Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics-1911-1920

Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics
1911-1920

Web page by Stew Thornley
Author of On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers

1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Key to Abbreviations for Batting Statistics:
B.A.-Batting Average; HR-Home Runs; RBI-Runs Batted In
Key to Abbreviations for Pitching Statistics:
IP-Innings Pitched; W-Won; L-Lost; ERA-Earned Run Average

Note: The information on this page has been derived from game-by-game compilations and other notes from research I did in the 1980s, from annual record books lent to me by Glenn Gostick of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and current record sources such as Marshall D. Wright’s The American Association and http://baseball-reference.com. SABR member Rich Arpi has provided great help by catching and informing me of data-entry errors and other information.

1911 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 99-66-2, 1^st Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Gavvy Cravath 167 .363 29 lf

Claude Rossman 155 .356 4 rf

Otis Clymer 147 .342 3 cf

Dave Altizer 73 .335 3 ss

Jimmy Williams 162 .332 7 2b

Albert “Hobe” Ferris 154 .303 14 3b

Wade “Red” Killefer 122 .290 4 ss

Frank “Yip” Owens 126 .273 5 c

Warren “Doc” Gill 162 .252 1 1b

Wilbur Smith 68 .225 0 c

Barry McCormick^* 122 .224 0 2b-ss

Hub Dawson 32 .200 0 c-cf

Pitcher Games IP W L

Roy Patterson 39 293 24 10

George “Rube” Waddell 54 300 20 17

Tiller “Pug” Cavet 34 158 14 6

Nick Altrock^* 30 149 12 4

Otto “Rube” Peters 17 11 3

Jack Gilligan^* 27 164 8 11

Sam Leever 24 125 7 4

Horace “Hod” Leverette 19 6 4

Arthur Loudell 25 110 5 6

Lou Fiene^* 23 126 5 10

Harry Peaster 17 4 2

Urban “Red” Faber 5 24 1 0

    Other players: Whelen, ss; Poehler, 3b; Leo Sage, p; Vinegar Bill Essick, p; Sherrod Smith, p; Bransfield King, p; Paul Brown, p; Fred Olmstead, p; Irving “Young Cy” Young, p; Arthur Chase, p.
    ^*McCormick’s statistics include games played with St. Paul in 1911, Gilligan’s statistics include games with Milwaukee, Altrock’s include games with Kansas City, and Fiene’s include games with Toledo and Kansas City.
    Gavvy Cravath led the American Association with 29 home runs and a .363 batting average, and Roy Patterson led the Association with 24 wins.

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1912 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 105-60-3, 1^st Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Jimmy Delahanty 27 .448 0 1b

Claude Rossman 166 .322 5 rf

Otis Clymer 157 .307 4 cf

Jimmy Williams 139 .296 2 2b

Dave Altizer 162 .294 6 ss

Wade Killefer 161 .288 0 3b-lf

Wilbur Smith 34 .288 1 c

Hobe Ferris 91 .276 5 3b-lf-2b

Frank Delahanty 146 .266 0 lf

Warren “Doc” Gill 123 .263 1 1b

Nick Allen c 31 .256 0 c

Frank “Yip” Owens 136 .240 3 c

Bob Unglaub 67 .209 1 1b-rf

Pitcher Games IP W L

Fred Olmstead 45 316 28 10

Roy Patterson 35 282 21 9

Irving “Young Cy” Young 51 275 16 14

Rube Waddell 33 151 12 6

Glenn Liebhardt^* 37 212 10 11

Bill Lelivelt 10 7 1

Bad Bill Burns 14 6 1

Ralph Comstock 36 125 6 5

    Other players: Charles Archambeau; Leo Sage, p.
    ^*Liebhardt’s statistics include games pitched with Columbus in 1912.
    Fred Olmstead led the American Association with 28 wins. Bill Lelivelt pitched a no-hitter against Toledo on August 2.

