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The Fall 2012 edition of the American Association Almanac, Vol. 10, No. 2 was released one week ago; extra copies are available. Please contact me at pureout@msn.com should you be interested in purchasing a copy. The cost is $10.00 plus $2.00 shipping.

Here are the basics. You can learn more under the Back Issues section.

Title: A Chronicle of the 1912 American Association Championship Season • Three Baseball Lives

Sub-title: Cutting Short the Mortal Coil: When Death and Loss Pervade the Elysian Fields

Number of Pages: 60

Format: Paper; Page size 5.5" x 8.5"

Font: New Times Roman in 10 pt.

Issued: October 10, 2012

Overview: Covers the theme of the American Association's 1912 season on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. A summary of each team's progress throughout the year is covered. Milwaukee and Columbus receive an in-depth look courtesy of guest authors Dennis Pajot and Chris Gallutia. This covers pages 1-42. Following each team summary is a listing of their club leaders in hitting and pitching.

A survey of three baseball lives is next. First is a look at the life of Milwaukee Brewers' owner Otto Borchert for whom Borchert Field is named. Next is an article on Milwaukee's second female owner, Florence Killilea who passed away in 1931. Both articles are written by award-winning author Dennis Pajot. Finally, a summary of the career of Doc Buckner, Milwaukee's African American trainer during the 1920s and '30s, is provided, courtesy of collector and researcher Paul Tenpenny.

The back cover features color photos of the grave site of Ed Kenna, pitcher for the Louisville Colonels during the early 1900s, and St. Paul pitcher Hank Gehring who pitched during the first decade of the 20th century. Both died within one month of each other during the spring of 1912.

The inside back cover features color photos of Gehring and Kenna, plus Florence Killilea and her father Henry (one of the founders of the American League), as well as Doc Buckner and Charles Havenor, the Brewers' first owner.

Supplies are limited so order soon. Contact me at pureout@msn.com
Volume 10, Number 2 of the
American Association Almanac: DUE OUT OCTOBER 1


Among the variety of topics coming up in the Almanac's next issue, you'll read about the 1912 Columbus Senators. In an article written by Chris Gallutia, one of the foremost experts in the history of Columbus (OHIO) baseball history, the story of the Senators' 1912 campaign comes to light. A young and hard-nosed bunch, Bill Friel's 1912 Columbus Senators had five of the league’s Top Ten position players in games played and the Association’s youngest pitching staff. With that combination they kept their eye on the top spot all season long, never remotely out of the rear view mirror of the Minneapolis Millers.

Appearing in a second-ranked 168 games, Ray Miller’s dedication and steadfastness at the first sack was a tribute to the club’s tenacity, but Skeeter Shelton (OF - 167 g), Wally Gerber (ss - 166 g), George Perring (3b - 164 g) and Bill Hinchman (OF - 161 g) were nearly his equal in the “iron man” category.

But perhaps more importantly, the Senator’s perennial backstop, 28-year-old Sydney Smith from Smithville, South Carolina, was one of the club’s most vital assets. Smith had the longest string of consecutive games played in American Association history during the course of the 1912 season while catching in 155 games, more than any former Association catcher in one season.

Arrange now to receive your copy of the Fall issue of the American Association Almanac, the most comprehensive publication available with respect to minor league baseball history. Get your box seat to baseball history and subscribe today! Contact the publisher at pureout@msn.com and see what special offers apply on current subscription rates. Standard rates are published on this website.
Please visit my blogsite at http://almanacpark.blogspot.com/ to view the ongoing series I started several weeks ago to commemorate key anniversaries of player deaths. For example, today is the 100th anniversary of the death of Edward Benninghaus Kenna, son of a West Virginia statesman, who had the unique distinction of being known as "the Pitching Poet." You will read about Kenna and his accomplishments at the "Almanac Park" blogsite, as well as those of several others, dating from roughly mid-February of this year. Please leave a comment and "follow" me on my blogsite. And enjoy baseball history!
Two weeks ago I released Vol. 10, No. 1 of the Almanac on the subject of the 1903 championship season of the St. Paul Saints. This 56-page edition contains the following principal sections:

