Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics
1951-1960
Web page by Stew Thornley
Author of On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers
Key to Abbreviations for Batting Statistics:
B.A.-Batting Average; HR-Home Runs; RBI-Runs Batted In
Key to Abbreviations for Pitching Statistics:
IP-Innings Pitched; W-Won; L-Lost; ERA-Earned Run Average
Note: The information on this page has been derived from game-by-game compilations and other notes from research I did in the 1980s, from annual record books lent to me by Glenn Gostick of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and current record sources such as Marshall D. Wrights The American Association and http://baseball-reference.com. SABR member Rich Arpi has provided great help by catching and informing me of data-entry errors and other information.
1951 American Association, Manager: Tommy Heath, Record: 77-75, 5th Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Willie Mays | 35 | .477 | 8 | 30 | cf |
Artie Wilson | 17 | .390 | 2 | 13 | ss-2b-3b-of |
Harv Gentry | 10 | .364 | 0 | 3 | of |
Hank Thompson | 14 | .340 | 7 | 13 | lf |
Ray Dandridge | 107 | .324 | 8 | 61 | 3b |
Ray Katt | 117 | .308 | 11 | 57 | c |
Neill Sheridan | 75 | .306 | 9 | 50 | of |
Pete Milne | 131 | .300 | 9 | 68 | of |
Bobby Hofman | 67 | .290 | 10 | 45 | 2b |
Dave Williams | 80 | .287 | 12 | 49 | 2b |
Tookie Gilbert | 145 | .273 | 29 | 100 | 1b |
Guilford Gip Dickens | 50 | .269 | 6 | 26 | of-3b |
Gail Henley | 39 | .260 | 5 | 18 | rf |
Johnny Kropf | 116 | .250 | 10 | 43 | lf |
Jake Early | 37 | .250 | 5 | 23 | c |
Johnny Lucadello* | 74 | .249 | 2 | 25 | 3b-2b |
Rudy Rufer | 137 | .233 | 1 | 45 | ss |
Mike Natisin | 53 | .232 | 5 | 24 | 1b |
Ed Sokol | 22 | .207 | 0 | 11 | c |
Bama Rowell | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 3b |
Roy Weatherly | 32 | .198 | 3 | 7 | lf |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Wally Cox | 23 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 3.08 |
Roger Bowman | 12 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 3.32 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 40 | 210 | 11 | 14 | 3.94 |
Adrian Zabala | 49 | 177 | 14 | 12 | 3.97 |
Dave Barnhill | 33 | 105 | 6 | 5 | 4.46 |
Andy Tomasic | 21 | 88 | 3 | 5 | 4.91 |
Norm Fox | 30 | 123 | 6 | 6 | 5.41 |
Frank Fanovich | 26 | 114 | 7 | 12 | 5.53 |
Hugh Oser | 25 | 92 | 7 | 3 | 5.58 |
Ed Wright | 8 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 5.70 |
Barney Martin | 17 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 5.77 |
Dixie Howell | 29 | 137 | 9 | 9 | 6.50 |
Ike Pearson | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
Cy Buker | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 |
Other players: Les Klesitz, p. *Lucadellos statistics include games played with Toledo in 1951. Tookie Gilbert led the American Association with 29 home runs. |
1952 American Association, Manager: Chick Genovese, Record: 79-75, 3rd Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Clint Hartung | 105 | .334 | 27 | 93 | of |
Bill Howerton | 67 | .307 | 24 | 61 | of |
Roy Broome | 142 | .305 | 17 | 99 | of |
Ray Katt | 123 | .304 | 15 | 68 | c |
Dom Dallessandro* | 115 | .295 | 7 | 30 | 1b-of |
