1952 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 79-75
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Chick Genovese (79-75)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 120,185, Avg. 1,561

1952 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 1

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1952 season with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.

The Millers scored 811 runs and allowed 751 runs. Daryl Spencer and Clint Hartung led Minneapolis with 27 home runs apiece., while Bill Howerton, Roy Broome, Marv Blaylock and Ray Katt each walloped 15 or more, too. Roy Broome drove in 99 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .305 clip. Adrián Zabala paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.98 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1952 Minneapolis Millers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Alex Konikowski, Ray Katt, Jake Early, Billy Gardner, Ron Samford, Pete Burnside, Mario Picone, Bill Howerton, Dick Wakefield, Andy Tomasic, Jack Harshman, Ray Dandridge, Marv Blaylock, Clint Hartung, Daryl Spencer, Adrián Zabala, Dom Dallessandro, Bob Lennon, Al Corwin, Roger Bowman and Chuck Diering.

Chick Genovese 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
Adrián Zabala	14	10	.583	2.98	69	1		0	0		139.0	138	58	46		59		65	3	0	1
Dick Libby	13	9	.591	4.06	32	25		9	1		186.0	185	97	84		79		78	10	0	2
Norman Fox	9	10	.474	4.30	31	29		10	1		161.0	150	97	77		100		75	4	3	4
Al Corwin	8	11	.421	5.04	26	25		7	1		159.0	166	98	89		111		133	4	1	7
Jake Schmitt	7	7	.500	4.54	25	18		6	2		119.0	129	70	60		67		39	0	0	9
Mario Picone	6	1	.857	3.33	9	9		7	0		73.0	60	28	27		25		40	3	0	1
Jack Harshman	6	7	.462	4.67	26	14		4	0		131.0	135	73	68		71		78	1	0	5
Harry Nicholas	4	3	.571	6.86	18	9		3	1		84.0	98	72	64		51		53	2	1	2
Andy Tomasic	4	4	.500	5.17	35	4		1	0		94.0	110	59	54		49		47	0	0	2
Alex Konikowski	3	8	.273	4.30	15	10		3	1		90.0	87	48	43		42		41	2	0	3
Roger Bowman	2	2	.500	4.62	6			1			37.0	31	21	19	1	12		15	0	0	1
Hugh Oser					12						0.0
George Heller	0	0		0.00	7						8.0
Pete Burnside	0	1	.000	13.50	1			0			2.0	1	3	3	0	7		2	1	0	0
Totals	76	73	.510	4.45	312	144	0	51	7	0	1283.0	1290	724	634	1	673	0	666	30	5	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
Ray Dandridge	145	652	618	86	180	27	1	10	68	3		32	36	.291	.327	.387	.714	239	16	1	1
Roy Broome	142	569	512	83	156	26	4	17	99	3		55	57	.305	.372	.471	.843	241	26	0	2
Daryl Spencer	142	587	523	85	154	35	2	27	80	5		57	60	.294	.366	.524	.890	274	7	2	5
Ray Katt	123	484	448	57	136	24	1	15	68	0		33	58	.304	.354	.462	.816	207	10	2	1
Marv Blaylock	133	548	473	86	134	26	9	16	73	11		70	93	.283	.378	.478	.856	226	7	2	3
Clint Hartung	105	399	368	64	123	20	5	27	93	1		27	90	.334	.384	.636	1.020	234	7	3	1
Ron Samford	139	478	433	47	116	15	1	6	35	11		39	61	.268	.335	.349	.684	151	6	5	1
Bill Howerton	67	283	231	57	71	7	5	24	61	1		52	55	.307	.435	.693	1.127	160	2	0	0
Billy Gardner	93	242	224	29	58	15	1	1	15	3		14	24	.259	.303	.348	.651	78	3	0	4
