Minneapolis
Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley |
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1958 - American Association, 82-71-1, 3rd place (Junior World
Series champions) - Standings, statistics, and notes follow game-by-game
results |
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Manager:
Gene Mauch |
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*Scheduled
for seven innings |
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Date |
Opponent |
Outcome |
Record |
Notes |
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Tu 4/15 |
at Louisville Colonels |
W 9-5 |
1-0 |
Winning pitcher-Glen
"Stubby" Stabelfeld 1-0.
Former Minneapolis team (the farm team of the Giants) was transferred
to Phoenix and replaced with this farm team of the Boston Red Sox, which
moved from San Francisco. |
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W 4/16 |
at Louisville |
W 4-1 |
2-0 |
WP-Jack Spring 1-0. |
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Th 4/17 |
at Louisville |
W 7-4 |
3-0 |
WP-Tom Hurd 1-0. Millers coach Jimmie Foxx takes batting
practice and hits a 350-foot drive out of the park. Faye Throneberry homers in the game for the
Millers. |
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F 4/18 |
at Charleston Senators |
L 1-7 |
3-1 |
LP-Bill Monbouquette
0-1. |
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Sa 4/19 |
at Charleston |
W 8-3 |
4-1 |
WP-Dean Stone
1-0. Stone gets win but is relieved by
Tom Hurd while leading 5-1 and working on a no-hitter in the 6th after
walking the first two batters, issuing a wild pitch, and going to a 2-0 count
on Stan Palys. Doug Camilli breaks up
the no-hitter with a double in the 7th, and the Senators get 2 hits in the
game. |
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Su 4/20-1 |
at Charleston |
W 5-1 (12) |
5-1 |
WP-Arnold Earley 1-0. |
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*Su 4/20-2 |
at Charleston |
L 0-2 |
5-2 |
LP-Stabelfeld 1-1. |
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Tu 4/22 |
Louisville |
W 11-6 |
6-2 |
WP-Harry Dorish
1-0. Elijah "Pumpsie" Green
hits a grand slam to tie the game 4-4 in the 3rd. Green adds a single and drives in 5 after
arriving late at the stadium because the car he was riding in during a
pre-game parade on Nicollet Avenue ran out of gas. Harry Malmberg's solo homer in the 4th puts
the Millers ahead to stay. With a
crowd of 8,513, the Millers win the American Association Opening Day
attendance contest for the third straight year. |
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W 4/23 |
Louisville |
W 3-0 |
7-2 |
WP-Monbouquette
1-1. 2-hitter by Monbouquette. Throneberry hits 2-run homer in the 1st. |
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Th 4/24 |
Louisville |
W 3-2 |
8-2 |
WP-Stone 2-0. Attendance of 196 gives the Millers a total
of 975 for the series, played in cold weather, against Louisville. |
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F 4/25 |
Charleston |
L 4-6 |
8-3 |
LP-Bob Chakales
0-1. Throneberry hits a grand
slam. Green leads Amerian Association
with a .472 battting average. |
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Sa 4/26 |
Charleston |
L 1-3 |
8-4 |
LP-Bert Thiel
0-1. Player-manaager Gene Mauch,
hitting only .051, benches himself. |
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Su 4/27-1 |
Charleston |
L 5-9 |
8-5 |
LP-Monbouquette 1-2. |
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*Su 4/27-2 |
Charleston |
L 0-2 (11) |
8-6 |
LP-Spring 1-1. |
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Tu 4/29 |
at Indianapolis Indians |
W 8-3 |
9-6 |
WP-Stone 3-0. |
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W 4/30 |
at Indianapolis |
W 8-6 |
10-6 |
WP-Hurd 2-0. Ed Sadowski breaks 6-6 tie with 2-run homer
in the 9th. |
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Th 5/1 |
at Indianapolis |
L 3-5 |
10-7 |
LP-Ted Bowsfield
0-1. Sadowski homers for the third
straight game, |
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F 5/2 |
at Indianapolis, rain |
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Sa 5/3 |
at Wichita Braves, rain |
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*Su 5/4-1 |
at Wichita |
W 7-3 (11) |
11-7 |
WP-Tom Borland
1-0. Throneberry's second home run of
