1948 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 77-77
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Frank Shellenback (0-0), Billy Herman (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 274,890, Avg. 3,570

1948 Minneapolis Millers Roster

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1948 season with a record of 77 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Millers scored 932 runs and conceded 968 runs, most in the circuit. Babe Barna led Minneapolis with 23 home runs, while Elbie Fletcher, Andy Gilbert and Charlie Ray each walloped 15 or more also. Babe Barna drove in 83 runs. Charlie Ray paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .305 clip. Otey Clark topped the squad with 12 wins, and Bill Ayers recorded a 4.61 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1948 Minneapolis Millers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Kimble, Mario Picone, Clem Dreisewerd, Monty Kennedy, Bill Ayers, Dick Culler, Don Wheeler, Bennie Warren, Dutch Meyer, Babe Barna, Hub Andrews, Joe Lafata, Andy Gilbert, William Emmerich, Lum Harris, Len Schulte, Bobby Rhawn, Bob Cain, Rube Fischer, Lonny Frey, Frank Trechock, Mickey McGowan, Jack Maguire, Hal Bamberger, Billy Herman, Woody Abernathy, Otey Clark, Elbie Fletcher, Jack Conway and Red Hardy.

Frank Shellenback and Billy Herman 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
Otey Clark	12	13	.480	5.66	35			11	2		186.0	238	129	117		96		64	0	0	3
William Emmerich	11	6	.647	4.60	55			0	0		94.0	111	56	48		34		38	2	1	0
Mario Picone	11	9	.550	5.93	43			9	1		202.0	216	150	133		150		104	9	0	8
Bill Ayers	11	12	.478	4.61	38			12	2		205.0	223	127	105		96		118	0	2	4
Red Hardy	10	10	.500	6.66	42			4	0		169.0	205	150	125		102		97	0	0	7
Rube Fischer	5	4	.556	5.74	25			6	1		116.0	157	88	74		47		43	5	0	2
Bob Cain	5	5	.500	6.58	22			3	0		78.0	88	65	57		51		48	2	0	2
Clem Dreisewerd	4	3	.571	5.69	9			4	0		49.0	70	33	31		10		15	1	0	1
Monty Kennedy	3	6	.333	3.81	13			5	2		78.0	62	46	33		51		77	0	0	7
Werner Strunk	1	0	1.000	4.89	13				0		35.0	46	26	19		16		21	1	0	0
John Uber	1	0	1.000	9.00	3				0		6.0	10	6	6		3		2	0	0	0
Lum Harris	1	1	.500	5.50	9				0		18.0	17	12	11		8		12	0	0	0
Mickey McGowan	1	1	.500	10.80	4				0		5.0	9	6	6		0		4	0	0	1
Hub Andrews	1	5	.167	8.45	10			2	0		49.0	82	50	46		19		20	2	0	1
Sam Brewer	0	0		0.00	1				0		3.0	9				1		0
Woody Abernathy	0	0		0.00	2				0		1.0	5				2		1
Hal Swanson	0	2	.000	8.25	4				0		12.0	16	14	11		13		7	1	0	1
Totals	77	77	.500	5.66	328	0	0	56	8	0	1306.0	1564	958	822	0	699	0	671	23	3	37	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
Len Schulte	129	555	510	72	141	23	1	2	53	2		34	40	.276	.322	.337	.659	172		0	11
Charlie Ray	136	538	453	111	138	25	7	18	61	1		84	56	.305	.414	.510	.924	231		1	0
Joe Lafata	130	526	474	78	137	30	3	14	76	12		45	71	.289	.358	.454	.812	215		6	1
Elbie Fletcher	110	447	347	73	106	26	5	19	79	2		96	29	.305	.458	.573	1.032	199		2	2
Don Wheeler	111	382	338	51	102	15	3	11	74	1		37	37	.302	.379	.462	.840	156		5	2
Andy Gilbert	100	366	326	62	100	22	3	22	82	2		33	49	.307	.376	.595	.971	194		3	4
Babe Barna	104	440	344	79	99	17	2	23	83	0		93	56	.288	.443	.549	.993	189		3	0
Bobby Rhawn	59	250	233	41	72	13	1	9	38	4		15	24	.309	.356	.489	.845	114		2	0
Chick Genovese	97	353	243	74	71	13	1	14	36	4		105	28	.292	.511	.527	1.038	128		4	1
Lonny Frey	70	322	265	51	70	15	3	7	31	3		54	25	.264	.391	.423	.813	112		1	2
