1951 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
Team Record: 77-75
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Tommy Heath (77-75)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 143,279, Avg. 1,885
The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1951 season with a record of 77 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Millers scored 846 runs, most in the league. Minneapolis gave up 799 runs. Tookie Gilbert paced the squad with 29 home runs and accounted for 100 RBI. Ray Dandridge led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .324 clip. Adrián Zabala topped the team with 14 wins, while Hoyt Wilhelm recorded a 3.94 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Willie Mays, Harvey Gentry, Hoyt Wilhelm, Cy Buker, Dave Barnhill, Barney Martin, Bama Rowell, Davey Williams, Johnny Lucadello, Bobby Hofman, Roy Weatherly, Roger Bowman, Frank Fanovich, Artie Wilson, Adrián Zabala, Ed Wright, Pete Milne, Ray Dandridge, Jake Early, Neill Sheridan, Dixie Howell, Tookie Gilbert, Andy Tomasic, Gail Henley, Hank Thompson, Ike Pearson, Rudy Rufer and Ray Katt were all players from the 1951 Minneapolis Millers who played in the Majors during their careers.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrián Zabala | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.97 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 177.0 | 198 | 98 | 78 | 60 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Hoyt Wilhelm | 11 | 14 | .440 | 3.94 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 210.0 | 219 | 107 | 92 | 82 | 148 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||
Dixie Howell | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6.50 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 137.0 | 155 | 109 | 99 | 69 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Hugh Oser | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.58 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 92.0 | 109 | 63 | 57 | 56 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Frank Fanovich | 7 | 12 | .368 | 5.53 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 114.0 | 114 | 75 | 70 | 76 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Dave Barnhill | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.46 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 96 | 56 | 52 | 47 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Norman Fox | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.41 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 123.0 | 137 | 87 | 74 | 114 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Roger Bowman | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.32 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 76.0 | 58 | 42 | 28 | 42 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Barney Martin | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.77 | 17 | 1 | 39.0 | 45 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Walter Cox | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.08 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 79 | 30 | 25 | 47 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
Andy Tomasic | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.91 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 88.0 | 99 | 59 | 48 | 56 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ed Wright | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.70 | 8 | 1 | 30.0 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Cy Buker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Ike Pearson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Leslie Klesitz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.88 | 7 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 77 | 75 | .507 | 4.77 | 326 | 143 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1280.0 | 1372 | 792 | 679 | 10 | 698 | 0 | 722 | 35 | 2 | 33 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Milne | 131 | 542 | 463 | 87 | 139 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 13 | 75 | 44 | .300 | .398 | .454 | .851 | 210 | 13 | 0 | 4 | |||
Ray Dandridge | 107 | 460 | 423 | 59 | 137 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 29 | 18 | .324 | .371 | .442 | .814 | 187 | 20 | 3 | 5 | |||
Tookie Gilbert | 145 | 566 | 479 | 92 | 131 | 25 | 3 | 29 | 100 | 1 | 86 | 49 | .273 | .384 | .520 | .904 | 249 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
Rudy Rufer | 137 | 618 | 557 | 91 | 130 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 54 | 56 | 85 | .233 | .306 | .300 | .606 | 167 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |||
Ray Katt | 117 | 411 | 354 | 56 | 109 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 43 | 44 | .308 | .388 | .477 | .865 | 169 | 14 | 3 | 11 | |||
Neill Sheridan | 75 | 329 | 304 | 48 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 25 | 51 | .306 | .359 | .451 | .809 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Kropf | 116 | 433 | 340 | 67 | 85 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 89 | 61 | .250 | .407 | .394 | .801 | 134 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
Davey Williams | 80 | 337 | 293 | 61 | 84 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 2 | 42 | 18 | .287 | .378 | .474 | .852 | 139 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |||
Willie Mays | 35 | 164 | 149 | 38 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 10 | .477 | .524 | .799 | 1.323 | 119 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
Bobby Hofman | 67 | 286 | 241 | 40 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 41 | 26 | .290 | .396 | .477 | .873 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||
