Minneapolis
Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley |
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1957 - American Association, 85-69-2, 3rd place - Standings,
statistics, and notes follow game-by-game results |
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Manager:
John "Red" Davis |
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*Scheduled
for seven innings |
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Date |
Opponent |
Outcome |
Record |
Notes |
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Sa 4/13 |
Milwaukee Braves (ex.) |
L 3-4 |
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Losing pitcher-Joe
Shipley. Millers were held hitless
until the 9th by Bob Buhl, Warren Spahn, and Lew Burdette. Ed Bressoud breaks up the no-hitter with 1
out in the 9th with an infield hit off Burdette. Millers got 2 more hits, including a 2-run
homer by Carlos Paula. All other
American Association openers were rained out. |
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Tu 4/16 |
at Indianapolis Indians |
W 1-0 (6, rain) |
1-0 |
Winning pitcher-Stu
Miller 1-0. Rain-shortened
no-hitter for Miller, who struck out 7 and walked
2 in 6 innings. Paula drives in Wayne
Terwilliger with a double in the 1st for the only run. |
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W 4/17 |
at Indianapolis, wet grounds |
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Th 4/18 |
at Wichita Braves |
L 4-6 |
1-1 |
LP-Al Corwin 0-1. |
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F 4/19 |
at Wichita |
W 2-1 (10) |
2-1 |
WP-Mike Blyzka
1-0. Blyzka starts and pitches 9
scoreless innings. The Millers, held
to 2 hits over the first 9 innings, get 4 singles and a sacrifice fly for 2
runs in the 10th. |
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*Sa 4/20 |
at Charleston Senators |
L 5-6 (8) |
2-2 |
LP-Roger Bowman 0-1. |
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Sa 4/20 |
at Charleston |
L 0-1 |
2-3 |
WP-Miller 1-1. Miller gives up only 5 hits, but one is an
8th-inning home run by Charlie Lau. |
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Su 4/21 |
at Charleston |
L 2-3 (10) |
2-4 |
LP-Vibert Clarke 0-1. |
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M 4/22 |
at Louisville Colonels |
W 14-1 |
3-4 |
WP-Corwin 1-1. Louisville now playing in new Fairgrounds
Stadium. Orlando Cepeda hits 2 home
runs and drives in 5 runs. |
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Tu 4/23 |
at Louisville |
W 4-3 |
4-4 |
WP-Blyzka 2-0. Cepeda gets 3 hits, including a home
run. In the 1st inning, Don Grate
throws out Tony Bartirome trying to score from first on a double to left by
Ed Phillips with a throw estimated at 300 feet on the fly. |
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Th 4/25 |
Indianapolis |
L 3-7 |
4-5 |
LP-Miller 1-2. Indianapolis manager and former Minneapolis
second baseman Andy Cohen is honored in a ceremony at Met Stadium. Crowd of 10,472 sees Millers lose opener. In St. Paul, the Saints open Midway Stadium
with a double loss to Wichita (day and night game). |
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F 4/26 |
Indianapolis |
W 7-5 |
5-5 |
WP-Shipley 1-0. Cepeda homers. |
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Sa 4/27 |
Wichita |
L 3-4 |
5-6 |
LP-Clarke 0-2. |
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Su 4/28 |
Wichita |
W 6-5 |
6-6 |
WP-Blyzka 3-0. Paula, after being out a week with a pulled
back muscle, drives in 5 runs with a single, triple, and 450-foot home run
over the center-field fence. |
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M 4/29 |
Wichita |
L 2-10 |
6-7 |
LP-Miller 1-3. Paula drops a fly ball with 2 out in the
5th, leading to 6 unearned runs. |
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Tu 4/30 |
Louisville |
W 12-8 |
7-7 |
WP-Shipley 2-0. Cepeda's 2-run homer in the 7th breaks a
6-6 tie. Cepeda, 19 years old and
making the jump from St. Cloud in the Class C Northern League, had started
the season with no hits in his first 11 at bats and was 1 for 18. Cepeda now has 5 home runs and 17 runs
batted in. Millers had been behind
6-1. |
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W 5/1 |
Louisville |
W 4-2 |
8-7 |
WP-Clarke 1-2. |
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Th 5/2 |
Louisville |
W 5-2 |
9-7 |
WP-Blyzka 4-0. 2-hitter by Blyzka, who had a no-hitter
until the 6th inning. |
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F 5/3 |
at St. Paul Saints |
W 4-3 |
10-7 |
WP-Miller 2-3. |
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Sa 5/4 |
St. Paul |
W 6-5 (11) |
11-7 |
WP-Blyzka 5-0. Blyzka wins in relief and scores the
winning run after opening the 11th with a double. |
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Su 5/5 |
St. Paul |
L 2-5 (10) |
11-8 |
LP-Clarke 1-3. |
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M 5/6 |
Omaha Cardinals |
W 3-2 |
12-8 |
WP-Fernando Rodriguez
1-0. Paula pinch hits and singles home
the winning run in the last of the 9th.
