1950 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
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 Wilhelm | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.95 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 180.0 | 190 | 109 | 99 | 64 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Dixie Howell | 14 | 2 | .875 | 4.78 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 145.0 | 162 | 84 | 77 | 67 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Dave Barnhill | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.60 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 140.0 | 124 | 68 | 56 | 48 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Adrián Zabala | 11 | 4 | .733 | 4.92 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 130.0 | 151 | 83 | 71 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Bill Ayers | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.37 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 177.0 | 176 | 98 | 86 | 61 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Frank Fanovich | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.50 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 104.0 | 95 | 63 | 52 | 64 | 98 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |||||
Wes Bailey | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.49 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 95.0 | 117 | 69 | 58 | 34 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||
Alex Konikowski | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.99 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 98 | 55 | 51 | 45 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Kirby Higbe | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.71 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 105.0 | 109 | 64 | 55 | 49 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Ike Pearson | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.61 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 70 | 31 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Donald Robertson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.23 | 8 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ed Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.59 | 14 | 1 | 41.0 | 61 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Leslie Klesitz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.31 | 6 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 90 | 64 | .584 | 4.67 | 320 | 148 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 1315.0 | 1404 | 792 | 683 | 10 | 548 | 0 | 743 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 0 |
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 Dandridge | 150 | 674 | 627 | 106 | 195 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 80 | 1 | 41 | 26 | .311 | .355 | .405 | .760 | 254 | 17 | 2 | 4 | |||
Bert Haas | 141 | 599 | 515 | 101 | 164 | 36 | 2 | 24 | 106 | 1 | 80 | 46 | .318 | .413 | .536 | .949 | 276 | 13 | 3 | 1 | |||
Davey Williams | 138 | 616 | 536 | 113 | 150 | 28 | 6 | 17 | 65 | 6 | 76 | 50 | .280 | .369 | .450 | .819 | 241 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bill Jennings | 145 | 557 | 467 | 80 | 133 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 85 | 3 | 83 | 84 | .285 | .394 | .490 | .884 | 229 | 13 | 1 | 6 | |||
John Kropf | 155 | 624 | 516 | 86 | 131 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 97 | 4 | 99 | 85 | .254 | .378 | .417 | .795 | 215 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bama Rowell | 95 | 342 | 316 | 43 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 23 | 13 | .259 | .312 | .399 | .710 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
Spider Jorgensen | 64 | 254 | 215 | 32 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 38 | 10 | .330 | .431 | .507 | .938 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
Pete Milne | 54 | 249 | 215 | 44 | 67 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 29 | 44 | .312 | .393 | .479 | .873 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Jack Harshman | 76 | 295 | 244 | 46 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 48 | 51 | .230 | .361 | .484 | .844 | 118 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
Joe Lafata | 78 | 239 | 202 | 48 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 36 | 24 | .272 | .382 | .485 | .868 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
Jake Early | 63 | 213 | 182 | 21 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 28 | 29 | .247 | .348 | .418 | .765 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
Bob Brady | 69 | 208 | 186 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 17 | 43 | .237 | .307 | .484 | .791 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
Pat Tomkinson | 55 | 180 | 159 | 17 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .258 | .326 | .321 | .646 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
Dixie Howell | 51 | 96 | 91 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .308 | .337 | .549 | .886 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Chuck Workman | 41 | 157 | 131 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 21 | .214 | .335 | .420 | .755 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Mike Vukmire | 54 | 96 | 81 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .247 | .365 | .444 | .809 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
George McDonald | 21 | 63 | 60 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .274 | .317 | .591 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Hoyt Wilhelm | 35 | 69 | 61 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .230 | .254 | .246 | .500 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
Dave Barnhill | 32 | 61 | 53 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .226 | .317 | .302 | .619 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Frank Fanovich | 21 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .263 | .317 | .289 | .607 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Adrián Zabala | 33 | 54 | 50 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .231 | .280 | .511 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bill Ayers | 30 | 63 | 57 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .158 | .158 | .175 | .333 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
Bob Lennon | 16 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .364 | .391 | .545 | .937 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tookie Gilbert | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Wes Bailey | 30 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .259 | .200 | .459 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Kirby Higbe | 21 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .108 | .154 | .162 | .316 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ike Pearson | 48 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Alex Konikowski | 25 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .095 | .240 | .095 | .335 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Bill Lutes | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Leslie Klesitz | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Donald Robertson | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ed Wright | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joseph Konitzki | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1788 | 5951 | 5174 | 870 | 1411 | 220 | 45 | 176 | 821 | 34 | 0 | 682 | 697 | .273 | .359 | .435 | .794 | 2249 | 111 | 18 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Haas | 1B | 78 | 654 | 43 | 17 | 65 | .976 | 8.936 | ||||
Jack Harshman | 1B | 70 | 593 | 41 | 8 | 51 | .988 | 9.057 | ||||
Davey Williams | 2B | 135 | 319 | 414 | 20 | 79 | .973 | 5.430 | ||||
Ray Dandridge | 2B | 17 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .955 | 3.765 | ||||
Ray Dandridge | 3B | 136 | 137 | 256 | 9 | 27 | .978 | 2.890 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | 3B | 22 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 4 | .953 | 2.773 | ||||
Bob Brady | C | 66 | 308 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .991 | 4.970 | 13 | |||
Jake Early | C | 62 | 288 | 37 | 4 | 6 | .988 | 5.242 | 12 | |||
Pat Tomkinson | C | 54 | 235 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .981 | 4.833 | 8 | |||
John Kropf | OF | 155 | 405 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .984 | 2.710 | ||||
Bama Rowell | OF | 70 | 129 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .979 | 1.986 | ||||
Bert Haas | OF | 64 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 1.438 | ||||
Pete Milne | OF | 54 | 108 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 2.056 | ||||
Joe Lafata | OF | 53 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .926 | 1.189 | ||||
Chuck Workman | OF | 34 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .918 | 1.647 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | OF | 29 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.483 | ||||
George McDonald | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
Ike Pearson | P | 48 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .438 | ||||
Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 35 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.314 | ||||
Adrián Zabala | P | 33 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .788 | ||||
Bill Ayers | P | 30 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.067 | ||||
Wes Bailey | P | 28 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
Dave Barnhill | P | 27 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .889 | ||||
Alex Konikowski | P | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .360 | ||||
Dixie Howell | P | 24 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 1.958 | ||||
Kirby Higbe | P | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .952 | ||||
Frank Fanovich | P | 21 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .905 | ||||
Ed Wright | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
Donald Robertson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Leslie Klesitz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Jennings | SS | 145 | 275 | 396 | 28 | 86 | .960 | 4.628 | ||||
Mike Vukmire | SS | 14 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
Spider Jorgensen | SS | 10 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .904 | 4.700 | ||||
Totals | 1598 | 3844 | 1602 | 142 | 352 | .975 | 3.408 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
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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