Jake Early | 63 | .295 | 8 | 28 | c |
Bob Lennon | 50 | .295 | 8 | 32 | of |
Daryl Spencer | 142 | .294 | 27 | 80 | ss |
Ray Dandridge | 145 | .291 | 10 | 68 | 3b |
Marv Blaylock | 133 | .283 | 16 | 73 | 1b |
Fred Gerkin | 50 | .274 | 6 | 24 | 1b-of |
Ronnie Samford | 139 | .268 | 6 | 35 | 2b |
Chuck Diering | 55 | .260 | 4 | 16 | of |
Billy Gardner | 93 | .259 | 1 | 15 | 2b-3b-ss |
Dick Wakefield | 27 | .230 | 2 | 8 | of |
Jack Harshman | 77 | .222 | 8 | 15 | 1b-p |
Ray Berns | 28 | .178 | 2 | 4 | of |
Bill Barnacle | 10 | .118 | 0 | 1 | of |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Adrian Zabala | 69 | 139 | 14 | 10 | 2.98 |
Mario Picone | 9 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 3.33 |
Dick Libby | 32 | 186 | 13 | 9 | 4.06 |
Hugh Oser* | 34 | 173 | 11 | 9 | 4.21 |
Norm Fox | 31 | 161 | 9 | 10 | 4.30 |
Whitey Konikowski | 15 | 90 | 3 | 8 | 4.30 |
Jake Schmitt | 25 | 119 | 7 | 7 | 4.54 |
Roger Bowman | 6 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4.62 |
Jack Harshman | 26 | 131 | 6 | 7 | 4.67 |
Al Corwin | 26 | 159 | 8 | 11 | 5.04 |
Andy Tomasic | 35 | 94 | 4 | 4 | 5.17 |
Harry Nicholas | 18 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 6.86 |
Pete Burnside | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 |
George Heller | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
*Dallesandros statistics include games played with Toledo-Charleston in 1952, and Osers statistics include games with St. Paul. |
1953 American Association, Manager: Chick Genovese-Jake Early-Fred Fitzsimmons, Record: 76-78, 5th Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Foster Castleman | 20 | .368 | 0 | 13 | ss |
Ray Katt | 114 | .326 | 28 | 98 | c |
Rance Pless | 152 | .322 | 25 | 88 | 3b |
Chuck Diering | 152 | .322 | 12 | 74 | of |
George Wilson | 118 | .315 | 34 | 94 | of |
Rafael Ray Noble | 29 | .306 | 4 | 21 | c |
Amado Chico Ibanez | 84 | .289 | 2 | 30 | 2b-3b |
Ray Berns | 94 | .283 | 7 | 37 | of |
Ronnie Samford | 143 | .280 | 12 | 52 | 2b-ss |
Clint Hartung | 120 | .276 | 19 | 75 | of-p |
Joe Bracchitta | 110 | .259 | 9 | 30 | 1b-of |
Marv Blaylock | 69 | .256 | 3 | 29 | 1b |
Zikfert Zig Jasinski | 78 | .230 | 0 | 17 | ss |
Bill Taylor | 47 | .223 | 7 | 28 | of |
Johnny Kropf* | 113 | .214 | 7 | 26 | of |
Jake Early | 27 | .209 | 3 | 6 | c |
Claude Corbitt | 54 | .189 | 1 | 11 | ss |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Adrian Zabala | 48 | 97 | 5 | 6 | 2.78 |
Al Worthington | 17 | 118 | 9 | 5 | 2.90 |
Frank Hiller | 14 | 89 | 6 | 6 | 3.64 |
Fred Sherkel | 33 | 98 | 7 | 4 | 4.04 |
George Spencer | 50 | 119 | 7 | 8 | 4.31 |
Eldred Bud Byerly* | 38 | 159 | 10 | 7 | 4.36 |
Harry Nicholas | 36 | 161 | 7 | 13 | 4.53 |
Mario Picone | 38 | 211 | 14 | 8 | 4.99 |
Bill Connelly | 14 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 5.18 |
Dick Libby | 24 | 69 | 4 | 6 | 7.43 |
Pete Modica | 1 | 1 | |||
Bob Giddens | 1 | 2 | |||
Tony West | 1 | 6 | |||
Robert Giddings | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Clint Hartung | 0 | 1 | |||
Les Klesitz | 0 | 1 | |||
Jake Schmitt | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
*Kropfs statistics include games played with Charleston in 1953, and Byerlys include games with St. Paul. George Wilson led the American Association with 34 home runs. |
