1953 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-78
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Chick Genovese (0-0), Freddie Fitzsimmons (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 128,630, Avg. 1,671

1953 Minneapolis Millers Roster

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1953 season with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Millers topped the circuit with 809 runs, spearheaded by 169 home runs. Minneapolis allowed 791 runs, most in the league. George Wilson walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Rance Pless, Ray Katt and Clint Hartung each swatted 15 or more as well. Ray Katt recorded 98 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. Mario Picone led the team with 14 wins, and Harry Nicholas registered a 4.53 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Al Worthington, Claude Corbitt, Marv Blaylock, Bill Taylor, Clint Hartung, George Spencer, Adrián Zabala, Mario Picone, Ray Katt, Rance Pless, Jake Early, Ray Noble, Ron Samford, Bud Byerly, Foster Castleman, Chuck Diering, Frank Hiller, Bill Connelly and George Wilson were all players from the 1953 Minneapolis Millers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Chick Genovese and Freddie Fitzsimmons 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
Mario Picone	14	8	.636	4.99	38	30		13	2		211.0	216	134	117	38	99		132	11	0	4
Al Worthington	9	5	.643	2.90	17	15		9	0		118.0	114	46	38	4	50		74	0	1	5
Frederick Sherkel	7	4	.636	4.04	33	7		2	0		98.0	106	57	44	17	39		43	4	0	1
George Spencer	7	8	.467	4.31	50	6		0	0		119.0	154	66	57	16	35		37	2	0	2
Harry Nicholas	7	13	.350	4.53	36	25		7	1		161.0	157	100	81	24	76		91	8	0	2
Frank Hiller	6	6	.500	3.64	14	13		4	1		89.0	95	46	36	6	18		47	1	0	2
Adrián Zabala	5	6	.455	2.78	48	1		0	0		97.0	108	40	30	9	33		56	1	0	4
Bill Connelly	4	4	.500	5.18	14	13		4	1		80.0	89	48	46	9	55		63	0	0	5
Dick Libby	4	6	.400	7.43	24	12		1	0		69.0	102	64	57	12	33		34	1	0	1
Pete Modica	1	1	.500		14						0.0
Robert Giddens	1	2	.333		11						0.0
Bud Byerly					28						0.0
Totals	65	63	.508	4.37	327	122	0	40	5	0	1042.0	1141	601	506	135	438	0	577	28	1	26	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
Rance Pless	152	638	596	87	192	26	4	25	88	0		38	71	.322	.367	.505	.872	301	22	4	0
Chuck Diering	152	694	584	116	188	39	10	12	74	4		93	73	.322	.417	.485	.901	283	14	2	15
Ron Samford	143	623	576	82	161	35	3	12	52	3		35	59	.280	.325	.413	.738	238	11	4	8
Ray Katt	114	488	448	76	146	31	3	28	98	0		37	43	.326	.379	.596	.975	267	5	1	2
George Wilson	118	535	461	93	145	32	3	34	94	1		66	44	.315	.405	.618	1.023	285	11	4	4
Clint Hartung	120	475	427	63	118	21	4	19	75	3		40	84	.276	.348	.478	.826	204	11	7	1
Ray Berns	94	292	272	40	77	20	1	7	37	1		20	29	.283	.332	.441	.773	120	5	0	0
Joe Bracchitta	110	348	293	48	76	9	5	9	30	2		49	41	.259	.369	.416	.786	122	4	2	4
Amado Ibanez	84	241	218	31	63	12	3	2	30	2		20	21	.289	.354	.399	.753	87	5	2	1
