1954 Minneapolis Millers
Record: 65-79
Finish: 4th in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 751
Runs Allowed: 820
Exp W-L: 66-78
 
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 1,461,824
Manager: DMCj

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-61, 5th in the Pioneer League
AA: 48-78, 8th in the Pioneer League
A: 50-76, 10th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Tony Flores 34 138 547 88 181 30 2 19 81 14 8 46 66 .331 .384 .497 .881 95.9 14.5 1.6
LF *Kurt Oliverio 31 139 474 93 140 12 1 31 89 16 4 88 89 .295 .403 .521 .924 100.2 15.4 2.6
LF  Shawn Despain 29 134 457 65 134 26 5 19 77 29 18 43 93 .293 .360 .497 .856 76.2 9.6 2.1
C #John Thach 28 115 428 71 128 20 7 14 57 61 22 54 52 .299 .377 .477 .853 79.0 10.8 5.1
SS  John Mota 27 136 436 56 111 19 1 26 68 0 0 44 95 .255 .323 .482 .805 68.9 7.8 4.4
3B *Guillermo Castillo 32 124 415 61 110 12 2 15 61 31 7 26 61 .265 .310 .412 .722 57.0 5.2 2.8
1B  Preston McClain 32 124 352 59 97 29 1 16 63 0 0 72 72 .276 .398 .500 .898 69.3 10.5 1.7
2B #Andrea Bader 33 111 380 47 115 15 3 2 46 11 5 28 74 .303 .354 .374 .728 49.1 4.5 4.5
1B #Daniel Newburn 23 106 230 43 67 14 2 14 46 5 3 25 24 .291 .357 .552 .909 43.6 6.1 0.9
3B  Scott Ewing 28 89 196 23 54 6 1 2 19 3 2 7 29 .276 .302 .347 .649 18.9 0.7 1.4
C  Tyrone Richardson 28 48 156 22 32 5 1 5 17 2 1 7 32 .205 .248 .346 .595 12.6 0.0 1.5
RF *Leroy Thornsberry 30 77 133 33 45 5 3 7 30 3 4 19 22 .338 .414 .579 .993 29.6 4.6 0.4
CF *Miguel Santa 26 81 147 18 36 8 4 2 20 2 7 8 26 .245 .287 .395 .681 15.2 0.6 0.6
2B  Antonio Zubiri 30 29 86 12 21 3 0 4 13 2 0 10 16 .244 .323 .419 .742 11.6 1.0 1.0
P  Guillermo Rios 30 29 77 8 9 1 0 1 6 1 4 8 26 .117 .198 .169 .367 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *George Ogren 24 29 79 9 17 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 22 .215 .253 .278 .531 5.9 0.0 0.0
P  Christopher Leatherwood 29 29 75 9 15 4 1 0 6 3 0 6 26 .200 .259 .280 .539 5.8 0.0 0.0
SS *Abraham Mendoza 29 56 74 12 17 4 1 3 11 3 1 2 7 .230 .260 .432 .692 7.7 0.4 0.6
P *Harry Pettitt 22 24 62 4 10 3 1 0 6 3 2 1 21 .161 .175 .242 .417 1.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Roy Barco 24 30 48 11 14 3 1 1 4 5 4 3 7 .292 .333 .458 .792 6.7 0.7 0.3
P  Michael Naumann 23 18 31 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .065 .121 .129 .250 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Chris Weatherspoon 25 13 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .056 .000 .056 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Stephen Gilbert 26 5 10 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.8 0.3 0.0
RF  Tony Duda 24 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Aubrey 27 37 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0 0.0
3B #Gregory Hanna 24 5 7 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .857 1.429 2.2 0.7 0.1
P  Marcus Hoops 29 40 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Christian Mericle 31 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *John Adams 20 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
CF #Paul Millman 23 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Daniel Gibson 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P #Edward Hilliker 30 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.3 1827 4945 751 1366 226 37 182 736 194 93 503 884 .276 .344 .447 .791 757.2 93.6 31.5
  Rank among 10 PL teams 9 8 8 10 7 1 8 5 7 7 8 8 8 2 3 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*George Ogren 24 14 12 .538 29 29 0 226.7 207 101 15 124 172 4.01 17.5
 Guillermo Rios 30 15 11 .577 29 29 0 224.7 227 100 17 94 133 4.01 17.5
 Christopher Leatherwood 29 12 9 .571 29 29 0 211.7 238 110 21 67 117 4.68 14.3
*Harry Pettitt 22 7 10 .412 24 24 0 158.0 227 116 10 58 72 6.61 1.6
 Michael Naumann 23 4 8 .333 18 15 0 103.3 127 72 9 72 42 6.27 0.9