1954 American Association, Manager: Bill Rigney, Record: 78-73, 3rd Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Bill Rigney | 43 | .333 | 0 | 6 | 2b |
Foster Castleman | 85 | .317 | 11 | 59 | 2b |
Gail Harris | 150 | .309 | 34 | 113 | 1b |
George Wilson | 136 | .302 | 27 | 92 | of |
Chico Ibanez | 94 | .302 | 5 | 31 | 2b |
Rance Pless | 138 | .290 | 18 | 109 | 3b |
Don Lund | 42 | .287 | 6 | 22 | of |
Grant Dunlap | 49 | .284 | 4 | 28 | of |
Gip Dickens | 131 | .281 | 15 | 67 | 3b-of |
Billy Klaus | 150 | .280 | 21 | 66 | ss |
Ray Mueller | 61 | .266 | 5 | 19 | c |
Harv Gentry | 113 | .242 | 8 | 48 | of |
Joe Bracchitta | 104 | .242 | 4 | 17 | of |
Frank Baldwin | 86 | .240 | 2 | 31 | c |
Ray Berns | 16 | .238 | 1 | 2 | of |
Alex Cosmidis | 5 | .188 | |||
Ebba St. Claire | 51 | .186 | 6 | 18 | c |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
George Spencer | 68 | 97 | 6 | 7 | 3.15 |
Al Corwin | 12 | 92 | 6 | 4 | 3.33 |
Red Fahr* | 25 | 128 | 9 | 10 | 3.80 |
Jim Singleton | 39 | 67 | 2 | 4 | 4.30 |
Al Worthington | 24 | 152 | 11 | 7 | 4.32 |
Jim Constable | 37 | 197 | 10 | 13 | 4.39 |
Bud Byerly | 28 | 162 | 10 | 10 | 4.39 |
Ramon Monzant | 27 | 161 | 11 | 7 | 4.42 |
Alberto Osorio | 14 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4.64 |
Charley Fowler | 34 | 120 | 6 | 9 | 4.80 |
Bill Connelly | 13 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 5.68 |
Fred Sherkel | 14 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6.43 |
Joe Margoneri | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Pete Burnside | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Les Klesitz | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Monte Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mario Picone | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
*Fahrs statistics include games pitched with Charleston in 1954. |
1955 American Association, Manager: Bill Rigney, Record: 92-62-2, 1st Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Alex Cosmidis | 3 | 1.000 | |||
Monte Irvin | 75 | .352 | 14 | 52 | of |
Ron Northey* | 98 | .344 | 16 | 53 | of |
Rance Pless | 156 | .337 | 26 | 107 | 1b-3b |
Billy Gardner | 73 | .310 | 17 | 48 | 2b-3b |
George Wilson | 140 | .307 | 31 | 99 | of |
Gail Harris | 44 | .303 | 17 | 43 | 1b |
Foster Castleman | 43 | .302 | 4 | 10 | 3b |
Wayne Terwilliger | 72 | .297 | 4 | 28 | 2b |
Joe Bracchitta | 106 | .297 | 7 | 32 | 1b-of |
Bob Lennon | 114 | .280 | 31 | 104 | of |
Don Bollweg* | 77 | .274 | 12 | 39 | 1b |
Gip Dickens* | 118 | .273 | 15 | 62 | 1b-of |
Willie Kirkland | 9 | .273 | |||
Carl Sawatski | 142 | .268 | 27 | 72 | c |
Lou Ortiz | 26 | .267 | 6 | 15 | 2b |
Ed Bressoud | 145 | .251 | 19 | 74 | ss |
Dave Garcia | 5 | .250 | |||
Eric Rodin | 42 | .246 | 3 | 16 | of |
Chico Ibanez* | 34 | .221 | 1 | 9 | ss |
Ray Dabek | 52 | .220 | 1 | 7 | c |
Fred Richards* | 79 | .218 | 6 | 19 | 1b-of |
Bill Rigney | 12 | .182 | 1 | 4 | |
Dick Getter | 6 | .176 | |||
Ray Mueller | 3 | .000 | |||
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Al Worthington | 38 | 239 | 19 | 10 | 3.58 |
Jim Constable | 45 | 199 | 12 | 9 | 4.57 |
Whitey Konikowski | 38 | 157 | 11 | 8 | 4.76 |
Floyd Melliere* | 38 | 163 | 10 | 7 | 4.91 |
