1959 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
Team Record: 95-67
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Gene Mauch (95-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 160,167, Avg. 1,977
Playoffs - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 2
Finals - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Fort Worth Cats 3
The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1959 season with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Millers led the league with just 574 runs allowed. Minneapolis scored 691 runs. Lou Clinton paced the team with 20 home runs, while Art Schult walloped 15 or more, too. Chuck Tanner drove in 78 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .319 clip. Tom Borland paced the squad with 14 wins, and Ted Bowsfield recorded a 2.45 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1959 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Nelson Chittum, Haywood Sullivan, Jerry Mallett, Ted Wills, Marlan Coughtry, Don Gile, Pumpsie Green, Al Schroll, Stu Locklin, Willard Nixon, Fritz Dorish, Vito Valentinetti, Tom Umphlett, Gene Mauch, Jerry Zimmerman, Duane Wilson, Ted Bowsfield, Roy Smalley, Billy Muffett, Art Schult, Chuck Schilling, Herb Moford, Chuck Tanner, Tom Hurd, Ed Sadowski, Gabe Gabler, Murray Wall, Herb Plews, Tracy Stallard, Lou Clinton, Jim Mahoney, Earl Wilson, Bud Byerly, Johnny Goryl, Tom Borland and Chet Nichols.
Gene Mauch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Borland | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.73 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 178.0 | 134 | 67 | 54 | 6 | 71 | 6 | 123 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Nelson Chittum | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.64 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 131.0 | 131 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Earl Wilson | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.82 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 113.0 | 85 | 57 | 48 | 7 | 84 | 1 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ted Bowsfield | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.45 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 154.0 | 134 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Ted Wills | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.15 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 120.0 | 109 | 49 | 42 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Chet Nichols | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.58 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 143.0 | 105 | 44 | 41 | 11 | 62 | 3 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Willard Nixon | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.58 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 98.0 | 104 | 42 | 39 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bud Byerly | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.45 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 56 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Billy Muffett | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.44 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 55 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Murray Wall | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.67 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Duane Wilson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.00 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 57.0 | 53 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Al Schroll | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.01 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 65 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Vito Valentinetti | 2 | 1 | .667 | 13 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Herb Moford | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 32.0 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Hurd | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.94 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 40 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tracy Stallard | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.25 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Fritz Dorish | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roy Smalley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 94 | 67 | .584 | 3.17 | 358 | 161 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 1372.0 | 1195 | 556 | 483 | 80 | 567 | 55 | 930 | 28 | 2 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Tanner | 152 | 624 | 549 | 79 | 175 | 41 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 6 | 65 | 49 | .319 | .388 | .495 | .884 | 272 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Tom Umphlett | 155 | 646 | 586 | 70 | 155 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 10 | 47 | 57 | .265 | .318 | .375 | .693 | 220 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Lou Clinton | 151 | 582 | 517 | 65 | 130 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 77 | 7 | 50 | 68 | .251 | .317 | .431 | .748 | 223 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Red Robbins | 117 | 424 | 384 | 52 | 119 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 31 | 40 | .310 | .360 | .427 | .787 | 164 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pumpsie Green | 98 | 432 | 350 | 77 | 112 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 11 | 75 | 35 | .320 | .439 | .443 | .882 | 155 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Art Schult | 93 | 399 | 356 | 62 | 103 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 71 | 2 | 36 | 37 | .289 | .353 | .497 | .851 | 177 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Ed Sadowski | 117 | 409 | 367 | 39 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 1 | 33 | 45 | .207 | .270 | .354 | .624 | 130 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Jim Mahoney | 103 | 371 | 340 | 25 | 72 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 24 | 77 | .212 | .264 | .271 | .534 | 92 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Goryl | 60 | 244 | 208 | 26 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 27 | 38 | .240 | .321 | .322 | .643 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Shephard