34-year-old Max Surkont, just acquired by the New York Giants and sent
to the Millers, started and pitched into the 9th, when Omaha tied the score. |
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Tu 5/7 |
Omaha |
W 4-0 |
13-8 |
WP-Miller 3-3. Miller shuts out his former team and gets 2
hits, including a 2-run homer. |
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W 5/8 |
Omaha |
L 2-9 |
13-9 |
LP-Corwin 1-2. |
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Th 5/9 |
Omaha |
W 6-2 |
14-9 |
WP-Blyzka 6-0. 7-hitter by Blyzka. Cepeda draws his first walk of the season;
it comes in his 90th plate appearance. |
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F 5/10 |
Denver Bears |
W 3-1 |
15-9 |
WP-Gene Bearden
1-0. Bearden, acquired from Sacramento
of the Pacific Coast League along with outfielder Jack Tobin, wins in his
first start for the Millers. Cepeda
hits 7th home run. Grate and
Terwilliger also homer. Bearden had
asked to be traded because of an illness in his family and wanted to be
closer to his home in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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Sa 5/11 |
Denver |
W 6-4 |
16-9 |
WP-Rodriguez
2-0. Terwilliger hits 3-run homer with
2 out in the last of the 9th. |
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Su 5/12-1 |
Denver |
W 8-7 |
17-9 |
WP-Corwin 2-2. Bressoud's 2-run double in the 7th puts
Millers ahead 8-7. |
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*Su 5/12-2 |
Denver |
W 9-1 |
18-9 |
WP-Max Surkont
1-0. Cepeda homers. Millers move into first place by a 1/2 game
over Wichita. Cepeda gets 5 hits and
drives in 6 runs in the doubleheader. |
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M 5/13 |
at Omaha, rain |
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Giants call up
Miller. |
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M 5/14 |
at Omaha |
L 5-8 |
18-10 |
LP-Blyzka 6-1. |
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W 5/15 |
at Omaha |
L 0-6 |
18-11 |
LP-Gordon Jones
0-1. Giants send Pete Burnside (a
Dartmouth graduate who is reportedly coming into a $3 million inheritance) to
the Millers on option. Felipe Alou
sent to Springfield of the Eastern League to make room for Burnside. Regarding his reported inheritance, in the
August 7, 1957 The Sporting News (p. 7), Burnside said, "That's grossly exaggerated." |
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Th 5/16 |
at Denver, snow |
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F 5/17 |
at Denver |
W 3-1 |
19-11 |
WP-Bearden 2-0. Denver president Bob Howsam has workers
roll the snow on the field into balls against the outfield fence to clear the
field. |
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Sa 5/18 |
at Denver |
L 2-13 |
19-12 |
LP-Surkont 1-1. |
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Su 5/19-1 |
at Denver |
L 9-10 |
19-13 |
LP-Rodriguez 2-1. |
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*Su 5/19-2 |
at Denver |
W 8-3 |
20-13 |
WP-Jones 1-1. |
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M 5/20 |
Charleston |
W 1-0 |
21-13 |
WP-Pete Burnside
1-0. In his season debut with the
Millers, Burnside pitches a 9-hitter, doesn't walk a batter, and strikes out
9. |
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Tu 5/21 |
Charleston |
W 4-2 |
22-13 |
WP-Bearden 3-0. |
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W 5/22 |
Charleston |
W 7-2 |
23-13 |
WP-Surkont 2-1. |
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Th 5/23 |
Indianapolis |
L 4-5 |
23-14 |
LP-Jones 1-2. |
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F 5/24 |
Indianapolis |
W 8-5 |
24-14 |
