Minneapolis Millers Game by Game Results: 1931-1940

Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley

1940 - American Association, 86-59-2, 3rd place - Standings, statistics, and notes follow game-by-game results

Manager: Tom Sheehan

*Scheduled for seven innings

Date

Opponent

Outcome

Record

Notes

Th 4/18

at Louisville Colonels

L 7-8

0-1

Losing pitcher-Wally Tauscher. Colonels score 2 in the last of the 9th.

F 4/19

at Louisville, rain

Sa 4/20

at Louisville, rain

Su 4/21

at Indianapolis Indians

W 3-0 (16)

1-1

Winning pitcher-Harry Smythe, who pitches 5 hitless innings in relief of Mickey Haefner, who allowed only 4 hits over the first 11 innings. Frank Trechock and Bill Barnacle make Millers debuts.

M 4/22

at Indianapolis

L 0-2

1-2

LP-Elon "Chief" Hogsett.

W 4/24

at Indianapolis

W 8-5

2-2

WP-Red Evans.

Th 4/25

at Toledo Mud Hens

W 10-3

3-2

WP-Harry Kelley. Lin Storti homers and drives in 4 runs.

F 4/26

at Toledo

W 10-9 (14)

4-2

WP-Hogsett. Harvey "Hub" Walker hits 2 home runs. Fabian Gaffke's pinch-single drives in the winning run in the 14th.

Sa 4/27

at Toledo

W 3-0

5-2

3-hitter by Tauscher.

Su 4/28-1

at Columbus Red Birds

W 16-5

6-2

WP-Smyth. HR-Joe Gonzales, Otto Denning, Walker.

*Su 4/28-2

at Columbus

W 2-1

7-2

WP-Evans. Wright hits his first home run of the season in the top of the 7th for the winning margin.

Th 5/2

at Columbus

W 5-4 (10)

8-2

WP-Hogsett.

F 5/3

Indianapolis

L 6-13

8-3

LP-Haefner. HR-Phil Weintraub, Bobby Estalella.

Sa 5/4

Indianapolis

L 1-3

8-4

HR-Storti.

Su 5/5

Indianapolis

W 10-2

9-4

WP-Evans. HR-Weintraub.

M 5/6

Louisville

W 9-8

10-4

WP-Haefner. Wright hits 2 home runs (3 for season) and drives in 4. Storti, Estalella, and Denning also homer. Buck Fausett steals home.

Tu 5/7

Louisville

L 3-4

10-5

LP-Haefner.

Th 5/9

Columbus

W 20-3

11-5

WP-Hogsett. Gene "Huck" Geary goes 6 for 6. Storti homers and drives in 5 runs. Walker homers. Wright drives in 4 runs.

F 5/10

Columbus

L 3-5 (12)

11-6

WP-Tauscher.

Sa 5/11

Columbus

W 5-4

12-6

WP-Kelley. Gaffke's 2-run single in the 8th wins game for Millers.

Su 5/12-1

Toledo

L 3-5

12-7

LP-Haefner. Gaffke homers.

*Su 5/12-2

Toledo

W 9-8

13-7

WP-Tauscher. HR-Estalella 2, Wright (4). Wright drives in 4 runs.

Tu 5/14

Toledo, rain

W 12-7

14-7

WP-Smythe. HR-Stortii, Wright 2 (6), Walker, Estalella. Wright drives in 6 runs.

W 5/15

at Milwaukee Brewers, rain

Th 5/16

at Milwaukee, rain

F 5/17

at Milwaukee

L 5-6

14-8

LP-Evans. HR-Walker.

Sa 5/18

at Kansas City Blues, rain

Su 5/19-1

at Kansas City

L 8-10

14-9

LP-Kelley. HR-Geary.

*Su 5/19-2

at Kansas City

L 2-5

14-10

LP-Haefner. HR-Estalella.

Tu 5/21

St. Paul Saints

W 5-3

15-10

WP-Hogsett.

W 5/22

at St. Paul

W 12-5

16-10

WP-Evans. HR-Denning 2.

