1952 Minneapolis Millers

1952 > Class AAA > 1952 American Association
Overall: 79-75
Scored 811 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72

Affiliation: New York Giants-NL
Manager: Frank Genovese
Represented: Minneapolis, MN
Ballpark: Nicollet Park (Minneapolis, MN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1951 / 1953

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Bill Barnacle	33	10	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	1	0	0
2	Raymond Berns*	25	28	51	45	8	8	0	0	2	4	2	6	9	.178	.275	.311	.586	14	1	0	0
3	Marv Blaylock*	22	133	548	473	86	134	26	9	16	73	11	70	93	.283	.378	.478	.856	226	7	2	3
4	Roger Bowman	24	6		15		3								.200
5	Roy Broome	31	142	569	512	83	156	26	4	17	99	3	55	57	.305	.372	.471	.843	241	26	0	2
6	Al Corwin	25	48	66	66	15	16	1	1	2	9	0	0	10	.242	.242	.379	.621	25	0	0	0
7	Dom Dallessandro*	38	115	377	292	42	86	18	2	7	30	0	83	28	.295	.454	.442	.895	129	7	2	0	Stats for 2 teams
8	Ray Dandridge	38	145	652	618	86	180	27	1	10	68	3	32	36	.291	.327	.387	.714	239	16	1	1
9	Chuck Diering	29	55	218	177	34	46	10	2	4	16	4	37	23	.260	.394	.407	.800	72	4	2	2
10	Jake Early*	37	63	174	146	24	43	5	1	8	28	1	27	26	.295	.405	.507	.911	74	2	0	1
11	Norman Fox	24	31	61	54	4	8	2	0	1	3	0	4	19	.148	.207	.241	.448	13	2	0	3
12	Billy Gardner	24	93	242	224	29	58	15	1	1	15	3	14	24	.259	.303	.348	.651	78	3	0	4
13	Fred Gerken#	30	50	194	164	33	45	5	3	6	24	2	24	19	.274	.380	.451	.831	74	2	4	2
14	Jack Harshman*	24	77	163	135	14	30	3	0	8	15	0	27	28	.222	.352	.422	.774	57	3	0	1
15	Clint Hartung	29	105	399	368	64	123	20	5	27	93	1	27	90	.334	.384	.636	1.020	234	7	3	1
16	George Heller*	24	7		3		1								.333
17	Bill Howerton*	30	67	283	231	57	71	7	5	24	61	1	52	55	.307	.435	.693	1.127	160	2	0	0
18	Ray Katt	25	123	484	448	57	136	24	1	15	68	0	33	58	.304	.354	.462	.816	207	10	2	1
19	Alex Konikowski	24	15	36	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	.121	.121	.121	.242	4	0	0	3
20	Bob Lennon*	23	50	217	193	32	57	10	0	8	32	1	22	38	.295	.367	.472	.839	91	2	0	2
21	Dick Libby*	27	33	75	66	6	7	3	0	0	6	0	7	30	.106	.192	.152	.343	10	3	0	2
22	Harry Nicholas	22	18	33	31	4	8	3	0	0	2	0	1	13	.258	.281	.355	.636	11	1	0	1
23	Hugh Oser	23	35	63	58	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	.103	.119	.103	.222	6	1	0	4	Stats for 2 teams
24	Mario Picone	25	11	32	29	4	9	0	0	2	4	0	2	9	.310	.355	.517	.872	15	1	0	1
25	Ron Samford	22	139	478	433	47	116	15	1	6	35	11	39	61	.268	.335	.349	.684	151	6	5	1
26	Jake Schmitt*	26	25	48	44	4	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.295	.326	.295	.622	13	1	0	2
27	Daryl Spencer	23	142	587	523	85	154	35	2	27	80	5	57	60	.294	.366	.524	.890	274	7	2	5
28	Andy Tomasic	34	35	35	34	4	10	3	0	2	10	0	1	7	.294	.314	.559	.873	19	1	0	0
29	Dick Wakefield*	31	27	83	74	10	17	0	1	2	8	0	9	7	.230	.313	.338	.651	25	4	0	0
30	Adrian Zabala*	35	69	51	48	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	.167	.200	.167	.367	8	0	0	1
	30 Players	28.2	154	5925	5287	811	1487	244	38	193	770	48	575	828	.281	.354	.451	.805	2386	116	22	41

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Roger Bowman*	24	2	2	.500	4.62	6		1		37.0	31	21	19	1	12	15	0	0	1	1.162	7.5	0.2	2.9	3.6	1.25
2	Pete Burnside*	21	0	1	.000	13.50	1		0		2.0	1	3	3	0	7	2	1	0	0	4.000	4.5	0.0	31.5	9.0	0.29
3	Al Corwin	25	8	11	.421	5.04	26	25	7	1	159.0	166	98	89		111	133	4	1	7	1.742	9.4		6.3	7.5	1.20
4	Norman Fox	24	9	10	.474	4.30	31	29	10	1	161.0	150	97	77		100	75	4	3	4	1.553	8.4		5.6	4.2	0.75
5	Jack Harshman*	24	6	7	.462	4.67	26	14	4	0	131.0	135	73	68		71	78	1	0	5	1.573	9.3		4.9	5.4	1.10
6	George Heller*	24	0	0			7				8.0
7	Alex Konikowski	24	3	8	.273	4.30	15	10	3	1	90.0	87	48	43		42	41	2	0	3	1.433	8.7		4.2	4.1	0.98
8	Dick Libby*	27	13	9	.591	4.06	32	25	9	1	186.0	185	97	84		79	78	10	0	2	1.419	9.0		3.8	3.8	0.99
9	Harry Nicholas	22	4	3	.571	6.86	18	9	3	1	84.0	98	72	64		51	53	2	1	2	1.774	10.5		5.5	5.7	1.04
10	Hugh Oser	23	11	9	.550	4.21	34	22	10	1	173.0	176	95	81		98	80	4	4	4	1.584	9.2		5.1	4.2	0.82	Stats for 2 teams
11	Mario Picone	25	6	1	.857	3.33	9	9	7	0	73.0	60	28	27		25	40	3	0	1	1.164	7.4		3.1	4.9	1.60
12	Jake Schmitt*	26	7	7	.500	4.54	25	18	6	2	119.0	129	70	60		67	39	0	0	9	1.647	9.8		5.1	2.9	0.58
13	Andy Tomasic	34	4	4	.500	5.17	35	4	1	0	94.0	110	59	54		49	47	0	0	2	1.691	10.5		4.7	4.5	0.96
14	Adrian Zabala*	35	14	10	.583	2.98	69	1	0	0	139.0	138	58	46		59	65	3	0	1	1.417	8.9		3.8	4.2	1.10
	14 Players	26.7	79	75	.513		154	154					751