Bob Lennon	50	217	193	32	57	10	0	8	32	1		22	38	.295	.367	.472	.839	91	2	0	2
Chuck Diering	55	218	177	34	46	10	2	4	16	4		37	23	.260	.394	.407	.800	72	4	2	2
Fred Gerken	50	194	164	33	45	5	3	6	24	2		24	19	.274	.380	.451	.831	74	2	4	2
Jake Early	63	174	146	24	43	5	1	8	28	1		27	26	.295	.405	.507	.911	74	2	0	1
Jack Harshman	77	163	135	14	30	3	0	8	15	0		27	28	.222	.352	.422	.774	57	3	0	1
Dick Wakefield	27	83	74	10	17	0	1	2	8	0		9	7	.230	.313	.338	.651	25	4	0	0
Al Corwin	48	66	66	15	16	1	1	2	9	0		0	10	.242	.242	.379	.621	25	0	0	0
Jake Schmitt	25	48	44	4	13	0	0	0	1	0		2	6	.295	.326	.295	.622	13	1	0	2
Andy Tomasic	35	35	34	4	10	3	0	2	10	0		1	7	.294	.314	.559	.873	19	1	0	0
Mario Picone	11	32	29	4	9	0	0	2	4	0		2	9	.310	.355	.517	.872	15	1	0	1
Harry Nicholas	18	33	31	4	8	3	0	0	2	0		1	13	.258	.281	.355	.636	11	1	0	1
Ray Berns	28	51	45	8	8	0	0	2	4	2		6	9	.178	.275	.311	.586	14	1	0	0
Adrián Zabala	69	51	48	4	8	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.167	.200	.167	.367	8	0	0	1
Norman Fox	31	61	54	4	8	2	0	1	3	0		4	19	.148	.207	.241	.448	13	2	0	3
Dick Libby	33	75	66	6	7	3	0	0	6	0		7	30	.106	.192	.152	.343	10	3	0	2
Alex Konikowski	15	36	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	15	.121	.121	.121	.242	4	0	0	3
Roger Bowman	6	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Bill Barnacle	10	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	1	0	0
George Heller	7	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Totals	1747	5814	5204	795	1463	240	37	188	757	48	0	550	804	.281	.352	.450	.802	2341	112	21	39	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Marv Blaylock	1B	123	1039	88	12	114	.989	9.163
Jack Harshman	1B	20	171	18	3	16	.984	9.450
Fred Gerken	1B	17	137	4	3	14	.979	8.294
Ron Samford	2B	137	305	357	26	99	.962	4.832
Billy Gardner	2B	55	66	91	12	25	.929	2.855
Ray Dandridge	3B	144	149	282	11	36	.975	2.993
Billy Gardner	3B	11	4	18	3	0	.880	2.000
Ray Katt	C	116	594	83	13	12	.981	5.836	9
Jake Early	C	48	181	20	2	5	.990	4.188	4
Roy Broome	OF	135	252	15	3	1	.989	1.978
Clint Hartung	OF	94	148	13	3	3	.982	1.713
Bill Howerton	OF	65	134	5	6	1	.959	2.138
Chuck Diering	OF	50	123	6	2	0	.985	2.580
Bob Lennon	OF	49	115	6	6	3	.953	2.469
Fred Gerken	OF	28	58	3	0	0	1.000	2.179
Ray Berns	OF	22	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.091
Dick Wakefield	OF	10	27	1	0	0	1.000	2.800
Adrián Zabala	P	69	4	30	5	1	.872	.493
Andy Tomasic	P	35	7	23	1	3	.968	.857
Dick Libby	P	32	16	41	4	3	.934	1.781
Norman Fox	P	31	15	43	4	3	.935	1.871
Jack Harshman	P	26	8	19	0	0	1.000	1.038
Al Corwin	P	26	11	23	0	5	1.000	1.308
Jake Schmitt	P	25	8	22	1	0	.968	1.200
Harry Nicholas	P	18	2	12	2	1	.875	.778
Alex Konikowski	P	15	3	15	0	0	1.000	1.200
Mario Picone	P	9						.000
George Heller	P	7						.000
Roger Bowman	P	6						.000
Pete Burnside	P	1						.000
Daryl Spencer	SS	141	276	390	35	96	.950	4.723
Billy Gardner	SS	19	37	56	8	12	.921	4.895
Totals		1584	3913	1685	165	453	.971	3.534	13	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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