Th 5/23

St. Paul

W 10-4

17-10

WP-Tauscher. HR-Wright (7), Walker.

F 5/24

Milwaukee

W 6-2

18-10

WP-Smythe.

Sa 5/25

Milwaukee

W 6-0

19-10

3-hitter by Hogsett. Geary homers and gets a hit in his 20th straight game.

Su 5/26-1

Milwaukee

L 6-9 (10)

19-11

LP-Kelley. HR-Weintraub, Estalella.

*Su 5/26-2

Milwaukee

W 4-0 (6, 6:00 law)

20-11

Mickey Haefner pitches 6-inning perfect game (in game scheduled for 7 innings). Game played in 55 minutes.

M 5/27

Kansas City

W 4-3 (10)

21-11

5-hitter by Tauscher. Geary extends hitting streak to 23 games.

Tu 5/28

Kansas City

L 4-6

21-12

LP-Smythe. HR-Weintraub. Geary's hitting streak is stopped at 23 games, although, with a walk, he extends his streak of games in which he reached base to 30 games.

W 5/29

Kansas City

W 8-1

22-12

6-hitter by Evans, who loses his shutout with 2 out in the 9th when second-baseman Trechock drops a pop up in short center field, allowing Frenchy Bordagaray to score from second. HR-Walker, Weintraub, Estalella. Geary's reached-base streak is stopped at 30 games.

Th 5/30 a.m.

St. Paul

W 13-10

23-12

Belve Bean wins in his first appearance of 1940. HR-Denning 2, Walker, Wright (8). Wright drives in 5 runs.

Th 5/30 p.m.

at St. Paul

W 10-1

24-12

WP-Kelley. HR-Estalella, Wright (9).

F 5/31

at St. Paul

W 13-4

25-12

WP-Tauscher. Millers score 10 in the 7th. Wright hits 10th home run.

Su 6/2

St. Paul

W 9-8

26-12

WP-Kelley. Geary gets 3 doubles and a home run. Fausett and Rolandson also homer.

Tu 6/4

at Toledo

W 11-6

27-12

WP-Hogsett. Walker. Millers take league lead by percentage points over Blues (29-13).

W 6/5

at Toledo

W 7-4

28-12

WP-Smythe.

Th 6/6

at Columbus

L 8-9 (10)

28-13

LP-Evans. Denning homers.

F 6/7

at Columbus, rain

Sa 6/8

at Louisville

W 9-5

29-13

WP-Kelley. Gaffke homers.

Su 6/9-1

at Louisville

L 5-6

29-14

LP-Hogsett. Gaffke ties the game with a home run in the top of the 9th, but Louisville scores in the last of the 9th to win for the Colonels.

*Su 6/9-2

at Louisville

L 1-4

29-15

LP-Haefner.

M 6/10

at Indianapolis

W 9-2

30-15

WP-Smythe. HR-Wright (11).

Tu 6/11

at Indianapolis

W 9-7

31-15

WP-Kelley. HR-Weintraub, Wright (12).

W 6/12

at Indianapolis

W 14-7

32-15

WP-Tauscher. Millers move back into first.

Th 6/13

at Milwaukee

L 3-6

32-16

LP-Hogsett.

F 6/14

at Milwaukee

L 1-6

32-17

LP-Smythe. HR-Gaffke.

Sa 6/15

at Milwaukee

L 5-9

32-18

LP-Evans. Wright spiked and leaves game. HR-Estalella.

Su 6/16-1

at Milwaukee

W 14-8

33-18

WP-Kelley. HR-Estalella, Walker, Weintraub.

*Su 6/16-2

at Milwaukee

W 7-4

34-18

WP-Tauscher. Gaffke breaks a 4-4 tie with a 3-run homer in the 8th. Denning also homers.

M 6/17

at Milwaukee

W 9-8

35-18

WP-Hogsett.

Tu 6/18

Columbus

L 9-11 (10)

35-19

LP-Tauscher. Hub Walker hits 3 home runs, including a grand slam, and drives in 7 runs. Harry Walker hits a grand slam for the Red Birds. Wright hits his 13th home run.

