1955 Minneapolis Millers
Record: 65-79
Finish: 4th in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 701
Runs Allowed: 784
Exp W-L: 65-79
 
Ballpark: Nicollet Park
Attendance: 1,308,792
Manager: DMCj

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-71, 9th in the Pioneer League
AA: 62-64, 7th in the Pioneer League
A: 42-84, 10th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
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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
1B #Daniel Newburn 24 138 527 95 164 36 3 29 113 14 3 66 63 .311 .390 .556 .946 111.3 17.9 2.0
CF *Tony Flores 35 133 496 90 168 30 3 15 60 20 8 40 65 .339 .388 .502 .890 90.4 14.8 3.0
LF *Kurt Oliverio 32 138 461 79 145 16 2 30 99 15 9 72 63 .315 .409 .553 .962 98.5 16.1 2.1
C #John Thach 29 125 456 60 126 27 3 6 52 57 13 48 56 .276 .347 .388 .735 63.4 7.1 4.0
3B *Stanton Jakubowski 36 136 472 48 107 12 1 4 64 1 3 23 108 .227 .265 .282 .547 33.7 0.0 3.9
2B *James Carrillo 28 94 357 57 106 13 0 6 41 16 6 49 60 .297 .381 .384 .765 54.2 7.0 4.5
LF  Carl Benda 33 76 268 35 73 14 8 6 38 27 1 20 56 .272 .322 .451 .773 41.3 5.5 1.3
SS  Eugene Vogl 26 76 206 21 50 9 1 8 25 3 2 21 30 .243 .321 .413 .733 28.5 2.6 3.0
LF  Shawn Despain 30 59 186 38 59 12 2 8 26 13 5 21 26 .317 .386 .532 .918 36.7 5.9 0.8
LF  Roy Barco 25 77 165 28 37 8 3 5 25 12 3 18 22 .224 .304 .400 .704 21.1 1.9 1.3
CF *Miguel Santa 27 83 145 26 37 11 1 2 16 10 7 21 25 .255 .357 .386 .743 20.9 2.3 0.7
2B #Andrea Bader 34 41 140 11 23 4 0 2 10 1 4 11 45 .164 .230 .236 .466 4.6 0.0 1.5
SS  John Mota 28 42 144 19 40 5 0 8 30 0 0 7 29 .278 .314 .479 .793 20.6 2.3 2.0
SS  Myron Swartwood 24 42 128 15 22 6 0 3 8 9 10 12 32 .172 .241 .289 .530 7.9 0.0 1.8
SS  Patrick Nehring 21 57 101 17 18 6 2 2 7 12 2 6 16 .178 .229 .337 .566 8.1 0.0 1.2
C  Daniel Gibson 25 32 88 9 19 6 0 0 8 0 0 6 16 .216 .274 .284 .558 6.6 0.0 0.8
P *George Ogren 25 31 87 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 32 .103 .152 .115 .267 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Guillermo Rios 31 33 80 7 14 2 0 0 8 3 2 3 23 .175 .202 .200 .402 3.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Michael Doane 34 52 79 6 20 2 0 2 15 0 0 3 22 .253 .286 .354 .640 8.2 0.4 0.2
P  Raymond Curry 31 28 62 6 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 20 .097 .164 .129 .293 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Christopher Leatherwood 30 17 45 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20 .089 .109 .089 .198 -2.0 0.0 0.0
2B #William Pettitt 32 31 43 5 14 3 0 0 6 0 1 5 5 .326 .396 .395 .791 6.5 0.9 0.4
P *Kevin Lint 31 15 39 2 11 1 0 0 3 3 1 2 17 .282 .317 .308 .625 3.7 0.2 0.0
C  Kirk Davidson 35 14 40 3 9 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 .225 .244 .350 .594 3.3 0.2 0.4
RF  Randy Demar 21 12 31 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 10 .065 .143 .161 .304 0.6 0.0 0.2
P  Michael Naumann 24 12 29 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .241 .290 .241 .532 2.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Carlos Duque 30 23 23 3 4 1 0 0 3 1 1 6 3 .174 .345 .217 .562 2.1 0.0 0.1
3B #Gregory Hanna 25 15 22 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .136 .136 .136 .273 -0.2 0.0 0.3
