1954 Minneapolis Millers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 78-73
Finished 3rd in the AA
Manager: Bill Rigney (78-73)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 128,187, Avg. 1,698

1954 Minneapolis Millers Roster

Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2

The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1954 season with a record of 78 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the AA.

The Millers led the league with 800 runs, spearheaded by 168 home runs. Minneapolis allowed 732 runs. Gail Harris walloped 34 home runs for the team, while George Wilson, Gip Dickens, Rance Pless and Billy Klaus each swatted 15 or more also. Gail Harris drove in 113 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .309 clip. Al Worthington and Ramón Monzant paced the squad with 11 wins each, and Al Worthington registered a 4.32 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1954 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Frank Baldwin, Al Worthington, Don Lund, George Spencer, Rance Pless, Mario Picone, Jerry Fahr, Grant Dunlap, Monty Kennedy, Bill Rigney, Jim Constable, Gail Harris, Bud Byerly, Billy Klaus, Pete Burnside, Foster Castleman, Harvey Gentry, Ebba St. Claire, George Wilson, Joe Margoneri, Ray Mueller, Bill Connelly, Al Corwin and Ramón Monzant.

Bill Rigney 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
Al Worthington	11	7	.611	4.32	24	22		10	1		152.0	146	76	73	17	58		93	1	0	4
Ramón Monzant	11	7	.611	4.42	27	23		5	0		161.0	148	88	79	16	90		123	3	1	1
Bud Byerly	10	10	.500	4.39	28	25		6	1		162.0	181	89	79	23	51		92	3	1	7
Jim Constable	10	13	.435	4.39	37	27		7	0		197.0	199	110	96	25	86		114	6	0	5
Bill Connelly	8	3	.727	5.68	13	11		4	0		76.0	77	54	48	14	40		52	1	0	5
Al Corwin	6	4	.600	3.33	12	12		5	1		92.0	86	38	34	6	25		54	2	0	0
George Spencer	6	7	.462	3.15	68	1		0	0		97.0	97	49	34	10	27		49	3	1	0
Charles Fowler	6	9	.400	4.80	34	14		2	1		120.0	120	73	64	19	46		66	6	0	1
James Singleton	2	4	.333	4.30	39	2		0	0		67.0	79	44	32	10	30		48	4	0	3
Joe Margoneri	1	0	1.000		3						0.0
Fernando Osorio	1	0	1.000	4.64	14	1		0	0		33.0	46	20	17	6	5		19	0	0	0
Leslie Klesitz	0	0			3						0.0
Monty Kennedy	0	0			1						0.0
Jerry Fahr					14						0.0
Pete Burnside	0	0			6						0.0
Mario Picone	0	2	.000		4						0.0
Frederick Sherkel	0	2	.000	6.43	14	0		0	0		28.0	36	20	20	4	10		15	1	0	3
Totals	72	68	.514	4.37	341	138	0	39	4	0	1185.0	1215	661	576	150	468	0	725	30	3	29	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
Billy Klaus	150	674	614	110	172	33	7	21	66	7		53	54	.280	.336	.459	.795	282	12	0	4	3
Gail Harris	150	616	550	100	170	24	4	34	113	4		52	71	.309	.371	.553	.923	304	15	6	1	7
Rance Pless	138	569	518	74	150	33	8	18	109	1		35	72	.290	.333	.488	.821	253	16	2	7	7
George Wilson	136	573	474	110	143	29	7	27	92	5		91	51	.302	.414	.563	.977	267	8	1	5	2
Foster Castleman	85	365	322	61	102	25	1	11	59	2		35	32	.317	.380	.503	.883	162	8	1	2	5
Gip Dickens	131	412	349	49	98	19	4	15	67	0		54	69	.281	.377	.487	.864	170	11	2	3	4
Amado Ibanez	94	321	295	55	89	18	5	5	31	3		18	39	.302	.344	.447	.791	132	6	2	4	2
Harvey Gentry	113	380	318	51	77	12	4	8	48	5		54	72	.242	.350	.381	.731	121	7	1	3	4
Frank Baldwin	86	285	267	29	64	13	2	2	31	0		16	62	.240	.285	.326	.611	87	15	1	1	0
Joe Bracchitta	104	296	248	40	60	12	5	4	17	1		42	42	.242	.358	.379	.737	94	4	3	3	0