W 6/19

Columbus

L 1-2

35-20

Harry Brecheen beats Harry Kelly.

Th 6/20

Columbus

L 1-4

35-21

Evans loses to a 4-hitter by Murry Dickson.

F 6/21

Toledo

W 6-5 (10)

36-21

Haefner wins and singles home the winning run with 2 out in the 10th.

Sa 6/22

Toledo, rain

Su 6/23-1

Indianapolis

L 3-6

36-22

LP-Tauscher. HR-Walker.

*Su 6/23-2

Indianapolis

W 6-1

37-22

WP-Haefner.

M 6/24

Indianapolis

W 6-5 (10)

38-22

WP-Hogsett. HR-Storti. Millers were trailing 5-4 with 2 out in the 10th when Walker, Fausett, and Estalella walked. With the runners going on a 3-2 pitch, Wright hit a grounder to shortstop Damon Phillips, who booted the ball as 2 runs scored.

Tu 6/25

Louisville

W 7-6 (10)

39-22

Tauscher wins and singles in the winning run with 2 out in the 10th. HR-Walker, Wright (14), Weintraub.

W 6/26

Louisville

W 6-5

40-22

WP-Hogsett. Millers overcome 5-0 first-inning deficit. HR-Weintraub.

Th 6/27

at St. Paul, rain

F 6/28

Kansas City

W 7-3

41-22

WP-Kelley. HR-Walker 2, Storti.

Sa 6/29

Kansas City

W 5-4

42-22

WP-Hogsett. HR-Walker, Estalella. Wright knocks in Fausett with the winning run in the 9th. Millers move back into first place.

Su 6/30-1

Kansas City

W 11-3

43-22

WP-Haefner. HR-Estalella 2, Wright (15).

*Su 6/30-2

Kansas City

L 3-11

43-23

LP-Hogsett. HR-Wright (16).

Tu 7/2

at St. Paul

W 9-8

44-23

WP-Kelley. HR-Estalella.

W 7/3

St. Paul

L 3-10

44-24

LP-Hogsett. HR-Gaffke.

Th 7/4 a.m.

at St. Paul

L 2-3

44-25

LP-Evans. HR-Weintraub, Wright (17).

Th 7/4 p.m.

St. Paul

W 17-5

45-25

WP-Haefner. Millers get 22 hits and set a league reord with 8 home runs (Wright 4, Weintraub, Storti 2, Walker) and 50 total bases. Wright, with 4 home runs and a triple, sets a league record with 19 total bases, breaking the record set by Dale Alexander at Nicollet Park on June 14, 1935. Wright scores 5 runs and drives in 7. Wright tripled in the 1st off Art Herring with a drive that crashed against the concrete near the flagpole, hit a 400-foot homer over the wall in deep right-center off Vic Frasier iin the 3rd, homered (estimated at 450 feet on the fly) over the center-field wall a foot to the right of the flagpole off Marcus Bettingfield in the 4th, homered to left-center off Tom Earley in the 5th, and homered to left-center, the ball landing on a building and bouncing into Lake Street, off Earley in the 7th.

Sa 7/6

at Indianapolis

L 1-6

45-26

LP-Kelley.

Su 7/7-1

at Indianapolis

W 5-4 (10)

46-26

WP-Tauscher.

*Su 7/7-2

at Indianapolis

W 4-3

47-26

WP-Hogsett. HR-Estalella. Kansas City sweeps a doubleheader to increase its record to 49-26 to earn the right to host the All-Star Game.

M 7/8

at Louisville

L 8-10

47-27

LP-Tauscher. HR-Weintraub, Wright (22).

Tu 7/9-1

at Louisville

L 2-5

47-28

LP-Evans.

*Tu 7/9-2

at Louisville

L 2-6

47-29

LP-Kelley.

W 7/10

at Louisville

L 1-7

47-30

LP-Hogsett. Bud Parmelee of Louisville walks 11 but wins on a 4-hitter.