1. An overview on the formation of the American Association dating back to its organizational meeting in November of 1901;

2. A section dealing with the queston of the relevance of major league experience on the part of the players of the 1903 St. Paul Saints, esp. in comparison with its upriver rival, the Minneapolis Millers;

3. A description of St. Paul's Downtown Park, a freshly constructed baseball facility which earned the ignominious nickname of "Pillbox Park" owing to its limited dimensions and its impact on the pennant drive of the Saints that year;

4. An overview of the St. Paul pitching staff in 1903;

5. An overview of the St. Paul position players of 1903;

6. A detailed chronology of games played by the Saints in 1903;

7. St. Paul's head-to-head results vs. the seven other entrants of the American Association;

8. A listing of general patterns comparing home vs. road performance statistics such as longest winning streaks, most runs allowed, runs scored, scoring differentials, etc.

9. A necrology of players from the American Association through 1952.

The text is accompanied by a small sampling of tables and selections from Sporting Life, a national magazine which covered the 1903 American Association campaign in 1903. Endnotes are supplied. References for this edition are contained on this website. Total length of content roughly 28,000 words.

Copies are available for $10 plus $2 shipping; contact Rex Hamann at pureout@msn.com for information on senior and group discounts.
Volume 9, Number 3.......Summer 2011

Part II of an American Association Necrology: Pitchers

In April 2011 I published an American Association Necrology, Part I, devoted to the position players of the Association who have passed on, or as they say, "gone to the great majority."

A few weeks ago I mailed the 40th edition of the American Association Almanac to my subscribers. It was truly a milestone to celebrate. But it is a pale contribution to the annals of baseball history in comparison with the athletic achievements of the ballplayers who toiled upon summer fields and helped bring success to their team.

This issue is devoted to the baseball lives of 37 former American Association pitchers who passed away in 2010 and early 2011. More will be written concerning the contents of this issue in the Back Issues section of this website.

I began compiling the data for this issue back in January, and it's a good thing I got such an early start because getting the Almanac out by the time we were expecting to leave for a visit to my wife's father in Michigan was a challenge all summer, especially in light of the fact that I took several days off in June to embark on a solo excursion to Wisconsin where I did some visiting and some grave hunting.

"From the Mound to Mortality" is the subtitle of this issue and features 37 abbreviated biographies of pitchers who played in the American Association from 1942-60. Each player's American Association statistical summary is included. The end of the volume contains a section detailing the necrological data I used to support the biographical sketch of each player and frames the discussion along statistical lines for the reader to achieve a broader perspective on the deaths of these players.

This is a 60-page volume, totalling over 34,000 and qualifies as perhaps my largest single contribution to the lexicon of baseball history to date. Specific information about the exact contents of this issue can be found in the Back Issues section. Please email me at pureout@msn.com with any questions.
Another issue of the American Association Almanac is out. It deals with the 34 former American Association players who passed away in roughly the last year. This issue is Vol. 9, No. 2 of the Almanac and is entitled, "Gone With the Great Majority: An American Association Necrology, Part I."

Because over 65 players who performed in the American Association at one time or another within the last 15 months (roughly), I had to decide to break the issue into two parts in order to adequately cover each player's career in pro ball as it related to the American Association, and so I decided to break it down between two distinct groups, position players and pitchers. Interestingly, the split was nearly even. Pitchers will be examined in the next issue.

This 56-pageissue (over 21,000 words) combines a variety of internet and traditional resources to compile a clear look at each player's career, noting highs and lows, military intervention, key injuries, career after baseball, and much more. In addition, each player's American Association batting line is presented.

There are over a dozen player photos (including one of former Milwaukee Brewer George "Bingo" Binks in Brewers uniform, circa 1944, from the tremendous snapshot collection of Milwaukeean Paul Tenpenny whose website, Welcome To Borchert Field (www.borchertfield.com) presents an ongoing look at the old Brewers and their home for 51 seasons in Milwaukee, Borchert Field) and a variety of other graphic elements.