WP-Burnside 2-0. Hank Thompson returns after a three-week
layoff because of a bad hand and homers. |
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Sa 5/25 |
Indianapolis, rain |
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Su 5/26-1 |
Wichita |
W 9-8 (10) |
25-14 |
WP-Shipley 3-0. Wichita scores 8 in the top of the 1st off
Bearden. Shipley relieves with 1 out
in the first, pitches scoreless relief the rest of the game, and gets
Minneapolis on the board with a 3-run homer in the 2nd. Grate wins the game with a 2-out homer in
the 10th. |
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*Su 5/26-2 |
Wichita |
W 2-1 |
26-14 |
WP-Rodriguez
3-1. Joey Jay has a perfect game
through 6 innings (striking out 10 of the 18 batters he faced), but the
Millers get 3 hits and score 2 runs in the last of the 7th to win. |
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M 5/27 |
Wichita |
L 2-3 |
26-15 |
LP-Clarke 1-4. |
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Tu 5/28 |
at St. Paul |
L 4-6 |
26-16 |
LP-Jones 1-3. |
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W 5/29 |
St. Paul |
W 2-1 |
27-16 |
WP-Burnside 3-0. |
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Th 5/30
a.m. |
St. Paul |
L 0-5 |
27-17 |
LP-Surkont 2-2. |
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Th 5/30
p.m. |
at St. Paul |
L 9-10 |
27-18 |
LP-Blyzka 6-2. |
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*F 5/31-1 |
at Indianapolis, rain |
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F 5/31-2 |
at Indianapolis, rain |
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Sa 6/1-1 |
at Indianapolis |
L 2-3 (12) |
27-19 |
LP-Bearden 3-1. Jim Davenport homers in the 9th to tie the
game, but Indianapolis wins with a run in the last of the 10th. |
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*Sa 6/1-2 |
at Indianapolis |
W 3-1 |
28-19 |
WP-Clarke 2-4. Paula breaks 1-1 tie with a home run in the
6th. |
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Su 6/2 |
at Indianapolis |
W 4-0 |
29-19 |
WP-Jones 2-3. |
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M 6/3 |
at Wichita |
W 5-2 |
30-19 |
WP-Surkont 3-2. |
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Tu 6/4 |
at Wichita |
L 1-10 |
30-20 |
LP-Blyzka 6-3. Carlton Willey pitches a 4-hitter and wins
his 11th game of the season (4 against Minneapolis) without a loss. Giants recall Burnside and option Joe
Margoneri to Minneapolis. |
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W 6/5 |
at Wichita |
W 8-3 |
31-20 |
WP-Bearden 4-1. Bearden wins but has to leave the game in
the 8th after being hit in the left shoulder with a line drive. |
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Th 6/6 |
at Louisville |
W 14-8 |
32-20 |
WP-Clarke 3-4. Cepeda homers. |
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F 6/7 |
at Louisville |
W 9-0 |
33-20 |
WP-Surkont 4-2. Cepeda hits grand slam in the 1st, 11th
home run of the season and 5th at Fairgrounds Stadium in Louisville. |
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Sa 6/8 |
at Louisville |
L 7-8 |
33-21 |
LP-Rodriguez
3-2. Cepeda homers. Umpire Sam Carrigan ejects Thompson and
Bobby Hofman and subsequently clears the Millers' dugout. |
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*Su 6/9-1 |
at Charleston |
L 8-9 (10) |
33-22 |
LP-Joe Margoneri 0-1. |
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Su 6/9-2 |
at Charleston |
L 4-5 (11) |
33-23 |
LP-Jones 2-4. |
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M 6/10 |
at Charleston |
L 4-5 |
33-24 |
LP-Clarke 3-5. |
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Tu 6/11 |
at Charleston |
W 4-3 |
34-24 |
WP-Surkont 5-2. |
