1946 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-75
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Zeke Bonura (0-0), Rosy Ryan (0-0), Tom Sheehan (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 242,603, Avg. 3,213
1946 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1946 season with a record of 76 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Millers led the league with 784 runs, sparked by 97 home runs. Minneapolis allowed 821 runs, most in the circuit. Babe Barna paced the team with 28 home runs, and Johnny McCarthy walloped 15 or more also. Johnny McCarthy accounted for 122 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .333 clip. Jack Brewer paced the squad with 14 wins, while Woody Abernathy registered a 3.44 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1946 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Woody Abernathy, Ernie Andres, Babe Barna, Bob Barthelson, Zeke Bonura, Bob Bowman, Jack Brewer, Bruce Campbell, Chubby Dean, Rube Fischer, Fabian Gaffke, Red Hardy, Bob Joyce, Ken Jungels, Joe Lafata, Bill LeFebvre, Bill Lillard, Lou Lucier, Buster Maynard, Johnny McCarthy, Jim Pruett, Frank Trechock, Bill Webb and Don Wheeler.

Zeke Bonura, Rosy Ryan and 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
Jack Brewer149.6093.4627260163190.0185927374106513
Bill LeFebvre1112.4786.4135244101167.02211331194958803
Ken Jungels95.6435.072412960126.012877717041204
Woody Abernathy99.5003.4422192114149.012763573473011
Bill Webb86.5713.843891940122.013566524142205
Rube Fischer53.6254.7310734159.06032312722401
Bob Joyce53.6254.9812843065.08842362021000
Phillip Oates56.4554.992416573119.012878668465221
Donald Schoenborn48.3335.973813710104.011776697364304
Hale Swanson33.5006.099522234.0402823139000
Werner Strunk23.4004.62260076.07847395934202
Bob Barthelson14.2007.5312431043.05136361919100
Mike Mellis000.003008.01162
Lou Lucier000.002007.01040
Red Hardy000.005009.0976
Mike Kash000.0050010.01342
Chubby Dean01.00013.502006.0119930000
Bob Bowman03.0006.633301019.0291414710100
Totals7675.5034.7629714658661401313.0144179369505940574304240

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
Johnny McCarthy126543484841613041612245823.333.404.510.9142471301
Babe Barna15266151712215421428112614177.298.451.516.967267630
Frank Trechock13549043549126113034164342.290.356.329.68514315210
Buster Maynard1044593907210391945145734.264.364.362.725141948
Ernie Andres90369342379820045922724.287.339.380.719130800
Frank Danneker111401334659115385286144.272.389.407.797136633
Charlie Ray102383330548812394224939.267.366.403.770133631
Bill Barnacle102373312588414242895841.269.385.365.751114712
Bill Lillard82330283497612012503723.269.359.322.681911037
Mel Harpuder90304253466452103235052.253.378.407.785103410
Jim Pruett6321718922537003202721.280.370.317.68860601
Don Wheeler5217415915426001821514.264.328.302.629481100
Russell Rolandson5218116112369201511722.224.298.304.60249703
Hank Nowak3412411015273007086.245.325.273.59830351
Bruce Campbell31837116194031301112.268.373.451.82432110
Dave Garcia2068658176019038.262.294.400.69426200
Fabian Gaffke1878649164211501010.250.351.422.77327304
Bill Webb3846414143008049.341.400.415.81517001
Jack Brewer27736221010020211.161.188.177.36511409
Woody Abernathy2256477900040610.191.296.191.4889112
Ken Jungels2454483730040111.146.180.208.38810214
Bill LeFebvre41755857202301124.121.282.259.54015424
Phillip Oates244741360002027.146.186.146.3326104
Bob Joyce132824250004021.208.269.208.4785102
Zeke Bonura925251510050.200.200.240.4406
Werner Strunk2929264510110110.192.222.346.5689002
Donald Schoenborn3836304510000011.167.167.200.3676106
Fred Reinhart919192420020.211.211.316.5266
Rube Fischer102522041000117.182.217.227.4455002
Joe Lafata822221310011.136.136.182.3184
Bob Barthelson121716120002014.125.176.125.3012000
Lou Lucier4330100000.333.333.333.6671
Bob Bowman3661.167.167.167.3331
Hale Swanson910101.100.100.100.2001
Ed Skladany2110000000.000.000.000.0000
Chubby Dean3440000000.000.000.000.0000
Red Hardy5110.000.000.000.0000
Mike Mellis3110.000.000.000.0000
Tony Jaros5550000000.000.000.000.0000
Mike Kash5110.000.000.000.0000
Totals17075822501277213442042697698690703597.268.362.377.7391891131307700


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Johnny McCarthy1B1261148786115.9959.730
Ernie Andres1B1411913510.9649.429
Frank Danneker2B921912151459.9674.413
Bill Lillard2B19274617.9863.842
Ernie Andres3B7671182521.9813.329
Mel Harpuder3B39337195.9202.667
Bill Barnacle3B26315664.9353.346
Dave Garcia3B17143773.8793.000
Jim PruettC562083254.9804.2869
Russell RolandsonC502043466.9754.7609
Don WheelerC381741432.9844.9476
Babe BarnaOF1502561393.9681.793
Buster MaynardOF104276982.9732.740
Charlie RayOF95206861.9732.253
Bill BarnacleOF64135130.9782.125
Hank NowakOF2847010.9791.679
Bruce CampbellOF2227110.9661.273
Fabian GaffkeOF1853110.9823.000
Bill WebbP3883032.9271.000
Donald SchoenbornP3822522.931.711
Bill LeFebvreP3582220.938.857
Jack BrewerP27132030.9171.222
Werner StrunkP2651120.889.615
Phillip OatesP2461720.920.958
Ken JungelsP24152113.9731.500
Woody AbernathyP22524021.0001.318
Bob JoyceP12317001.0001.667
Bob BarthelsonP12210011.0001.000
Rube FischerP10812011.0002.000
Hale SwansonP9.000
Mike KashP5.000
Red HardyP5.000
Mike MellisP3.000
Bob BowmanP3.000
Lou LucierP2.000
Chubby DeanP2.000
Frank TrechockSS911702482556.9444.593
Bill LillardSS60861461432.9433.867
Mel HarpuderSS384077119.9143.079
Totals152035911491161350.9693.3432400

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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