Among the more prominent players included in this issue are George Crowe, Don Lang, Roy Hartsfield, Walt Dropo and of course, Ron Santo. Please contact me at pureout@msn.com with any questions on how you can receive an issue of the Almanac or how you can subscribe.
The second part of the Parkway Field set is now complete and was prepared for mailing over the Labor Day weekend. Its contents focuses on the performance of the Louisville Colonels at their new ballpark, Parkway Field. The first half deals with the inaugural season, 1923 and contains a special section on the value of home runs hit in Louisville that season. It contains a thorough statistical component which supports the narrative without becoming an obstacle to the overall story. In addition, spotlights on key players are provided, including biographical details, including future Hall of Famer Earle Combs, and ace starting pitchers Nick (Norman Andrew) Cullop and Wayland Dean.

The second half of this issue deals with the Colonels' 1925 Championship season at Parkway Field. It contains much of the same information as covered in the first half but does not go into quite the same detail regarding home runs. Instead, a game-by-game account of the Colonels' 14-game winning streak which began June 1 when the Colonels hosted the Columbus Senators. It kicked of an amazingly successful (and long) homestand which set the wheels in motion for their dominating pennant run. A statistical summary of this vital two-week stretch is provided.

This 31,000 word document is thoroughly researched and well-documented. It views the Colonels through the perceptive pen of Louisville Courier-Journal sports editor Bruce Dudley, offering many verbatim examples of his descriptions.

Also included are numerous photos and tables. One key highlight from a design standpoint is a double-page photograph of Parkway Field under construction which was purchased through the University of Louisville for use in the Almanac.

You won't want to miss what I consider to be my best issue yet.

This latest edition of the American Association Almanac is perhaps my best issue yet. Please contact me at pureout@msn.com for ordering details.
The most recent issue of the American Association Almanac is now available to the general public. This issue deals with Louisville's Parkway Field, home of the Louisville Colonels from 1923-56. Focussing on the early history of the stadium, the narrative begins as club President William F. Knebelkamp must deal with the effects of losing Eclipse Park to fire in November 1922.

A discussion of the various plans brought forth via the club's general manager, Cap Neal, and architect Leslie Abbott emerges as a central aspect of the Parkway Field story, and the construction process resulted in unexpected challenges which caused President Knebelkamp serious concerns. The Almanac deals with questions surrounding the Eclipse Park fire and examines possible motives for why the fire may have been intentionally set.

As in past issues of the series on American Association Ballparks, this Almanac presents a close look at the opening game as the Colonels hosted the Toledo Mud Hens on May 1, 1923. The Almanac extracts a variety of topics from local reports reflecting on the home opener with a spotlight on the local reaction to the Colonels new playground.

You'll read about Earle Combs, the Kentucky Colonel, who cut his teeth on American Association baseball, first at Eclipse Park and then at Parkway Field. You'll learn about the five future Hall of Famers on the field during the home opener, representing a collision of fate in the extreme, the sort of irony adored by baseball historians no matter the color of their flag. Other pearls line the walls of this issue, as well.

A detailed description of the Parkway Field physical plant and playing follows. Subsequent sections examine key dates of the 1923 season with a focus on events which involved action on the field; the post-1923 season is covered as well, including the first night game, and the four no-hitters tossed there.

Finally, a focus on attendance patterns during the park's lifetime is presented, first by looking at general attendance patterns during the first season, followed by a homestand-to-homestand look at daily attendance patterns at Parkway Field, and finally attendance patterns by season through 1956.

A colorful sampling of graphics enhances the content of this issue. Using photos and graphs, the reader will be well acquainted with the history of Parkway Field as these devices help bring out the highlights and reinforce general concepts regarding quantitative aspects of the park's history.

