Minneapolis Millers Game by Game Results: 1941-1950

Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley

1942 - American Association, 76-78, 6th place (tie) - Standings, statistics, and notes follow game-by-game results

Manager: Tom Sheehan

*Scheduled for seven innings

Date

Opponent

Outcome

Record

Notes

Th 4/16

at Kansas City Blues

W 3-2

1-0

Winning pitcher-Harry Kelley.

F 4/17

at Kansas City

W 5-3

2-0

Wilfrid "Lefty" Lefebvre wins in relief of Van Lingle Mungo.

Sa 4/18

at Kansas City

L 0-3

2-1

Losing pitcher-Russell "Red" Evans. Angelo Giuliani's 4th-inning single is the only hit off Kansas City's Rugger Ardizoia.

Su 4/19-1

at Milwaukee Brewers

L 2-4

2-2

LP-Kelley. Bill Barnacle homers. Former Minneapolis pitcher Hy Vandenberg beats the Millers.

*Su 4/19-2

at Milwaukee

L 1-2 (8)

2-3

LP-Owen Scheetz.

M 4/20

at Milwaukee

L 6-9 (13)

2-4

LP-Mickey Haefner. HR-Gene "Huck" Geary, Ab Wright.

Tu 4/21

at Milwaukee

L 9-10 (10)

2-5

LP-Scheetz. Wright gets 4 hits.

Th 4/23

Kansas City

W 12-11 (10)

3-5

WP-Haefner. 40-year-old Bob Linton, playing in his first game for the Millers, hits 3 home runs over the center-field fence and drives in 6 runs. Don Wheeler debuts at second base, and Wes Westrum plays his first game of the season for Minneapolis. Millers rally for 4 in the 9th to tie the game 11-11. Joe Vosmik hits his second homer of the game to win it in the 10th.

F 4/24

Kansas City

L 1-10

3-6

LP-Mungo, who has a no-hitter for 5-2/3 and then blows up. Vosmik homers.

Sa 4/25

Kansas City

L 5-6

3-7

LP-Haefner. Harvey "Hub" Walker homers.

Su 4/26-1

Milwaukee

L 3-8

3-8

LP-Herb Hash. HR-Geary.

*Su 4/26-2

Milwaukee

L 3-10

3-9

LP-Don Schoenborn. HR-Giuliani.

M 4/27

Milwaukee, rain

Tu 4/28

at Milwaukee

W 9-8 (10)

4-9

WP-Scheetz. Linton gets 4 hits, including a home run, and drives in the winning run in the 10th with a single. Wright and Walker each hit 2 home runs.

W 4/29

St. Paul

W 13-12

5-9

WP-Lefebvre. HR-Walker 2, Geary.

Th 4/30

Indianapolis Indians, rain

F 5/1

Indianapolis

W 5-3

6-9

WP-Haefner. HR-Wright.

Sa 5/2

Indianapolis

L 6-7 (10)

6-10

LP-Scheetz. HR-Joe Lafata, Geary.

Su 5/3-1

Indianapolis, rain

*Su 5/3-2

Indianapolis, rain

M 5/4

Louisville Colonels

W 7-6

7-10

WP-Hash. HR-Walker 2, Linton.

Tu 5/5

Louisville, rain

W 5/6

Toledo Mud Hens, rain

Th 5/7

Toledo

L 6-9

7-11

LP-Scheetz. HR-Wright, Walker.

F 5/8-1

Toledo

W 8-1

8-11

WP-Haefner. HR-Wright, Lafata, Trechock, Barnacle.

*F 5/8-2

Toledo

L 3-11

8-12

LP-Hash. HR-Wright.

Sa 5/9

Columbus Red Birds

W 3-1

9-12

Mungo pitches 4-hitter, beating a 4-hitter by Harry Brecheen, and homers. Vosmik also homers.

Su 5/10-1

Columbus

W 2-1

10-12

WP-Scheetz.

*Su 5/10-2

Columbus

L 2-3 (11)

10-13

LP-Lefebvre. HR-Walker. Lafata undergoes appendectomy; Giuliani to play first base.

M 5/11

Columbus, rain

Tu 5/23

at St. Paul Saints, rain

W 5/13

St. Paul

W 13-5

11-13

WP-Haefner. HR-Walker, Barnacle. Clint Hartung is expected to follow Mike Kelley's request and take his exams to graduate early from high school in Hondo, Texas, and report to the Millers Saturday.