the game, a three-run homer, breaks a 3-3 tie in the 11th. Frank Kellert follows with a homer. |
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Su 5/4-2 |
at Wichita |
W 5-4 |
12-7 |
WP-Hurd 3-0. Spencer "Red" Robbins, who had
struck out 7 straight times, drives in the winning run with a fielder's
choice in the 8th. |
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M 5/5 |
at Wichita |
W 9-6 |
13-7 |
WP-Bill Abernathie
1-0. Art Schult hits a grand slam. |
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Tu 5/6 |
Indianapolis |
L 3-7 (13) |
13-8 |
LP-Spring 1-2. |
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W 5/7 |
Indianapolis |
W 14-3 |
14-8 |
WP-Bowsfield
1-1. Robbins and Schult hit grand
slams in the 3rd and 4th innings. |
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Th 5/8 |
Indianapolis |
W 5-3 |
15-8 |
WP-Thiel 1-1. |
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F 5/9 |
Wichita |
W 2-0 |
16-8 |
WP-Monbouquette
2-2. 2-hitter for Monbouquette. |
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Sa 5/10 |
Wichita |
L 3-6 |
16-9 |
LP-Chakales 0-2. |
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Su 5/11-1 |
Wichita |
L 1-6 |
16-10 |
LP-Spring 1-3. |
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*Su 5/11-2 |
Wichita |
W 3-2 |
17-10 |
WP-Bowsfield
2-1. Schult's 2-run homer in the 1st
inning gives him 27 runs batted in, tops in the American Association. |
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Tu 5/13 |
at St. Paul Saints |
L 3-4 |
17-11 |
LP-Stone 3-1. |
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W 5/14 |
St. Paul |
W 4-0 |
18-11 |
WP-Monbouquette
3-2. Third shutout for
Monbouquette. Mauch singles and
doubles, ending a streak of 38 straight plate appearances without a hit. |
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Th 5/15 |
St. Paul |
L 0-4 |
18-12 |
LP-Borland 1-1. Washington Senators recall Faye
Throneberry. |
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F 5/16 |
Denver Bears |
W 2-1 |
19-12 |
WP-Thiel 2-1. Kellert hits the first pitch of the 9th for
a game-winning home run. |
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Sa 5/17 |
Denver |
W 10-3 |
20-12 |
WP-Bowsfield
3-1. Tom Umphlett, Lu Clinton, and
Gene Mauch each hits a 3-run homer, the first homer of the season for each. |
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Su 5/18-1 |
Denver |
L 9-11 |
20-13 |
LP-Dorish 1-1. Monbouquette starts and is lifted after
walking the first four batters. |
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*Su 5/18-2 |
Denver |
L 0-8 |
20-14 |
LP-Hurd 3-1. Hurd hit hard in his first start of the
season. |
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M 5/19 |
at Omaha Cardinals |
L 0-1 |
20-15 |
LP-Stone 3-2. |
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M 5/19 |
San Francisco Giants vs. Chicago
White Sox at Met Stadium |
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San Francisco 10,
Chicago 1 before 12,659 in exhibition game. |
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Tu 5/20 |
at Omaha |
W 4-1 |
21-15 |
WP-Monbouquette 4-2. |
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W 5/21 |
at Omaha |
W 4-2 |
22-15 |
WP-Bowsfield 4-1. |
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Th 5/22 |
at Omaha |
W 9-2 |
23-15 |
WP-Schroll 1-0. Schroll wins in first start for Millers,
beating Omaha rookie Bob Gibson. Lu
Clinton homers. |
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F 5/23 |
at Denver |
W 14-2 |
24-15 |
WP-Stone 4-2. Mauch injures knee tendons when bowled over
by Zeke Bella of Denver. |
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Sa 5/24 |
at Denver, rain |
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Su 5/25-1 |
at Denver |
L 2-3 |
24-16 |
LP-Monbouquette 4-3. |
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*Su 5/25-2 |
at Denver |
W 11-4 |
25-16 |
WP-Thiel 3-1. |
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M 5/26 |
Omaha |
L 4-6 |
25-17 |
LP-Hurd 3-2. |
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Tu 5/27 |
Omaha |
L 0-2 |
25-18 |
LP-Stone 4-3. |
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W 5/28 |
Omaha |
L 7-8 |
25-19 |
LP-Monbouquette 4-4. |
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Th 5/29 |
Omaha |
W 4-2 |
26-19 |
WP-Thiel 4-1. 4-hitter by Thiel in a game played in 1
hour, 29 minutes. |