Th 7/11-1

at Columbus

L 0-2

47-31

LP-Smythe.

*Th 7/11-2

at Columbus, rain

*F 7/12-1

at Columbus

L 1-2

47-32

LP-Tauscher.

F 7/12-2

at Columbus

L 2-9

47-33

LP-Haefner.

Sa 7/13

at Columbus

W 2-1 (10)

48-33

WP-Evans

Su 7/14-1

at Toledo

W 5-2

49-33

WP-Kelley.

*Su 7/14-2

at Toledo

W 9-1

50-33

WP-Haefner. HR-Storti.

M 7/15

at Toledo, rain

W 7/17

All-Star Game at Kansas City

W 5-3

Tom Sheehan manages the All-Stars. With the score 3-3 in the 8th and the bases loaded, Wright hit a long double that scored Geary and Estalella. Wright tried for a home run, but both he and Toledo's Johnny Lucadello, were tagged out at the plate by catcher Johnny Riddle.

Th 7/18

at St. Paul

W 15-3

51-33

WP-Evans. HR-Weintraub, Storti. Wright gets hits and drives in 3 runs.

F 7/19

at Louisville, rain

Sa 7/20

at Louisville

W 4-0

52-33

WP-Smythe. HR-Weintraub.

Su 7/21-1

at Louisville

W 10-2

53-33

WP-Haefner. HR-Estalella.

*Su 7/21-2

at Louisville

L 2-3

53-34

LP-Kelley. Colonels win with 3 runs in the last of the 9th.

M 7/22

Indianapolis

L 7-11

53-35

LP-Evans. HR-Wright (23).

Tu 7/23

Indianapolis

W 7-4

54-35

WP-Tauscher. Temperature hits 103 degrees in Minneapolis. Estalella hits a grand slam in the 8th. Storti also homers.

W 7/24

Indianapolis

L 6-8

54-36

LP-Haefner. HR-Storti.

Th 7/25-1

Toledo

W 6-1

55-36

WP-Smythe. HR-Estalella, Storti.

*Th 7/25-2

Toledo

W 5-4 (5, 6:00 law)

56-36

WP-Kelley. HR-Wright 2 (25). Wright drives in 5 runs.

F 7/26

Toledo

L 6-10

56-37

LP-Evans. HR-Estalella, Walker.

Sa 7/27

Toledo

W 12-5

57-37

WP-Hogsett. HR-Weintraub 2, Wright (26).

Su 7/28-1

Columbus

L 5-12

57-38

LP-Tauscher.

*Su 7/28-2

Columbus, ppd.

Called in third inning by 6:00 law

M 7/29

Columbus

L 5-23

57-39

LP-Smythe. Gaffke hits pinch-hit grand slam.

Tu 7/30

at St. Paul

L 5-6 (12)

57-40

LP-Tauscher. HR-Estalella.

W 7/31

St. Paul, rain

Th 8/1

at St. Paul

L 3-4

57-41

LP-Evans.

F 8/2

St. Paul

L 3-7

57-42

LP-Hogsett.

Sa 8/3

at Milwaukee, rain

Su 8/4

at Milwaukee

W 4-2

58-42

WP-Haefner. HR-Estalella.

*Su 8/4-2

at Milwaukee

W 3-0

59-42

WP-Kelley.

M 8/5-1

at Milwaukee, rain

*M 8/5

at Milwaukee, rain

Tu 8/6-1

at Kansas City

L 2-5

59-43

LP-Evans.

*Tu 8/6-2

at Kansas City

L 1-2

59-44

LP-Smythe.

W 8/7

at Kansas City

W 12-2

60-44

WP-Hogsett.

Th 8/8

at Kansas City, rain

F 8/9

at Kansas City, rain

Sa 8/10

Milwaukee

W 11-3

61-44

WP-Kelley.

Su 8/11-1

Milwaukee

W 6-5

62-44

WP-Tauscher. HR-Wright (27), Weintraub 2, Fausett.