In all, this issue represents the culmination of hundreds of hours of work, distilled into a highly readable format containing over 25,000 words in this 48-page edition. The Almanac continues to bring out the best of the history of the American Association through original research and collaboration with local baseball historians.

You won't want to miss out on this one. Contact me at pureout@msn.com for details on how to order a copy for yourself or as a gift.
Visit www.baseball-almanac.com today for the most up-to-date baseball records on a variety of topics. Click the title for details!
Earlier this week I was finally able to dedicate some time to get this website back up for its originally intended purpose, to provide the essential background information on the topic of the American Association from 1902-52. Of course each time I come to the site to add content or adjust the layout it feels like pulling teeth. But the point is that we're now in the rebuilding phase after my unfortunate episode last September when I successfully eradicated the entire site. How did I do it? I was attempting to install a new website with a different name, one dedicated to the ball player grave sites I've visited and photographed these past several years. In the process, I simply replaced everything I'd spent the entire month of August putting up on this site, and at the time I simply didn't have a spare moment to put everything back where it belonged. Fortunately I had saved most of the data, but the simple process of getting started back up again after several months, especially as challenging as these last few months have been for me personally, has been not at all simple. I've decided to take a different approach to the batting data where you'll find tables showing the season leaders for each season through 1952. I am currently developing that database and hope to have the entire thing posted by mid-week next week. Please bear with me while I attempt to build what will be a quality place to visit on the web for years to come. And consider subscribing to the Almanac and supporting this worthwhile endeavor of exploring this vital regional minor league!
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Dedicated to Preserving the History of a Premier Midwestern Minor League, 1902- 1952
Managers of the American Association
1902 - 1962


The following data base lists each manager of each American Association team
from 1902-62. This time frame varies for each team; for example, the history of the Indianapolis Indians
and Louisville Colonels extends through 1962, while that of the Milwaukee Brewers ends in 1952.
Each manager's name and age (when known), followed by active years as manager, are included.
(Note: please bear in mind the listing order does not necessarily reflect the sequence
of the tenure of managers when more than one appears for a single season;
for managers with multiple seasons of service, the listed age corresponds with the earliest season listed))

Following the team's managerial history are examples of each club's leading managers
as defined by the number of seasons during which the manager served.

Please note that in the instance of a manager who served a partial season,
every effort has been made to determine the record for that manager alone.
Examples where the information is not yet known are indicated in the record.

Hall of Fame inductees are noted.

Listed here are the regular season records for each manager.




Columbus Senators
(1902-1930)
Manager
 Age Years



Jack Grim 30 1902
Frank Leonard
1902-03
Jimmy Bannon
 32 1903
Bobby Quinn 33 1903
Bill Clymer 30 1904-09
Bill Friel 33 1909-12
Bill Hinchman 30
 1913-14
Rudy Hulswitt 38 1915-16
Pete Johns 28 1916
Bobby Quinn 46 1916
Joe Tinker 36 1917-18
Grover Hartley 30
 1919
Bill Clymer 46 1920
Clarence Rowland 42 1921-22
Carleton Molesworth 47 1923-25
Hank Gowdy 36 1926
George McQuillan 41 1926
Ivey Wingo 36 1927
Nemo Leibold 36 1928-30
(managers with greatest tenure appear in red)

Bill "Derby Day" Clymer took the Senators to their first American Association championship
in 1905, and brought Columbus consecutive pennants in 1906 and 1907,
the first "three-peat" in league history.



Columbus Red Birds
(1931-54)


Manager Age Years



Nemo Leibold
 39 1931-32
Billy Southworth* 39 1932
Ray Blades 36 1933-35
Burt Shotton 51 1936-41
Eddie Dyer 42 1942
Nick Cullop 42 1943-44
Charlie Root 46 1945-46
Hal Anderson 43 1947-49
Rollie Hemsley 43 1950
Harry Walker 34 1951
Johnny Keane 40 1952
Clay Bryant 41 1953
Johnny Keane 42 1954
(managers with greatest tenure appear in red)
*member of the Hall of Fame