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F 5/30
a.m. |
at St. Paul |
W 6-3 |
27-19 |
WP-Bowsfield
5-1. Robbins hits 2 home runs. |
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F 5/30
p.m. |
St. Paul |
L 1-2 |
27-20 |
LP-Monbouquette 4-5. |
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Sa 5/31 |
at St. Paul, rain |
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Millers get shortstop
Jose Valdivielso on option from Washington. |
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Su 6/1 |
St. Paul |
L 2-4 |
27-21 |
LP-Abernathie 1-1. |
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M 6/2 |
at Wichita |
W 6-2 (15) |
28-21 |
WP-Dorish 2-1. Corky Valentine walks Sadowski to force in
the go-ahead run in the 15th. Robbins
then steals home on the front end of a triple steal. |
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Tu 6/3 |
at Wichita |
L 3-4 |
28-22 |
LP-Hurd 3-3. |
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W 6/4 |
at Wichita |
W 5-2 |
29-22 |
WP-Monbouquette 5-5. |
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*Th 6/5-1 |
at Indianapolis |
W 5-2 |
30-22 |
WP-Hurd 4-3. |
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Th 6/5-2 |
at Indianapolis |
L 1-4 |
30-23 |
LP-Bowsfield 5-2. |
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F 6/6 |
at Indianapolis |
W 3-0 |
31-23 |
WP-Schroll 2-0. |
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Sa 6/7 |
at Indianapolis |
W 8-6 |
32-23 |
WP-Stone 5-3. Down 4-0 Millers score 7 in the 4th and
hold 8-6 lead into the 9th. Mauch
moves pitcher Harry Dorish to third base and Jack Spring comes in and retires
Joe Altobelli. Dorish returns to the
mound to face Harmon Killebrew and Spring goes to first. After Killebrew was retired, Spring returns
to the mound and gets Al Facchini to end the game. Indianapolis manager Walker Cooper protests
the game, but the protest is not upheld. |
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Su 6/8-1 |
at Indianapolis |
W 5-2 |
33-23 |
WP-Thiel 5-1. Mauch again shuttles Dorish and Spring
between the mound and an infield position in the 9th. |
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*Su 6/8-2 |
at Indianapolis |
W 3-0 |
34-23 |
WP-Borland 2-1. 2-hitter for Borland, who strikes out 13,
beating 38-year-old Millard "Dixie" Howell, whose battery-mate was
the 43-year-old Cooper. |
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M 6/9 |
Wichita |
L 0-1 |
34-24 |
LP-Monbouquette
5-6. Monbouquette loses on an unearned
run in the 9th. |
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Tu 6/10 |
Wichita |
L 0-2 |
34-25 |
LP-Bowsfield 5-3. |
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W 6/11 |
Wichita |
W 6-5 (14) |
35-25 |
WP-Hurd 5-3. |
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Th 6/12 |
Wichita |
W 2-0 |
36-25 |
WP-Stone 6-3. 5-hitter by Stone. |
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F 6/13 |
Indianapolis |
L 2-3 |
36-26 |
LP-Borland 2-2. |
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Sa 6/14 |
Indianapolis |
L 0-3 |
36-27 |
LP-Monbouquette 5-7. |
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Su 6/15-1 |
Indianapolis |
L 0-8 |
36-28 |
LP-Thiel 5-2. 4-hitter by Carl Thomas, a graduate of
Central High School in Minneapolis, to extend his scoreless streak to 25
innings. John Romano, John Callison,
and Harmon Killebrew homer (Killebrew's second homer of the season and his
first-ever at Met Stadium; Killebrew was sent down to Chattanooga the next
day). |
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*Su 6/15-2 |
Indianapolis |
W 8-4 |
37-28 |
WP-Bowsfield 6-3. |
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M 6/16 |
Boston Red Sox (ex.) |
W 14-10 |
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WP-Borland. Ted Williams hits a 400-foot 2-run homer in
a 5-run Boston 1st inning before 18,638. |
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Tu 6/17 |
at Charleston |
L 1-9 |
37-29 |
LP-Stone 6-4. |
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W 6/18 |
at Charleston |
L 2-3 (12) |
37-30 |
LP-Hurd 5-4. Hurd singles in the go-ahead run in the top
of the 12th but gives up 2 runs in the bottom of the inning. |
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Th 6/19 |
at Charleston |
T 1-1 (8, rain) |
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Coach Jimmie Foxx is