Ziggy Jasinski	78	288	261	29	60	9	2	0	17	1		21	40	.230	.292	.280	.572	73	4	2	4
Marv Blaylock	69	265	219	30	56	5	3	3	29	2		43	46	.256	.383	.347	.730	76	4	2	1
Ray Noble	29	128	111	21	34	5	0	4	21	2		15	6	.306	.398	.459	.858	51	3	2	0
Claude Corbitt	54	190	164	17	31	3	0	1	11	1		22	12	.189	.289	.226	.514	37	8	1	3
Bill Taylor	47	137	130	17	29	4	1	7	28	0		6	18	.223	.263	.431	.694	56	4	1	0
Foster Castleman	20	74	68	10	25	5	0	0	13	0		5	7	.368	.411	.441	.852	30	1	0	1
Mario Picone	56	107	100	14	22	2	1	1	15	0		3	22	.220	.243	.290	.533	29	2	0	4
Jake Early	27	62	43	8	9	1	0	3	6	0		18	13	.209	.443	.442	.884	19	1	0	1
Bill Connelly	14	33	29	5	8	2	0	1	6	0		4	10	.276	.364	.448	.812	13	1	0	0
Dick Libby	24	24	23	1	7	0	0	0	2	0		1	9	.304	.333	.304	.638	7	0	0	0
Adrián Zabala	48	29	26	1	7	1	0	0	6	0		1	7	.269	.296	.308	.604	8	0	0	2
Al Worthington	17	46	40	7	7	0	0	0	4	0		4	11	.175	.250	.175	.425	7	0	0	2
Frank Hiller	14	34	32	1	6	2	0	0	4	0		1	5	.188	.212	.250	.462	8	1	0	1
Pete Modica	14	10	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.444	.500	.444	.944	4	1	0	0
Frederick Sherkel	37	33	31	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	3	.129	.156	.161	.318	5	0	0	1
George Spencer	50	23	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		3	13	.150	.261	.200	.461	4	1	0	0
Harry Nicholas	40	57	47	3	3	0	0	1	2	0		5	23	.064	.154	.128	.282	6	1	0	5
Robert Giddens	11	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Totals	1736	5882	5235	804	1481	266	43	169	744	22	0	552	715	.283	.355	.447	.802	2340	120	34	61	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Bracchitta	1B	78	681	44	10	63	.986	9.295
Marv Blaylock	1B	67	535	31	3	46	.995	8.448
Ron Samford	2B	134	382	369	35	86	.955	5.604
Amado Ibanez	2B	42	72	64	3	14	.978	3.238
Rance Pless	3B	143	131	288	22	29	.950	2.930
Amado Ibanez	3B	15	11	24	2	2	.946	2.333
Ray Katt	C	112	578	52	5	9	.992	5.625	9
Ray Noble	C	29	162	14	0	1	1.000	6.069	4
Jake Early	C	18	66	9	2	0	.974	4.167	1
Chuck Diering	OF	151	400	21	6	4	.986	2.788
George Wilson	OF	118	205	21	7	5	.970	1.915
Clint Hartung	OF	107	164	19	6	0	.968	1.710
Ray Berns	OF	64	109	5	2	0	.983	1.781
Bill Taylor	OF	27	28	1	3	0	.906	1.074
Joe Bracchitta	OF	11	6	0	0	0	1.000	.545
George Spencer	P	50	4	22	1	2	.963	.520
Adrián Zabala	P	48	3	21	3	1	.889	.500
Mario Picone	P	38	8	26	3	1	.919	.895
Harry Nicholas	P	36	8	25	1	2	.971	.917
Frederick Sherkel	P	33	9	36	1	3	.978	1.364
Dick Libby	P	24	2	15	4	0	.810	.708
Al Worthington	P	17	9	20	2	2	.935	1.706
Pete Modica	P	14	5	7	1	1	.923	.857
Frank Hiller	P	14	6	28	1	0	.971	2.429
Bill Connelly	P	14	0	9	1	1	.900	.643
Robert Giddens	P	11	0	4	1	0	.800	.364
Ziggy Jasinski	SS	77	121	241	28	42	.928	4.701
Claude Corbitt	SS	53	102	159	17	30	.939	4.925
Ron Samford	SS	22	17	27	2	1	.957	2.000
Foster Castleman	SS	20	31	66	10	16	.907	4.850
Totals		1587	3855	1668	182	361	.968	3.480	14	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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