Leading Managers of the Columbus Senators and Red Birds

Bill "Derby Day" Clymer
Year
 Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1904 2
88 61 .591
1905 1
100
 52 .658
1906 1
91 57 .615
1907 1
90 64 .584
1908 3
86
 68 .558
1909 7
70 78 .473
1920 7
66 99 .400
Total

591 479 .552
(most successful season highlighted in red)

Bill Friel

Year Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1909 7
10 9 .526
1910 3
88 77 .533
1911 3
87 78 .527
1912 3
98 68 .590
TOTALS

283 232 .550


Harry "Nemo" Leibold
Year
 Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1928 7
68 100 .405
1929 6
75 91 .452
1930 6
67 86 .438
1931 4
84 82 .506
1932* 2
46 42 .523
TOTALS

340 401 .459
*succeeded by Billy Southworth July 11


Burt Shotton

Year Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1936 6
76 78 .494
1937 1
90 64 .584
1938 7
64 89 .418
1939 7
62 92 .403
1940 2
90 60 .600
1941 1
95 58 .621
Total

477 441 .520





Indianapolis Indians


Manager
 Age Years
William Watkins 44 1902-03
Bill Phillips
 35
 1904
Ed Barrow 37 1905
William Watkins 48 1906
Charlie Carr 29 1906-10
Jimmie Burke 35
 1910-12
Charlie O'Day 29 1912
Charlie O'Leary 29 1912
Mike Kelley 37 1913
Jack Hendricks 39 1914-17
Nap Lajoie* 43 1918
Jack Hendricks 44 1919-23
Donie Bush 36
 1924-26
Eddie Sicking 29 1926
Bruno Betzel 35 1927-29
John Corriden 32 1930-31
Emmett McCann 42 1931-32
Wade Killefer 28 1933-37
Ray Schalk* 48 1938-39
Wes Griffin 46 1939-40
Jewell Ens 45 1940
Wade Killefer 51 1941
Gabby Hartnett* 41 1942
Donie Bush 55 1943-44
Bernard "Mike" Kelly 48 1944
Bill Burwell 50 1945-46
Jimmy Brown 37 1947
Al Lopez* 39 1948-50
Don Gutteridge 39 1951
Gene DeSautels 45 1952
Birdie Tebbetts 40 1953
Kerby Farrell 40 1954-56
Andy Cohen 52 1957
Walker Cooper 43 1958-59
Ted Beard 39 1960
John Hutchings 44 1960
Cot Deal 38 1961
Luke Appling* 55 1962
*member of the Hall of Fame
(managers with greatest tenure appear in red)


Leading Managers of the Indianapolis Indians


Charlie Carr

.Pct Lost Won .Pos Year
344. 80 42 6 1906
473. 81 73 6 1907
601. 61 92 1 1908
494. 85 83 4 1909
418. 96 69 7 1910*
511. 403 359 TOTAL
*record under Carr; succeeded Jimmie Burke May 2


Jack Hendricks

.Pct Lost Won .Pos Year
533. 77 88 3 1914
536. 70 81 3 1915
572. 71 95 2 1916
588. 63 90 1 1917
556. 68 85 4 1919
500. 83 83 5 1920
494. 85 83 4 1921
521. 80 87 4 1922
434. 94 72 7 1923
525. 691 764 TOTAL


Donie Bush

.Pct Lost Won .Pos Year
558. 73 92 2 1924
554. 74 92 2 1925
570. 71 94 2 1926
559. 67 85 2 1943
125. 14 2 6 *1944
550. 299 365 TOTAL
*record under Bush;
succeeded by Bernard "Mike" Kelly May 11