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W 6/12 |
Omaha |
W 3-2 |
35-25 |
WP-Margoneri
1-1. 6-hitter by Margoneri |
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Th 6/13 |
Omaha |
L 1-2 |
35-25 |
LP-Rodriguez
3-3. Frank Barnes wins for the
Cardinals, but the Millers score in the 6th to break his scoreless streak at
41-1/3 innings. Barnes broke the
record of 39 innings, set by Wilburt Schardt of Indianapolis in 1915. Barnes left the game with an injured arm
before giving up a run, but two runners were on base, and reliever Barney
Schultz gave up a double to Bressoud that broke the scoreless streak. |
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F 6/14 |
Omaha |
L 0-3 |
35-26 |
LP-Jones 2-5. |
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Sa 6/15 |
Omaha |
L 1-3 |
35-27 |
LP-Shipley 3-1. |
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Su 6/16-1 |
Charleston, rain |
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Burnside back with
the Millers. |
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*Su 6/16-2 |
Charleston, rain |
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M 6/17 |
New York Giants (ex.) |
L 4-5 |
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LP-Clarke. Mays and Hank Sauer of the Giants homer in
an exhibition game played before the Charleston-Minneapolis game before
20,185. |
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M 6/17 |
Charleston |
W 10-2 |
36-27 |
WP-Surkont 6-2. |
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Tu 6/18 |
Louisville |
W 3-2 (10) |
37-27 |
WP-Blyzka 7-3. Grate opens the 10th with a triple and
scores on Tobin's single. |
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W 6/19 |
Louisville |
L 4-5 |
37-28 |
LP-Jones 2-6. |
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Th 6/20 |
Louisville |
W 12-6 |
38-28 |
WP-Shipley 4-1. Cepeda gets 5 hits after being hit in the
forearm by a batted ball during pre-game drills. Millers get 23 hits in the game. |
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F 6/21 |
Indianapolis, rain |
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*Sa 6/22-1 |
Indianapolis |
W 6-3 |
39-28 |
WP-Surkont 7-2. |
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Sa 6/22-2 |
Indianapolis |
W 5-0 |
40-28 |
WP-Burnside 4-0. 1-hitter by Burnside in his first game back
with the Millers. The only hit was a
2nd-inning infield single by Sam Mele. |
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Su 6/23-1 |
Indianapolis |
L 4-8 |
40-29 |
LP-Margoneri 1-2. |
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*Su 6/23-2 |
Indianapolis |
L 0-6 |
40-30 |
LP-Jones 2-7. |
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M 6/24 |
Denver |
W 8-7 |
41-30 |
WP-Rodriguez 4-3. |
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Tu 6/25 |
Denver, rain |
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W 6/26 |
Denver |
W 12-5 |
42-30 |
WP-Steve Ridzik 1-0. |
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*Th 6/27-1 |
Denver |
W 10-2 |
43-30 |
WP-Margoneri
2-2. Bob Schmidt hits a grand slam in
the 1st. |
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Th 6/27-2 |
Denver |
L 2-10 |
43-31 |
LP-Surkont 7-3. |
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F 6/28 |
at Omaha |
W 3-1 |
44-31 |
WP-Burnside 5-0. 3-hitter by Burnside, who was hit in the
left shin/ankle by a line drive hit by Rance Pless in the 2nd. Although Burnside stayed in the game, he
missed the next three weeks. After his
return, X-rays showed that he had a hairline fracture of the ankle. |
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Sa 6/29 |
at Omaha |
L 1-4 |
44-32 |
LP-Jones 2-8. |
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*Su 6/30-1 |
