1947 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 77-77
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Tom Sheehan (77-77)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 273,253, Avg. 3,549

1947 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1947 season with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Millers tallied 839 runs and surrendered 804 runs.

Players from the 1947 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Gerkin, Woody Abernathy, Red Hardy, Larry Miggins, Marv Grissom, William Emmerich, Len Schulte, Lum Harris, Babe Barna, Tookie Gilbert, Ken Jungels, Andy Gilbert, Augie Bergamo, Johnny McCarthy, Art Fowler, Mickey McGowan, Dick Lajeskie, Jack Maguire, Huck Geary, Bobby Rhawn, Rube Fischer, Jack Aragón, Wes Westrum, Dick Hoover and Frank Trechock.

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
Mickey McGowan	17	11	.607	3.95	44	29	14	10	2		221.0	242	106	97		70		130	2	2	3
Rube Fischer	14	10	.583	4.43	31	30	1	17	2		197.0	197	110	97		104		85	4	0	5
Steve Gerkin	10	2	.833	4.27	83						175.0	193	99	83		51		51	2	0	2
Red Hardy	9	9	.500	3.97	33	24	4	12	2		202.0	169	102	89		103		136	4	0	4
Woody Abernathy	9	10	.474	5.19	27	17	6	3	0		118.0	136	73	68		45		52	4	0	2
Marv Grissom	9	16	.360	6.26	37	25	7	7	1		151.0	162	118	105		89		92	6	0	4
William Emmerich	3	3	.500	6.75	24						56.0	73	46	42		22		11	0	0	0
Dick Hoover	2	5	.286	5.54	21	6	10	1	0		52.0	70	36	32		28		17	1	0	0
Lum Harris					9						0.0
Ken Jungels					28						0.0
Totals	73	66	.525	4.71	337	131	42	50	7	0	1172.0	1242	690	613	0	512	0	574	23	2	20	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	142	545	504	81	174	23	2	22	102	2		37	31	.345	.391	.530	.921	267	17	1	3
Babe Barna	143	587	472	97	153	23	5	21	79	5		105	66	.324	.450	.528	.978	249	6	3	7
Bobby Rhawn	140	547	503	75	152	34	8	14	90	8		33	48	.302	.346	.485	.831	244	10	1	10
Charlie Ray	143	605	525	90	148	21	7	15	77	14		68	56	.282	.369	.434	.803	228	10	4	8
Wes Westrum	134	477	398	85	117	24	3	22	87	10		74	90	.294	.408	.535	.944	213	7	3	2
Frank Trechock	127	427	372	51	108	13	2	1	41	6		46	44	.290	.370	.344	.714	128	3	1	8
Len Schulte	104	403	348	51	98	12	1	1	41	1		43	35	.282	.365	.330	.696	115	11	3	9
Jack Maguire	93	290	253	34	71	16	3	4	32	2		33	34	.281	.368	.415	.783	105	9	2	2
Larry Miggins	60	220	202	28	47	7	0	6	31	1		17	46	.233	.295	.356	.652	72	6	1	0
Dick Lajeskie	42	174	145	16	35	8	0	1	13	0		24	23	.241	.353	.317	.670	46	4	1	4
Norman Jaeger	38	86	73	16	19	3	1	1	9	0		13	5	.260	.372	.370	.742	27	1	0	0
Mickey McGowan	47	90	86	13	17	3	1	0	8	0		2	19	.198	.225	.256	.481	22	1	1	1
Mel Harpuder	13	41	34	3	10	1	1	1	4	1		6	7	.294	.415	.471	.885	16	0	1	0
Red Hardy	41	81	68	8	10	0	0	0	3	0		7	20	.147	.227	.147	.374	10	1	0	6
Rube Fischer	32	81	68	4	10	1	0	0	5	0		5	17	.147	.205	.162	.367	11	1	0	8
Fred Bell	12	45	44	7	9	1	0	0	3	1		1	0	.205	.222	.227	.449	10	3	0	0
Marv Grissom	37	58	53	4	9	1	0	0	7	0		2	22	.170	.200	.189	.389	10	0	0	3
Woody Abernathy	27	45	40	2	7	0	0	0	7	0		2	12	.175	.214	.175	.389	7	0	0	3
Steve Gerkin	83	50	44	4	6	1	0	0	6	0		1	14	.136	.156	.159	.315	7	3	0	5
Huck Geary	10	45	41	6	5	0	0	0	1	1		4	2	.122	.200	.122	.322	5	1	0	0
William Emmerich	24	17	15	3	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	.267	.267	.267	.533	4	0	0	2
Tookie Gilbert	16	32	31	3	3	0	0	1	4	0		1	8	.097	.125	.194	.319	6	0	0	0
Dick Hoover	21	18	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	6	.059	.111	.118	.229	2	0	0	0
Totals	1529	4964	4336	681	1213	193	34	110	652	52	0	525	610	.280	.360	.416	.776	1804	94	22	81	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Johnny McCarthy	1B	131	1056	77	6	103	.995	8.649
Norman Jaeger	1B	19	133	10	1	12	.993	7.526
Tookie Gilbert	1B	11	44	5	2	3	.961	4.455
Len Schulte	2B	73	159	195	10	46	.973	4.849
Jack Maguire	2B	60	127	111	6	27	.975	3.967
Dick Lajeskie	2B	40	108	91	5	20	.975	4.975
Bobby Rhawn	3B	117	140	244	20	28	.950	3.282
Len Schulte	3B	16	17	35	3	6	.945	3.250
Wes Westrum	C	119	557	71	10	9	.984	5.277	14
Charlie Ray	OF	142	352	7	1	1	.997	2.528
Babe Barna	OF	134	186	14	6	0	.971	1.493
Larry Miggins	OF	47	91	5	3	1	.970	2.043
Fred Bell	OF	12	11	1	1	0	.923	1.000
Steve Gerkin	P	83	13	40	2	3	.964	.639
Mickey McGowan	P	44	7	21	7	1	.800	.636
Marv Grissom	P	37	7	33	1	2	.976	1.081
Red Hardy	P	33	8	21	1	4	.967	.879
Rube Fischer	P	31	8	36	1	3	.978	1.419
Ken Jungels	P	28						.000
Woody Abernathy	P	27	3	12	0	0	1.000	.556
William Emmerich	P	24	8	15	0	0	1.000	.958
Dick Hoover	P	21	0	9	1	1	.900	.429
Lum Harris	P	9						.000
Frank Trechock	SS	115	208	275	20	57	.960	4.200
Bobby Rhawn	SS	27	38	73	7	12	.941	4.111
Len Schulte	SS	17	10	10	0	2	1.000	1.176
Jack Maguire	SS	11	12	18	3	4	.909	2.727
Huck Geary	SS	10	15	26	6	4	.872	4.100
Totals		1438	3318	1455	123	349	.975	3.319	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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