Harry Nicholas | 39 | 156 | 9 | 6 | 5.08 |
Ramon Monzant | 12 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 3.60 |
Bud Byerly | 50 | 80 | 8 | 8 | 3.60 |
Bobby Hogue | 18 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4.64 |
Joe Margoneri | 26 | 119 | 9 | 6 | 5.14 |
Al Corwin | 30 | 138 | 8 | 8 | 5.41 |
Al Olsen | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7.11 |
Ralph Branca | 25 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 7.36 |
Charley Fowler | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Graves | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
*Northey, Dickens, Ibanez, Richards, and Mellieres statistics include games played with Charleston in 1955, and Bollwegs statistics include games with Indianapolis. Rance Pless led the American Association with a .337 batting average, and Al Worthington led the Association with 19 wins. The Millers defeated Denver and Omaha in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they defeated the Rochester Red Wings of the International League, 4 games to 3. |
1956 American Association, Manager: Eddie Stanky, Record: 78-75-1, 4th Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Valmy Thomas | 3 | .400 | |||
Dave Garcia | 5 | .333 | |||
Don Grate* | 124 | .316 | 4 | 36 | 3b-of |
Bill Taylor | 121 | .308 | 19 | 69 | of |
Vern Rapp | 85 | .302 | 11 | 32 | c |
Willie Kirkland | 154 | .293 | 37 | 120 | of |
Bill White | 20 | .292 | 3 | 14 | 1b-of |
Gil Coan | 134 | .286 | 12 | 54 | of |
Wilburn "Jake" Jenkins | 116 | .278 | 5 | 50 | c |
Gail Harris | 133 | .270 | 24 | 82 | 1b |
Ed Bressoud | 86 | .269 | 3 | 36 | ss |
Bob Lennon | 78 | .266 | 7 | 27 | of |
Ozzie Virgil | 152 | .265 | 10 | 67 | 3b |
Joe Bracchitta* | 83 | .261 | 0 | 14 | of |
Joey Amalfitano | 44 | .256 | 0 | 8 | 2b |
Lee Tate | 100 | .255 | 3 | 25 | 2b-ss |
Don Bollweg* | 125 | .248 | 19 | 73 | 1b |
Wayne Terwilliger | 90 | .245 | 2 | 27 | 2b |
Bob Stephenson* | 118 | .238 | 3 | 31 | ss |
Bill Wells | 19 | .125 | 0 | 3 | of |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Roger Bowman | 10 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 3.07 |
Frank Barnes | 25 | 154 | 13 | 5 | 3.39 |
Phil Paine | 58 | 116 | 8 | 6 | 3.49 |
Jim Constable | 37 | 167 | 10 | 10 | 3.66 |
Curt Barclay | 37 | 195 | 15 | 11 | 4.11 |
Al Corwin | 26 | 120 | 6 | 8 | 4.50 |
Whitey Konikowski | 29 | 86 | 4 | 5 | 4.60 |
Pete Burnside | 22 | 113 | 5 | 9 | 4.62 |
Floyd Melliere* | 45 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 4.86 |
Dennis Reeder | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 |
Bill Bradford | 51 | 94 | 5 | 7 | 5.17 |
Mel Held | 21 | 88 | 6 | 3 | 5.52 |
Lee Anthony* | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 |
Fernando Rodriguez | 12 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7.31 |
Dick Strahs | 16 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 |
Joe Margoneri | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
Tom Pruett | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ramon Monzant | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Neil Roberts | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
