1951 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
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

1951 Minneapolis Millers Roster

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.

Artie Wilson, Roger Bowman, Frank Fanovich, Dave Barnhill, Bama Rowell, Barney Martin, Roy Weatherly, Bobby Hofman, Harvey Gentry, Hoyt Wilhelm, Cy Buker, Johnny Lucadello, Davey Williams, Adrián Zabala, Ed Wright, Pete Milne, Ray Dandridge, Hank Thompson, Ray Katt, Ike Pearson, Rudy Rufer, Gail Henley, Andy Tomasic, Willie Mays, Tookie Gilbert, Neill Sheridan, Jake Early and Dixie Howell were all players from the 1951 Minneapolis Millers who played in the Majors during their careers.

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
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
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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