1954 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
Team Record: 78-73
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Bill Rigney (78-73)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 128,187, Avg. 1,698
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2
The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Millers led the league with 800 runs, spearheaded by 168 home runs. Minneapolis allowed 732 runs. Gail Harris walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Rance Pless, Billy Klaus, Gip Dickens and George Wilson each swatted 15 or more also. Gail Harris drove in 113 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .309 clip. Ramón Monzant and Al Worthington paced the squad with 11 wins each, and Al Worthington registered a 4.32 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1954 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Don Lund, Frank Baldwin, Al Worthington, George Spencer, Bill Rigney, Rance Pless, Monty Kennedy, Grant Dunlap, Pete Burnside, Foster Castleman, Bud Byerly, Billy Klaus, Jim Constable, Gail Harris, Mario Picone, Jerry Fahr, Ray Mueller, Joe Margoneri, George Wilson, Ebba St. Claire, Al Corwin, Ramón Monzant, Bill Connelly and Harvey Gentry.
Bill Rigney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Worthington | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.32 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 152.0 | 146 | 76 | 73 | 17 | 58 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ramón Monzant | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.42 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 161.0 | 148 | 88 | 79 | 16 | 90 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bud Byerly | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.39 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 162.0 | 181 | 89 | 79 | 23 | 51 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Jim Constable | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.39 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 197.0 | 199 | 110 | 96 | 25 | 86 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bill Connelly | 8 | 3 | .727 | 5.68 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 76.0 | 77 | 54 | 48 | 14 | 40 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Al Corwin | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.33 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 92.0 | 86 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Spencer | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.15 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 97 | 49 | 34 | 10 | 27 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Fowler | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.80 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 120.0 | 120 | 73 | 64 | 19 | 46 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Singleton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.30 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 44 | 32 | 10 | 30 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Joe Margoneri | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fernando Osorio | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.64 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leslie Klesitz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monty Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Fahr | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Burnside | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mario Picone | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frederick Sherkel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 36 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 72 | 68 | .514 | 4.37 | 341 | 138 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1185.0 | 1215 | 661 | 576 | 150 | 468 | 0 | 725 | 30 | 3 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Klaus | 150 | 674 | 614 | 110 | 172 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 66 | 7 | 53 | 54 | .280 | .336 | .459 | .795 | 282 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Gail Harris | 150 | 616 | 550 | 100 | 170 | 24 | 4 | 34 | 113 | 4 | 52 | 71 | .309 | .371 | .553 | .923 | 304 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rance Pless | 138 | 569 | 518 | 74 | 150 | 33 | 8 | 18 | 109 | 1 | 35 | 72 | .290 | .333 | .488 | .821 | 253 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||
| George Wilson | 136 | 573 | 474 | 110 | 143 | 29 | 7 | 27 | 92 | 5 | 91 | 51 | .302 | .414 | .563 | .977 | 267 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Foster Castleman | 85 | 365 | 322 | 61 | 102 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 35 | 32 | .317 | .380 | .503 | .883 | 162 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gip Dickens | 131 | 412 | 349 | 49 | 98 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 67 | 0 | 54 | 69 | .281 | .377 | .487 | .864 | 170 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Amado Ibanez | 94 | 321 | 295 | 55 | 89 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 39 | .302 | .344 | .447 | .791 | 132 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Harvey Gentry | 113 | 380 | 318 | 51 | 77 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 5 | 54 | 72 | .242 | .350 | .381 | .731 | 121 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Frank Baldwin | 86 | 285 | 267 | 29 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 62 | .240 | .285 | .326 | .611 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Bracchitta | 104 | 296 | 248 | 40 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 42 | 42 | .242 | .358 | .379 | .737 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Lund | 42 | 172 | 150 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 16 | .287 | .378 | .500 | .878 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Dunlap | 49 | 162 | 148 | 22 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .284 | .321 | .432 | .753 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ray Mueller | 61 | 145 | 128 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .266 | .312 | .453 | .766 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ebba St. Claire | 51 | 156 | 140 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 37 | .186 | .247 | .350 | .597 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Rigney | 43 | 63 | 54 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 10 | .333 | .429 | .389 | .817 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Monzant | 33 | 65 | 62 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .274 | .297 | .306 | .603 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Constable | 37 | 74 | 68 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .162 | .208 | .206 | .414 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Al Worthington | 24 | 58 | 50 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .180 | .241 | .200 | .441 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | 28 | 59 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .170 | .185 | .208 | .393 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Al Corwin | 21 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .188 | .212 | .312 | .525 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ray Berns | 16 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .238 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Connelly | 14 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .143 | .314 | .143 | .457 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Singleton | 39 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alex Cosmidis | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Fowler | 39 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .088 | .114 | .088 | .203 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Leslie Klesitz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Frederick Sherkel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Spencer | 68 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .077 | .250 | .077 | .327 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Margoneri | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mario Picone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pete Burnside | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fernando Osorio | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Monty Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1804 | 5653 | 4984 | 796 | 1361 | 256 | 54 | 168 | 749 | 37 | 0 | 536 | 772 | .273 | .344 | .447 | .791 | 2229 | 124 | 23 | 67 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Harris | 1B | 148 | 1398 | 79 | 20 | 114 | .987 | 9.980 | ||||
| Foster Castleman | 2B | 82 | 206 | 254 | 15 | 60 | .968 | 5.610 | ||||
| Amado Ibanez | 2B | 58 | 97 | 173 | 8 | 27 | .971 | 4.655 | ||||
| Bill Rigney | 2B | 12 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.417 | ||||
| Rance Pless | 3B | 136 | 101 | 293 | 18 | 28 | .956 | 2.897 | ||||
| Gip Dickens | 3B | 12 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Frank Baldwin | C | 85 | 417 | 42 | 11 | 4 | .977 | 5.400 | 9 | |||
| Ray Mueller | C | 51 | 180 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .990 | 3.882 | 0 | |||
| Ebba St. Claire | C | 48 | 241 | 23 | 6 | 9 | .978 | 5.500 | 8 | |||
| George Wilson | OF | 132 | 188 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 1.568 | ||||
| Gip Dickens | OF | 108 | 186 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 1.824 | ||||
| Harvey Gentry | OF | 100 | 169 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .978 | 1.770 | ||||
| Joe Bracchitta | OF | 74 | 125 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 1.743 | ||||
| Don Lund | OF | 42 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 2.810 | ||||
| Grant Dunlap | OF | 40 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ray Berns | OF | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| George Spencer | P | 68 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .974 | .559 | ||||
| James Singleton | P | 39 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .615 | ||||
| Jim Constable | P | 37 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .948 | 1.486 | ||||
| Charles Fowler | P | 34 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .794 | ||||
| Bud Byerly | P | 28 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 3 | .961 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ramón Monzant | P | 27 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| Al Worthington | P | 24 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Frederick Sherkel | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Fernando Osorio | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Fahr | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Connelly | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Al Corwin | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Pete Burnside | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Picone | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Margoneri | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leslie Klesitz | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Monty Kennedy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Klaus | SS | 149 | 241 | 479 | 32 | 82 | .957 | 4.832 | ||||
| Totals | 1629 | 3825 | 1694 | 144 | 357 | .975 | 3.388 | 17 | 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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