Kansas City Blues


Manager Age Years
Dale Gear
 30 1902-04
Pop Schriver
 39 1904
Arthur Irwin
 46 1904-05
Jimmie Burke
 31 1906-07
Monte Cross
 39 1908-09
Jake Beckley*
 41 1909
Danny Shay
 32 1909-11
Charlie Carr
 35 1912-13
Tom Downey
 29 1913
William Armour
 44 1914-15
Danny Shay
 38 1915-16
Art Phelan
 29 1916
John Ganzel
 43 1917-19
Alex McCarthy
 31 1920
Otto Knabe
 36 1920-22
Wilbur Good
 36 1922-24
Doc Lavan
 32 1924-25
Spencer Abbott
 48 1926
Dutch Zwilling
 38 1927-32
Nick Allen
 44 1933
Tris Speaker*
 45 1933
Roger Peckinpaugh
 43 1934
Dutch Zwilling
 46 1935-37
Bill Meyer
 45 1938-41
Johnny Neun
 41 1942-43
Jack Saltzgaver
 41 1944
Casey Stengel
 54 1945
Burleigh Grimes
 52 1946
Bill Meyer
 53 1946-47
Dick Bartell
 40 1948
Bill Skiff
 43 1949
Joe Kuhel
 44 1950
George Selkirk
 43 1951-52
Harry Craft
 38 1953-54
(managers with greatest tenure in red)
*member of the Hall of Fame


Leading Managers of the Kansas City Blues


Danny Shay
.Pct Lost Won Pos Year



8 *1909
512. 81 85 5 1910
573. 70 94 2 1911
473. 79 71 5 1915



5 **1916
Total
*succeeded Monte Cross and Jake Beckley (July?)
**succeeded by Art Phelan


Dutch Zwilling

.Pct Lost Won .Pos Years
589. 69 99 2 1927
524. 80 88 4 1928
665. 56 111
1 1929
487. 79 75 5 1930
539. 77 90 2 1931
485. 86 81 6 1932
545. 70 84 3 1935
549. 69 84 3 1936
468. 82 72 5 1937
540. 668 784 Total


Bill Meyer

.Pct Lost Won
.Pos Years
556. 67 84
2 1938
695. 47 107
1 1939
625. 57 95
1 1940
552. 69 85
3 1941
500. 53 53
7 *1946
608. 60 93
1 1947
594. 353 517

Total
*succeeded by Burleigh Grimes June 30 (game 2)
due to heart ailment; after Meyer's return
the Blues went 14-19








Louisville Colonels



Manager Age Years
Bill Clymer 28 1902-03
Charlie Dexter 28 1904-05
Suter Sullivan 32 1905-06
Roy Brashear 32 1906
Dick Cooley 34 1907
Jimmie Burke 33 1908
Heinie Peitz 38 1909-10
Del Howard 32 1910-11
Jack Tighe 1912
Jack Hayden 32 1913-15
Ezra Midkiff 42 1915
Bill Clymer 42 1916-18
Patsy Flaherty 43 1919
Joe McCarthy* 32 1919-25
Bill Meyer 33 1926-28
Allan Sothoron 36 1929-31
Bruno Betzel 37 1932-34
Ken Penner 38 1934-35
Burleigh Grimes* 42 1936
Bert Niehoff 53 1937-38
Donie Bush 51 1939
Bill Burwell 44 1939-44
Nemo Leibold 52 1944-48
Owen Scheetz 34 1948
Fred Walters 36 1949
Mike Ryba 46 1949-50
Pinky Higgins 42 1951-54
Red Marion 41 1955-56
Max Carey* 66 1956
Dutch Meyer 41 1957
Del Wilber 39 1958
Ben Geraghty 46 1959-61
Jack Tighe 48 1962
*member of the Hall of Fame
note: may not have managed in 1944
(note: the two managers named Jack Tighe were apparently unrelated)



Leading Managers of the Louisville Colonels


Bill "Derby Day" Clymer

Year Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1902 2 92 46 .667
1903 2 87 54 .617
1916 1 101 66 .605
1917 2 88 66 .571
1918 4 43 36 .544
Total 411 268 .605




Joe "Marse Joe" McCarthy

Year Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1919* 3 40 32 .556
1920 2 88 79 .527
1921 1 98 70 .583
1922 6 77 91 .458
1923 3 94 77 .550
1924 3 90 75 .545
1925 1 106 61 .635
Total 593 485 .550
*record under McCarthy; succeeded Patsy Flaherty July 23