hospitalized with extremely high blood pressure (released June 27). |
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F 6/20 |
at Louisville |
L 2-3 (11) |
37-31 |
LP-Hurd 5-5. |
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Sa 6/21 |
at Louisville |
L 5-7 |
37-32 |
LP-Schroll 2-1. Millers trade Kellert to Portland of the
Pacific Coast League for Paul Smith. |
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Su 6/22-1 |
at Louisville |
W 3-0 |
38-32 |
WP-Thiel 6-2. 7-hitter by Thiel. |
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*Su 6/22-2 |
at Louisville |
W 6-1 |
39-32 |
LP-Stone 7-4. 4-hitter by Stone. Schult hits 2 home runs. |
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M 6/23 |
Charleston |
W 9-2 |
40-32 |
WP-Dorish 3-1. Schult hits a 3-run homer. |
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Tu 6/24 |
Charleston, rain |
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*W 6/25-1 |
Charleston |
W 3-2 |
41-32 |
WP-Hurd 6-5. Smith squeezes home Sadowski with the
winning run in the last of the 7th. |
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W 6/25-2 |
Charleston |
W 5-4 |
42-32 |
WP-Monbouquette 6-7. |
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Th 6/26 |
Charleston |
L 2-8 |
42-33 |
LP-Stone 7-5. Jerry Davie of Charleston wins to raise his
record to 9-0. |
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F 6/27 |
Louisville |
L 2-3 |
42-34 |
LP-Thiel 6-3. |
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Sa 6/28 |
Louisville |
W 3-1 |
43-34 |
WP-Borland 3-2. 2-hitter by Borland. In the 3rd inning with Paul Smith on second
and Schult on first, Umphlett hits a drive over the left-field fence. Jake Pyburn leaps as if trying for the
catch, faking the runners. Seeing
Smith tag at second, Schult heads back to first. Umphlett rounds first,
passes Schult, and is called out and credited with a 2-run single. |
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Su 6/29-1 |
Louisville |
W 12-1 |
44-34 |
WP-Bowsfield
7-3. Millers get 19 hits. Schult gets 4 hits, including a home run
and 2 doubles. |
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*Su 6/29-2 |
Louisville |
W 3-2 |
45-34 |
WP-Monbouquette
7-7. 3-hitter for Monbouquette. HR-Sadowski 2, Green. |
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Tu 7/1 |
at St. Paul |
L 0-1 |
45-35 |
LP-Stone 7-6. |
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W 7/2 |
St. Paul |
L 1-6 |
45-36 |
LP-Thiel 6-4. |
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Th 7/3 |
St. Paul |
L 1-11 |
45-37 |
LP-Borland 3-3. |
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F 7/4 a.m. |
St. Paul, rain |
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F 7/4 p.m. |
at St. Paul |
L 4-6 |
45-38 |
LP-Monbouquette 7-8. |
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F 7/4
night |
St. Paul |
W 7-0 |
46-38 |
WP-Bowsfield
8-3. 5-hitter by Bowsfield. Makeup of morning game that was rained out. |
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Sa 7/5 |
at Omaha |
W 3-0 |
47-38 |
WP-Stone 8-6. 6-hitter by Stone. Sadowski hits 3-run homer in the 4th.. |
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*Su 7/6-1 |
at Omaha |
L 0-5 |
47-39 |
LP-Thiel 6-5. |
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Su 7/6-2 |
at Omaha |
W 2-1 |
48-39 |
WP-Schroll 3-1. |
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M 7/7 |
at Omaha |
W 4-2 |
49-39 |
WP-Bud Byerly 1-0. |
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Tu 7/8 |
at Denver |
W 10-5 |
50-39 |
WP-Monbouquette 8-8. |
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W 7/9 |
at Denver |
L 7-9 |
50-40 |
LP-Hurd 6-6. |
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Th 7/10 |
at Denver |
L 3-4 |
50-41 |
LP-Stone 8-7. |
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F 7/11 |
St. Paul |
W 3-1 |
51-41 |
WP-Schroll 4-1. |
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Sa 7/12 |
at St. Paul |
L 0-1 |
51-42 |
LP-Bowsfield 8-4. |
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Su 7/13 |
at St. Paul |
L 1-3 |
51-43 |
LP-Monbouquette 8-9. |
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M 7/14 |
American Association All-Star
Game at Denver |
W 10-2 |
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WP-Jerry Davie of
Charleston. (Davie is 11-0 during the
regular season this year.)