*Bollwegs statistics include games played with Wichita in 1956, Stephenson and Barness include games with Omaha, and Grate, Bracchitta, Melliere, and Anthonys statistics include games with Louisville. Curt Barclay tied for the American Association lead with 15 wins.. |
1957 American Association, Manager: John Red Davis, Record: 85-69-2, 3rd Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Orlando Cepeda | 151 | .309 | 25 | 108 | 1b |
Don Grate | 150 | .296 | 10 | 69 | of |
Jim Davenport | 148 | .291 | 10 | 53 | 3b |
Carlos Paula | 104 | .288 | 6 | 45 | of |
Ed Bressoud | 81 | .286 | 4 | 35 | ss |
Jack Tobin | 42 | .283 | 0 | 8 | of |
George Bobby Prescott | 54 | .278 | 8 | 31 | of |
Bobby Hofman | 61 | .278 | 4 | 28 | c-1b |
Bill Taylor | 115 | .274 | 21 | 59 | of |
Wayne Terwilliger | 144 | .270 | 7 | 50 | 2b |
Bob Schmidt | 120 | .262 | 17 | 61 | c |
Foster Castleman | 48 | .245 | 3 | 13 | 2b-ss |
Hank Thompson | 78 | .243 | 2 | 19 | of-2b |
Jake Jenkins | 33 | .233 | 2 | 13 | c |
Andre Rodgers | 52 | .220 | 2 | 15 | ss |
Felipe Alou | 24 | .211 | 0 | 3 | of |
Ed White | 13 | .107 | 0 | 3 | |
Lee Tate | 8 | .000 | |||
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Stu Miller | 7 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 2.29 |
Pete Burnside | 20 | 131 | 10 | 5 | 2.47 |
Fernando Rodriguez | 66 | 106 | 6 | 5 | 2.97 |
Matt Surkont | 27 | 183 | 15 | 5 | 3.05 |
Jim Davis | 21 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 |
Joe Shipley | 18 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 3.84 |
Steve Ridzek | 21 | 117 | 8 | 6 | 4.38 |
Vibert Clarke | 21 | 80 | 3 | 5 | 4.39 |
Jim Constable | 10 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 4.80 |
Joe Margoneri | 25 | 132 | 9 | 10 | 4.84 |
Gordon Jones | 33 | 166 | 9 | 14 | 5.04 |
Gene Bearden | 34 | 112 | 5 | 6 | 5.30 |
Mike Blyzka | 22 | 83 | 7 | 3 | 5.31 |
Al Corwin* | 22 | 107 | 4 | 9 | 5.72 |
Roger Bowman* | 15 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 7.20 |
*Corwin and Bowmans statistics include games pitched with Louisville in 1957. |
1958 American Association, Manager: Gene Mauch, Record: 82-71-1, 3rd Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Faye Throneberry | 29 | .318 | 6 | 23 | of |
Art Schult | 151 | .287 | 20 | 89 | of |
Paul Smith | 79 | .275 | 5 | 43 | 1b |
Ed Sadowski | 123 | .262 | 15 | 44 | c |
Tom Umphlett | 144 | .257 | 9 | 62 | of |
Spencer Red Robbins | 136 | .255 | 8 | 68 | 1b-3b |
Elijah Pumpsie Green | 145 | .253 | 6 | 43 | 2b-ss |
Lu Clinton | 118 | .251 | 6 | 37 | of |
Jerry Zimmerman | 57 | .250 | 2 | 16 | c |
Stu Lefty Locklin | 37 | .246 | 1 | 7 | of |
Gene Mauch | 65 | .243 | 3 | 29 | 2b-3b |
Jack Lundquist* | 46 | .236 | 1 | 9 | of |
Harry Malmberg | 140 | .235 | 4 | 45 | 2b-3b |
Jose Valdivielso | 52 | .222 | 1 | 9 | ss |
Frank Kellert | 63 | .191 | 4 | 28 | 1b |
Joe Tanner | 12 | .176 | 0 | 2 | |
Dick McCarthy | 13 | .111 | 0 | 2 | |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Tom Hurd | 52 | 109 | 10 | 8 | 1.65 |
Tom Borland | 38 | 143 | 9 | 7 | 2.20 |
Harry Dorish | 48 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 2.23 |
Bob Riverboat Smith | 13 | 73 | 6 | 4 | 2.47 |
Ted Bowsfield | 19 | 117 | 8 | 4 | 2.62 |
Bill Monbouquette | 22 | 134 | 8 | 9 | 3.16 |
Dean Stone | 33 | 215 | 13 | 10 | 3.18 |
Al Schroll | 29 | 158 | 8 | 8 | 3.70 |