Th 5/14

at St. Paul

L 5-6

11-14

LP-Scheetz.

Sa 5/16

at Indianapolis

W 4-3

12-14

WP-Mungo.

Su 5/17-1

at Indianapolis

W 3-2

13-14

WP-Haefner.

*Su 5/17-2

at Indianapolis

W 6-4 (12)

14-14

WP-Scheetz.

M 5/18

at Indianapolis, rain

Tu 5/19

at Louisville

W 4-1

15-14

WP-Kelley. HR-Linton.

W 5/20

at Louisville, rain

Th 5/21

at Louisville

W 6-4

16-14

WP-Mungo.

F 5/22

at Toledo

L 1-7

16-15

LP-Schoenborn.

Sa 5/23

at Toledo

L 3-4

16-16

LP-Scheetz. HR-Linton.

Su 5/24-1

at Toledo

W 2-1

17-16

WP-Kelley. Hartung makes professional baseball debut.

*Su 5/24-2

at Toledo

W 7-2

18-16

WP-Mngo.

M 5/25

at Columbus

L 6-8

18-17

LP-Haefner. HR-Linton.

Tu 5/26

at Columbus, rain

W 5/27

at Columbus

W 3-0

19-17

6-hitter by Scheetz.

*Th 5/28-1

at Columbus

L 1-2

19-18

LP-Kelley.

Th 5/28-2

at Columbus

W 8-4

20-18

WP-Haefner.

Sa 5/30 a.m.

St. Paul, wet grounds

Sa 5/30 p.m.

at St. Paul

W 6-2

21-18

6-hitter by Schoenborn.

Su 5/31-1

St. Paul

W 2-1

22-18

WP-Haefner. Danneker's homer breaks a 1-1 tie in the 7th.

*Su 5/31-2

St. Paul

W 3-1

23-18

WP-Lefebvre. Vosmik homers.

M 6/1

at St. Paul, rain

*Tu 6/2-1

Louisville

L 4-5

23-19

LP-Mungo. Walker homers.

Tu 6/2-2

Louisville

W 5-4

24-19

WP-Scheetz.

*W 6/3-1

Louisville

L 0-3

24-20

LP-Kelley.

W 6/3-2

Louisville

W 4-1

25-20

WP-Schoenborn. Wright homers.

*Th 6/4-1

Louisville

L 1-2

26-20

WP-Lefebvre.

Th 6/4-2

Louisville

L 5-6 (12)

26-21

LP-Hash. HR-Wright, Vosmik. With the Millers down 5-0 in the 2nd, Hash relieves Haefner and holds the Colonels hitless for 10 innings. Hash gives up his first hit in the 12. Umpire Bill Guthrie calls a balk. Jim Tobin drives in the winning run with a double. Mike Kelley files a protest with the league office.

F 6/5

Louisville

W 4-0

27-21

5-hitter by Mungo. HR-Danneker.

Sa 6/6

Indianapolis

L 6-8

27-22

LP-Lefebvre. HR-Walker.

Su 6/7-1

Indianapolis

W 3-2 (10)

28-22

WP-Scheetz. HR-Vosmik.

*Su 6/7-2

Indianapolis

L 0-9

28-23

LP-Schoenborn. Hartung relieves, gives up 5 hits and 2 runs in 5 innings.

M 6/8

Indianapolis

L 3-5

28-24

LP-Kelley. HR-Barnacle.

*Tu 6/9-1

Indianapolis

W 3-0

29-24

WP-Haefner. HR-Danneker.

Tu 6/9-2

Indianapolis

W 3-0 (7)

30-24

WP-Mungo. Game called early to allow Indianapolis to catch its train.

W 6/10

Columbus, rain

*Th 6/11-1

Columbus

W 6-5 (8)

31-24

Red Birds tie the game with 5 in the 7th. With 2 out and the bases loaded in the last of the 8th, Geary strikes out, but catcher Tom Heath lets the ball by him. Geary reaches first safely as Lefebvre comes home with the winning run.

Th 6/11-2

Columbus, rain

*F 6/12-1

Columbus

W 10-1

32-24

WP-Mungo. HR-Pat Stasey.

F 6/12-2

Columbus

L 1-6

32-25

LP-Scheetz.

Sa 6/13

Toledo

L 3-5

32-26

LP-Haefner. HR-Danneker.

Su 6/14-1

Toledo

W 7-2

33-26

WP-Kelley. HR-Geary.