2B  Ramon Dearmas 24 8 17 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .118 .167 .235 .402 0.2 0.0 0.2
2B  Scott Ewing 29 6 15 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.4 0.0 0.2
P  Marcus Hoops 30 47 12 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .250 .417 0.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Ronald Fegan 21 13 12 2 5 0 0 2 5 1 3 1 2 .417 .462 .917 1.378 3.3 0.5 0.0
P *William Newman 23 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Ginn 23 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Aubrey 28 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Carlos Colella 29 12 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Christian Mericle 32 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Francis Usera 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Phillip Crumble 23 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Earl McGraw 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Edward Hilliker 31 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.7 1897 4999 700 1311 232 31 139 680 218 85 480 892 .262 .329 .404 .733 677.9 85.9 35.7
  Rank among 10 PL teams 8 9 9 10 9 3 9 4 8 8 6 9 9 8 8 9  
* - 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 25 15 9 .625 31 31 0 239.7 203 103 10 122 215 3.87 20.6
 Guillermo Rios 31 10 16 .385 32 32 0 230.7 243 148 25 120 172 5.77 7.0
 Raymond Curry 31 10 10 .500 28 28 0 189.3 215 99 16 57 125 4.71 10.7
 Christopher Leatherwood 30 5 12 .294 17 17 0 129.0 141 67 12 44 68 4.67 6.0
*Kevin Lint 31 5 5 .500 15 15 0 104.3 116 58 13 38 53 5.00 5.8
 Michael Naumann 24 2 5 .286 12 12 0 78.7 92 60 11 53 43 6.86 0.3
 Marcus Hoops 30 4 4 .500 46 4 1 76.3 93 43 9 31 37 5.07 4.2
 Phillip Crumble 23 2 7 .222 56 0 4 57.7 62 26 3 18 40 4.06 5.9
*Christian Mericle 32 2 1 .667 37 0 2 41.7 49 21 4 17 17 4.54 3.8
 Edward Hilliker 31 5 5 .500 41 0 24 41.3 58 25 4 18 26 5.44 4.2
 Matt Aubrey 28 2 2 .500 32 0 0 39.0 52 28 6 18 21 6.46 0.9
*William Newman 23 2 1 .667 5 4 0 28.7 31 21 2 11 17 6.59 0.2
 Carlos Colella 29 0 0 .000 12 0 1 18.3 14 10 1 10 14 4.91 1.5
 Ralph Ginn 23 0 0 .000 5 0 1 9.3 11 5 3 5 4 4.82 0.5
*John Adams 21 1 1 .500 9 0 4 8.7 12 3 0 2 0 3.12 1.5
 Francis Usera 19 0 1 .000 1 1 0 4.3 7 6 3 2 3 12.47 0.0
 Martin Sellman 25 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 26.8 65 79 .451 380 144 37 1297.9 1400 723 122 566 855 5.01 73.4
Rank among 10 PL teams 8 8 4 8 4 7 4 8 8 7 8  
* - 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 .982 24.9
J.Thach 1030.7 112 122 687 68 14 2 .982 18.1
D.Gibson 187.7 23 26 122 16 2 0 .986 27.3
K.Davidson 84.2 10 12 58 7 1 0 .985 37.5
Team Total 1302.5 145 160 867 91 17 2 .983 20.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.74
D.Newburn 1221.3 135 137 1205 80 7 108 .995 9.47
M.Doane 67.7 8 8 58 7 0 6 1.000 8.65
K.Davidson 2.3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 11.74
Team Total 1291.3 143 146 1265 88 7 114 .995 9.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.00
J.Carrillo 779.7 87 90 198 277 6 57 .988 5.48
A.Bader 342.7 40 40 66 99 2 22 .988 4.33
W.Pettitt 66.7 6 12 11 25 0 6 1.000 4.86
P.Nehring 41.0 3 11 8 10 1 2 .947 3.95
R.Dearmas 38.4 7 7 8 13 0 3 1.000 4.92
S.Ewing 20.0 2 4 3 8 0 1 1.000 4.95