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1913 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 97-70-6, 2^nd Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Henri Rondeau 19 .378 0 c

Claude Rossman 155 .302 4 cf

Jimmy Delahanty 157 .297 4 1b-of

Dave Altizer 166 .293 4 ss

Lou Fiene^* 85 .293 1 p-1b-of

George Browne 38 .279 1 cf

Wade Killefer 161 .268 0 3b-of

Otis Clymer 40 .265 0 cf

Fred Hunter 97 .253 5 1b-of

Frank “Yip” Owens 122 .247 1 c

Jimmy Williams 172 .246 4 2b

Frank Delahanty 136 .240 1 of

Jimmy Whelan^* 70 .215 0 3b-of

Lee Tannehill^* 162 .219 1 3b

Wilbur Smith 67 .217 0 c

Pitcher Games IP W L

Roy Patterson 37 288 17 12

Fred Olmstead 37 202 15 8

Irving “Young Cy” Young^* 41 226 15 10

George Mogridge 36 202 13 10

Bill Burns 30 203 12 9

Jack Gilligan 30 162 11 7

Ralph Comstock 18 10 5

Lou Fiene^* 11 7 2

Big Joe Lake 10 5 3

Other players: Hobe Ferris, 3b; Nick Allen; Horace “Hod” Leverette, p; Glenn Liebhardt, p; Bill Burns, p; Bill Lelivelt, p; R. Smith, p; Raymond Patterson, p; Arthur Loudell, p.
^*Whelan’s statistics include games played with Indianapolis in 1913, Tannehill and Fiene’s statistics include games with Kansas City, and Young’s statistics include games with Milwaukee.

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1913 Northern League, Manager: Bob Unglaub, Record: 65-59-3, 5^th Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Doyle 123 .303 2 of

Bob Unglaub 112 .297 4 1b-3b

Warner 40 .260 0 1b

Nick Allen 97 .259 1 c

McKibben 54 .259 0 of

C. Handschu 54 .254 0 c-p-of

Olson 45 .252 0 of

Grodnick 35 .248 2

Kelly 23 .243 0 1b

Briere 126 .242 1 ss

DeHaven 115 .236 2 2b

Berger 44 .236 3 3b

Donnelly 88 .228 1 of

Hanson 21 .219 0

Chase 32 .217 0 of

Cossgriff 43 .215 0

Pitcher Games IP W L

Ralph Comstock 175 14 4

Sherrin 236 14 14

C. Handschu 180 13 9

Horace “Hod” Leverette 235 13 15

McLaughlin 81 4 5

Raymond Patterson 116 4 8

Rube Waddell^* 4 18 2 0

The Minneapolis team in the Northern League was known as the Roughriders as well as the Little Millers. It played its games at Nicollet Park.
^*Waddell’s statistics are only for the games he pitched with Minneapolis in 1913. He also played for the Virginia Orediggers in the Northern League. His overall statistics for the Northern League in 1913 are 84 innings pitched, 3 wins, and 9 losses.

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1914 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 75-93-2, 7^th Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Wade Killefer 118 .344 0 2b-rf

Big Joe Lake 86 .338 5 of-p

Dave Altizer 170 .331 14 ss

Henri Rondeau 150 .308 2 c-of

Lou Fiene 124 .288 2 1b-of-p

Jimmy Williams 146 .287 3 2b

Lee Tannehill 170 .274 1 3b

Maurice Uhler 70 .267 0 lf

Claude Rossman 101 .252 1 lf

Fred Hunter 141 .239 2 1b

Otis Clymer 26 .228 0 cf

Ed “Patsy” Gharrity 21 .227 1 c

Jim Whelan 79 .227 0 3b-of

Wilbur Smith 109 .219 0 c

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

Roy Patterson 21 162 9 9 3.50

Big Joe Lake 37 273 16 13 3.56

Lou Fiene 26 196 13 10 3.72

Bill Burns^* 47 263 10 18 3.73

Bob Ingersoll^* 26 168 7 11 3.75

Red Nelson 9 33 2 2 3.82

Jack Gilligan 20 138 6 9 3.98

Bill Duval 5 20 2 3 4.50

Ira Hogue 48 237 12 17 4.37

George “Kid” Dumont 9 59 3 3 5.64

Lou Drucke 10 40 1 5 6.92

Bill Case 5 31 0 2 7.29

George Mogridge 0 1

Emil Rakow 0 1

Foster 0 1

Allen 0 1

Other players: Jim Manes, cf; Schuler, 2b; Lee Gooch, rf; Buzz Scherff, lf.
^*Burns’s statistics include games pitched with Louisville in 1914, and Ingersoll’s statistics include games with Columbus.