Monbouquette, Sadowski, Green, and Bowsfield play in the game. |
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Tu 7/15 |
at St. Paul |
W 10-8 |
52-43 |
WP-Hurd 7-6. |
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W 7/16 |
Denver |
L 1-3 |
52-44 |
LP-Schroll 4-2. John Gabler, now 15-2, wins for Denver. |
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Th 7/17 |
Denver |
L 0-14 |
52-45 |
LP-Thiel 6-6. |
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F 7/18 |
Denver |
W 11-3 |
53-45 |
WP-Duane Wilson
1-0. Andy Cohen uses 17 of his 20
players in the game, including 7 in the leadoff spot in the order. |
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Sa 7/19 |
Denver |
W 6-5 |
54-45 |
WP-Hurd 8-6. Jose Valdivielso doubles and circles the
bases on an error for the winning run in the last of the 9th. Millers trade Jack Spring to San Diego for
Stu "Lefty" Locklin. |
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Su 7/20 |
Omaha |
W 5-2 |
55-45 |
WP-Borland 4-3. Mauch and Schult homer. |
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M 7/21 |
Philadelphia Phillies vs.
Washington Senators at Met Stadium |
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Philadelphia 8,
Washington 6 before 15,990 in an exhibition game followed by
Omaha-Minneapolis game. |
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M 7/21 |
Omaha |
W 3-0 (10) |
56-45 |
WP-Schroll 5-2. Schult hits 3-run homer with 2 out in the
10th. |
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Tu 7/22 |
Omaha |
L 1-6 |
56-46 |
LP-Wilson 1-1. |
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W 7/23 |
Omaha |
L 4-5 |
56-47 |
LP-Hurd 8-7. |
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Th 7/24 |
Indianapolis |
W 3-2 (10) |
57-47 |
WP-Bob
"Riverboat" Smith 1-0. |
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F 7/25 |
Indianapolis |
W 5-2 |
58-47 |
WP-Borland 5-3. |
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Sa 7/26 |
Indianapolis |
W 10-3 |
59-47 |
WP-Schroll 6-2. 5-hitter by Schroll, who also singles and
hits a 3-run homer. |
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Su 7/27 |
Indianapolis |
L 2-8 |
59-48 |
LP-Wilson 1-2. |
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M 7/28 |
Wichita |
L 2-3 |
59-49 |
LP-Stone 8-8. |
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Tu 7/29 |
Wichita |
L 2-5 |
59-50 |
LP-B. Smith 1-1. |
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W 7/30 |
Wichita |
L 5-6 |
59-51 |
LP-Wilson 1-3. |
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Th 7/31 |
at Indianapolis |
W 8-3 |
60-51 |
WP-Borland 6-3. |
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F 8/1 |
at Indianapolis |
L 8-9 (13) |
60-52 |
LP-Hurd 8-8. |
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Sa 8/2 |
at Wichita |
W 1-0 |
61-52 |
WP-Stone 9-8. 1-hitter by Stone. Paul Smith homers in the 9th. |
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*Su 8/3-1 |
at Wichita |
L 0-2 |
61-53 |
LP-Borland 6-4. |
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Su 8/3-2 |
at Wichita |
L 2-10 |
61-54 |
LP-B. Smith 1-2. |
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M 8/4 |
at Wichita |
L 2-5 |
61-55 |
LP-Schroll 6-3. |
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Tu 8/5 |
at Wichita |
L 5-8 |
61-56 |
LP-Wilson 1-4. |
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W 8/6 |
Charleston |
W 4-2 |
62-56 |
WP-Stone 10-8. Millers score in the 3rd to break Art
Houtteman's streak of 20 scoreless innings. |
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Th 8/7 |
Charleston |
L 1-7 |
62-57 |
LP-Borland 6-5. Davie (14-2) wins for Charleston. |
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F 8/8 |