Jack Maguire	75	269	235	35	62	15	2	6	42	5		29	29	.264	.345	.421	.766	99		0	5
Bennie Warren	79	288	223	39	53	13	0	14	48	1		61	44	.238	.401	.484	.886	108		0	4
Jack Conway	37	163	146	28	46	10	3	5	27	0		17	38	.315	.387	.527	.914	77		0	0
Dick Culler	35	140	128	11	35	6	0	0	9	1		11	9	.273	.336	.320	.656	41		1	0
Mario Picone	49	92	80	13	21	4	0	0	12	0		7	25	.262	.322	.312	.634	25		0	5
Billy Herman	10	35	31	9	14	4	0	2	9	0		4	3	.452	.514	.774	1.288	24		0	0
Rube Fischer	27	44	40	0	11	3	1	2	6	0		3	13	.275	.341	.550	.891	22		1	0
Otey Clark	35	78	68	2	11	0	0	0	4	0		5	19	.162	.219	.162	.381	11		0	5
Bill Ayers	38	81	76	3	11	0	1	0	2	0		2	21	.145	.167	.171	.338	13		0	3
Bob Cain	27	40	37	4	10	2	0	1	6	1		3	6	.270	.325	.405	.730	15		0	0
Red Hardy	50	63	56	4	8	2	0	0	4	0		3	17	.143	.186	.179	.365	10		0	4
Hal Bamberger	13	37	32	7	7	1	0	0	4	1		5	3	.219	.324	.250	.574	8		0	0
Monty Kennedy	13	29	28	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.107	.138	.107	.245	3		0	0
Edward Wallner	1	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0				.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3
William Emmerich	55	20	18	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	8	.111	.111	.111	.222	2		0	2
Lum Harris	9	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Werner Strunk	14	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	1
Clem Dreisewerd	9	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Hub Andrews	11	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	1
Hal Swanson	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Uber	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Sam Brewer	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ray Carlson	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1649	5618	4788	853	1336	260	36	169	790	40	0	748	673	.279	.380	.454	.834	2175	0	29	53	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Elbie Fletcher	1B	107	882	63	5	86	.995	8.832
Joe Lafata	1B	42	305	31	7	44	.980	8.000
Lonny Frey	2B	69	174	172	15	43	.958	5.014
Len Schulte	2B	43	102	100	9	27	.957	4.698
Jack Conway	2B	32	60	92	4	22	.974	4.750
Len Schulte	3B	76	88	159	15	19	.943	3.250
Jack Maguire	3B	35	32	59	4	4	.958	2.600
Bobby Rhawn	3B	29	25	48	7	4	.912	2.517
Andy Gilbert	3B	13	12	19	4	2	.886	2.385
Don Wheeler	C	93	393	43	1	6	.998	4.688	7
Bennie Warren	C	69	370	35	9	4	.978	5.870	3
Charlie Ray	OF	126	242	8	11	0	.958	1.984
Babe Barna	OF	98	124	8	3	0	.978	1.347
Joe Lafata	OF	86	214	9	8	0	.965	2.593
Chick Genovese	OF	82	194	3	5	0	.975	2.402
Andy Gilbert	OF	68	134	9	6	2	.960	2.103
William Emmerich	P	55	7	19	2	3	.929	.473
Mario Picone	P	43	13	29	2	3	.955	.977
Red Hardy	P	42	9	30	3	0	.929	.929
Bill Ayers	P	38	20	43	1	1	.984	1.658
Otey Clark	P	35	13	22	2	2	.946	1.000
Rube Fischer	P	25	3	27	1	0	.968	1.200
Bob Cain	P	22	2	15	1	0	.944	.773
Werner Strunk	P	13	1	7	2	2	.800	.615
Monty Kennedy	P	13	1	11	2	1	.857	.923
Hub Andrews	P	10	0	10	1	0	.909	1.000
Lum Harris	P	9						.000
Clem Dreisewerd	P	9						.000
Hal Swanson	P	4						.000
Mickey McGowan	P	4						.000
John Uber	P	3						.000
Woody Abernathy	P	2						.000
Sam Brewer	P	1						.000
Dick Culler	SS	35	72	105	6	22	.967	5.057
Bobby Rhawn	SS	32	52	89	13	16	.916	4.406
Jack Maguire	SS	21	40	47	4	9	.956	4.143
Totals		1484	3584	1312	153	322	.970	3.299	10	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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