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1915 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 92-62, 1^st Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Henri Rondeau 129 .333 2 lf

Carl Cashion 98 .327 3 1b

Wallie Smith 154 .315 4 3b

Ed “Patsy” Gharrity 86 .308 1 c

Morley Jennings 127 .307 0 ss

Dave Altizer 149 .302 8 ss-of

Roy “Red” Massey 151 .292 1 lf

Chick Autry 138 .288 1 1b

Jimmy Williams 91 .265 1 2b

Harry Holland 107 .243 0 2b

Billy Sullivan 105 .215 0 c

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

Earl Yingling 47 291 19 13 2.17

David Carter “Mutt” Williams 64 441 29 16 2.53

Booth Hopper 22 177 18 3 2.59

Harry Harper 21 154 7 9 2.81

Jack Bentley 14 85 7 4 3.18

Bob Ingersoll 28 131 5 11 3.71

Joe Engel 15 64 5 3 6.47

Ira Hogue 6 2 2

Vern Willey 2 0 1

    Other players: Lee Gooch, rf; Otis Clymer, cf; Harry Mitchell, 3b; Tom Wilson, c; Lou Fiene, p; Ralph Horton, p.
    The Millers became the first team to win four American Association pennants. They finished a game-and-a-half ahead of the St. Paul Saints. This was the closest battle these rivals ever had for first place.
    Mutt Williams led the American Association with 29 wins, and Earl Yingling led the Association with a 2.17 ERA. Harry Harper pitched a no-hitter against the Saints on May 19. Later in the season, on July 5, Harper had a much tougher outing in a game at St. Paul when he walked 20 batters, still an Association record, in eight innings.

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1916 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 88-76-2, 3^rd Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Henri Rondeau 16 .382 0 of

Dave Altizer 164 .299 8 ss-3b-1b-of

Morley Jennings 159 .286 3 ss

Roy “Red” Massey 143 .282 1 cf

Carl Cashion 97 .271 2 of-p

Mike Menoskey 115 .267 11 rf

Grover Land^* 96 .259 0 c

Jack Knight 164 .255 1 1b-2b

Balmadero “Merito” Acosta 122 .255 3 of

Frank “Yip” Owens 135 .252 2 c

Harry Holland 165 .252 0 2b-3b

Wallie Smith 68 .234 1 3b

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

Earl Yingling 42 323 24 13 2.67

Mutt Williams 43 278 15 15 3.11

Sandy Burk 45 333 21 16 3.73

George Dumont 22 146 11 6 3.76

Jack Bentley 21 117 8 6 4.16

Carl Cashion 21 124 4 8 4.14

Booth Hopper 16 71 4 7 6.21

Joe Coffey 10 46 1 2 6.45

Joe Engel 6 0 3

^*Land’s statistics include games played with St. Paul in 1916.
Earl Yingling led the American Association with 24 wins.

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1917 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 68-86-2, 6^th Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Sam Crane 53 .332 0 3b-ss

Dave Altizer 149 .322 7 3b-rf

Roy “Red” Massey 150 .286 3 cf

Henri Rondeau 145 .277 5 lf

Jack Knight 151 .274 6 1b-3b

Frank “Yip” Owens 117 .274 4 c

Tiffany 50 .250 0 1b

Morley Jennings 145 .249 1 ss

Carl “Huck” Sawyer 155 .244 5 2b

Charley Boardman 32 .240 1 p-1b

Carl Cashion 30 .239 1 of

Horace Milan 52 .237 0 of

Lou Bachant 44 .210 0 c

Les Stevenson 43 .206 0 p-1b

Harry Holland 53 .170 0 3b

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

Roy Patterson 8 72 5 3 1.50

Claude Thomas 62 374 20 24 2.69

Sandy Burk 27 175 6 16 3.49

Charley Boardman 24 168 7 10 3.54

Mutt Williams 41 227 9 13 3.55

Les Stevenson 21 121 8 7 3.55

Charles “Lefty” Humphrey 30 161 8 11 3.64

Bill Rose 8 3 1

Jeff Thieman 5 2 1

Other players: Bill Hille, 3b, Bill Veach, c; Charles “Bugs” Bennett, p.