Bert Thiel | 32 | 134 | 6 | 6 | 3.76 |
Jack Spring | 22 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 4.41 |
Duane Wilson | 15 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 4.97 |
Glen Stub Stabelfeld | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
Bud Byerly | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
Arnold Earley | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Prout | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Abernathie | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bob Chakales | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
*Lundquists statistics include games played with St. Paul in 1958. The Millers defeated Wichita and Denver in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they defeated the Montreal Royals of the International League, 4 games to 0. |
1959 American Association, Manager: Gene Mauch, Record: 95-67, 2nd Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Gene Mauch | 8 | .500 | |||
Lefty Locklin | 39 | .326 | 3 | 18 | of |
Pumpsie Green | 98 | .320 | 7 | 31 | 2b |
Chuck Tanner | 152 | .319 | 12 | 78 | of |
Red Robbins | 117 | .310 | 6 | 53 | 1b-3b |
Art Schult | 93 | .289 | 16 | 71 | 1b |
Jerry Mallett | 3 | .286 | |||
Joe Macko* | 147 | .279 | 25 | 85 | 1b-3b |
Joe Tanner* | 115 | .274 | 7 | 55 | 2b-3b |
Tom Umphlett | 155 | .265 | 9 | 53 | of |
Herbie Plews | 46 | .252 | 0 | 10 | 2b |
Lu Clinton | 151 | .251 | 20 | 77 | of |
Walter Brady | 2 | .250 | |||
Shep Frazier | 54 | .244 | 2 | 20 | 3b |
Johnny Goryl | 60 | .240 | 3 | 25 | 3b-ss |
Roy Smalley* | 128 | .236 | 15 | 56 | 2b-3b-ss-p |
Haywood Sullivan | 57 | .235 | 0 | 14 | c |
Jim Mahoney | 103 | .212 | 0 | 30 | ss |
Bill Gabler* | 129 | .211 | 21 | 72 | 1b |
Ed Sadowski | 117 | .207 | 14 | 53 | c |
Chuck Schilling | 4 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 2b |
Jerry Zimmerman | 20 | .186 | 1 | 6 | c |
Marlan Coughtry | 12 | .172 | 0 | 0 | 3b |
Lee Howell | 11 | .105 | 0 | 2 | of |
Don Gile | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Tracy Stallard | 16 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 2.25 |
Ted Bowsfield | 26 | 154 | 10 | 5 | 2.45 |
Chet Nichols | 31 | 143 | 7 | 7 | 2.58 |
Tom Borland | 32 | 178 | 14 | 8 | 2.73 |
Duane Wilson | 26 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 |
Ted Wills | 21 | 120 | 9 | 10 | 3.15 |
Herb Moford | 8 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 |
Billy Muffett | 20 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 3.44 |
Bud Byerly | 28 | 60 | 6 | 4 | 3.45 |
Willard Nixon | 26 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 3.58 |
Nelson Chittum | 25 | 131 | 11 | 5 | 3.64 |
Murray Wall | 18 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 3.67 |
Earl Wilson | 21 | 113 | 10 | 2 | 3.82 |
Tom Hurd | 28 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 3.94 |
Al Schroll | 15 | 74 | 3 | 4 | 4.01 |
Vito Valentinetti | 13 | 2 | 1 | ||
