Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley
1899 - Western League, 76-50-1, 2nd place - Standings and roster follow game-by-game results
Manager: Walter Wilmot
Date	Opponent	Outcome	Record	Notes
Th 4/27	at Milwaukee, rain			Game rained out in fourth with Milwaukee leading 2-0.
F 4/28	at Milwaukee Brewers	L 1-4	0-1	LP-Roger Bresnahan: 9 innings, 8 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 1 strikeout.
Sa 4/29	at Milwaukee	W 5-3	1-1
Su 4/30	at Milwaukee	L 6-7	1-2
M 5/1	at Kansas City	L 2-8	1-3
Tu 5/2	at Kansas City	L 5-13	1-4	LP-Bresnahan: 9 innings, 13 hits, 13 runs, 3 earned runs (Millers make 6 errors), 2 walks, 1 strikeout.  At bat, Bresnahan is 1 for 4 with a triple.
W 5/3	at Kansas City	W 7-6	2-4
Th 5/4	Milwaukee	L 11-12	2-5
F 5/5	Milwaukee	L 2-6	2-6
Sa 5/6	Milwaukee	W 7-4	3-6
Su 5/7	Milwaukee*	W 14-1	4-6	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 5/8	Kansas City	W 14-4	5-6
Tu 5/9	Kansas City	W 10-5	6-6
W 5/10	Kansas City	W 12-5	7-6
Th 5/11	St. Paul Saints	L 9-10	7-7	LP-Bresnahan: 3-2/3 innings (in relief of Harley Parker, who strained his back running out a triple in the top of the 6th), 5 runs, 5 walks, 0 strikeouts, 1 wild pitch.  Saints score 3 in the last of the 9th.
F 5/12	St. Paul	W 8-7	8-7
Sa 5/13	St. Paul	W 11-5	9-7	Millers move into first; St. Paul, Indianapolis, Buffalo, and Milwaukee are 8-7.
Su 5/14	at St. Paul	L 0-9, forfeit	9-8	St. Paul leads 7-3 in the ninth when umpire Al Mannassau forfeits the game to St. Paul after ejecting Walter Wilmot and Jay Andrews.  Millers drop to fourth.
Tu 5/16	at St. Paul, rain
W 5/17	at St. Paul	W 12-6	10-8
Th 5/18	at St. Paul	L 4-6	10-9
F 5/19	Columbus Discoverers	W 1-0	11-9	Bill Hutchison, with 6-hitter, outduels Rube Waddell, who pitches 3-hitter.  Perry Werden singles home Walter Wilmot in the top of the 9th.
Sa 5/20	Columbus	L 3-4	11-10
Su 5/21	Columbus	L 5-6	11-11
M 5/22	Buffalo Bisons*	W 5-3	12-11	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
Tu 5/23	Buffalo	W 6-4	13-11
W 5/24	Buffalo	L 4-5	13-12	Hutchison loses first game after six wins.
Th 5/25	Indianapolis, rain
F 5/26	Indianapolis	W 9-3	14-12
Sa 5/27	Indianapolis	L 0-6	14-13
Su 5/28	Indianapolis*	W 9-1	15-13	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 5/29	Detroit	W 11-4	16-13
Tu 5/30-1	Detroit	W 11-8	17-13
Tu 5/30-2	Detroit	L 6-7	17-14
Th 6/1	at Indianapolis	W 5-2	18-14
F 6/2	at Indianapolis	L 5-9	18-15
Sa 6/3	at Indianapolis	W 6-5	19-15	Millers take first by 1/2 game over St. Paul as Hutchison (7-3) pitches 3-hitter.
Su 6/4	at Columbus	L 1-3	19-16	Millers, held to 3 hits by Waddell, drop to second.
M 6/5	at Columbus	W 5-3	20-16
Tu 6/6	at Columbus	L 1-3	20-17
Th 6/8	at Buffalo	W 9-8	21-17
F 6/9	at Buffalo	W 5-0	22-17
Sa 6/10	at Buffalo	L 4-5	22-18
Su 6/11	at Detroit	L 9-10	22-19	Game played in River Rouge Park in Ecorse (Detroit normally plays at Bennett Park).  A state law in Michigan prohibits Sunday baseball, and the game was interrupted the game at the request of W. H. Harris, who leased the Detroit team from owner Vanderbeck, as a way to put to a court test whether the blue law was legal.  The sheriff entered through the players' gate and told the fans he had placed the players under arrest and then put the question of whether to finish the game to a vote of the fans.  The fans roared, "let the game go on," and the sheriff waved his hands to the umpire and players and left the field.  Perry Werden hit two homers for the Millers, but George Stallings hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to give Detroit the win.
M 6/12	at Detroit	W 7-6	23-19
Tu 6/13	at Detroit	W 4-2 (13)	24-19
Th 6/15	at Kansas City	W 6-1	25-19
F 6/16	at Kansas City	W 13-9	26-19
Sa 6/17	at Kansas City	L 9-11	26-20
Su 6/18	at Kansas City	T 10-10 (10)	26-20-1	Game called to allow Millers to catch train.