*Su 8/11-2

Milwaukee

W 10-3

63-44

WP-Smythe. HR-Wright (28), Walker, Storti.

Tu 8/13

at Indianapolis

L 0-4

63-45

LP-Hogsett.

W 8/14

at Indianapolis

W 16-8

64-45

WP-Evans. HR-Estalella.

Th 8/15-1

at Louisville

L 5-9

64-46

LP-Tauscher.

*Th 8/15-2

at Louisville

L 2-3

64-47

LP-Smythe. HR-Estalella.

F 8/16

at Louisville

W 4-0

65-47

6-hitter by Haefner. HR-Estalella, Wright (29).

Sa 8/17

at Columbus

W 9-5

66-47

Hogsett beats Brecheen.

Su 8/18

at Columbus

L 3-4

66-48

LP-Kelley.

*Su 8/18-2

at Columbus, rain

Game called by rain in third inning.

M 8/19-1

at Toledo

W 6-4

67-48

WP-Smythe. HR-Geary.

*M 8/19-2

at Toledo, ppd.

Mud Hens were leading 7-2 when the game was stopped in the 4th inning by the midnight law.

*Tu 8/20-1

at Toledo

W 10-4

68-48

WP-Hogsett.

Tu 8/20-2

at Toledo

W 3-2 (6, midnight law)

69-48

WP-Evans.

W 8/21

at Toledo

W 5-4 (10)

70-48

WP-Tauscher.

Th 8/22-1

Columbus

L 5-7

70-49

LP-Kelley. HR-Geary 2, Walker.

*Th 8/22-2

Columbus

L 3-5 (5, curfew)

70-50

LP-Smythe. HR-Wright (30), Estalella. Millers drop to third place.

F 8/23

Columbus, rain

*F 8/23-2

Columbus, rain

Sa 8/24-1

Toledo, rain

*Sa 8/24-2

Toledo, rain

Su 8/25-1

Toledo

W 11-5

71-50

WP-Evans. Wright hits 3 home runs (33) and drives in 6 runs. Estalella, Storti, and Weintraub also homer.

*Su 8/25-2

Toledo

W 2-1

72-50

WP-Haefner. 19th win in 20 games against the Mud Hens in 1940.

M 8/26

Louisville, rain

Tu 8/27-1

Louisville, rain

*Tu 8/27-2

Louisville, rain

W 8/28

Indianapolis, rain

Th 8/29-1

Indianapolis

W 14-10

73-50

WP-Tauscher. HR-Gaffke, Weintraub.

*Th 8/29-2

Indianapolis

T 2-2 (5)

73-50-1

Called to allow Indianapolis to catch a train. HR-Gaffke.

F 8/30

at St. Paul, rain

Sa 8/31

St. Paul

L 4-5 (10)

73-51

LP-Haefner. HR-Weintraub.

Su 9/1-1

at St. Paul

L 10-12

73-52

LP-Ernie Sowada. HR-Wright (34).

*Su 9/1-2

at St. Paul

W 3-2 (6, 6:00 law)

74-52

WP-Smythe.

M 9/2 a.m.

St. Paul

L 2-5

74-53

LP-Hogsett. HR-Wright (35).

M 9/2 p.m.

at St. Paul

W 7-5

75-53

WP-Haefner. HR-Weintraub.

Tu 9/3

St. Paul

W 13-0

76-53

WP-Kelley. Wright goes 4 for 4 with 4 runs and 3 RBIs. HR-Estalella, Denning.

W 9/4

St. Paul

W 7-3

77-53

WP-Smythe HR-Storti.

Th 9/5-1

at Kansas City, rain

Bill Barnacle returned to Millers. After only one pinch-hitting appearance in April, Barnacle was optioned to Madison of the 3-I League.

*Th 9/5-2

at Kansas City, rain

F 9/6-1

at Kansas City

W 9-7

78-53

WP-Kelley.

*F 9/6-2

at Kansas City

W 8-0

79-53

5-hitter by Tauscher. Estalella hits 30th home run.