*Su 6/14-2

Toledo

L 1-4

33-27

LP-Schoenborn. HR-Wright.

M 6/15

Toledo

W 3-2

34-27

WP-Haefner. Barnacle's 2-out single in the 9th drives in the winning run.

Tu 6/16

Toledo

L 4-5

34-28

LP-Lefebvre. Lafata back after appendectomy.

W 6/17

at Milwaukee

L 7-8

34-29

LP-Haefner. Geary sold to the Pirates.

Th 6/18

at Louisville, rain

F 6/19-1

at Louisville, rain

*F 6/19-2

at Louisville, rain

*Sa 6/20-1

at Louisville

L 5-6

34-30

LP-Lefebvre.

Sa 6/20-2

at Louisville

W 6-2

35-30

WP-Haefner. HR-Walker.

Su 6/21-1

at Louisville

W 5-1

36-31

WP-Scheetz.

*Su 6/21-2

at Louisville

L 5-8

36-31

LP-Kelley.

M 6/22

at Indianapolis

L 3-4 (10)

36-32

LP-Lefebvre.

Tu 6/23

at Indianapolis

L 2-4

36-33

LP-Lefebvre.

W 6/24

at Indianapolis

L 1-6

36-34

Haefner loses to Chief Hogsett.

Th 6/25

at Indianapolis, rain

*F 6/26-1

at Indianapolis

L 0-3

36-35

LP-Kelley.

F 6/26-2

at Indianapolis

W 5-4

37-35

WP-Mungo.

Sa 6/27

at Toledo

L 3-11

37-36

LP-Lefebvre

Su 6/28-1

at Toledo

W 2-0

38-36

5-hitter by Haefner.

*Su 6/28-2

at Toledo

W 1-0

39-36

WP-Scheetz.

Tu 6/30

at Columbus, rain

*W 7/1-1

at Columbus

W 2-1

40-36

WP-Kelley.

W 7/1-2

at Columbus

L 1-10

40-37

LP-Lefebvre.

Th 7/2

at Columbus

L 0-2

40-38

LP-Scheetz

F 7/3

St. Paul

L 0-6

40-39

LP-Haefner.

Sa 7/4 a.m.

at St. Paul

L 4-6

40-40

LP-Mungo. HR-Wright.

Su 7/4 p.m.

St. Paul

W 12-6

41-40

WP-Kelley. HR-Barnacle.

Su 7/5-1

at St. Paul

L 3-4

41-41

LP-Schoenborn.

*Su 7/5-2

at St. Paul

L 4-5 (12)

41-42

LP-Lefebvre.

M 7/6

at Milwaukee

W 9-8

42-42

WP-Mungo. Wright homers and drives in 4 runs. Mike Kelley decides to use Hartung as a pitcher and sends him to Eau Claire to pitch under manager Rosy Ryan.

Tu 7/7

at Milwaukee

L 8-9

42-43

LP-Scheetz. HR-Barnacle.

Th 7/9

at Kansas City

W 4-3

43-43

WP-Mungo.

F 7/10

at Kansas City

L 3-4

43-44

LP-Scheetz. Millers to receive shortstop Alfred Anderson and second-baseman Stu Martin from the Pirates in return for Geary.

Sa 7/11

at Kansas City

L 3-6

43-45

LP-Haefner.

Su 7/12-1

at Kansas City

L 1-6

43-46

LP-Kelley.

*Su 7/12-2

at Kansas City

W 8-3

44-46

WP-Mungo.

M 7/13

St. Paul

W 2-0

45-46

2-hitter by Lefebvre. Geary (no longer with Millers, Vosmik, and Haefner are picked for the All-Star team. Mungo, Linton, and Giuliani are picked for the second team.

Tu 7/14

at St. Paul

W 5-1

46-46

5-hitter by Scheetz.

W 7/15

St. Paul

W 5-4 (10)

47-46

WP-Lefebvre. HR-Danneker.

*Th 7/16-1

Milwaukee

W 7-2

48-46

WP-Kelley. HR-Danneker.

Th 7/16-2

Milwaukee

W 6-5

49-46

WP-Loren Bain.

F 7/17

Milwaukee

L 8-11

49-47

LP-Schoenborn. Wright hits 2 home runs and drives in 5 runs.

Sa 7/18

Milwaukee

L 1-4

49-48

LP-Owen Scheetz. Danneker gets only hit against Ed Hanyzewski.

