1945 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 72-81
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Rosy Ryan (72-81)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 122,376, Avg. 1,600

1945 Minneapolis Millers Roster

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 72 wins and 81 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Millers led the league with 790 runs, spearheaded by 69 home runs. Minneapolis surrendered 914 runs, most in the circuit. Babe Barna paced the team with 25 home runs and drove in 96 runs. Hank Nowak topped all regular batters by connecting at a .329 clip. Hale Swanson and Mike Kash paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Woody Abernathy registered a 4.59 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1945 Minneapolis Millers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Woody Abernathy, Bruce Sloan, Bill Webb, Johnnie Chambers, Jack Aragón, Nick Picciuto, Eddie Morgan, Babe Barna, Lou Lucier, Izzy León, Joe Cicero and Joe Lafata.

Rosy Ryan 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
Hale Swanson	13	11	.542	4.75	29	20	9	12	1		165.0	205	96	87		58		49	1	0	6
Mike Kash	13	16	.448	4.96	51	23	22	12	1		223.0	282	145	123		86		91	3	3	6
Lou Lucier	9	5	.643	5.04	22	17	3	8	1		109.0	147	75	61		40		15	2	0	5
Woody Abernathy	9	13	.409	4.59	32	25	4	11	0		190.0	230	113	97		70		80	2	1	2
Izzy León	6	5	.545	4.40	16	14	2	7	2		94.0	100	52	46		22		43	1	0	4
Greg Lippold	4	4	.500	8.82	15			0	0		50.0	78	54	49		29		12	1	0	1
Robert Albertson	4	5	.444	7.52	47			0	0		128.0	179	126	107		106		44	4	0	5
Bernard Morel	2	1	.667	5.82	9			0	0		17.0	24	19	11		6		2	1	0	1
Leonard Lilienthal	1	0	1.000	2.25	4			0	0		16.0	16	6	4		7		4	0	0	1
Dick Hearn	1	4	.200	6.71	21	5	5	1	0		63.0	74	53	47		45		13	1	0	5
Bob Mistele					18						0.0
Bill Webb					18						0.0
Jose Carbello	0	0		0.00	2			0	0		3.0	7				1		1
Johnnie Chambers	0	0		0.00	7			0	0		8.0	7				8		3
Harold Wonson	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		3.0	11				4		4
Bill Sisler	0	2	.000	31.50	2			0	0		2.0	7	8	7		5		0	0	0	0
Totals	62	66	.484	5.37	296	104	45	51	5	0	1071.0	1367	747	639	0	487	0	361	16	4	36	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
Hank Nowak	150	654	586	110	193	33	1	9	72	8		53	47	.329	.391	.435	.826	255	10	6	9
Frank Danneker	142	610	536	94	165	21	4	12	76	50		64	44	.308	.384	.429	.813	230	4	2	8
Joe Lafata	146	570	495	83	135	25	3	5	69	9		69	84	.273	.363	.366	.728	181	9	1	5
Babe Barna	132	551	421	106	130	21	4	25	96	14		126	70	.309	.469	.556	1.025	234	6	1	3
Nick Picciuto	99	400	336	60	88	17	1	8	40	10		55	59	.262	.374	.390	.764	131	8	5	4
Mike Blazo	86	288	242	27	65	9	1	1	38	3		40	28	.269	.375	.326	.701	79	10	1	5
Joe Cicero	65	227	198	27	56	13	0	2	28	4		27	31	.283	.369	.379	.748	75	5	0	2
Bud Kresal	60	202	183	33	41	4	3	7	32	2		19	34	.224	.297	.393	.690	72	1	0	0
Arnold Lehrman	44	156	133	15	29	3	1	0	12	1		21	19	.218	.325	.256	.580	34	1	0	2
Mike Kash	51	92	86	10	23	2	0	0	6	0		5	15	.267	.308	.291	.598	25	2	0	1
Juan Ruiz	24	74	69	11	20	8	1	0	4	3		5	18	.290	.338	.435	.773	30	2	0	0
Robert Albertson	61	73	61	6	16	2	0	0	8	0		12	20	.262	.384	.295	.679	18	0	0	0
Thomas Maulini	24	86	72	6	14	2	0	0	6	1		14	22	.194	.326	.222	.548	16	0	0	0
Nick Jackimchuk	22	85	78	11	14	1	0	0	3	1		7	11	.179	.247	.192	.439	15	3	0	0
Hale Swanson	32	67	64	3	12	0	0	0	4	0		0	15	.188	.200	.188	.388	12	3	1	2
Lou Lucier	33	51	48	8	11	2	0	0	5	0		2	9	.229	.260	.271	.531	13	2	0	1
Izzy León	19	41	36	3	9	0	0	0	4	0		3	6	.250	.308	.250	.558	9	1	0	2
Bruce Sloan	17	40	32	4	7	0	0	0	7	4		8	4	.219	.375	.219	.594	7	2	0	0
Woody Abernathy	35	75	67	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		5	20	.090	.164	.090	.254	6	5	1	2
Virgilio Arteaga	11	23	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.182	.217	.182	.399	4	0	0	0
Leonard Lilienthal	4	7	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0				.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Greg Lippold	15	18	15	3	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	8	.133	.235	.267	.502	4	0	0	1
Dick Hearn	21	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	11	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	1	0	1
Bernard Morel	9	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Johnnie Chambers	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jose Carbello	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Reynold Erickson	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Sisler	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Onisio Gonzalez	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1318	4428	3822	627	1046	163	20	69	516	110	0	540	578	.274	.366	.381	.747	1456	75	18	48	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Lafata	1B	146	1231	103	23	121	.983	9.137
Frank Danneker	2B	141	402	428	29	100	.966	5.887
Nick Picciuto	3B	98	89	188	28	23	.908	2.827
Juan Ruiz	3B	18	26	27	12	5	.815	2.944
Mike Blazo	3B	10	8	10	0	0	1.000	1.800
Mike Blazo	C	69	225	43	10	10	.964	3.884	6
Hank Nowak	OF	148	340	24	11	6	.971	2.459
Babe Barna	OF	120	202	12	9	4	.960	1.783
Joe Cicero	OF	56	135	10	2	4	.986	2.589
Bud Kresal	OF	49	85	0	6	0	.934	1.735
Thomas Maulini	OF	22	38	1	1	0	.975	1.773
Mike Kash	P	51	9	32	5	1	.891	.804
Robert Albertson	P	47	5	30	1	2	.972	.745
Woody Abernathy	P	32	8	26	1	0	.971	1.062
Hale Swanson	P	29	7	42	2	4	.961	1.690
Lou Lucier	P	22	13	28	0	1	1.000	1.864
Dick Hearn	P	21	3	20	0	1	1.000	1.095
Izzy León	P	16	3	20	3	0	.885	1.438
Greg Lippold	P	15	5	9	1	0	.933	.933
Bernard Morel	P	9						.000
Johnnie Chambers	P	7						.000
Leonard Lilienthal	P	4						.000
Harold Wonson	P	3						.000
Bill Sisler	P	2						.000
Jose Carbello	P	2						.000
Arnold Lehrman	SS	43	75	103	15	11	.922	4.140
Nick Jackimchuk	SS	22	49	59	11	13	.908	4.909
Totals		1202	2958	1215	170	306	.961	3.472	6	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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