J.Mota 19.5 3 3 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.62
Team Total 1307.9 148 167 297 439 9 92 .988 5.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.38
S.Jakubowski 1099.0 127 135 71 218 10 23 .967 2.37
P.Nehring 86.0 6 20 9 20 1 2 .967 3.03
G.Hanna 55.0 5 10 4 14 2 0 .900 2.95
M.Swartwood 43.0 5 5 3 8 1 0 .917 2.30
M.Santa 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Dearmas 1.8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.00
E.McGraw 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Barco 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1288.8 143 175 87 261 14 25 .961 2.43
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.33
E.Vogl 505.7 60 68 70 186 6 27 .977 4.56
J.Mota 323.0 37 39 50 112 3 20 .982 4.51
M.Swartwood 307.3 37 37 44 98 3 25 .979 4.16
P.Nehring 135.7 11 23 25 40 3 7 .956 4.31
S.Ewing 12.0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Pettitt 5.7 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.77
R.Barco 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Santa 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1295.4 146 175 194 441 15 80 .977 4.41
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.06
K.Oliverio 1056.0 120 128 233 12 9 6 .965 2.09
C.Benda 166.2 18 21 30 1 1 0 .969 1.68
S.Despain 75.3 9 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
R.Barco 63.7 6 10 21 1 0 1 1.000 3.11
M.Santa 49.0 5 10 10 0 1 0 .909 1.84
M.Doane 26.0 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
C.Duque 10.6 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.40
G.Hanna 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.8 161 192 326 14 11 7 .969 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.84
T.Flores 816.3 94 103 269 4 1 2 .996 3.01
M.Santa 228.0 23 32 68 1 2 0 .972 2.72
R.Barco 217.3 27 31 74 2 2 1 .974 3.15
C.Duque 37.1 5 9 10 0 1 0 .909 2.43
K.Oliverio 13.0 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
R.Demar 2.8 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.43
M.Doane 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1316.2 149 184 427 7 6 3 .986 2.97
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
C.Benda 424.4 45 47 114 5 3 1 .975 2.52
S.Despain 339.4 43 43 77 1 3 0 .963 2.07
T.Flores 208.3 21 26 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
R.Barco 73.3 7 12 33 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
R.Demar 72.5 7 11 13 2 0 0 1.000 1.86
R.Fegan 18.0 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1136.0 124 145 290 8 6 1 .980 2.36
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.91
G.Ogren 239.7 31 31 15 52 1 5 .985 2.52
G.Rios 230.7 32 32 4 30 2 3 .944 1.33
R.Curry 189.3 28 28 8 17 0 2 1.000 1.19
C.Leatherwood 129.0 17 17 6 13 1 1 .950 1.33
K.Lint 104.3 15 15 6 13 1 1 .950 1.64
M.Naumann 78.7 12 12 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.17
M.Hoops 76.3 4 46 5 10 3 0 .833 1.77
P.Crumble 57.7 0 56 4 6 0 3 1.000 1.56
C.Mericle 41.7 0 37 3 11 0 0 1.000 3.02
E.Hilliker 41.3 0 41 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.61
M.Aubrey 39.0 0 32 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.38
W.Newman 28.7 4 5 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.83