Charleston |
L 3-8 |
62-58 |
LP-B. Smith 1-3. |
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Sa 8/9 |
Louisville |
W 4-1 |
63-58 |
WP-Schroll 7-3. |
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Su 8/10-1 |
Louisville |
W 3-1 |
64-58 |
WP-Wilson 2-4. |
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*Su 8/10-2 |
Louisville |
W 8-3 |
65-58 |
WP-B. Smith 2-3. |
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M 8/11 |
Louisville |
L 5-10 |
65-59 |
LP-Schroll 7-4. |
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Tu 8/12 |
at Omaha |
L 1-2 |
65-60 |
LP-Hurd 8-9. |
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W 8/13 |
at Omaha |
W 6-3 |
66-60 |
WP-B. Smith 3-3. |
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Th 8/14 |
at Omaha |
W 6-3 |
67-60 |
WP-Stone 11-8. |
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*F 8/15-1 |
at Charleston, rain |
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F 8/15-2 |
at Charleston, rain |
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Sa 8/16
day |
at Charleston |
W 5-3 |
68-60 |
WP-Wilson 3-4. Green hits 2-run homer in the 9th as
Millers beat Davie (15-3). |
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Sa 8/16
night |
at Charleston |
L 1-4 |
68-61 |
LP-Schroll 7-5. |
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Su 8/17-1 |
at Charleston |
W 3-1 |
69-61 |
WP-Borland 7-5. |
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*Su 8/17-2 |
at Charleston |
W 3-1 (10) |
70-61 |
WP-B. Smith 4-3. |
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M 8/18 |
at Louisville |
W 3-0 |
71-61 |
WP-Stone 12-8. |
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Tu 8/19 |
at Louisville |
W 7-3 |
72-61 |
WP-Wilson 4-4. |
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W 8/20 |
at Louisville |
L 1-3 |
72-62 |
WP-Schroll 7-6. |
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Th 8/21 |
at Louisville |
L 2-3 |
72-63 |
LP-Borland 7-6. |
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F 8/22 |
St. Paul |
L 0-2 |
72-64 |
LP-B. Smith 4-4. |
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Sa 8/23 |
at St. Paul, rain |
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Su 8/24 |
at St. Paul |
W 10-6 |
73-64 |
WP-Stone 13-8. Sadowski hits a grand slam in a 6-run 1st
inning. |
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M 8/25 |
Omaha, rain |
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*Tu 8/26-1 |
Omaha |
L 1-2 |
73-65 |
LP-Borland 7-7. |
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Tu 8/26-2 |
Omaha |
W 2-1 |
74-65 |
WP-Wilson 5-4. |
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W 8/27 |
Omaha |
W 7-1 |
75-65 |
WP-B. Smith 5-4. |
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Th 8/28 |
Denver |
L 3-6 |
75-66 |
LP-Dorish 3-2. |
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F 8/29 |
Denver |
L 3-6 |
75-67 |
LP-Stone 13-9. |
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Sa 8/30 |
Denver |
L 0-7 |
75-68 |
LP-Schroll 7-7. |
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Su 8/31 |
St. Paul |
L 1-3 |
75-69 |
LP-Wilson 5-5. |
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M 9/1 a.m. |
at St. Paul |
W 2-1 |
76-69 |
WP-Borland 8-7. |
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M 9/1 p.m. |
St. Paul |
W 1-0 |
77-69 |
WP-B. Smith 6-4. 3-hitter by Smith, who strikes out 9. Mauch doubles in each game for the only
extra-base hits by either team in both games. |
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Tu 9/2 |
at St. Paul |
L 0-4 |
77-70 |
LP-Stone 13-10. 18th time Millers have been shut out this
year. |
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W 9/3 |
at St. Paul |
W 14-4 |
78-70 |
WP-Hurd 9-9. |