M 6/19	at Milwaukee	L 4-5	26-21
Tu 6/20	at Milwaukee	W 8-0	27-21
W 6/21	at Milwaukee	W 7-0	28-21
Th 6/22	Milwaukee	W 7-6	29-21
F 6/23	Milwaukee	L 5-9	29-22
Sa 6/24	Kansas City	W 12-5	30-22
Su 6/25	Kansas City*	W 10-4	31-22	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 6/26	Kansas City	L 7-8	31-23
W 6/28	St. Paul	W 3-1 (10)	32-23
Th 6/29	at St. Paul	L 1-6	32-24
F 6/30	St. Paul	W 19-12	33-24	Teams combine for 16 errors.
Sa 7/1	at St. Paul	W 11-6	34-24
Su 7/2	St. Paul*	L 6-7 (10)	34-25	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 7/3	at St. Paul	W 9-6	35-25
Tu 7/4 a.m.	at St. Paul	W 3-2	36-25
Tu 7/4 p.m.	St. Paul	W 4-1	37-25
Th 7/6	Indianapolis	W 9-7	38-25
F 7/7	Indianapolis	L 4-5	38-26
Sa 7/8	Indianapolis	L 4-8	38-27
Su 7/9	Detroit*	L 3-11	38-38	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 7/10	Detroit	W 5-0	39-28	Southpaw Danny Friend, acquired from Connie Mack's Brewers, throws a 1-hitter in Millers debut.  George Stallings gets the only hit in the 5th inning.
Tu 7/11	Detroit	W 9-8 (10)	40-28	Millers score in top of 10th after Detroit ties game with 4 in last of the 9th.
W 7/12	Columbus, rain
Th 7/13	Columbus	L 0-1	40-29
F 7/14	Columbus	W 7-3	41-29
Sa 7/15	Buffalo	W 11-6	42-29	Millers lead Indianapolis by 2-1/2 games.
Su 7/16	Buffalo*	L 2-7	42-30	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 7/17	Buffalo	W 11-1	43-30
Tu 7/18	Grand Rapids	L 7-10	43-31	Make-up of last Wednesday's game.  The Columbus team is now playing in Grand Rapids.
Th 7/20	at Grand Rapids	L 3-15	43-32	Rube Waddell pitches 9-hitter.  Sam "Wahoo" Crawford pitches 2-hitter.  Milers drop to second place.
F 7/21	at Grand Rapids	L 4-6	43-33
Sa 7/22	at Grand Rapids	W 4-2 (13)	44-33	Friend outduels Waddell.
Su 7/23	at Buffalo			Game stopped in second inning and both teams arrested for playing Sunday ball at Franklin Park.  Perry Werden singled and was in the act of stealing second when Sergeant of the No. 12 station crossed the diamond and placed the players under arrest.  All will be arraigned July 24.  In the past teams were allowed to finish the game before the arrests took place.  President Franklin of the Buffalo club expected the arrest, but it was a surprise to the fans when the game was stopped.
M 7/24	at Buffalo	L 4-5	44-34	Players were arraigned in the morning, but the case was adjourned until the next morning, as the men asked for a jury trial.
Tu 7/25-1	at Buffalo	W 7-4	45-34	Millers are acquitted.
Tu 7/25-2	at Buffalo	L 6-8	45-35	Millers trail Indianapolis by 2-1/2 games.
W 7/26	at Detroit	W 9-7	46-35
Th 7/27	at Detroit	W 7-4	47-35
F 7/28	at Detroit	W 8-2	48-35
Sa 7/29	at Indianapolis	L 1-4	48-36
Su 7/30	at Indianapolis			Players are arrested and the game stopped in the first inning to test the new law outlawing Sunday baseball in Indianapolis.
M 7/31-1	at Indianapolis	L 0-3	48-37
M 7/31-2	at Indianapolis	W 2-1	49-37	Standings: Indianapolis 50-31, Minneapolis 49-37, Grand Rapids 45-39, Detroit 44-41, St. Paul 39-46, Milwaukee 38-45, Buffalo 38-47, Kansas City 35-52.
W 8/2	at Kansas City	W 10-4	50-37
Th 8/3	at Kansas City	W 15-6	51-37
F 8/4	at Kansas City	L 2-5	51-38	Wilmot protests the game, claiming Kansas City used an ineligible player.  The next morning Kansas City president Jim Manning sends a telegram saying he had bought the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, team and would replace the Blues/Cowboys with an entirely new team.
Sa 8/5	at Milwaukee	W 9-6	52-38	Millers trail Indianapolis by 4-1/2 games.
Su 8/6-1	at Milwaukee	W 6-4 (10)	53-38	Millers score 2 in ninth to tie and 2 in 10th to win.