at Omaha |
L 1-9 |
44-33 |
LP-Margoneri 2-3. |
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Su 6/30-2 |
at Omaha |
L 1-2 |
44-34 |
LP-Ridzik 1-1. Ridzik pitches a 5-hitter and homers but
loses. |
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M 7/1 |
at Omaha |
L 6-7 |
44-35 |
LP-Jones 2-9. |
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Tu 7/2 |
at St. Paul |
W 7-6 (11) |
45-35 |
WP-Surkont 8-3. |
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W 7/3 |
St. Paul |
W 8-4 |
46-35 |
WP-Jones 3-9. Bill Taylor hits 2 home runs, the second a
3-run homer to break a 4-4 tie in the 7th. |
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Th 7/4
a.m. |
at St. Paul |
W 5-2 |
47-35 |
WP-Constable
1-0. Constable, after breaking his
right wrist during spring training, makes his first start of the season,
wearing a leather brace to protect his wrist. |
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Th 7/4
p.m. |
St. Paul |
L 8-9 |
47-36 |
LP-Rodriguez
4-4. Millers hold 8-1 after 5 innings
and 8-5 after 8, but the Saints score 4 in the top of the 9th. |
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F 7/5 |
at Louisville |
L 5-6 |
47-37 |
LP-Jones 3-10. Giants call up Bressoud, send Andre Rogers
to the Millers. |
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Sa 7/6 |
at Louisville |
L 5-12 |
47-38 |
WP-Ridzik 1-2. |
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Su 7/7 |
at Louisville |
L 5-9 |
47-39 |
LP-Surkont 8-4. |
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M 7/8 |
at Louisville |
W 6-4 |
48-39 |
WP-Rodriguez 5-4. |
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Tu 7/9 |
at Wichita |
L 8-9 |
48-40 |
LP-Beardon 4-2. |
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W 7/10 |
at Wichita |
W 3-2 |
49-40 |
WP-Margoneri 3-3. |
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Th 7/11 |
at Wichita |
W 15-9 (10) |
50-40 |
WP-Constable 2-0. |
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F 7/12 |
at Indianapolis |
L 1-12 |
50-41 |
LP-Beardon 4-3. |
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*Sa 7/13-1 |
at Indianapolis |
L 2-3 |
50-42 |
LP-Jones 3-11. |
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Sa 7/13-2 |
at Indianapolis |
W 12-5 |
51-42 |
WP-Rodriguez 6-4. |
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Su 7/14 |
at Indianapolis |
L 4-5 |
51-43 |
LP-Rodriguez 6-5. |
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M 7/15 |
American Association All-Star
Game at Wichita |
W 5-4 |
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WP-Stan Williams of
St. Paul. Bobby Hofman represents
Minneapolis in the game. |
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W 7/17 |
at Denver |
W 9-8 |
52-43 |
WP-Margoneri
4-3. Grate and Cepeda homer. |
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Th 7/18 |
at Denver |
W 6-5 |
53-43 |
WP-Jones 4-11. |
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F 7/19 |
at Denver |
L 1-11 |
53-44 |
LP-Constable 2-1. |
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Sa 7/20 |
at Denver |
L 3-11 |
53-45 |
LP-Ridzik 1-3. |
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Su 7/21
day |
St. Paul |
W 3-2 (10) |
54-45 |
WP-Bearden 5-3. Cepeda hist 19th homer. Schmidt singles home the winning run. |
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Su 7/21
night |
at St. Paul |
W 4-2 |
55-45 |
WP-Margoneri
4-3. Hofman hits a 2-run homer, and
Taylor hits his 16th home run of the year.
This was the first time the Millers and Saints played a home-and-home
doubleheader other than on a holiday and the first time the games were played in the afternoon and
night rather than morning and afternoon.