Harry Dorish* | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stub Stabelfeld | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Smalley | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Yastrzemski also played for the Millers during the league playoffs and Junior World Series. *Macko, Gabler, and Dorishs statistics include games played with Fort Worth in 1959, Joe Tanners statistics include games with St. Paul, and Smalleys statistics include games with Houston. The Millers defeated Omaha and Fort Worth in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they lost to the Havana Sugar Kings of the International League, 4 games to 3. |
1960 American Association, Manager: Eddie Popowski, Record: 82-72, 5th Place
Player | Games | B.A. | HR | RBI | Position |
Ted Schreiber | 3 | .667 | |||
Carl Yastrzemski | 148 | .339 | 7 | 69 | of |
Shep Frazier | 99 | .322 | 5 | 34 | 2b-3b |
Chuck Schilling | 142 | .314 | 2 | 56 | 2b |
Walter Brady | 12 | .310 | 0 | 5 | c |
Tom Umphlett | 132 | .304 | 9 | 61 | of |
Paul Smith* | 120 | .302 | 3 | 58 | 1b-of |
Dave Mann | 128 | .293 | 3 | 33 | of |
Lefty Locklin | 83 | .293 | 0 | 25 | 1b-of |
Don Gile | 87 | .280 | 19 | 64 | 1b-c |
Red Robbins | 121 | .273 | 5 | 40 | 1b-3b |
Bob Lawrence | 19 | .263 | 0 | 4 | 1b |
Lu Clinton | 35 | .258 | 4 | 18 | of |
Bob Tillman | 123 | .256 | 24 | 82 | c |
Jim Mahoney | 154 | .236 | 3 | 54 | ss |
Curt Jensen | 23 | .234 | 1 | 7 | 3b |
Marlan Coughtry | 15 | .163 | 0 | 1 | 3b |
Archie Skeen | 5 | .100 | |||
Lee Howell | 10 | .080 | 0 | 1 | |
Jerry Mallett* | 13 | .065 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Wheeler | 1 | .000 | c | ||
Pitcher | Games | IP | W | L | ERA |
Al Worthington | 37 | 150 | 11 | 9 | 2.04 |
Billy Muffett | 17 | 96 | 5 | 5 | 2.63 |
Stub Stabelfeld | 13 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2.65 |
Galen Cisco | 33 | 138 | 3 | 7 | 2.93 |
Ted Wills | 13 | 95 | 7 | 2 | 2.94 |
Jay Ritchie | 44 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 3.21 |
Murray Wall | 12 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3.27 |
Hal Kolstad | 31 | 175 | 10 | 11 | 3.45 |
Dick Radatz | 13 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 3.50 |
Tracy Stallard | 34 | 82 | 7 | 11 | 3.51 |
Don Schwall | 33 | 193 | 16 | 9 | 3.59 |
Earl Wilson | 19 | 112 | 6 | 6 | 4.18 |
Bill Slack | 16 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 5.46 |
Billy Prout | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6.16 |
Jake Striker | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
Tom Borland | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bob Carlson | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Big Ben Tench | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Erv Palica | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
*Smiths statistics include games played with Charleston in 1960, and Malletts statistics include games with Indianapolis. On October 27, 1960, Calvin Griffith announced that he would be moving the Washington Senators to Minnesota for the 1961 season. While this marked the return of major league baseball to Minnesota, it also marked the end of the Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints. |
Back to Minneapolis Millers Yearly Standings
Minnesotas First Major League Baseball Team
Minnesotas First Major League Baseball Game
The Beginning and End of Nicollet Park
Night Baseball in the Twin Cities
Millers Rivalry with St. Paul Saints
Protested Games Involving the Millers
Millers vs. Havana in 1959 Junior World Series