Su 7/19-1

Kansas City

L 9-12

49-49

LP-Kelley. HR-Martin, Wright, Barnacle.

*Su 7/19-2

Kansas City

W 6-2

50-49

WP-Haefner.

M 7/20

Kansas City

W 7-5

51-49

Mungo wins 11th game. Wright hits 16th homer, leads the league. Barnacle and Linton also homer.

Tu 7/21

Kansas City

W 8-0

52-49

WP-Scheetz. HR-Barnacle.

Th 7/23

American Association All-Star Game at Kansas City

W 6-2

Vosmik, Linton, and Haefner play in the All-Star Game for Minneapolis.

Sa 7/25

Louisville

L 3-7

52-50

LP-Scheetz. HR-Danneker. Mungo is sold/traded to the Giants for cash, right-hander Ray "Rube" Fischer, and first-baseman Norman Jaeger.

Su 7/26-1

Louisville

W 8-2

53-50

Haefner wins 13th game.

*Su 7/26-2

Louisville

W 5-2

54-50

WP-Kelley. Walker homers.

M 7/27

Indianapolis

L 6-8

54-51

LP-Lefebvre. Linton homers.

Tu 7/28

Indianapolis

L 9-11

54-52

LP-Kelley. HR-Linton, Martin.

W 7/29

Indianapolis

W 7-1

55-52

WP-Haefner. HR-Jaeger.

*Th 7/30-1

Toledo

W 6-2

56-52

WP-Kelley. HR-Martin.

Th 7/30-2

Toledo, rain

Game stopped by rain in the 5th with the Millers ahead 4-1.

*F 7/31-1

Toledo

W 5-2

57-52

WP-Scheetz. HR-Martin.

F 7/31-2

Toledo

W 5-4

58-52

WP-Lefebvre. HR-Wright, Linton.

Sa 8/1

Great Lakes Naval Training Center (ex.)

L 2-6

Gate receipts donated to Navy Relief Fund. Pre-game ceremonies included the induction of 100 recruits into the Navy. Johnny Rigney pitches for the Lakers, coached by Mickey Cochrane.

Su 8/2-1

Columbus

L 5-7

58-53

LP-Haefner. HR-Walker.

*Su 8/2-2

Columbus

L 4-11

58-54

Fischer loses in Millers debut. Wright homers.

*M 8/3-1

Columbus

W 4-3

59-54

WP-Scheetz.

M 8/3-2

Columbus

L 2-3

59-55

LP-Kelley. Wright homers.

Tu 8/4

Columbus

W 3-2

60-55

4-hitter by Fischer. Barnacle homers.

*Th 8/6-1

at Louisville

L 0-1 (10)

60-56

LP-Haefner.

Th 8/6-2

at Louisville

L 2-7

60-57

LP-Lefebvre.

F 8/7-1

at Louisville

W 3-2

61-57

WP-Scheetz.

*F 8/7-2

at Louisville, rain

Scoreless game called in the 4th inning.

*Sa 8/8-1

at Louisville

L 1-4

61-58

LP-Kelley.

Sa 8/8-2

at Louisville

W 6-2

62-58

WP-Fisher. HR-Martin.

Su 8/9-1

at Indianapolis

W 6-4

63-58

WP-Haefner.

*Su 8/9-2

at Indianapolis

W 5-3

64-58

WP-Kelley.

M 8/10

at Indianapolis

W 9-3

65-58

WP-Bain.

*Tu 8/11-1

at Toledo

L 5-6

65-59

LP-Schoenborn.

Tu 8/11-2

at Toledo

L 0-10

65-60

LP-Scheetz.

W 8/12

at Toledo

L 2-8

65-61

LP-Fischer.

Th 8/13

at Toledo

L 5-6

65-62

LP-Haefner.

F 8/14

at Columbus

L 0-11

65-63

LP-Kelley.

Sa 8/15

at Columbus

L 2-5

65-64

LP-Bain.

Su 8/16-1

at Columbus

W 5-4 (12)

66-64

Haefner wins in relief.

*Su 8/16-2

at Columbus

L 0-2

66-65

Haefner pitches 3-hitter but loses.

*Tu 8/18-1

at St. Paul

W 7-3

67-65

WP-Scheetz. Wright hits 20th homer.

Tu 8/18-2

at St. Paul

L 5-6

67-66

LP-Schoenborn.