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Ray Katt	116		594	83	13	12	.981	5.84	9
Jake Early	48		181	20	2	5	.990	4.19	4

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Marv Blaylock	123	1039	88	12	114	.989	9.16
Jack Harshman	20	171	18	3	16	.984	9.45
Fred Gerken	17	137	4	3	14	.979	8.29
Dom Dallessandro	14	94	11	0	6	1.000	7.50	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ron Samford	137		305	357	26	99	.962	4.83
Billy Gardner	55		66	91	12	25	.929	2.85

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ray Dandridge	144		149	282	11	36	.975	2.99
Billy Gardner	11		4	18	3	0	.880	2.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Daryl Spencer	141		276	390	35	96	.950	4.72
Billy Gardner	19		37	56	8	12	.921	4.89

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Roy Broome	135	252	15	3	1	.989	1.98
Clint Hartung	94	148	13	3	3	.982	1.71
Dom Dallessandro	74	125	7	6	0	.957	1.78	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Howerton	65	134	5	6	1	.959	2.14
Chuck Diering	50	123	6	2	0	.985	2.58
Bob Lennon	49	115	6	6	3	.953	2.47
Fred Gerken	28	58	3	0	0	1.000	2.18
Raymond Berns	22	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.09
Dick Wakefield	10	27	1	0	0	1.000	2.80

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Adrian Zabala	69	4	30	5	1	.872	0.49
Andy Tomasic	35	7	23	1	3	.968	0.86
Hugh Oser	34	17	39	1	3	.982	1.65	Stats for 2 teams
Dick Libby	32	16	41	4	3	.934	1.78
Norman Fox	31	15	43	4	3	.935	1.87
Al Corwin	26	11	23	0	5	1.000	1.31
Jack Harshman	26	8	19	0	0	1.000	1.04
Jake Schmitt	25	8	22	1	0	.968	1.20
Harry Nicholas	18	2	12	2	1	.875	0.78
Alex Konikowski	15	3	15	0	0	1.000	1.20
Mario Picone	9						0.00
George Heller	7						0.00
Roger Bowman	6						0.00
Pete Burnside	1						0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bill Barnacle	33	R		5' 8.0"	165	Sep 9, 1918	Lisle, IL, US
Raymond Berns	25	L		5' 11.0"	175	1927
Marv Blaylock	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	175	Sep 30, 1929	Fort Smith, AR, US
Roger Bowman	24	R	L	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 18, 1927	Amsterdam, NY, US
Roy Broome	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Feb 17, 1921	Norwood, NC, US
Pete Burnside	21	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Jul 2, 1930	Evanston, IL, US
Al Corwin	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Dec 3, 1926	Newburgh, NY, US
Dom Dallessandro	38	L	L	5' 6.0"	168	Oct 3, 1913	Reading, PA, US
Ray Dandridge	38	R	R	5' 7.0"	170	Aug 31, 1913	Richmond, VA, US
Chuck Diering	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Feb 5, 1923	St. Louis, MO, US
Jake Early	37	L	R	5' 11.0"	168	May 19, 1915	Kings Mountain, NC, US
Norman Fox	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	165	Mar 8, 1928
Billy Gardner	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Jul 19, 1927	Waterford, CT, US
Fred Gerken	30	S		6' 0.0"	185	1922
Jack Harshman	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	178	Jul 12, 1927	San Diego, CA, US
Clint Hartung	29	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Aug 10, 1922	Hondo, TX, US
George Heller	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 27, 1927	Honesdale, PA, US
Bill Howerton	30	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 12, 1921	Lompoc, CA, US
Ray Katt	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 9, 1927	New Braunfels, TX, US
Alex Konikowski	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	Jun 8, 1928	Throop, PA, US
Bob Lennon	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	200	Sep 15, 1928	Brooklyn, NY, US
Dick Libby	27	L	L	6' 1.0"	188	May 4, 1925	Bridgton, ME, US
Harry Nicholas	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Sep 28, 1929	Valley Stream, NY, US
Hugh Oser	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	158	Oct 22, 1928
Mario Picone	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 5, 1926	Brooklyn, NY, US
Ron Samford	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	156	Feb 28, 1930	Dallas, TX, US
Jake Schmitt	26	L	L	6' 1.0"	173	Nov 3, 1925	Norwalk, CT, US
Daryl Spencer	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 13, 1928	Wichita, KS, US
Andy Tomasic	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Dec 10, 1917	Hokendauqua, PA, US
Dick Wakefield	31	L	R	6' 4.0"	210	May 6, 1921	Chicago, IL, US
Adrian Zabala	35	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 26, 1916	San Antonio de los Banos, CU

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