1950 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Tommy Heath (90-64)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 238,285, Avg. 3,095
1950 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1950 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the AA.

The Millers topped the circuit with 879 runs, sparked by 176 home runs. Minneapolis allowed 792 runs. Bert Haas paced the team with 24 home runs, while Davey Williams, Bill Jennings, John Kropf and Jack Harshman each walloped 15 or more as well. Bert Haas recorded 106 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .318 clip. Hoyt Wilhelm led the squad with 15 wins, and Dave Barnhill recorded a 3.6 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1950 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bama Rowell, Dave Barnhill, Bill Jennings, Bob Brady, Bert Haas, Davey Williams, Hoyt Wilhelm, Bob Lennon, Frank Fanovich, Alex Konikowski, Jake Early, Spider Jorgensen, Jack Harshman, Ike Pearson, Tookie Gilbert, Bill Ayers, Joe Lafata, Kirby Higbe, Dixie Howell, Pete Milne, Ray Dandridge, Adrián Zabala, Ed Wright and Chuck Workman.

Tommy Heath served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Hoyt Wilhelm1511.5774.953525101180.0190109996499512
Dixie Howell142.8754.782423102145.016284776791314
Dave Barnhill113.7863.60271691140.0124685648128014
Adrián Zabala114.7334.92331452130.015183715452132
Bill Ayers1110.5244.37302370177.017698866173214
Frank Fanovich85.6154.50211950104.095635264985142
Wes Bailey65.5455.492863095.011769583440153
Alex Konikowski56.4554.9925102092.09855514562312
Kirby Higbe58.3854.71211261105.010964554960105
Ike Pearson36.3332.614800062.07031182313202
Donald Robertson12.3335.238031.035181821712100
Ed Wright01.0006.5914141.061363071311100
Leslie Klesitz01.0008.316013.0161412194110
Totals9064.5844.67320148058701315.014047926831054807432628300

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ray Dandridge150674627106195241118014126.311.355.405.7602541724
Bert Haas1415995151011643622410618046.318.413.536.9492761331
Davey Williams138616536113150286176567650.280.369.450.819241804
Bill Jennings14555746780133137238538384.285.394.490.8842291316
John Kropf15562451686131153219749985.254.378.417.795215945
Bama Rowell95342316438214384742313.259.312.399.710126612
Spider Jorgensen6425421532716484713810.330.431.507.938109401
Pete Milne54249215446711832762944.312.393.479.873103005
Jack Harshman76295244465691174604851.230.361.484.844118521
Joe Lafata78239202485512293833624.272.382.485.86898501
Jake Early6321318221459263502829.247.348.418.76576503
Bob Brady69208186274462122821743.237.307.484.79190423
Pat Tomkinson5518015917415112401626.258.326.321.64651605
Dixie Howell5196911628705200223.308.337.549.88650121
Chuck Workman4115713123287162112421.214.335.420.75555102
Mike Vukmire54968120205131311517.247.365.444.80936400
George McDonald2163606154004023.250.274.317.59119201
Hoyt Wilhelm35696141410020216.230.254.246.50015406
Dave Barnhill32615391210181612.226.317.302.61916011
Frank Fanovich2146383101005033.263.317.289.60711005
Adrián Zabala33545011101017029.200.231.280.51114002
Bill Ayers3063572910060014.158.158.175.33310206
Bob Lennon162322482106014.364.391.545.93712000
Tookie Gilbert618185.278.278.278.5565
Wes Bailey302925350002029.200.259.200.4595002
Kirby Higbe2140371420020213.108.154.162.3166101
Ike Pearson481411020000011.182.250.182.4322002
Alex Konikowski2531213200000413.095.240.095.3352106
Bill Lutes4441.250.250.250.5001
Leslie Klesitz6551.200.200.200.4001
Donald Robertson10118110000026.125.300.125.4251001
Ed Wright141010010000002.100.100.100.2001000
Joseph Konitzki711111.091.091.091.1821
Totals178859515174870141122045176821340682697.273.359.435.7942249111187700


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Bert Haas1B78654431765.9768.936
Jack Harshman1B7059341851.9889.057
Davey Williams2B1353194142079.9735.430
Ray Dandridge2B17333133.9553.765
Ray Dandridge3B136137256927.9782.890
Spider Jorgensen3B22204134.9532.773
Bob BradyC663082035.9914.97013
Jake EarlyC622883746.9885.24212
Pat TomkinsonC542352653.9814.8338
John KropfOF1554051571.9842.710
Bama RowellOF701291033.9791.986
Bert HaasOF6487521.9791.438
Pete MilneOF54108341.9652.056
Joe LafataOF5358550.9261.189
Chuck WorkmanOF3455150.9181.647
Spider JorgensenOF29394001.0001.483
George McDonaldOF10111011.0001.200
Ike PearsonP4841710.955.438
Hoyt WilhelmP3564010.9791.314
Adrián ZabalaP3362012.963.788
Bill AyersP3082411.9701.067
Wes BaileyP28519001.000.857
Dave BarnhillP2742012.960.889
Alex KonikowskiP251811.900.360
Dixie HowellP24163113.9791.958
Kirby HigbeP2161411.952.952
Frank FanovichP2141511.950.905
Ed WrightP141610.875.500
Donald RobertsonP8.000
Leslie KlesitzP6.000
Bill JenningsSS1452753962886.9604.628
Mike VukmireSS1471410.9551.500
Spider JorgensenSS10222555.9044.700
Totals159838441602142352.9753.4083300

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.





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