Only 3,970 attended the afternoon game at Met Stadium, and only 3,173
were at the night game at Midway Stadium. |
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M 7/22 |
St. Paul |
W 2-0 |
56-45 |
WP-Burnside 6-0. 3-hitter by Burnside in first game since
getting hurt June 28. |
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Tu 7/23 |
at St. Paul |
L 1-12 |
56-46 |
LP-Jones 4-12. |
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W 7/24 |
Denver |
L 1-2 |
56-47 |
LP-Constable 2-2. |
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Th 7/25 |
Denver |
W 1-0 |
57-47 |
WP-Margoneri
6-3. 6-hitter by Margoneri. |
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F 7/26 |
Denver |
L 5-6 |
57-48 |
LP-Ridzik 1-4. John Blanchard hits a 2-run homer for
Denver. |
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Sa 7/27 |
Louisville |
W 1-0 |
58-48 |
WP-Burnside 7-0. 7-hitter by Burnside. Davenport singles home Cepeda with 2 out in
the 9th. Hank Thompson annnounces his
retirement from baseball. |
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Su 7/28 |
Louisville |
W 6-4 |
59-48 |
WP-Surkont 9-4. |
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M 7/29 |
Charleston |
W 5-3 |
60-48 |
WP-Constable 3-2. |
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*Tu 7/30-1 |
Charleston |
L 2-3 |
60-49 |
LP-Margoneri 6-4. |
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Tu 7/30-2 |
Charleston |
W 4-1 |
61-49 |
WP-Ridzik 2-4. |
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W 7/31 |
Wichita |
W 10-1 |
62-49 |
WP-Burnside 8-0. |
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Th 8/1 |
Wichita |
T 2-2 (9, rain) |
62-49-1 |
Minneapolis scored in
the last of the 9th to tie the game and had a runner on third with 2
out. Joey Jay was in the process of
intentionally walking Taylor when the game was called because of rain. (In Omaha, Glenn Gorbous of the Cardinals
threw a ball 445 feet to break the distance record set by Don Grate of
Minneapolis on August 27, 1956.) |
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F 8/2 |
at Charleston |
L 3-4 |
62-50 |
LP-Jim Davis 0-1. |
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Sa 8/3-1 |
at Charleston |
L 5-8 |
62-51 |
LP-Bearden 5-4. |
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*Sa 8/3-2 |
at Charleston |
L 1-2 |
62-52 |
LP-Margoneri 6-5. |
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Su 8/4 |
at Charleston |
W 4-3 (10) |
63-52 |
WP-Jones 5-12. |
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M 8/5 |
at Wichita |
L 3-8 |
63-53 |
LP-Burnside 8-1. |
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M 8/5 |
Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit
Tigers at Met Stadium (ex.) |
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Paid crowd of 21,689
(21,783 total) sees Detroit beat Cincinnati 6-5 in an exhibition game at Met
Stadium. |
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Tu 8/6 |
at Wichita |
W 9-3 |
64-53 |
WP-Ridzik 3-4. |
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W 8/7 |
at Wichita |
W 3-0 |
65-53 |
WP-Surkont 10-4. 4-hitter by Surkont. |
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Th 8/8 |
at Indianapoliis |
W 3-1 |
66-53 |
WP-Margoneri 7-5. |
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F 8/9 |
at Indianapoliis |
W 2-1 |
67-53 |
WP-Jones 6-12. George "Bobby" Prescott hits 2
home runs, and the Millers get their 26th 1-run win of the season. |
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Sa 8/10 |
at Indianapoliis |
T 2-2 (7, rain) |
67-53-2 |
Burnside misses
chance for 9th win when rain in the last of the 8th wipes out the 3 runs the
Millers scored to break a 2-2 tie in the top of the 8th. |
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Su 8/11 |
at Louisville |
W 3-2 (7, rain) |
68-53 |
WP-Ridzik 4-4. |
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M 8/12 |
at Louisville |
W 4-2 (11) |
69-53 |
WP-Surkont 11-4. Cepeda doubles to start a 3-run rally in
11th inning. |
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Tu 8/13 |
at St. Paul |
L 3-5 |
69-54 |
LP-Margoneri 7-6. |
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W 8/14 |
St. Paul |
L 0-4 |
69-55 |
LP-Burnside 8-2. |
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Th 8/15 |
at St. Paul |
W 8-6 |
70-55 |
WP-Jones 7-12. |
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*F 8/16-1 |
Charleston |
