1955 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Bill Rigney (92-62)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 177,307, Avg. 2,303
Playoffs - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Denver Bears 0
Finals - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 0
The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Millers led the league with 894 runs. Minneapolis allowed 822 runs.
Players from the 1955 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Al Worthington, Eric Rodin, Fred Richards, Eddie Bressoud, Carl Sawatski, Bob Lennon, Al Corwin, Ramón Monzant, Joe Margoneri, Ray Mueller, George Wilson, Rance Pless, Wayne Terwilliger, Monte Irvin, Billy Gardner, Alex Konikowski, Willie Kirkland, Ron Northey, Gail Harris, Don Bollweg, Bobby Hogue, Jim Constable, Bill Rigney, Bud Byerly, Foster Castleman and Ralph Branca.
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 | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3.58 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 239.0 | 226 | 116 | 95 | 18 | 98 | 4 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Jim Constable | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.57 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 199.0 | 204 | 115 | 101 | 21 | 102 | 3 | 156 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Alex Konikowski | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.76 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 157.0 | 170 | 90 | 83 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Harry Nicholas | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.08 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 156.0 | 170 | 95 | 88 | 25 | 85 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Margoneri | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.14 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 119.0 | 135 | 87 | 68 | 19 | 59 | 2 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bud Byerly | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.60 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 85 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Corwin | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.41 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 138.0 | 163 | 101 | 83 | 21 | 72 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ramón Monzant | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.60 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Branca | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.36 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 84 | 58 | 54 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Bobby Hogue | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.64 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Fowler | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim Graves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Olsen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 61 | .588 | 4.67 | 354 | 150 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1291.0 | 1376 | 774 | 670 | 159 | 572 | 24 | 851 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 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 | 156 | 662 | 593 | 116 | 200 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 107 | 3 | 58 | 73 | .337 | .398 | .550 | .947 | 326 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| George Wilson | 140 | 615 | 541 | 115 | 166 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 99 | 4 | 66 | 58 | .307 | .382 | .551 | .933 | 298 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Eddie Bressoud | 145 | 605 | 542 | 72 | 136 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 74 | 0 | 55 | 106 | .251 | .318 | .432 | .750 | 234 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Carl Sawatski | 142 | 535 | 447 | 67 | 120 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 72 | 0 | 81 | 86 | .268 | .380 | .492 | .873 | 220 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bob Lennon | 114 | 479 | 422 | 66 | 118 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 104 | 2 | 52 | 71 | .280 | .359 | .562 | .921 | 237 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Billy Gardner | 73 | 325 | 290 | 55 | 90 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 35 | .310 | .367 | .545 | .912 | 158 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Monte Irvin | 75 | 305 | 250 | 57 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 2 | 46 | 23 | .352 | .457 | .612 | 1.069 | 153 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 72 | 334 | 276 | 51 | 82 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 48 | 32 | .297 | .404 | .420 | .825 | 116 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Joe Bracchitta | 106 | 288 | 232 | 50 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 47 | 33 | .297 | .413 | .427 | .840 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Gail Harris | 44 | 198 | 175 | 40 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 18 | 28 | .303 | .381 | .640 | 1.021 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eric Rodin | 42 | 145 | 126 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .246 | .329 | .381 | .710 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Foster Castleman | 43 | 108 | 96 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .302 | .380 | .510 | .890 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Ortiz | 26 | 111 | 101 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .267 | .309 | .495 | .804 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ray Dabek | 52 | 113 | 100 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .220 | .304 | .290 | .594 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Worthington | 38 | 92 | 80 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .225 | .284 | .362 | .647 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jim Constable | 48 | 75 | 70 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .171 | .183 | .243 | .426 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Al Corwin | 47 | 54 | 52 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .212 | .212 | .231 | .442 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Margoneri | 28 | 50 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .204 | .204 | .245 | .449 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Nicholas | 43 | 59 | 52 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .192 | .271 | .231 | .502 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Willie Kirkland | 9 | 22 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Konikowski | 38 | 52 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .104 | .122 | .104 | .227 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | 50 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .235 | .381 | .294 | .675 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Monzant | 16 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .118 | .167 | .147 | .314 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Garcia | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Getter | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Rigney | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .545 | .795 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Cosmidis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Hogue | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Mueller | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Branca | 25 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Al Olsen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1630 | 5359 | 4680 | 790 | 1320 | 238 | 27 | 211 | 740 | 22 | 0 | 559 | 746 | .282 | .360 | .480 | .840 | 2245 | 92 | 30 | 60 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Harris | 1B | 44 | 350 | 22 | 3 | 30 | .992 | 8.455 | ||||
| Rance Pless | 1B | 25 | 202 | 16 | 2 | 16 | .991 | 8.720 | ||||
| Joe Bracchitta | 1B | 14 | 95 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .971 | 7.286 | ||||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 70 | 153 | 172 | 7 | 39 | .979 | 4.643 | ||||
| Billy Gardner | 2B | 57 | 139 | 182 | 12 | 47 | .964 | 5.632 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 26 | 54 | 95 | 8 | 17 | .949 | 5.731 | ||||
| Rance Pless | 3B | 132 | 132 | 228 | 10 | 30 | .973 | 2.727 | ||||
| Foster Castleman | 3B | 16 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Billy Gardner | 3B | 12 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 2.583 | ||||
| Carl Sawatski | C | 141 | 772 | 69 | 9 | 15 | .989 | 5.965 | 10 | |||
| Ray Dabek | C | 48 | 167 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 3.729 | 4 | |||
| George Wilson | OF | 138 | 226 | 18 | 11 | 2 | .957 | 1.768 | ||||
| Bob Lennon | OF | 114 | 276 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .973 | 2.509 | ||||
| Monte Irvin | OF | 73 | 146 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .968 | 2.096 | ||||
| Joe Bracchitta | OF | 66 | 108 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.697 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | OF | 38 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.974 | ||||
| Bud Byerly | P | 50 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .260 | ||||
| Jim Constable | P | 45 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .909 | .889 | ||||
| Harry Nicholas | P | 39 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .641 | ||||
| Al Worthington | P | 38 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 8 | .891 | 1.500 | ||||
| Alex Konikowski | P | 38 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .553 | ||||
| Al Corwin | P | 30 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Margoneri | P | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ralph Branca | P | 25 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Bobby Hogue | P | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Monzant | P | 12 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Al Olsen | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Jim Graves | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Fowler | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Bressoud | SS | 143 | 267 | 393 | 30 | 85 | .957 | 4.615 | ||||
| Totals | 1511 | 3239 | 1463 | 135 | 315 | .972 | 3.112 | 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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