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*Th 9/4-1 |
at Denver |
W 7-5 |
79-70 |
WP-Schroll 8-7. |
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Th 9/4-2 |
at Denver |
W 13-5 |
80-70 |
WP-Wilson 6-5. |
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F 9/5 |
at Denver |
W 2-1 (10) |
81-70 |
WP-Hurd 10-9. |
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S 9/6 |
at Denver |
W 8-7 |
82-70 |
WP-Borland 9-7. Millers overcome 5-0 deficit to win and
clinch playoff spot. |
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Su 9/7 |
at Denver |
L 2-11 |
82-71-1 |
LP-Schroll 8-8. |
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Tu 9/9 |
at Wichita |
L 2-4 |
0-1 |
LP-B. Smith. Vic Rehm wins for Wichita and homers in the
3rd for a 1-0 lead. |
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W 9/10 |
at Wichita |
W 5-4 |
1-1 |
WP-Dorish. Dorish relieves Stone in the 5th. Millers hold 4-1 lead in the 8th but Braves
have runners at 1st and 2nd. Mauch
moves Dorish to third base and brings in Borland, who walks 2 batters to
force in a run. Dorish retakes the
mound and gets out of the inning. |
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Th 9/11 |
at Wichita |
L 2-9 |
1-2 |
LP-Wilson. Wichita hits 5 homers, including 2 each by
Ed Charles and Ray Shearer. |
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F 9/12 |
Wichita |
W 2-0 |
2-2 |
WP-Schroll. 4-hitter by Schroll. Schult hits a 430-foot, 2-run homer to left
in the 8th. |
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Sa 9/13 |
Wichita |
W 4-3 |
3-2 |
WP-Hurd. Hurd wins with 5 innings of scoreless
relief and singles home the winning run with 2 out in the last of the
9th. Wichita manager Ben Geraghty is
ejected in the top of the 8th, and Mauch is ejected in the last of the 8th. |
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Su 9/14 |
Wichita, rain |
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M 9/15 |
Wichita |
W 3-2 |
4-2 |
WP-Stone. 6-hitter by Stone, who strikes out 11 and
singles home Jerry Zimmerman from second with the winning run in the
7th. Joe Morgan leads off the 8th with
a triple for Wichita, but Stone strikes out the next three batters. Wichita gets runners to first and second
with 1 out in the 9th, but Stone strikes out the final two batters. |
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Th 9/18 |
Denver |
W 10-1 |
1-0 |
WP-Schroll. |
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F 9/19 |
Denver |
W 4-1 |
2-0 |
WP-B. Smith. Millers beat Gabler. Schult's 2-run single in the 8th breaks 1-1
tie. |
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Sa 9/20 |
at Denver |
W 14-13 (11) |
3-0 |
WP-Hurd. Millers get 21 hits. Down 12-3 after 4, Minneapolis scores 5 in
the 6th, 1 each in the 7th and 8th, 2 in the 9th to tie, and 2 in the 11th to
win as Hurd holds the Bears to 1 run over the last 4 innings. In the 9th Green doubled (4th hit of the
game) and Schult homered. Locklin
starts 11th-inning rally with his 4th hit in the game, and Robbins and
Umphlett deliver two-out, run-scoring singles. |
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Su 9/21 |
at Denver |
W 6-4 |
4-0 |
WP-Dorish. Schult hits a 2-run homer in a 3-run first.
With the score 4-4 in the 9th, Schult doubles and, one out later, scores on a
single by Umphlett, who takes second on the throw home and then scores on
Mauch's single. |
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Junior World Series |
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F 9/26 |
at Montreal Royals |
W 6-2 |
1-0 |
WP-Schroll. Schroll and Hurd combine on a 7-hitter to
beat Tom Lasorda, who won 18 games during the regular season and was the
International League Most Valuable Player.