*Freddie Hernandez 30 2 8 .200 66 0 16 59.7 75 38 6 26 56 5.73 5.0
 Chris Weatherspoon 25 3 3 .500 13 13 0 56.0 74 30 5 20 22 4.82 2.9
 Marcus Hoops 29 2 2 .500 40 0 0 53.0 65 34 2 25 27 5.77 1.3
 Matt Aubrey 27 1 2 .333 37 0 0 49.7 58 34 4 20 27 6.16 1.4
 Edward Hilliker 30 2 4 .333 34 0 10 38.3 38 20 4 17 26 4.70 4.9
 Stephen Gilbert 26 1 4 .200 5 5 0 32.7 39 22 3 24 13 6.06 0.7
 Joseph Davis 32 1 4 .200 23 0 1 23.0 21 17 5 17 15 6.65 0.6
*John Adams 20 0 0 .000 9 0 0 12.0 21 12 0 1 5 9.00 0.0
*Christian Mericle 31 1 1 .500 7 0 0 12.0 17 10 0 7 7 7.50 0.0
 Carlos Colella 28 0 0 .000 8 0 0 11.3 12 6 0 6 2 4.77 0.8
*William Newman 22 0 1 .000 6 0 1 2.7 6 4 0 2 3 13.53 0.0
 Wendell Mejorado 23 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.4
 Martin Reddin 20 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.2
 Elijah Tober 23 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 26.0 65 79 .451 381 144 28 1277.9 1453 726 101 583 741 5.11 69.9
Rank among 10 PL teams 8 8 7 8 8 7 2 7 9 8 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 27.4
J.Thach 955.7 107 114 576 85 15 1 .978 26.7
T.Richardson 321.3 37 40 187 23 5 0 .977 27.4
D.Gibson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1278.0 144 155 764 108 20 1 .978 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.70
P.McClain 837.7 99 106 876 61 6 71 .994 10.07
D.Newburn 436.3 45 70 433 43 5 38 .990 9.82
A.Zubiri 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
L.Thornsberry 1.2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1277.2 144 178 1314 104 11 110 .992 9.99
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.12
A.Bader 907.7 104 106 230 345 11 65 .981 5.70
A.Zubiri 200.0 22 24 40 80 1 12 .992 5.40
J.Mota 89.0 10 12 37 29 1 6 .985 6.67
A.Mendoza 72.0 8 9 17 18 2 2 .946 4.38
G.Hanna 4.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
P.Millman 3.3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 5.41
G.Castillo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1277.7 144 155 324 476 15 86 .982 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.50
G.Castillo 947.7 108 120 80 204 14 14 .953 2.70
S.Ewing 320.0 36 49 26 66 4 3 .958 2.59
G.Hanna 9.3 0 2 1 2 0 2 1.000 2.89
A.Bader 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1278.0 144 172 107 273 18 19 .955 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.33
J.Mota 1027.3 123 124 166 332 10 63 .980 4.36
S.Ewing 135.3 14 27 20 38 2 10 .967 3.86
A.Mendoza 94.0 6 26 9 40 3 5 .942 4.69
K.Oliverio 9.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00
A.Bader 7.0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 5.14
T.Duda 5.3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.07
Team Total 1278.0 144 182 200 415 16 79 .975 4.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.24
S.Despain 1025.7 118 128 272 9 2 2 .993 2.47
L.Thornsberry 121.5 15 23 28 0 1 0 .966 2.07
M.Santa 61.7 6 12 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.36
R.Barco 47.0 6 6 20 0 1 0 .952 3.83
K.Oliverio 5.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Newburn 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1263.2 145 173 344 9 4 2 .989 2.52
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.78
K.Oliverio 1065.0 124 128 334 8 6 2 .983 2.89
M.Santa 194.0 20 32 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.27
T.Flores 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Thornsberry 4.1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.39
S.Ewing 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.Barco 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Newburn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1275.1 144 166 387 10 6 2 .985 2.80
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.22
T.Flores 1129.0 130 133 245 4 12 1 .954 1.98
