-Hilcher.

W 8/9-2

at Columbus

L 0-9

65-56

LP-Murray.

Th 8/10

at Columbus

L 2-7

65-57

LP-Holsclaw. 16,100 on hand for Nick Cullop Night in Columbus and see Paul Dean strike out 14 Millers and win his 17th game of the year.

F 8/11

at Columbus

L 4-5

65-58

LP-Benton. Bill Lee wins 17th game for Columbus.

S 8/12

at Toledo

W 8-4

66-58

WP-Hauser hits 54th home run to tie Nick Cullop's record.

Su 8/13-1

at Toledo

W 3-0

67-58

7-htter by Vandenberg. Hauser hits 55th for new American Association record.

Su 8/13-2

at Toledo

L 10-12 (11)

67-59

LP-Tauscher. Holland goes 6 for 6.

M 8/14

at Toledo

W 4-0

68-59

WP-Murray.

Tu 8/15

Louisville

W 13-6

69-59

WP-Tauscher. HR-Hauser (56), Harris, Ruble.

W 8/16

Louisville

W 16-1 (7, rain)

70-59

WP-Petty. HR-Hauser (57), Harris.

Th 8/17

Louisville

L 5-8

70-60

LP-Vandenberg. HR-Hauser (58), Harris, Ruble.

F 8/18

Indianapolis

W 11-6

71-60

WP-Hauser (59), Glenn.

Sa 8/19

Indianapolis

W 6-5

72-60

WP-Murray.

Su 8/20-1

Indianapolis

W 5-4

73-60

WP-Tauscher.

Su 8/20-2

Indianapolis

W 14-6

74-60

WP-Hilcher. HR-Fothergill, Norris, Hauser (60). Hauser becomes the first player in professional baseball to reach 60 home runs twice. (Hauser hit 63 home runs for the Baltimore Orioles in the International League in 1930.)

M 8/21

Toledo

W 5-4

75-60

WP-Petty. Glenn and Harris homer.

Tu 8/22

Toledo

L 7-13

75-61

LP-Benton. Harris gets 5 hits. Norris homers.

W 8/23

Toledo

W 5-4

76-61

WP-Holsclaw. Millers lead Saints by 7-1/2 games for the best record among the western teams. (The top teams from the west and east will meet in a post-season series for the championship and a berth in the Junior World Series.)

Th 8/24

Toledo

W 15-8

77-61

WP-Tauscher. Millers and Mud Hens set a league record with 9 home runs in the game. Mike Powers hits 3 for Toledo. Minneapolis homers by Hauser (61), Norris, Westcott Kingdon, Ruble, Tauscher.

F 8/25

Columbus

W 8-6

78-61

WP-Petty.

Sa 8/26

Columbus

W 8-6

79-61

WP-Tauscher. Harris hits a grand slam and Hauser, on Joe Hauser Day, hits his 62nd home run, a drove that sails across Nicollet Avenue and bounces off the top of a building and into an alley beyond before 10,000 fans, the largest crowd of the season. Governor Floyd Olson is on hand, and Nick Cullop places a crown on Hauser's head as the new home-run king.

Su 8/27

Columbus

L 5-17

79-62

LP-Holsclaw.

M 8/28

at Milwaukee

W 6-3

80-62

WP-Murray.

Tu 8/29

at Milwaukee

W 3-1

81-62

WP-Petty.

W 8/30

at Kansas City

L 3-4

81-63

LP-Holsclaw. Columbus clinches the pennant.

Th 8/31

at Kansas City

L 5-6 (10)

81-64

LP-Tauscher.

F 9/1

LeSueur County All-Stars (ex.)

W 12-2

Exhibition game in Montgomery, Minnesota. Vandenberg wins. Hauser homers.

Sa 9/2

at St. Paul

W 4-3

82-64

WP-Murray. Millers clinch best record among the western teams and a playoff berth.

Su 9/3

St. Paul

W 6-4

83-64

WP-Petty. HR-Norris, Harris, Glenn.

M 9/4 a.m.

at St. Paul

W 5-3

84-64

WP-Hilcher. Hauser homers in the 7th and 9th over the right-field fence to tie and break his own professional record of 63, set 3 years before. He became the first player to hit two home runs over the right-field fence at Lexington Park since the ballpark had been rebuilt after a 1915 fire.

M 9/4 p.m.