W 5-3 |
71-55 |
WP-Surkont 12-4. |
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F 8/16-2 |
Charleston |
W 2-1 |
72-55 |
WP-Ridzik 5-4. With 1 out in the last of the 9th, Taylor
and Cepeda hit back-to-back home runs. |
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Sa 8/17 |
Charleston |
W 4-2 |
73-55 |
WP-Margoneri 8-6. |
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Su 8/18 |
Charleston |
L 3-7 |
73-56 |
LP-Burnside 8-3. Ben Mateosky of Charleston homers in his
first two plate appearances in the American Association. |
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M 8/19 |
Louisville |
W 6-4 |
74-56 |
WP-Jones 8-12. |
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Tu 8/20 |
Louisville |
W 3-2 |
75-56 |
WP-Ridzik 6-4. |
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W 8/21 |
Louisville |
L 1-3 |
75-57 |
LP-Margoneri 8-7. |
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*Th 8/22-1 |
Wichita |
L 0-1 |
75-58 |
LP-Surkont 12-5. |
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Th 8/22 |
Wichita |
W 3-1 |
76-58 |
WP-Burnside 9-3. |
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F 8/23 |
Wichita |
L 1-9 |
76-59 |
LP-Jones 8-13. Braves score all 9 runs in the 5th. Carlton Willey, named the league's Most
Valuable Player, wins his 19th game. |
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Sa 8/24 |
Wichita |
W 2-1 |
77-59 |
WP-Ridzik 7-4. |
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Su 8/25-1 |
Indianapolis |
W 6-3 |
78-59 |
WP-Margoneri 9-7. |
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*Su 8/25-2 |
Indianapolis |
L 0-5 |
78-60 |
LP-Bearden 5-5. |
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*M 8/26-1 |
Indianapolis |
W 7-0 |
79-60 |
WP-Surkont 13-5. 4-hitter by Surkont. Grate homers to break an 8-game homerless
streak for the Millers. |
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M 8/26-2 |
Indianapolis |
W 7-3 |
80-60 |
WP-Burnside
10-3. Foster Castleman hits a 3-run
homer. |
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Tu 8/27 |
at Denver |
L 8-13 |
80-61 |
LP-Bearden 5-6. |
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W 8/28 |
at Denver |
L 1-4 |
80-62 |
LP-Ridzik 7-5. |
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Th 8/29 |
at Denver |
L 7-14 |
80-63 |
LP-Margoneri 9-8. |
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F 8/30 |
Omaha, rain |
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*Sa 8/31-1 |
Omaha |
W 3-1 |
81-63 |
WP-Surkont 14-5. Terwilliger ties the game with a single in
the last of the 7th, and Castleman homers to win it. |
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Sa 8/31-2 |
Omaha |
L 3-4 |
81-64 |
LP-Burnside
10-4. Cepeda hits 2 homers, giving him
24 for the season. |
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Su 9/1 |
Omaha |
L 3-5 |
81-65 |
LP-Jones 8-14. |
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M 9/2 a.m. |
St. Paul |
W 8-6 |
82-65 |
WP-Ridzik 8-5. Ridzik homers and has 18 hits in 44 at bats
for a .409 batting average. |
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M 9/2 p.m. |
at St. Paul |
L 4-8 |
82-66 |
LP-Margoneri 9-9. |
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Tu 9/3 |
at St. Paul |
L 5-8 |
82-67 |
LP-Burnside 10-5. |
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W 9/4 |
St. Paul |
W 5-2 |
83-67 |
WP-Surkont 15-5. |
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Th 9/5 |
at Omaha, rain |
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*F 9/6-1 |
at Omaha |
L 1-2 |
83-68 |
LP-Ridzik 8-6. |
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F 9/6-2 |
at Omaha |
W 6-2 |
84-68 |
WP-Jones 9-14. |
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Sa 9/7 |
at Omaha |
L 3-6 |
84-69 |
LP-Margoneri 9-10. |
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Su 9/8 |
at Omaha |
W 6-5 |
85-69-2 |
WP-Davis 1-1. |
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Playoffs |
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Tu 9/11 |
at Denver |
L 2-4 |
0-1 |
LP-Ridzik. |
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W 9/12 |
at Denver |
L 0-4 |
0-2 |
LP-Margoneri. 3-hitter for Ryne Duren of Denver. Marv Throneberry, who led the American
Association in home runs for the third straight year, opened the scoring with
a 2-run homer in the 2nd. |
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Th 9/13 |
Denver |
L 1-5 |