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1918 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 34-42, 7^th Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Carl Cashion 52 .346 5 rf

Carl “Huck” Sawyer 76 .306 0 2b

Frank “Yip” Owens 46 .297 1 c

Jack Knight 27 .280 0 1b

Wallie Smith 47 .267 1 1b

Dolly Gray 27 .262 2 c-cf

Bill Weidell 76 .262 1 3b-ss

Joe Devine^* 24 .241 0 c

Dave Altizer 52 .241 1 rf-ss

Bob Coleman 9 .240 0 c

William Patterson 7 .238 0 ss

Morley Jennings 52 .238 0 ss

Henri Rondeau 76 .232 0 lf

Frank Kitchens 17 .191 0 c

Tony Burgwald 41 .187 0 3b-of

Charley Jackson 22 .186 0 of

Harry Wolfe 4 .077 0 ss

Bernie Neis 1 .000 0 3b

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

Frank Shellenback 3 21 1 2 0.86

Charley Robertson 9 65 2 7 1.93

Emilio Palmero 9 49 3 1 2.02

Bill Lindberg 14 80 3 5 2.03

Roy Patterson 14 98 5 3 2.30

Mutt Williams 27 151 8 11 2.29

Hub Perdue 6 35 2 2 2.57

Tom Hughes 20 116 8 6 2.95

Charles Humphrey 4 15 1 0 3.00

Robert “Bugs” Hewitt 1 4 0 1 4.50

Horace “Hod” Leverette 3 7 0 1 6.43

Claude Thomas 8 29 0 3 7.45

Rube Sumner 1 2 0 0

    ^*Devine’s statistics include games played with Toledo in 1918.
    As a result of the World War, and Provost Marshall Enoch Crowder’s “Work or Fight” order, the American Association season closed on July 21.
    With many potential fans fighting in Europe or working long hours in war-related industries, teams had trouble drawing fans in 1918. The Millers had their smallest Opening Day crowd ever. To bolster attendance, the Millers switched the starting time of some of their games to 7 p.m. and on May 24 hosted the first-ever night game in the history of the American Association. There was no artificial lighting, but with the new Daylight Savings Time law in effect, a game in a northern city started at 7 p.m. could be completed under natural light.
    While the Millers were the first team to play a night game at home in the Association, it was another 19 years before they hosted a game under the lights and were the last team in the league to do so.
    Click here for more on the Millers’ experiences with night baseball.

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1919 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 72-82-1, 5^th Place

Player Games B.A. HR Position

Frank “Yip” Owens 120 .333 4 c

Ted Jourdan 143 .302 4 1b

Walter “Huck” Sawyer 132 .295 4 2b

Jack Lelivelt 153 .287 3 1b-rf

Henri Rondeau 151 .282 3 lf

Everett Gomez 7 .278 0 c

Morley Jennings 96 .268 4 cf-ss

Ewell “Reb” Russell 92 .267 9 cf-p

Ike Davis 107 .258 0 3b-ss

Jack Henry 68 .241 0 c-3b

Bill Weidell 119 .221 0 2b-3b-ss

Horace Milan 25 .202 0 cf

Charley Jackson 21 .155 0 cf

Lindsey 12 .135 0 ss

Dean 1 .000 0 3b

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

George Fisher 1 3 0 0 0.00

Maurice “Molly” Craft 18 118 6 7 2.51

Charles “Lefty” Whitehouse 26 167 7 11 2.58

Alexander “Rube” Schauer 56 351 22 17 2.64

Mutt Williams 11 59 4 3 2.75

Charley Robertson 31 212 11 13 3.10

Frank Shellenback 20 109 7 3 3.22

Emilio Palmero^* 25 130 4 11 3.35

Ed Hovlik 32 208 10 18 3.65

Sandy Burk 4 2 1

Ewell “Reb” Russell 1 1 0

Roy Patterson 4 1 1

Bill Lindberg 4

Charley Humphrey 2 0 2

E. A. Miller 1

Other players: Al Halt, ss.
^*Palmero’s statistics include games pitched with Louisville in 1919.

