1946 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Brewer | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.46 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 190.0 | 185 | 92 | 73 | 74 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Bill LeFebvre | 11 | 12 | .478 | 6.41 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 167.0 | 221 | 133 | 119 | 49 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Ken Jungels | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5.07 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 126.0 | 128 | 77 | 71 | 70 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Woody Abernathy | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.44 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 149.0 | 127 | 63 | 57 | 34 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bill Webb | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.84 | 38 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 122.0 | 135 | 66 | 52 | 41 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Rube Fischer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.73 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 59.0 | 60 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Bob Joyce | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.98 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 65.0 | 88 | 42 | 36 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Phillip Oates | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.99 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 119.0 | 128 | 78 | 66 | 84 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Donald Schoenborn | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.97 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 117 | 76 | 69 | 73 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Hale Swanson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.09 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 34.0 | 40 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Werner Strunk | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.62 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 78 | 47 | 39 | 59 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
Bob Barthelson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.53 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 51 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Mellis | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Lou Lucier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Red Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Mike Kash | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Chubby Dean | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Bob Bowman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.63 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 76 | 75 | .503 | 4.76 | 297 | 146 | 58 | 66 | 14 | 0 | 1313.0 | 1441 | 793 | 695 | 0 | 594 | 0 | 574 | 30 | 4 | 24 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny McCarthy | 126 | 543 | 484 | 84 | 161 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 122 | 4 | 58 | 23 | .333 | .404 | .510 | .914 | 247 | 13 | 0 | 1 | |||
Babe Barna | 152 | 661 | 517 | 122 | 154 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 112 | 6 | 141 | 77 | .298 | .451 | .516 | .967 | 267 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |||
Frank Trechock | 135 | 490 | 435 | 49 | 126 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 43 | 42 | .290 | .356 | .329 | .685 | 143 | 15 | 2 | 10 | |||
Buster Maynard | 104 | 459 | 390 | 72 | 103 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 14 | 57 | 34 | .264 | .364 | .362 | .725 | 141 | 9 | 4 | 8 | |||
Ernie Andres | 90 | 369 | 342 | 37 | 98 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 27 | 24 | .287 | .339 | .380 | .719 | 130 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
Frank Danneker | 111 | 401 | 334 | 65 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 61 | 44 | .272 | .389 | .407 | .797 | 136 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
Charlie Ray | 102 | 383 | 330 | 54 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 2 | 49 | 39 | .267 | .366 | .403 | .770 | 133 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
Bill Barnacle | 102 | 373 | 312 | 58 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 58 | 41 | .269 | .385 | .365 | .751 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||
Bill Lillard | 82 | 330 | 283 | 49 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 37 | 23 | .269 | .359 | .322 | .681 | 91 | 10 | 3 | 7 | |||
Mel Harpuder | 90 | 304 | 253 | 46 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 50 | 52 | .253 | .378 | .407 | .785 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
Jim Pruett | 63 | 217 | 189 | 22 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 21 | .280 | .370 | .317 | .688 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
Don Wheeler | 52 | 174 | 159 | 15 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 14 | .264 | .328 | .302 | .629 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
Russell Rolandson | 52 | 181 | 161 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 22 | .224 | .298 | .304 | .602 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
Hank Nowak | 34 | 124 | 110 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .245 | .325 | .273 | .598 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bruce Campbell | 31 | 83 | 71 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .268 | .373 | .451 | .824 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Dave Garcia | 20 | 68 | 65 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .262 | .294 | .400 | .694 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Fabian Gaffke | 18 | 78 | 64 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .250 | .351 | .422 | .773 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bill Webb | 38 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .341 | .400 | .415 | .815 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Jack Brewer | 27 | 73 | 62 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .161 | .188 | .177 | .365 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
Woody Abernathy | 22 | 56 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .191 | .296 | .191 | .488 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Ken Jungels | 24 | 54 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .146 | .180 | .208 | .388 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
Bill LeFebvre | 41 | 75 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .121 | .282 | .259 | .540 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||
Phillip Oates | 24 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .146 | .186 | .146 | .332 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Bob Joyce | 13 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Zeke Bonura | 9 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 6 | ||||||||
Werner Strunk | 29 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .192 | .222 | .346 | .568 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Donald Schoenborn | 38 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .167 | .167 | .200 | .367 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Fred Reinhart | 9 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .316 | .526 | 6 | ||||||||
Rube Fischer | 10 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Joe Lafata | 8 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | ||||||||
Bob Barthelson | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lou Lucier | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||
Bob Bowman | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Hale Swanson | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Skladany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Chubby Dean | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Red Hardy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Mike Mellis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Tony Jaros | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Mike Kash | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 1707 | 5822 | 5012 | 772 | 1344 | 204 | 26 | 97 | 698 | 69 | 0 | 703 | 597 | .268 | .362 | .377 | .739 | 1891 | 131 | 30 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny McCarthy | 1B | 126 | 1148 | 78 | 6 | 115 | .995 | 9.730 | ||||
Ernie Andres | 1B | 14 | 119 | 13 | 5 | 10 | .964 | 9.429 | ||||
Frank Danneker | 2B | 92 | 191 | 215 | 14 | 59 | .967 | 4.413 | ||||
Bill Lillard | 2B | 19 | 27 | 46 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 3.842 | ||||
Ernie Andres | 3B | 76 | 71 | 182 | 5 | 21 | .981 | 3.329 | ||||
Mel Harpuder | 3B | 39 | 33 | 71 | 9 | 5 | .920 | 2.667 | ||||
Bill Barnacle | 3B | 26 | 31 | 56 | 6 | 4 | .935 | 3.346 | ||||
Dave Garcia | 3B | 17 | 14 | 37 | 7 | 3 | .879 | 3.000 | ||||
Jim Pruett | C | 56 | 208 | 32 | 5 | 4 | .980 | 4.286 | 9 | |||
Russell Rolandson | C | 50 | 204 | 34 | 6 | 6 | .975 | 4.760 | 9 | |||
Don Wheeler | C | 38 | 174 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 4.947 | 6 | |||
Babe Barna | OF | 150 | 256 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .968 | 1.793 | ||||
Buster Maynard | OF | 104 | 276 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .973 | 2.740 | ||||
Charlie Ray | OF | 95 | 206 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .973 | 2.253 | ||||
Bill Barnacle | OF | 64 | 135 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 2.125 | ||||
Hank Nowak | OF | 28 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.679 | ||||
Bruce Campbell | OF | 22 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.273 | ||||
Fabian Gaffke | OF | 18 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 3.000 | ||||
Bill Webb | P | 38 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 1.000 | ||||
Donald Schoenborn | P | 38 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .931 | .711 | ||||
Bill LeFebvre | P | 35 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .938 | .857 | ||||
Jack Brewer | P | 27 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
Werner Strunk | P | 26 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
Phillip Oates | P | 24 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .958 | ||||
Ken Jungels | P | 24 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
Woody Abernathy | P | 22 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.318 | ||||
Bob Joyce | P | 12 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
Bob Barthelson | P | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Rube Fischer | P | 10 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Hale Swanson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Mike Kash | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Red Hardy | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Mike Mellis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Bowman | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Lou Lucier | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Chubby Dean | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Trechock | SS | 91 | 170 | 248 | 25 | 56 | .944 | 4.593 | ||||
Bill Lillard | SS | 60 | 86 | 146 | 14 | 32 | .943 | 3.867 | ||||
Mel Harpuder | SS | 38 | 40 | 77 | 11 | 9 | .914 | 3.079 | ||||
Totals | 1520 | 3591 | 1491 | 161 | 350 | .969 | 3.343 | 24 | 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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