1956 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
Team Record: 78-75
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Eddie Stanky (78-75)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 318,326, Avg. 4,161
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 3
The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1956 season with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.
The Millers plated 727 runs and surrendered 734 runs.
Freddy Rodríguez, Bill Bradford, Don Grate, Dick Strahs, Phil Paine, Bob Lennon, Curt Barclay, Ozzie Virgil, Joey Amalfitano, Mel Held, Ramón Monzant, Al Corwin, Roger Bowman, Gil Coan, Joe Margoneri, Willie Kirkland, Alex Konikowski, Bob Stephenson, Wayne Terwilliger, Jim Constable, Bill White, Gail Harris, Don Bollweg, Pete Burnside, Frank Barnes, Lee Tate, Valmy Thomas, Bill Taylor and Eddie Bressoud were all players from the 1956 Minneapolis Millers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Eddie Stanky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Barclay | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.11 | 37 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 195.0 | 209 | 108 | 89 | 18 | 48 | 11 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Constable | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.66 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 167.0 | 174 | 85 | 68 | 8 | 74 | 9 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Phil Paine | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.49 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 116.0 | 114 | 53 | 45 | 16 | 56 | 11 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Mel Held | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.52 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 88.0 | 97 | 60 | 54 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Corwin | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.50 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 120.0 | 115 | 66 | 60 | 11 | 51 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Bradford | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.17 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 94.0 | 111 | 65 | 54 | 11 | 39 | 8 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pete Burnside | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.62 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 113.0 | 127 | 68 | 58 | 15 | 50 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Alex Konikowski | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.60 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 95 | 49 | 44 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joe Margoneri | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Roger Bowman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.07 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 41.0 | 41 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Frank Barnes | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Anthony | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Melliere | 27 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Pruett | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 0 | 0 | 5.04 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ramón Monzant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Neil Roberts | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Freddy Rodríguez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Strahs | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 44 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 70 | .478 | 4.49 | 401 | 127 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1093.0 | 1168 | 639 | 545 | 113 | 416 | 59 | 575 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Kirkland | 154 | 648 | 574 | 114 | 168 | 35 | 12 | 37 | 120 | 15 | 57 | 112 | .293 | .360 | .589 | .948 | 338 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Gil Coan | 134 | 550 | 489 | 90 | 140 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 13 | 47 | 50 | .286 | .356 | .442 | .798 | 216 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ozzie Virgil | 152 | 573 | 525 | 66 | 139 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 67 | 16 | 36 | 57 | .265 | .312 | .390 | .702 | 205 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Gail Harris | 133 | 538 | 477 | 76 | 129 | 29 | 4 | 24 | 82 | 3 | 44 | 64 | .270 | .345 | .499 | .843 | 238 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Taylor | 121 | 364 | 334 | 45 | 103 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 69 | 1 | 27 | 50 | .308 | .357 | .548 | .905 | 183 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jake Jenkins | 116 | 413 | 367 | 31 | 102 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 36 | 37 | .278 | .339 | .376 | .715 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Bressoud | 86 | 327 | 294 | 30 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 51 | .269 | .330 | .361 | .691 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 90 | 344 | 290 | 39 | 71 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 48 | 44 | .245 | .357 | .334 | .691 | 97 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vern Rapp | 85 | 221 | 205 | 28 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .302 | .353 | .522 | .875 | 107 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Tate | 100 | 283 | 243 | 35 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 37 | .255 | .350 | .346 | .696 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Lennon | 78 | 232 | 203 | 27 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 39 | .266 | .336 | .429 | .765 | 87 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joey Amalfitano | 44 | 146 | 121 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 16 | .256 | .384 | .306 | .689 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill White | 20 | 90 | 72 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 13 | .292 | .422 | .514 | .936 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curt Barclay | 44 | 75 | 70 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .200 | .222 | .429 | .651 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Constable | 37 | 65 | 61 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .131 | .131 | .148 | .279 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phil Paine | 58 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .231 | .286 | .269 | .555 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Corwin | 38 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .156 | .182 | .156 | .338 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wells | 19 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .125 | .263 | .188 | .451 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Konikowski | 29 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .130 | .160 | .174 | .334 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mel Held | 21 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valmy Thomas | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Margoneri | 7 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Pete Burnside | 22 | 42 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .057 | .154 | .114 | .268 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Neil Roberts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Pruett | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Garcia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Reeder | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Bowman | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Strahs | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddy Rodríguez | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bradford | 51 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Monzant | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1709 | 5148 | 4567 | 650 | 1215 | 211 | 51 | 141 | 636 | 73 | 0 | 459 | 716 | .266 | .335 | .427 | .762 | 1951 | 74 | 38 | 40 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Harris | 1B | 132 | 1073 | 77 | 21 | 109 | .982 | 8.712 | ||||
| Bill White | 1B | 11 | 111 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 90 | 203 | 231 | 16 | 61 | .964 | 4.822 | ||||
| Lee Tate | 2B | 51 | 92 | 112 | 4 | 32 | .981 | 4.000 | ||||
| Joey Amalfitano | 2B | 33 | 76 | 90 | 6 | 17 | .965 | 5.030 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 146 | 179 | 334 | 23 | 39 | .957 | 3.514 | ||||
| Jake Jenkins | C | 110 | 514 | 43 | 12 | 5 | .979 | 5.064 | 13 | |||
| Vern Rapp | C | 58 | 263 | 26 | 9 | 7 | .970 | 4.983 | 4 | |||
| Willie Kirkland | OF | 154 | 293 | 19 | 13 | 8 | .960 | 2.026 | ||||
| Gil Coan | OF | 129 | 278 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 2.217 | ||||
| Bill Taylor | OF | 88 | 135 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .965 | 1.580 | ||||
| Bob Lennon | OF | 68 | 142 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 2.162 | ||||
| Bill Wells | OF | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.235 | ||||
| Bill White | OF | 11 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 2.636 | ||||
| Phil Paine | P | 58 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .960 | .414 | ||||
| Bill Bradford | P | 51 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .765 | .255 | ||||
| Jim Constable | P | 37 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .903 | .757 | ||||
| Curt Barclay | P | 37 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.162 | ||||
| Alex Konikowski | P | 29 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .690 | ||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Corwin | P | 26 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .808 | ||||
| Pete Burnside | P | 22 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Mel Held | P | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Strahs | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .125 | ||||
| Dennis Reeder | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Freddy Rodríguez | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Roger Bowman | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Joe Margoneri | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Anthony | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Monzant | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Neil Roberts | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Pruett | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Bressoud | SS | 86 | 135 | 244 | 13 | 44 | .967 | 4.407 | ||||
| Lee Tate | SS | 29 | 39 | 50 | 1 | 16 | .989 | 3.069 | ||||
| Totals | 1614 | 3631 | 1420 | 145 | 360 | .972 | 3.129 | 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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