W 8/19

St. Paul

W 8-1

68-66

5-hitter by Fischer.

Th 8/20

at St. Paul

W 2-0

69-66

2-hitter by Kelley.

F 8/21

Milwaukee

L 5-7

69-67

LP-Haefner. HR-Danneker.

Sa 8/22

Milwaukee

L 4-8

69-68

LP-Scheetz. Brewers score 6 in the 9th.

Su 8/23-1

Milwaukee

L 5-6

69-69

LP-Fischer. HR-Walker, Wright.

*Su 8/23-2

Milwaukee

W 6-3

70-69

WP-Kelley.

M 8/24

Kansas City

L 4-10

70-70

LP-Haefner. HR-Barnacle.

Tu 8/25

Kansas City

L 3-7

70-71

LP-Bain.

W 8/26

Kansas City

W 6-4

71-71

WP-Kelley. HR-Walker.

Th 8/27

Kansas City

L 4-7

71-72

LP-Fischer. Sheehan protests the game after Danneker is caught by the hidden-ball trick in the 8th inning.

F 8/28

at Milwaukee

L 7-8

71-73

LP-Scheetz.

Sa 8/29

at Milwaukee

W 9-7

72-73

WP-Haefner. HR-Wright, Barnacle, Walker.

*Su 8/30-1

at Milwaukee

L 5-6

72-74

LP-Fischer.

Su 8/30-2

at Milwaukee

L 1-6

72-75

LP-Scheetz. HR-Wright.

Tu 9/1

at Kansas City

L 3-4

72-76

LP-Haefner. Wright is beaned by a bottle thrown from the stands and knocked out. Wright has been unpopular in Kansas City since a brawl with Tiny Bonham in 1939. He was standing near the dugout in the 6th inning when the bottle struck him. Claude Wayman, 39, is jailed. Wright, with a concussion and deep cut over his left eye (nearly lost the eye), is out for the season.

W 9/2

at Kansas City

W 5-2

73-76

WP-Bain. Kansas City fans purchase an $80 watch and send it to Wright in his hotel room as a token of their well wishes.

Th 9/3

at Kansas City, rain

F 9/4

at Kansas City

L 2-6

73-77

LP-Kelley. National Association president W. G. Branham directs the Blues to attempt legal action against Claude Wayman. Wright plans a civil suit. In a 1988 interview Wright said, "Now, I could get $5 million. Then, I didn’t get $5. The guy was going into the Army and was treated as a patriot.”

Sa 9/5

at St. Paul

W 3-2 (11)

74-77

9-hitter by Scheetz.

Su 9/6

St. Paul

L 5-12

74-78

LP-Haefner.

M 9/7 a.m.

St. Paul

W 4-3

75-78

WP-Bain.

M 9/7 p.m.

at St. Paul

W 9-7

76-78

WP-Haefner.

Manager

Kansas City

Johnny Neun

Milwaukee

Charley Grimm

Columbus

Eddie Dyer

Toledo

Fred Haney

Louisville

Bill Burwell

Indianapolis

Charles "Gabby" Hartnett

Minneapolis

Tom Sheehan

St. Paul

Truck Hannah

Statistics

Player

Games

Batting Average

Home Runs

Runs Batted In

Position

Howard Steffens

1.000

Frank “Pat” Stasey

.308

Claude “Bob” Linton

.306

Joe Vosmik

147

.304

Gene “Huck” Geary

.294

Ab Wright

143

.291

110

Harvey “Hub” Walker

149

.276

Bill Barnacle

148

.274

Alfred Anderson

.272

Stu Martin

.272

Norm Jaeger

.266

Frank Danneker

.243

Joe Lafata

.224

Angelo Giuliani

120

.219

c-1b

Frank Trechock

111

.198

Don Wheeler

.196

2b-lf

Harold “Rabbit” Warstler

.194

Clint Hartung

.000

p-1b

Wes Westrum

.000

Pitcher

ERA

Russell “Red” Evans

2.81

Loren Bain

3.20

Owen Scheetz

251

3.73

Clint Hartung

3.86

Wilfrid “Lefty” Lefebvre

162

4.11

Mickey Haefner

260

4.22

Harry Kelley

198

4.50

Van Lingle Mungo

124

4.57

Don Schoenborn

116

4.73

Ray “Rube” Fischer

4.74

Herb Hash

6.27

Bob Kline

Frank Nesseth

Werner Strunk