Don Lund	42	172	150	23	43	12	1	6	22	2		22	16	.287	.378	.500	.878	75	5	0	0	0
Grant Dunlap	49	162	148	22	42	4	3	4	28	1		9	15	.284	.321	.432	.753	64	3	0	3	2
Ray Mueller	61	145	128	12	34	7	1	5	19	0		11	17	.266	.312	.453	.766	58	3	0	1	5
Ebba St. Claire	51	156	140	13	26	3	1	6	18	3		10	37	.186	.247	.350	.597	49	5	2	2	2
Bill Rigney	43	63	54	5	18	3	0	0	6	1		8	10	.333	.429	.389	.817	21	2	1	0	0
Ramón Monzant	33	65	62	5	17	2	0	0	7	0		2	14	.274	.297	.306	.603	19	1	0	1	0
Jim Constable	37	74	68	4	11	1	1	0	4	0		4	19	.162	.208	.206	.414	14	2	0	2	0
Al Worthington	24	58	50	5	9	1	0	0	5	0		3	19	.180	.241	.200	.441	10	0	1	4	0
Bud Byerly	28	59	53	4	9	2	0	0	2	0		1	9	.170	.185	.208	.393	11	1	0	5	0
Al Corwin	21	38	32	8	6	1	0	1	2	0		1	9	.188	.212	.312	.525	10	0	0	5	0
Ray Berns	16	25	21	3	5	1	0	1	2	2		3	2	.238	.333	.429	.762	9	0	0	1	0
Bill Connelly	14	37	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		7	15	.143	.314	.143	.457	4	0	0	2	0
James Singleton	39	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	0	1	0
Alex Cosmidis	5	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Charles Fowler	39	39	34	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	14	.088	.114	.088	.203	3	0	0	4	0
Leslie Klesitz	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Frederick Sherkel	14	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0
George Spencer	68	18	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.077	.250	.077	.327	1	0	0	2	0
Joe Margoneri	3	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mario Picone	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Pete Burnside	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fernando Osorio	14	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Monty Kennedy	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1804	5653	4984	796	1361	256	54	168	749	37	0	536	772	.273	.344	.447	.791	2229	124	23	67	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gail Harris	1B	148	1398	79	20	114	.987	9.980
Foster Castleman	2B	82	206	254	15	60	.968	5.610
Amado Ibanez	2B	58	97	173	8	27	.971	4.655
Bill Rigney	2B	12	26	15	0	4	1.000	3.417
Rance Pless	3B	136	101	293	18	28	.956	2.897
Gip Dickens	3B	12	14	24	2	0	.950	3.167
Frank Baldwin	C	85	417	42	11	4	.977	5.400	9
Ray Mueller	C	51	180	18	2	3	.990	3.882	0
Ebba St. Claire	C	48	241	23	6	9	.978	5.500	8
George Wilson	OF	132	188	19	3	3	.986	1.568
Gip Dickens	OF	108	186	11	3	1	.985	1.824
Harvey Gentry	OF	100	169	8	4	3	.978	1.770
Joe Bracchitta	OF	74	125	4	3	1	.977	1.743
Don Lund	OF	42	114	4	3	1	.975	2.810
Grant Dunlap	OF	40	53	3	2	1	.966	1.400
Ray Berns	OF	11	9	1	0	0	1.000	.909
George Spencer	P	68	7	31	1	3	.974	.559
James Singleton	P	39	2	22	2	1	.923	.615
Jim Constable	P	37	13	42	3	2	.948	1.486
Charles Fowler	P	34	7	20	0	1	1.000	.794
Bud Byerly	P	28	8	41	2	3	.961	1.750
Ramón Monzant	P	27	8	20	2	1	.933	1.037
Al Worthington	P	24	7	37	2	2	.957	1.833
Frederick Sherkel	P	14	3	7	0	1	1.000	.714
Fernando Osorio	P	14	1	6	0	1	1.000	.500
Jerry Fahr	P	14						.000
Bill Connelly	P	13	2	9	0	0	1.000	.846
Al Corwin	P	12	2	9	0	1	1.000	.917
Pete Burnside	P	6						.000
Mario Picone	P	4						.000
Joe Margoneri	P	3						.000
Leslie Klesitz	P	3						.000
Monty Kennedy	P	1						.000
Billy Klaus	SS	149	241	479	32	82	.957	4.832
Totals		1629	3825	1694	144	357	.975	3.388	17	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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