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1920 American Association, Manager: Joe Cantillon, Record: 85-79, 4^th Place

Player Games B.A. HR RBI Position

Jack Henry 17 .357 0 5

Ewell “Reb” Russell 85 .339 6 41 cf-p

Henri Rondeau 101 .333 1 59 lf

Dick Wade 159 .316 8 87 rf-ss

Bob “Buzz” Murphy 21 .293 1 9 of

Walter Carlisle 76 .292 3 22 of

Morley Jennings 97 .291 0 63 ss

Ike Davis 163 .290 0 48 3b-ss

Wallie Smith 138 .287 2 61 1b

Carl “Huck” Sawyer 166 .282 7 70 2b

Walter Mayer 152 .271 6 59 c

Malcolm McDonald 87 .269 2 27 ss-3b-of

Johnny Mokan 13 .267 0 4 of

Charley Jackson 147 .236 4 32 cf-p

Walter Nufer 3 .222 0 1 2b

Frank “Yip” Owens 53 .193 0 9 c

Elmer Bowman 38 .186 0 3 1b

George Fisher 4 .143 0 1 p-ph-pr

Pitcher Games IP W L ERA

Charley Jackson 1 3 0 0 0.00

Schwab 1 2 0 0 0.00
George Fisher 2 12 1 0 2.25

Ewell “Reb” Russell 3 15 0 1 2.40

Charley Robertson 45 322 18 16 2.82

Eberhardt 3 19 1 1 2.84

Grover Lowdermilk 31 223 14 12 2.99

Alexander “Rube” Schauer 33 203 12 12 3.11

Ed Hovlik 28 128 4 5 3.17

Maurice “Molly” Craft 22 144 7 6 3.19

Bill James 45 299 21 17 3.22

Charles “Lefty” Whitehouse^* 37 256 15 10 3.38

Tom “Lefty” George^* 44 260 12 19 3.77

Heinrich “Nick” Cullop 3 16 1 2 6.75

Roy Hanson 3 11 1 2 12.38

Harry Thompson 2 12 0 2 12.75

Noble Brundage 1 8 0 1 13.50

Gene Packard 1 2 0 0 18.00

^*Henry and George’s statistics include games played with Columbus in 1920, and Whitehouse’s statistics include games with Indianapolis.

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Player	Games	B.A.	HR		Position
Gavvy Cravath	167	.363	29		lf
Claude Rossman	155	.356	4		rf
Otis Clymer	147	.342	3		cf
Dave Altizer	73	.335	3		ss
Jimmy Williams	162	.332	7		2b
Albert “Hobe” Ferris	154	.303	14		3b
Wade “Red” Killefer	122	.290	4		ss
Frank “Yip” Owens	126	.273	5		c
Warren “Doc” Gill	162	.252	1		1b
Wilbur Smith	68	.225	0		c
Barry McCormick^*	122	.224	0		2b-ss
Hub Dawson	32	.200	0		c-cf

Pitcher	Games	IP	W	L
Roy Patterson	39	293	24	10
George “Rube” Waddell	54	300	20	17
Tiller “Pug” Cavet	34	158	14	6
Nick Altrock^*	30	149	12	4
Otto “Rube” Peters	17		11	3
Jack Gilligan^*	27	164	8	11
Sam Leever	24	125	7	4
Horace “Hod” Leverette	19		6	4
Arthur Loudell	25	110	5	6
Lou Fiene^*	23	126	5	10
Harry Peaster	17		4	2
Urban “Red” Faber	5	24	1	0

Other players: Whelen, ss; Poehler, 3b; Leo Sage, p; Vinegar Bill Essick, p; Sherrod Smith, p; Bransfield King, p; Paul Brown, p; Fred Olmstead, p; Irving “Young Cy” Young, p; Arthur Chase, p. ^*McCormick’s statistics include games played with St. Paul in 1911, Gilligan’s statistics include games with Milwaukee, Altrock’s include games with Kansas City, and Fiene’s include games with Toledo and Kansas City. Gavvy Cravath led the American Association with 29 home runs and a .363 batting average, and Roy Patterson led the Association with 24 wins.