Bill Burwell

Year Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1939* 4 64 58 .525
1940 4 75 75 .500
1941 2 87 66 .569
1942 5 78 76 .506
1943 5 70 81 .464
Total 374 356 .512
*record under Burwell; succeeded Donie Bush May 24



Harry "Nemo" Leibold

Year Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1944* 3 85 63 .574
1945 3 84 70 .545
1946** 1 56 42 .571
1947 2 85 68 .556
1948*** 8 52 93 .359
Total 362 336 .519
*full season recorded; may have been
temporarily replaced by Bill Burwell
**succeded mid-season by Fred Walters; resumed Sept. 2
as result of 40-game suspension for bumping umpire
***replaced late in season by Owen Scheetz







Milwaukee Brewers



Manager Age Years
Bill Clingman 32 1902
Joe Cantillon 41 1903-06
Jack Doyle 37 1907
Barry McCormick 33 1908
John J. McCloskey 47 1909-10
Jimmy Barrett 36 1911
Hugh Duffy* 45 1912
Harry "Pep" Clark 30 1913-16
Jack Martin 29 1916
Bill Friel 41 1917
Paddy Livingston 37 1917
Danny Shay 40 1917
Jack "Rip" Egan 46 1918
Clarence Rowland 40 1919
Jack "Rip" Egan 48 1920-21
Harry "Pep" Clark 39 1922-25
Jack Lelivelt 40 1926-29
Harry Strohm 27 1929
Marty Berghammer 41 1929-31
Frank O'Rourke 36 1931-33
Allan Sothoron 41 1934-38
Mickey Heath 35 1939-40
Ray Schalk* 47 1940
Bill Killefer 53 1941
Charlie Grimm 42 1941-44
Casey Stengel* 53 1944
Nick Cullop** 44 1945-49
Bob Coleman 59 1950
Charlie Grimm 52 1951-52
Red Smith 48 1952
Bucky Walters 43 1952
*member of Hall of Fame
**Heinrich Nicholas Cullop
(managers with greatest tenure highlighted in red)



Leading Managers of the Milwaukee Brewers



Harry "Pep" Clark

Year Pos
Won Lost Pct.
1913 1
100 67 .599
1914 1
98 68 .590
1915 6
67 81 .453
1916* 8
38 75 .336
1922 5
85 83 .506
1923 5
75 91 .452
1924 4
83 83 .500
1925 7
74 94 .440
Total

620 642 .491
*succeeded by Jack Martin



Allan Sothoron

Year Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1934 3 82 70 .539
1935 6 75 79 .487
1936 1 90 64 .584
1937 4 80 73 .523
1938 3 91 70 .536
Total

408 356 .534




Charlie Grimm

Year Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1941* 8 36
 55
 .396
1942 2 81 69 .540
1943 1 90 61 .596
1944** 1 14
 3
 .824
1951 1 94 57 .623
1952*** 1 24
 15
 .615
Total

339
 260
 .566
*succeeded Bill Killefer as manager June 24, 1941; Killefer's record through June 23 was 19-43.
**succeeded by Casey Stengel May 7; Stengel's record 88-58
***succeeded by Red Smith (7-0) and Bucky Walters (70-38)



Nick "Tomato Face" Cullop*

Year Pos.
Won Lost Pct.
1945 1 93 61 .604
1946 5 70 78 .473
1947 3 79 75 .513
1948 2 89 65 .578
1949 3 76 76 .500
Total

