1941 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-70
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Tom Sheehan (83-70)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 118,707, Avg. 1,552

1941 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1941 season with a record of 83 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Millers scored 842 runs and surrendered 753 runs. Ab Wright led Minneapolis with 26 home runs, while Fabian Gaffke, Otto Denning and Babe Barna each walloped 15 or more, too. Babe Barna and Otto Denning each recorded 105 runs batted in. Babe Barna paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .336 clip. Elon Hogsett topped the team with 18 wins, plus Harry Kelley, too added 15 or more wins, too Mickey Haefner registered a 3.96 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1941 Minneapolis Millers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Rensa, Frank Trechock, Fabian Gaffke, Joe Hatten, Huck Geary, Elon Hogsett, Wes Westrum, Lin Storti, Hub Walker, Ab Wright, Mickey Haefner, Otto Denning, Bob Kline, Babe Barna, Buck Fausett, Tony Giuliani, Harry Smythe, Zeke Bonura, Harry Kelley and Walt Tauscher.

Tom Sheehan 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
Elon Hogsett	18	9	.667	4.17	38	30	6	15	3		233.0	264	124	108		76		105	6	0	3
Harry Kelley	16	13	.552	4.10	44	33	8	15	3		248.0	288	130	113		88		113	3	0	3
Walt Tauscher	13	6	.684	4.82	41	14	11	5	1		155.0	192	97	83		53		36	4	0	2
Mickey Haefner	12	16	.429	3.96	35	33	1	20	2		241.0	251	130	106		92		136	9	0	3
Mike Kash	10	7	.588	4.28	43	15	14	7	2		164.0	157	88	78		69		69	0	0	8
Joe Hatten	5	6	.455	4.64	26	16	5	2	0		97.0	105	68	50		53		58	2	0	4
Bob Kline	3	3	.500	2.96	52			0	0		85.0	98	35	28		30		19	1	0	0
Buck Fausett	3	4	.429	5.75	14	7	6	6	0		61.0	64	43	39		34		20	3	1	2
Frank Nesseth	3	5	.375	5.85	13	6	3	1	0		40.0	52	33	26		27		7	2	1	0
Harry Smythe	0	1	.000	9.00	2			0	0		4.0	7	5	4		2		0	0	0	1
Totals	83	70	.542	4.30	308	154	54	71	11	0	1328.0	1478	753	635	0	524	0	563	30	2	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
Babe Barna	142	590	521	102	175	22	3	24	105	29		66	74	.336	.411	.528	.938	275		0	3
Otto Denning	144	580	510	85	168	34	4	17	105	4		64	40	.329	.407	.512	.919	261		3	3
Fabian Gaffke	133	549	499	100	152	39	7	21	97	11		43	60	.305	.361	.537	.898	268		1	6
Huck Geary	142	601	528	85	148	33	3	12	56	15		47	48	.280	.340	.422	.763	223		1	25
Ab Wright	138	530	461	90	131	29	5	26	103	5		64	86	.284	.376	.538	.914	248		4	1
Frank Trechock	145	505	449	47	103	20	1	7	45	2		44	41	.229	.301	.325	.626	146		2	10
Bill Barnacle	92	367	331	63	100	30	4	4	32	4		31	26	.302	.367	.453	.820	150		3	2
Hub Walker	111	380	319	70	81	18	2	10	42	12		58	52	.254	.372	.417	.789	133		2	1
Buck Fausett	93	316	294	37	67	12	1	1	22	15		15	18	.228	.265	.286	.551	84		0	7
Frank Danneker	88	263	232	39	64	10	3	11	45	4		26	38	.276	.356	.487	.843	113		3	2
Zeke Bonura	46	205	172	47	63	9	1	7	38	2		28	4	.366	.466	.552	1.018	95		4	1
Frank Houska	68	219	194	18	55	8	2	1	19	2		22	24	.284	.359	.361	.720	70		1	2
Tony Giuliani	37	155	143	15	42	6	0	1	21	0		11	1	.294	.344	.357	.701	51		0	1
Mickey Haefner	38	98	83	7	22	4	0	1	6	1		10	14	.265	.344	.349	.693	29		0	5
Harry Kelley	44	93	88	1	18	1	0	0	4	0		5	4	.205	.247	.216	.463	19		0	0
Walt Tauscher	41	62	59	7	17	2	0	0	4	0		3	6	.288	.323	.322	.645	19		0	0
Elon Hogsett	39	96	88	8	12	1	0	0	3	0		3	24	.136	.165	.148	.313	13		0	5
Tony Rensa	35	105	92	6	12	1	0	0	5	1		12	9	.130	.231	.141	.372	13		0	1
Joe Hatten	26	37	34	4	4	2	1	0	9	0		1	17	.118	.143	.235	.378	8		0	2
Russell Rolandson	6	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0				.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Mike Kash	43	56	49	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		7	18	.061	.179	.082	.260	4		0	0
Harry Smythe	2	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Bob Kline	52	18	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	0
Frank Nesseth	13	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	13	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	1
Wes Westrum	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1719	5856	5194	835	1445	282	37	143	766	107	0	560	622	.278	.351	.429	.781	2230	0	24	78	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Houska	1B	59	501	26	1	49	.998	8.932
Otto Denning	1B	56	477	35	9	44	.983	9.143
Zeke Bonura	1B	46	427	28	4	36	.991	9.891
Frank Trechock	2B	126	238	288	20	79	.963	4.175
Frank Danneker	2B	54	98	106	11	21	.949	3.778
Bill Barnacle	3B	71	62	121	15	10	.924	2.577
Buck Fausett	3B	63	66	147	16	16	.930	3.381
Frank Danneker	3B	24	16	37	5	7	.914	2.208
Otto Denning	C	86	345	67	10	14	.976	4.791	8
Tony Giuliani	C	37	162	31	4	3	.980	5.216	0
Tony Rensa	C	34	118	19	2	1	.986	4.029
Babe Barna	OF	137	258	13	12	2	.958	1.978
Ab Wright	OF	126	227	11	5	1	.979	1.889
Fabian Gaffke	OF	126	307	13	1	2	.997	2.540
Hub Walker	OF	91	198	12	3	5	.986	2.308
Bill Barnacle	OF	17	32	1	2	1	.943	1.941
Bob Kline	P	52	3	18	4	3	.840	.404
Harry Kelley	P	44	7	43	3	2	.943	1.136
Mike Kash	P	43	12	17	0	0	1.000	.674
Walt Tauscher	P	41	9	35	2	3	.957	1.073
Elon Hogsett	P	38	9	48	1	0	.983	1.500
Mickey Haefner	P	35	9	53	1	5	.984	1.771
Joe Hatten	P	26	7	20	3	1	.900	1.038
Buck Fausett	P	14	4	14	1	2	.947	1.286
Frank Nesseth	P	13	1	4	1	0	.833	.385
Harry Smythe	P	2						.000
Huck Geary	SS	139	282	436	43	89	.943	5.165
Frank Trechock	SS	20	31	59	3	8	.968	4.500
Totals		1620	3906	1702	182	404	.969	3.462	8	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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