Mauch gets 3 hits, including 2 doubles. (Besides Lasorda, the Royals had another
future Hall of Fame manager, Sparky Anderson, in the game.) |
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Sa 9/27 |
at Montreal |
W 7-2 |
2-0 |
WP-Stone. Locklin leads off the game, on the second
pitch, with a home run. Stone breaks
1-1 tie in the 3rd with a home run over the 293-foot right-field fence. The game was played under International
League rules that prohibit any ball-strike arguments, and Mauch protested the
game in the 4th when Montreal manager Clay Bryant came out of the third-base
coaching box to argue with umpire George Carney over a called-third strike
call on Solly Drake. |
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Su 9/28 |
at Montreal |
W 3-2 |
3-0 |
WP-B. Smith. |
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M 9/29 |
Montreal |
W 7-1 |
4-0 |
WP-Borland. 5-hitter by Borland, who retires 20
straight batters between the 2nd and 9th innings before 7,702 fans at Met
Stadium. With the Millers down 1-0 in
the third, Clinton triples with the bases loaded and then scores on a long
home run by Schult off newlywed Bob Giallombardo, who was married two nights
before in Brooklyn. Borland triples in
the 7th and then scores on an error by Sparky Anderson. Clinton follows with a homer. |
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W |
L |
Manager |
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Charleston |
89 |
62 |
Bill Norman-Bill Adair |
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Wichita |
83 |
71 |
Ben Geraghty |
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Minneapolis |
82 |
71 |
Gene Mauch |
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Denver |
78 |
71 |
Andy Cohen |
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Omaha |
80 |
74 |
John Keane |
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Indianapolis |
72 |
82 |
Walker Cooper |
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St. Paul |
70 |
84 |
Max Macon |
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Louisville |
56 |
95 |
Del Wilber |
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Statistics |
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Player |
Games |
Batting Average |
Home Runs |
Runs Batted In |
Position |
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Faye Throneberry |
29 |
.318 |
6 |
23 |
of |
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Art Schult |
151 |
.287 |
20 |
89 |
of |
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Paul Smith |
79 |
.275 |
5 |
43 |
1b |
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Ed Sadowski |
123 |
.262 |
15 |
44 |
c |
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Tom Umphlett |
144 |
.257 |
9 |
62 |
of |
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Spencer “Red” Robbins |
136 |
.255 |
8 |
68 |
1b-3b |
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Elijah “Pumpsie” Green |
145 |
.253 |
6 |
43 |
2b-ss |
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Lu Clinton |
118 |
.251 |
6 |
37 |
of |
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Jerry Zimmerman |
57 |
.250 |
2 |
16 |
c |
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Stu “Lefty” Locklin |
37 |
.246 |
1 |
7 |
of |
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Gene Mauch |
65 |
.243 |
3 |
29 |
2b-3b |
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Jack Lundquist* |
46 |
.236 |
1 |
9 |
of |
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Harry Malmberg |
140 |
.235 |
4 |
45 |
2b-3b |
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Jose Valdivielso |
52 |
.222 |
1 |
9 |
ss |
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Frank Kellert |
63 |
.191 |
4 |
28 |
1b |
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Joe Tanner |
12 |
.176 |
0 |
2 |
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Dick McCarthy |
13 |
.111 |
0 |
2 |
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Pitcher |
G |
IP |
W |
L |
ERA |
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Tom Hurd |
52 |
109 |
10 |
8 |
1.65 |
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Tom Borland |
38 |
143 |
9 |
7 |
2.20 |
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Harry Dorish |
48 |
93 |
3 |
3 |
2.23 |
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Bob "Riverboat" Smith |
13 |
73 |
6 |
4 |
2.47 |
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Ted Bowsfield |
19 |
117 |
8 |
4 |
2.62 |
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Bill Monbouquette |
22 |
134 |
8 |
9 |
3.16 |
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Dean Stone |
33 |
215 |
13 |
10 |
3.18 |
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Al Schroll |
29 |
158 |
8 |
8 |
3.70 |
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Bert Thiel |
32 |
134 |
6 |
6 |
3.76 |
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Jack Spring |
22 |
49 |
1 |
3 |
4.41 |
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Duane Wilson |
15 |
76 |
6 |
5 |
4.97 |
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Glen “Stub” Stabelfeld |
6 |
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2 |
1 |
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Bud Byerly |
5 |
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1 |
0 |
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Arnold Earley |
2 |
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1 |
0 |
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Bill Prout |
1 |
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0 |
0 |
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Bill Abernathie |
6 |
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0 |
1 |
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Bob Chakales |
4 |
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0 |
2 |
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statistics include games played with St. Paul in 1958. |
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