St. Paul

L 5-11

85-64

LP-Murray. Hauser hits 65th home run.

Tu 9/5

at St. Paul

L 6-11

84-66

LP-Benton.

W 9/6

at Willmar (ex.)

W 12-2

Harris goes 4 for 4.

Th 9/7

Milwaukee

W 8-7 (10)

85-66

WP-Murray. Hauser homers (66) and breaks Jay Kirke's league record of 422 total bases, a record Kirke set with Louisville in 1921.

F 9/8

Milwaukee

W 7-3

86-66

WP-Petty. Hauser homers (67).

Sa 9/9

Kansas City

L 6-8

86-67

LP-Benton. HR-Harris, Hauser 2 (69). Millers set new league record with 190 home runs.

Su 9/10

Kansas City, wet grounds

Hauser misses a chance at 70 home runs when the game is called off.

Pennant playoff between the top eastern team (Columbus) and top western team (Minneapolis)

Tu 9/12

at Columbus

L 2-6

0-1

Bill Lee, with a 7-hitter and 9 strikeouts, beats Petty.

W 9/13

at Columbus

W 5-3

1-1

Holsclaw stops the Red Bird in the rain with a 6-hitter. Glenn and Ruble homer.

Th 9/14

at Columbus, wet grounds

F 9/15

at Columbus

L 2-3

1-2

8-hitter by Murray. Hauser and Norris homer in the 1st and 2nd for a 2-0 lead. Columbus scores in the 8th and 9th to tie the game. Manager Ray Blades pinch hits in the 9th and singles to drive in the winning run.

Su 9/17

at Columbus

W 6-4

2-2

Tauscher wins in relief. Harris's 2-run homer in the 8th gives the Millers a 5-4 lead. Holland also homers. Cullop homers for Columbus.

M 9/18

at Columbus

L 5-7 (10)

2-3

Vandenberg loses in relief and Paul Dean wins in relief. Glenn's 3-run homer with 2 out in the 9th ties the game, but Bill DeLancey leads off the 10th with a home run to give Columbus a 6-5 lead. Holland also homers for the Millers. Mickey Heath hits 2 homers, and Cullop and Jack Rothrock also homer for the Red Birds.

Tu 9/19

at Columbus

L 11-14 (10)

2-4

8 home runs in the game. Hauser and Harris homer for Minneapolis. Lewis Riggs hits a solo home run in the 9th to tie the game. Ralph Judd hits a 3-run homer in the 10th off Holsclaw. Judd, in relief, was also the winning pitcher. Cullop hit 2 homers and, in addition to Riggs and Judd, DeLancey and Heath homer for Columbus.

Manager

Columbus

101

Ray Blades

Minneapolis

Dave "Beauty" Bancroft

Indianapolis

Wade Killefer

St. Paul

Emmett McCann-Phil Todt

Toledo

Steve O'Neill

Louisville

Bruno Betzel

Milwaukee

Frank O'Rourke

Kansas City

Tris Speaker-Nick Allen

Statistics

Player

Games

Batting Average

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

Position

Dudley Branom

.500

Joe Mowry

.360

Spencer Harris

152

.355

106

Bob “Dutch” Holland

111

.355

Bob “Fatty” Fothergill

.344

Joe Glenn

137

.333

Joe Hauser

153

.332

182

Leo Norris

132

.319

3b-2b-ss

Foster “Babe” Ganzel

124

.314

Art Ruble

153

.300

Ernie Smith

124

.290

Frank Packard

.280

Andy Cohen

123

.273

Wes Griffin

.264

Walter “Butch” Henline^*

.206

Westcott Kingdon

.192

Dave Beauchaine

.000

Ab Wright

.000

James McCarter

.000

Pitcher

ERA

Jess Petty

234

4.67

Rube Benton

206

4.67

Harry Holsclaw

227

5.19

Walter Tauscher

145

5.46

Elam Vangilder

5.67

Hy Vandenberg

175

5.81

Walter “Whitey” Hilcher

176

6.29

George Murray

126

6.29

Phil Hensiek

8.40

Bob Poser

12.00

Ed Baecht

14.40

Silas Williamson

Infinity

*Henline's statistics include games played with Toledo in 1933.

Joe Hauser led the American Association with 69 home runs (a league record never broken), 153 runs, and 182 runs batted in. Hauer also set a league record that was never broken with 439 total bases.