407 355 .534
*recipient of The Sporting News Manager of the Year award in 1945







Minneapolis Millers



Manager Age
 Years
Walt Wilmot
 38 1902-03
George Yeager
 30 1903
William Watkins
 46 1904-05
Billy Fox
 34 1906
Mike Kelley
 30 1906
Mike Cantillon
 40 1907-08
Jimmy Collins*
 39 1909
Joe Cantillon 48 1910-18
Jack "Rip" Egan
 47 1919
Joe Cantillon
 58 1920-23
Mike Kelley
 48 1924-31
Donie Bush
 44 1932
Dave Bancroft*
 42 1933
Donie Bush
 46 1934-38
Tom Sheehan
 45 1939-43
Rosy Ryan
 46 1944-46
Zeke Bonura
 37 1946
Tom Sheehan
 52 1946-47
Chick Genovese
 33 1948
Billy Herman*
 38 1948
Frank Shellenback
 49 1948
Tommy Heath
 35 1949-51
Chick Genovese
 37 1952
Freddie Fitzsimmons
 51 1953
Bill Rigney
 36 1954-55
Eddie Stanky
 40 1956
John H. Davis
 41 1957
Gene Mauch
 32 1958-59
Eddie Popowski
 46 1960
*member of the Hall of Fame
(red indicates greatest tenure)



Leading Managers of the Minneapolis Millers



Joe "Pongo Joe" Cantillon

Years Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1910 1 107 61 .637
1911 1 99 66 .600
1912 1 105 60 .636
1913 2 97 70 .581
1914 7 75 93 .446
1915 1 92 62 .597
1916 3 88 76 .537
1917 6 68 86 .442
1918 7 34 42 .447
1920 4 85 79 .518
1921 2 92 73 .558
1922 2 97 75 .551
1923 6 74 92 .446
Total 1108 935 .542
(best season in red)


Mike Kelley
Years Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1906* 3 57 55 .509
1924 6 77 89 .464
1925 4 86 80 .518
1926 7 72 94 .434
1927 5 88 80 .524
1928 2 97 71 .577
1929 3 89 78 .533
1930 4 77 76 .503
1931 6 80 88 .476
Total 723 711 .504
*record under Kelley; succeeded Billy Fox




Donie Bush

Year Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1932 1 100 69 .595
1934 1 85 64 .570
1935 1 91 63 .591
1936 5 78 76 .509
1937 3 87 67 .565
1938 6 78 74 .513
Total 519 413 .557




Tom Sheehan

Year Pos. Won Lost Pct.
1939 2 99 55 .643
1940 3 86 59 .593
1941 4 83 70 .542
1942 6 76 78 .494
1943 6 67 84 .444
1946* 4
1947 4 77 77 .500
Total
*according to Wright (1997), there were three managers: Zeke Bonura
managed the Millers from opening day through May 6,compiling a
record of 9-12; Sheehan took over May 7 but it is not yet known when, or if,
Rosy Ryan took over for Sheehan; until that has been determined, Sheehan's
record will not be posted.

The Millers finished the year at 76-75 which would give Sheehan a
record of 67-63 if in fact Ryan was never officially in place as manager.
My search of the local newspapers on microfilm did not turn up
any managerial appearance by Ryan.
(7-30-10)







St. Paul Saints



Manager Age Years
Mike Kelley 26 1902-05
Dick Padden 34 1906
Ed Ashenbach
 1907
Tim Flood 31 1908
Mike Kelley 32 1908-12
Bill Friel 37 1913-14
Mike Kelley 39 1915-23
Nick Allen 35 1924-28
Eugene "Bubbles" Hargrave 36 1929
Al "Lefty" Leifield 46 1930-32
Emmett McCann 31 1933
Phil Todt 31 1933
Bob Coleman 43 1934
Marty McManus 35 1935
Gabby Street 53 1936-37
Phil Todt 35 1937
Foster "Babe" Ganzel 37 1938-40
Red Kress 36 1941
Virgil "Truck" Hannah 53 1942
Bob Tarleton, age 61
 1942
Francis "Salty" Parker 30 1943
Ray Blades 47 1944-46
Curt Davis 43 1947
Herman Franks 33 1947
Walt Alston 36 1948-49
Clay Hopper 49 1950-51
Clay Bryant 40 1952-54
Max Macon 39 1955-59
Roy Hartsfield 30 1956
Danny Ozark 36 1960

 

 

 

 
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