0-3 |
LP-Burnside. |
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F 9/14 |
Denver |
L 1-2 |
0-4 |
LP-Surkont. |
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W |
L |
Manager |
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Wichita |
93 |
61 |
Ben Geraghty |
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Denver |
90 |
64 |
Ralph Houk |
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Minneapolis |
85 |
69 |
John "Red"
Davis |
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St. Paul |
82 |
72 |
Max Macon |
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Omaha |
76 |
78 |
John Keane |
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Indianapolis |
74 |
80 |
Andy Cohen |
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Charleston |
67 |
87 |
Frank Skaff-Bill
Norman |
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Louisville |
49 |
105 |
Lambert
"Dutch" Lambert |
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Statistics |
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Player |
Games |
Batting Average |
Home Runs |
Runs Batted In |
Position |
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Orlando Cepeda |
151 |
.309 |
25 |
108 |
1b |
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Don Grate |
150 |
.296 |
10 |
69 |
of |
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Jim Davenport |
148 |
.291 |
10 |
53 |
3b |
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Carlos Paula |
104 |
.288 |
6 |
45 |
of |
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Ed Bressoud |
81 |
.286 |
4 |
35 |
ss |
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Jack Tobin |
42 |
.283 |
0 |
8 |
of |
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George “Bobby” Prescott |
54 |
.278 |
8 |
31 |
of |
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Bobby Hofman |
61 |
.278 |
4 |
28 |
c-1b |
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Bill Taylor |
115 |
.274 |
21 |
59 |
of |
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Wayne Terwilliger |
144 |
.270 |
7 |
50 |
2b |
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Bob Schmidt |
120 |
.262 |
17 |
61 |
c |
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Foster Castleman |
48 |
.245 |
3 |
13 |
2b-ss |
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Hank Thompson |
78 |
.243 |
2 |
19 |
of-2b |
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Jake Jenkins |
33 |
.233 |
2 |
13 |
c |
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Andre Rodgers |
52 |
.220 |
2 |
15 |
ss |
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Felipe Alou |
24 |
.211 |
0 |
3 |
of |
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Ed White |
13 |
.107 |
0 |
3 |
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Lee Tate |
8 |
.000 |
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Pitcher |
G |
IP |
W |
L |
ERA |
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Stu Miller |
7 |
51 |
3 |
3 |
2.29 |
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Pete Burnside |
20 |
131 |
10 |
5 |
2.47 |
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Fernando Rodriguez |
66 |
106 |
6 |
5 |
2.97 |
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Matt Surkont |
27 |
183 |
15 |
5 |
3.05 |
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Jim Davis |
21 |
36 |
1 |
1 |
3.5 |
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Joe Shipley |
18 |
61 |
4 |
1 |
3.84 |
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Steve Ridzek |
21 |
117 |
8 |
6 |
4.38 |
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Vibert Clarke |
21 |
80 |
3 |
5 |
4.39 |
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Jim Constable |
10 |
45 |
3 |
2 |
4.8 |
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Joe Margoneri |
25 |
132 |
9 |
10 |
4.84 |
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Gordon Jones |
33 |
166 |
9 |
14 |
5.04 |
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Gene Bearden |
34 |
112 |
5 |
6 |
5.3 |
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Mike Blyzka |
22 |
83 |
7 |
3 |
5.31 |
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Al Corwin* |
22 |
107 |
4 |
9 |
5.72 |
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Roger Bowman* |
15 |
30 |
1 |
2 |
7.2 |
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*Corwin and Bowman’s
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