Sa 9/7-1

at Kansas City

L 1-2

79-54

LP-Hogsett.

*9/7-2

at Kansas City

W 7-1

80-54

WP-Haefner.

Su 9/8-1

at Kansas City

W 5-3

81-54

WP-Kelley.

*Su 9/8-2

at Kansas City

L 0-3

81-55

LP-Smythe.

M 9/9

Milwaukee, cold

Tu 9/10-1

Milwaukee

W 6-5

82-55

WP-Hogsett. HR-Weintraub, Geary.

*Tu 9/10-2

Milwaukee

L 7-8

82-56

LP-Sowada. HR-Estalella, Denning, Geary.

W 9/11-1

Milwaukee

W 11-8

83-56

WP-Mike Kash. HR-Weintraub, Storti, Wright (36).

*W 9/11-2

Milwaukee

W 7-6

84-56

WP-Haefner. HR-Storti, Walker.

Th 9/12-1

Milwaukee

W 18-1

85-56

WP-Smythe, who hits 2 home runs and drives in 7 runs. Wright hits 37th home run and drives in 5 runs. Geary, Gaffke, Barnacle, and Storti also homer. Millers get 51 total bases, breaking the league record of 50 they set on July 4.

*Th 9/12-2

Milwaukee

L 9-11

85-57

LP-Evans. HR-Weintraub, Wright (38).

F 9/13

Kansas City

W 4-3

86-58

WP-Tauscher. Weintraub's 9th-inning homer wins game.

Sa 9/14

Kansas City

L 0-4

86-58

LP-Kelley. Blues clinch pennant.

Su 9/15-1

Kansas City

L 9-12

86-59

LP-Smythe.

*Su 9/15-2

Kansas City

T 6-6 (7, 6:00 law)

86-59-2

HR-Weintraub, Gaffke.

Playoffs

Tu 9/17

at Kansas City

W 5-2

1-0

7-hitter by Tausher. Storti homers.

W 9/18

at Kansas City

L 2-6

1-1

LP-Kelley. Phil Rizzuto and Johnny Dibble homer for Kansas City.

Th 9/19

Kansas City

L 6-8

1-2

LP-Hogsett. Weintraub homers for Millers, Jerry Priddy for Blues.

F 9/20

Kansas City

W 5-1

2-2

7-hitter by Haefner.

Sa 9/21

Kansas City

L 3-8

2-3

LP-Tauscher. HR-Denning, Wright. Priddy homers for Blues.

Su 9/22

at Kansas City

L 0-6

2-4

LP-Kelley.

Manager

Kansas City

Bill Meyer

Columbus

Burt Shotton

Minneapolis

Tom Sheehan

Louisville

Bill Burwell

St. Paul

Foster "Babe" Ganzel

Indianapolis

Wes Griffin-Jewell Ens

Toledo

James "Zack" Taylor

Milwaukee

Minor Heath-Ray Schalk

Statistics

Player

Games

Batting Average

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

Position

Ab Wright

146

.369

159

Phil Weintraub

137

.347

109

Bobby Estalella

147

.341

121

Otto Denning

130

.329

c-1b

Harvey “Hub” Walker

140

.318

Lin Storti

120

.313

2b-3b

Gene “Huck” Geary

131

.308

Fabian Gaffke

104

.294

Bob “Buck” Fausett

129

.283

3b-ss

Frank Trechock

110

.248

ss-2b

Russ Rolandson

.245

Bill Barnacle

.111

Earl Grace

.000

Pitcher

ERA

Harry Smythe

173

3.80

Elon “Chief” Hogsett

210

4.03

Walter Tauscher

167

4.04

Harry Kelley

249

4.30

Russell “Red” Evans

215

4.40

Mickey Haefner

205

4.74

Mike Kash

Belve Bean

Joe Gonzales

Lee Rogers

Ernie Sowada

Other player: Heinz.

Ab Wright became the second player to win the American Association Triple Crown, leading the Association with a .369 batting average, 39 home runs, and 159 runs batted in. Bobby Estalella led the Association with 147 runs.