C.Colella 18.3 0 12 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95
R.Ginn 9.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Adams 8.7 0 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.12
F.Usera 4.3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Sellman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1297.9 144 380 64 195 8 17 .970 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Flores .339
On-Base Pct Oliverio .409
Slugging Pct Newburn .556
OPS Oliverio .962
XR Newburn 111.3
Games Oliverio, Newburn 138
At-Bats Newburn 527
Runs Newburn 95
Hits Flores 168
Total Bases Newburn 293
Singles Flores 120
Doubles Newburn 36
Triples Benda 8
Homeruns Oliverio 30
RBIs Newburn 113
Stolen Bases Thach 57
Caught Stealing Thach 13
Walks Oliverio 72
Strikeouts Jakubowski 108
ERA Ogren 3.87
Wins Ogren 15
Losses Rios 16
Winning Pct Ogren .625
Saves Hilliker 24
Games Pitched Crumble 56
Games Started Rios 32
Complete Games Ogren 13
Shutouts Ogren 3
Innings Pitched Ogren 239.7
Hits Allowed Rios 243
Homeruns Allowed Rios 25
Strikeouts Ogren 215
Walks Allowed Ogren 122
Walks per 9IP Curry 2.7
Hits per 9IP Ogren 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Ogren 8.1
WHiP Ogren 1.36
OAVG Ogren .232
OOBP Ogren .326
OSLG Ogren .338
OOPS Ogren .664
Team All-Stars
Edward Hilliker
George Ogren
Player Salaries
Kurt Oliverio $ 7,940,000
John Thach $ 7,000,000
Tony Flores $ 5,460,000
Raymond Curry $ 5,250,000
Matt Aubrey $ 2,500,000
James Carrillo $ 2,200,000
Carl Benda $ 1,650,000
Christian Mericle $ 1,390,000
Guillermo Castillo $ 1,000,000
Kevin Lint $ 904,000
Marcus Hoops $ 750,000
Carlos Colella $ 750,000
Miguel Santa $ 350,000
Gino Corey $ 350,000
Phillip Crumble $ 300,000
Kenneth Hargrove $ 300,000
John Adams $ 300,000
Ramon Dearmas $ 300,000
Roy Barco $ 300,000
Randy Demar $ 300,000
Ronald Fegan $ 300,000
Daniel Gibson $ 300,000
Gregory Hanna $ 300,000
Francis Usera $ 300,000
Earl McGraw $ 300,000
Michael Naumann $ 300,000
Patrick Nehring $ 300,000
Daniel Newburn $ 300,000
William Newman $ 300,000
George Ogren $ 300,000
Martin Sellman $ 300,000
Myron Swartwood $ 300,000
Ralph Ginn $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/19 Signed     Raymond Curry
2/27 Traded Harry Pettitt Houston Myron Swartwood
2/27 Traded Preston Mcclain
Tony Duda
Paul Millman
Sacramento Patrick Nehring
Michael Doane
Carlos Duque
3/9 Signed     Stanton Jakubowski
3/15 Signed     Kevin Lint
4/14 Released Abraham Mendoza    
4/14 Released Scott Ewing    
4/14 Signed     Scott Ewing
6/2 Traded John Mota Portland Eugene Vogl
Michael Roy
6/2 Traded Patrick Nehring
Carlos Duque
Andrea Bader
Oklahoma James Carrillo
6/23 Traded Shawn Despain Oklahoma Ramon Dearmas
Patrick Nehring
Carl Benda
7/21 Traded Christopher Leatherwood
Round Draft Pick.
Hollywood James Weinstock
Luis Vargas
Martin Sellman
Randy Demar
8/4 Signed     Kirk Davidson
8/4 Released Kirk Davidson    
8/11 Signed     Carlton Gehring
8/11 Traded Carlton Gehring Kansas City Kirk Davidson
8/12 Waived Edward Hilliker Oklahoma  
9/25 Released Antonio Zubiri    
9/25 Released Stanton Jakubowski    
9/25 Released Eugene Vogl    
9/25 Released William Pettitt    
9/25 Released Michael Doane    
9/25 Released Guillermo Rios    
9/25 Released Scott Ewing    
9/25 Released Kirk Davidson