Gip Dickens | 50 | 196 | 167 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 20 | .269 | .371 | .437 | .808 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Gail Henley | 39 | 140 | 123 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 24 | .260 | .350 | .447 | .797 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Dixie Howell | 58 | 91 | 83 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .337 | .396 | .639 | 1.034 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Michael Natisin | 53 | 135 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 14 | .232 | .358 | .411 | .769 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Adrián Zabala | 50 | 66 | 64 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .375 | .385 | .500 | .885 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Artie Wilson | 17 | 72 | 59 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .390 | .500 | .559 | 1.059 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jake Early | 37 | 112 | 92 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 7 | .250 | .378 | .467 | .846 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Roy Weatherly | 32 | 123 | 111 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .198 | .258 | .315 | .574 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
Hank Thompson | 14 | 62 | 53 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | .340 | .435 | .774 | 1.209 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Hoyt Wilhelm | 40 | 83 | 74 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .243 | .291 | .284 | .575 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Edward Sokol | 22 | 71 | 58 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .207 | .343 | .259 | .601 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
Dave Barnhill | 44 | 56 | 54 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .204 | .218 | .352 | .570 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Harvey Gentry | 10 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .364 | .462 | .409 | .871 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Fanovich | 26 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .206 | .270 | .235 | .506 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Hugh Oser | 32 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Andy Tomasic | 23 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .188 | .257 | .375 | .632 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Roger Bowman | 16 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .129 | .129 | .161 | .290 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Norman Fox | 31 | 45 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .079 | .167 | .132 | .298 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ed Wright | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Walter Cox | 23 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
Bama Rowell | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Barney Martin | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ike Pearson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Leslie Klesitz | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1671 | 5624 | 4891 | 812 | 1371 | 242 | 37 | 152 | 754 | 91 | 0 | 650 | 611 | .280 | .367 | .438 | .805 | 2143 | 126 | 20 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tookie Gilbert | 1B | 141 | 1106 | 54 | 9 | 136 | .992 | 8.227 | ||||
Michael Natisin | 1B | 26 | 168 | 19 | 4 | 21 | .979 | 7.192 | ||||
Davey Williams | 2B | 79 | 205 | 285 | 6 | 67 | .988 | 6.203 | ||||
Bobby Hofman | 2B | 67 | 213 | 183 | 8 | 60 | .980 | 5.910 | ||||
Ray Dandridge | 3B | 103 | 85 | 208 | 12 | 24 | .961 | 2.845 | ||||
Ray Katt | C | 112 | 532 | 46 | 16 | 9 | .973 | 5.161 | 20 | |||
Jake Early | C | 37 | 142 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 4.135 | 7 | |||
Edward Sokol | C | 19 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .974 | 5.895 | 2 | |||
Pete Milne | OF | 122 | 199 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .944 | 1.672 | ||||
John Kropf | OF | 111 | 224 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .979 | 2.126 | ||||
Neill Sheridan | OF | 75 | 107 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .948 | 1.467 | ||||
Gip Dickens | OF | 49 | 115 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .952 | 2.408 | ||||
Willie Mays | OF | 35 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 2.829 | ||||
Gail Henley | OF | 34 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
Roy Weatherly | OF | 28 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
Adrián Zabala | P | 49 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.000 | ||||
Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 40 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 5 | .947 | 1.350 | ||||
Dave Barnhill | P | 33 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .515 | ||||
Norman Fox | P | 30 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .871 | .900 | ||||
Dixie Howell | P | 29 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.172 | ||||
Frank Fanovich | P | 26 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .846 | ||||
Hugh Oser | P | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Walter Cox | P | 23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .696 | ||||
Andy Tomasic | P | 21 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .476 | ||||
Barney Martin | P | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
Roger Bowman | P | 12 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
Ed Wright | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Leslie Klesitz | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Ike Pearson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Cy Buker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Rudy Rufer | SS | 137 | 249 | 403 | 41 | 108 | .941 | 4.759 | ||||
Totals | 1501 | 3698 | 1472 | 149 | 449 | .972 | 3.444 | 29 | 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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