L.Thornsberry 134.5 16 22 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
R.Barco 43.7 5 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.30
S.Ewing 8.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Duda 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1315.8 151 164 295 4 12 1 .961 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.90
G.Ogren 226.7 29 29 13 47 0 4 1.000 2.38
G.Rios 224.7 29 29 12 32 3 1 .936 1.76
C.Leatherwood 211.7 29 29 14 29 1 1 .977 1.83
H.Pettitt 158.0 24 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 1.37
M.Naumann 103.3 15 18 7 23 1 5 .968 2.61
F.Hernandez 59.7 0 66 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.36
C.Weatherspoon 56.0 13 13 5 9 1 1 .933 2.25
M.Hoops 53.0 0 40 3 9 1 1 .923 2.04
M.Aubrey 49.7 0 37 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.09
E.Hilliker 38.3 0 34 1 5 1 0 .857 1.41
S.Gilbert 32.7 5 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.83
J.Davis 23.0 0 23 5 6 0 1 1.000 4.30
J.Adams 12.0 0 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Mericle 12.0 0 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.75
C.Colella 11.3 0 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.38
W.Newman 2.7 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
W.Mejorado 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Reddin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Tober 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1277.9 144 381 77 197 8 15 .972 1.93
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Flores .331
On-Base Pct Oliverio .403
Slugging Pct Oliverio .521
OPS Oliverio .924
XR Oliverio 100.2
Games Oliverio 139
At-Bats Flores 547
Runs Oliverio 93
Hits Flores 181
Total Bases Flores 272
Singles Flores 130
Doubles Flores 30
Triples Thach 7
Homeruns Oliverio 31
RBIs Oliverio 89
Stolen Bases Thach 61
Caught Stealing Thach 22
Walks Oliverio 88
Strikeouts Mota 95
ERA Rios 4.01
Wins Rios 15
Losses Ogren 12
Winning Pct Rios .577
Saves Hernandez 16
Games Pitched Hernandez 66
Games Started Leatherwood, Ogren, Rios 29
Complete Games Ogren 12
Shutouts Ogren 3
Innings Pitched Ogren 226.7
Hits Allowed Leatherwood 238
Homeruns Allowed Leatherwood 21
Strikeouts Ogren 172
Walks Allowed Ogren 124
Walks per 9IP Leatherwood 2.8
Hits per 9IP Ogren 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Ogren 6.8
WHiP Rios 1.43
OAVG Ogren .244
OOBP Leatherwood .340
OSLG Ogren .373
OOPS Ogren .714
Team All-Stars
Tony Flores
Freddie Hernandez
Guillermo Rios
Player Salaries
Kurt Oliverio $ 7,940,000
Christopher Leatherwood $ 7,250,000
Preston McClain $ 7,240,000
John Thach $ 7,000,000
Shawn Despain $ 5,900,000
Tony Flores $ 5,460,000
Stephen Gilbert $ 4,500,000
Andrea Bader $ 3,390,000
Edward Hilliker $ 3,000,000
Matt Aubrey $ 2,500,000
William Pettitt $ 2,080,000
Christian Mericle $ 1,390,000
Tyrone Richardson $ 1,200,000
Guillermo Castillo $ 1,000,000
Scott Ewing $ 1,000,000
Antonio Zubiri $ 1,000,000
John Mota $ 978,571
Guillermo Rios $ 970,000
Marcus Hoops $ 750,000
Carlos Colella $ 750,000
Freddie Hernandez $ 660,000
Abraham Mendoza $ 650,000
Joseph Davis $ 550,000
Gino Corey $ 350,000
Miguel Santa $ 350,000
Tony Duda $ 300,000
Roy Barco $ 300,000
Phillip Crumble $ 300,000
Daniel Gibson $ 300,000
Ralph Ginn $ 300,000
Gregory Hanna $ 300,000
Chris Weatherspoon $ 300,000
Wendell Mejorado $ 300,000
Paul Millman $ 300,000
Michael Naumann $ 300,000
Daniel Newburn $ 300,000
William Newman $ 300,000
George Ogren $ 300,000
Elijah Tober $ 300,000
Harry Pettitt $ 300,000
Martin Reddin $ 300,000
John Adams $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/17 Signed     Matt Aubrey
2/19 Signed     Carlos Colella
3/14 Signed     Marcus Hoops
3/15 Traded Theo Pettry Houston William Pettitt
3/15 Traded Kenneth Caulder Oklahoma Chris Weatherspoon
7/28 Traded Leroy Thornsberry Oklahoma Martin Reddin
Wendell Mejorado