Frazier | 54 | 206 | 180 | 30 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 28 | .244 | .313 | .322 | .636 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stu Locklin | 39 | 149 | 129 | 17 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .326 | .390 | .481 | .871 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Herb Plews | 46 | 181 | 163 | 15 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 20 | .252 | .326 | .288 | .614 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Haywood Sullivan | 57 | 189 | 166 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 27 | .235 | .317 | .283 | .601 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Earl Wilson | 26 | 51 | 45 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .356 | .388 | .622 | 1.010 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Borland | 33 | 67 | 62 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .194 | .219 | .242 | .461 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Zimmerman | 20 | 71 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .186 | .304 | .288 | .592 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Willard Nixon | 34 | 50 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .188 | .184 | .271 | .455 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Chittum | 25 | 54 | 51 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .176 | .176 | .216 | .392 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Schroll | 15 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .233 | .303 | .367 | .670 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Nichols | 31 | 49 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wills | 21 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .163 | .182 | .209 | .391 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Bowsfield | 28 | 56 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .128 | .208 | .128 | .335 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duane Wilson | 30 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marlan Coughtry | 12 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .172 | .273 | .207 | .480 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Mauch | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | |||||||||
| Lee Howell | 11 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .105 | .227 | .158 | .385 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hurd | 28 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | 28 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Mallett | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Schilling | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||
| Herb Moford | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Muffett | 20 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Brady | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracy Stallard | 16 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .056 | .056 | .111 | .167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vito Valentinetti | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Murray Wall | 20 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gile | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1681 | 5551 | 4923 | 626 | 1276 | 229 | 37 | 97 | 583 | 49 | 0 | 489 | 673 | .259 | .325 | .380 | .705 | 1870 | 0 | 15 | 77 | 47 | 48 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Schult | 1B | 91 | 806 | 46 | 14 | 83 | .984 | 9.363 | ||||
| Red Robbins | 1B | 21 | 147 | 16 | 2 | 10 | .988 | 7.762 | ||||
| Haywood Sullivan | 1B | 10 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.900 | ||||
| Pumpsie Green | 2B | 96 | 243 | 304 | 10 | 81 | .982 | 5.698 | ||||
| Herb Plews | 2B | 44 | 85 | 102 | 5 | 26 | .974 | 4.250 | ||||
| Red Robbins | 3B | 86 | 57 | 149 | 14 | 16 | .936 | 2.395 | ||||
| Shephard Frazier | 3B | 48 | 42 | 78 | 7 | 13 | .945 | 2.500 | ||||
| Johnny Goryl | 3B | 25 | 12 | 55 | 6 | 2 | .918 | 2.680 | ||||
| Ed Sadowski | C | 112 | 683 | 60 | 4 | 15 | .995 | 6.634 | 5 | |||
| Haywood Sullivan | C | 42 | 220 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .996 | 5.595 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Zimmerman | C | 18 | 101 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 6.444 | 1 | |||
| Chuck Tanner | OF | 151 | 194 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.318 | ||||
| Tom Umphlett | OF | 149 | 327 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .991 | 2.228 | ||||
| Lou Clinton | OF | 142 | 215 | 19 | 8 | 1 | .967 | 1.648 | ||||
| Stu Locklin | OF | 33 | 61 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .971 | 2.030 | ||||
| Lee Howell | OF | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Borland | P | 32 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Chet Nichols | P | 31 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .806 | ||||
| Tom Hurd | P | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bud Byerly | P | 28 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .955 | .750 | ||||
| Duane Wilson | P | 26 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .731 | ||||
| Willard Nixon | P | 26 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ted Bowsfield | P | 26 | 9 | 38 | 4 | 2 | .922 | 1.808 | ||||
| Nelson Chittum | P | 25 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Earl Wilson | P | 21 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Ted Wills | P | 21 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.095 | ||||
| Billy Muffett | P | 20 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Murray Wall | P | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .667 | ||||
| Tracy Stallard | P | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Al Schroll | P | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Herb Moford | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Smalley | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fritz Dorish | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Mahoney | SS | 103 | 166 | 233 | 21 | 68 | .950 | 3.874 | ||||
| Johnny Goryl | SS | 29 | 50 | 72 | 7 | 22 | .946 | 4.207 | ||||
| Totals | 1568 | 3565 | 1443 | 119 | 376 | .977 | 3.194 | 11 | 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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