Su 8/6-2	at Milwaukee	W 8-5	54-38
Tu 8/8	Kansas City	W 7-6 (10)	55-38
W 8/9	Kansas City	W 7-0	56-38
Th 8/10	Kansas City	W 13-7	57-38
F 8/11	Milwaukee	W 15-10	58-38
Sa 8/12	Milwaukee	W 8-1	59-38
Su 8/13	Milwaukee*	L 5-7	59-39	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.
M 8/14	at St. Paul	W 1-0	60-39
Tu 8/15	at St. Paul	W 8-5	61-39
W 8/16	St. Paul	L 0-12	61-40
Th 8/17	St. Paul	L 3-5	61-41
Sa 8/19	Grand Rapids	W 4-3	62-41	Werden's home run in the last of the ninth off Rube Waddell breaks 3-3 tie.
Su 8/20	Grand Rapids*	W 10-7	63-41	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.  Millers score 7 in the last of the eighth to overcome a 4-run deficit.
M 8/21	Grand Rapids	W 6-3	64-41	Millers knock Waddell from the box in the fourth.
Tu 8/22	Buffalo	W 9-4	65-41
W 8/23	Buffalo, rain
Th 8/24-1	Buffalo	W 13-4	66-41	Alfonzo "Lefty" Davis gets 5 hits in 5 at bats for the Millers.
Th 8/24-2	Buffalo	W 9-6	67-41
F 8/25	Indianapolis	W 3-1	68-41
Sa 8/26	Indianapolis	L 1-7	68-42
Su 8/27	Indianapolis*	W 13-8	69-42	*at Minnehaha Driving Park.  Millers trail Indianapolis by 1 game.
M 8/28	Detroit	L 3-4	69-43	Detroit scores 3 in the 9th.
Tu 8/29	Detroit	W 6-0	70-43	Hutchison 2-hitter.  Saints beat Indianapolis in 12 innings; Millers trail Indianapolis by percentage points.
W 8/30	Detroit	W 6-2	71-43	Remain in virtual tie with Indianapolis 68-40, Minneapolis 71-43.  On September 1, with the Millers idle, Indianapolis loses to Kansas City.  The Millers move in front in the standings by 1/2 game although Indianapolis leads in percentage, .624 to .623.
Sa 9/2	at Grand Rapids	W 8-3	72-43	Millers in first by 1 game as Indianapolis splits doubleheader with Kansas City.
Su 9/3-1	at Grand Rapids	W 12-5	73-43
Su 9/3-2	at Grand Rapids	L 10-11	73-44	Millers have 1-game lead over Indianapolis.
M 9/4-1	at Buffalo	L 5-6	73-45	Last-place Buffalo scores 3 in the last of the ninth.
M 9/4-2	at Buffalo	L 2-3	73-46	Indianapolis splits doubleheader and retakes first place by percentage points.
Tu 9/5	at Buffalo	W 5-2	74-46	Indianapolis splits with Saints, Millers move into first by 1/2 game.
W 9/6	at Indianapolis	L 4-6	74-47	Indianapolis in first by 1/2 game.
Th 9/7	at Indianapolis	W 4-2	75-47	Millers in first by 1/2 game.
F 9/8	at Indianapolis	L 0-9	75-48	Indianapolis in first by 1/2 game.
Sa 9/9	at Detroit	L 4-15	75-49	Indianapolis sweeps Milwaukee, leads Millers by 2.
Su 9/10	at Detroit	W 8-7	76-49	Indianapolis idle, Millers trail by 1-1/2.
M 9/11	at Detroit	W 8-7	76-50-1	Millers score 6 in top of first, but Friend fails to hold the lead.  Indianapolis is swept by Milwaukee.  Millers lose pennant by 1 game.
F 9/15	at Indianapolis	L 4-5	0-1	Post-season series.  Indianapolis scores 2 in the last of the ninth, winning on Werden's error, caused by a low sun.
Sa 9/16-1	at Indianapolis	L 1-8	0-2
Su 9/16-2	at Indianapolis	L 2-6	0-3
		W	L
	Indianapolis	75	47
	Minneapolis	76	50
	Detroit	64	60
	Columbus-Grand Rapids	63	62
	St. Paul	57	69
	Milwaukee	55	68
	Kansas City	53	70
	Buffalo	53	70
Roster
Wee Willie “Doc” Nance, lf; Jay Andrews, 3b; Walter Wilmot, rf; Perry Werden, 1b (.346 batting average with 4 home runs in 111 games); Ed Abbatichio, 2b; Germany Smith, ss; Dickey Dixon, c; George Carey, 1b-cf; Lefty Davis, cf; Dave Zearfoss, c; Burns, ss; Walter Preston, lf; Roger Bresnahan, c; Bill Hutchison, p; Harley Parker, p; Oscar Bandelin, p; Jack Menefee, p-cf; Kid McNeely, p; Danny Friend, p; Jack Fifield, p; Billy Hart.