1955 Minneapolis Millers Statistics
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Bill Rigney (92-62)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 177,307, Avg. 2,303
Playoffs - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Denver Bears 0
Finals - Minneapolis Millers 4 games, Omaha Cardinals 0
The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association ended the 1955 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Millers led the league with 894 runs. Minneapolis allowed 822 runs.
Players from the 1955 Minneapolis Millers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Bollweg, Ralph Branca, Eddie Bressoud, Bud Byerly, Foster Castleman, Jim Constable, Al Corwin, Billy Gardner, Gail Harris, Bobby Hogue, Monte Irvin, Willie Kirkland, Alex Konikowski, Bob Lennon, Joe Margoneri, Ramón Monzant, Ray Mueller, Ron Northey, Rance Pless, Fred Richards, Bill Rigney, Eric Rodin, Carl Sawatski, Wayne Terwilliger, George Wilson and Al Worthington.
Bill Rigney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Worthington | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3.58 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 239.0 | 226 | 116 | 95 | 18 | 98 | 4 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Jim Constable | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.57 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 199.0 | 204 | 115 | 101 | 21 | 102 | 3 | 156 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Alex Konikowski | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.76 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 157.0 | 170 | 90 | 83 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Harry Nicholas | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.08 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 156.0 | 170 | 95 | 88 | 25 | 85 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Margoneri | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.14 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 119.0 | 135 | 87 | 68 | 19 | 59 | 2 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bud Byerly | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.60 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 85 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Al Corwin | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.41 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 138.0 | 163 | 101 | 83 | 21 | 72 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ramón Monzant | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.60 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Branca | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.36 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 84 | 58 | 54 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Bobby Hogue | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.64 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Melliere | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Fowler | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Graves | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Olsen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 61 | .588 | 4.67 | 354 | 150 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1291.0 | 1376 | 774 | 670 | 159 | 572 | 24 | 851 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rance Pless | 156 | 662 | 593 | 116 | 200 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 107 | 3 | 58 | 73 | .337 | .398 | .550 | .947 | 326 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| George Wilson | 140 | 615 | 541 | 115 | 166 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 99 | 4 | 66 | 58 | .307 | .382 | .551 | .933 | 298 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Eddie Bressoud | 145 | 605 | 542 | 72 | 136 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 74 | 0 | 55 | 106 | .251 | .318 | .432 | .750 | 234 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Carl Sawatski | 142 | 535 | 447 | 67 | 120 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 72 | 0 | 81 | 86 | .268 | .380 | .492 | .873 | 220 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bob Lennon | 114 | 479 | 422 | 66 | 118 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 104 | 2 | 52 | 71 | .280 | .359 | .562 | .921 | 237 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Billy Gardner | 73 | 325 | 290 | 55 | 90 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 35 | .310 | .367 | .545 | .912 | 158 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Monte Irvin | 75 | 305 | 250 | 57 | 88 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 2 | 46 | 23 | .352 | .457 | .612 | 1.069 | 153 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 72 | 334 | 276 | 51 | 82 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 48 | 32 | .297 | .404 | .420 | .825 | 116 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Joe Bracchitta | 106 | 288 | 232 | 50 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 47 | 33 | .297 | .413 | .427 | .840 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Gail Harris | 44 | 198 | 175 | 40 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 18 | 28 | .303 | .381 | .640 | 1.021 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eric Rodin | 42 | 145 | 126 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .246 | .329 | .381 | .710 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Foster Castleman | 43 | 108 | 96 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .302 | .380 | .510 | .890 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Ortiz | 26 | 111 | 101 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .267 | .309 | .495 | .804 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ray Dabek | 52 | 113 | 100 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .220 | .304 | .290 | .594 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Worthington | 38 | 92 | 80 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .225 | .284 | .362 | .647 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jim Constable | 48 | 75 | 70 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .171 | .183 | .243 | .426 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Al Corwin | 47 | 54 | 52 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .212 | .212 | .231 | .442 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Margoneri | 28 | 50 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .204 | .204 | .245 | .449 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Nicholas | 43 | 59 | 52 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .192 | .271 | .231 | .502 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Willie Kirkland | 9 | 22 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Konikowski | 38 | 52 | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .104 | .122 | .104 | .227 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bud Byerly | 50 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .235 | .381 | .294 | .675 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Monzant | 16 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .118 | .167 | .147 | .314 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Garcia | 5 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Getter | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Rigney | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .545 | .795 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Cosmidis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Olsen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Mueller | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Branca | 25 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hogue | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1630 | 5359 | 4680 | 790 | 1320 | 238 | 27 | 211 | 740 | 22 | 0 | 559 | 746 | .282 | .360 | .480 | .840 | 2245 | 92 | 30 | 60 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Harris | 1B | 44 | 350 | 22 | 3 | 30 | .992 | 8.455 | ||||
| Rance Pless | 1B | 25 | 202 | 16 | 2 | 16 | .991 | 8.720 | ||||
| Joe Bracchitta | 1B | 14 | 95 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .971 | 7.286 | ||||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 70 | 153 | 172 | 7 | 39 | .979 | 4.643 | ||||
| Billy Gardner | 2B | 57 | 139 | 182 | 12 | 47 | .964 | 5.632 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 26 | 54 | 95 | 8 | 17 | .949 | 5.731 | ||||
| Rance Pless | 3B | 132 | 132 | 228 | 10 | 30 | .973 | 2.727 | ||||
| Foster Castleman | 3B | 16 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Billy Gardner | 3B | 12 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 2.583 | ||||
| Carl Sawatski | C | 141 | 772 | 69 | 9 | 15 | .989 | 5.965 | 10 | |||
| Ray Dabek | C | 48 | 167 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 3.729 | 4 | |||
| George Wilson | OF | 138 | 226 | 18 | 11 | 2 | .957 | 1.768 | ||||
| Bob Lennon | OF | 114 | 276 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .973 | 2.509 | ||||
| Monte Irvin | OF | 73 | 146 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .968 | 2.096 | ||||
| Joe Bracchitta | OF | 66 | 108 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.697 | ||||
| Eric Rodin | OF | 38 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.974 | ||||
| Bud Byerly | P | 50 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .260 | ||||
| Jim Constable | P | 45 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .909 | .889 | ||||
| Harry Nicholas | P | 39 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .641 | ||||
| Al Worthington | P | 38 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 8 | .891 | 1.500 | ||||
| Alex Konikowski | P | 38 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .553 | ||||
| Al Corwin | P | 30 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Margoneri | P | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ralph Branca | P | 25 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Bobby Hogue | P | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Floyd Melliere | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Monzant | P | 12 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Al Olsen | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Jim Graves | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Fowler | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Bressoud | SS | 143 | 267 | 393 | 30 | 85 | .957 | 4.615 | ||||
| Totals | 1511 | 3239 | 1463 | 135 | 315 | .972 | 3.112 | 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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