Saint Paul Saints History (1902-1960)

Baseball historians have found that the first record of a "professional" team playing in Saint Paul was during the season of 1877 when the "Red Caps" belonged to a loosely structured "League Alliance" with teams from the Midwest and the East. At the time, they were declared the champions with a 28-21 record [apparently because they won the most games] although 33 of their games were against Minneapolis, they played more games then any other team and league member Indianapolis had the best winning percentage with a 23-11 record. In 1878, the Red Caps returned to playing local independent clubs.

In 1884, the Saint Paul "Apostles" played in the Northwestern League which had teams in MI, IL, WI, IN and MN (Stillwater and Minneapolis were included). Their record was 24-48 and they were 28 ½ games behind Grand Rapids when the league folded in September. They also had a short tenure in the Union Association (now considered a major league), as the "Saints", starting on September 27 and lasting eight road games (2-6).

After setting out 1885, the Saint Paul "Freezers" were a part of the six-team Northwestern League in 1886. They were a forth place team with a 37-43 record. In 1886, the league was the same, but their nickname became the "Saints" as they had a good year at 75-45, but, finished third behind Oshkosh and Milwaukee.

Saint Paul joined the Western Association in 1888 again as the "Apostles" ending with a 61-38 mark, in third place. They continued in the same league through 1891 having 74-46 (2^nd), 37-84 (8^th) and an unknown record in 1891 as the club's presence in the capital city only lasted until June 8, at which time, it was moved to Duluth.

The city tried again in 1892 with a re-organized Western League, but the "Saints" survived only until May 25 as a last place team. Saint Paul was then without a pro team until 1895 when the city re-joined the Western. This time the team was owned and managed by Charles Comiskey and they continued to operate through 1899 as the "Apostles" or the "Saints".

Their records during those years were: 74-50 (2^nd), 73-63 (4^th), 86-51 (4^th), 81-58 (4^th) and 57-67 (5^th). Before the 1900 campaign, Comiskey moved the team to Chicago and they became the "White Sox". No team was fielded in Saint Paul for 1900, but they did get back into the Western in 1901 finishing second with a 69-54 mark.

Thomas J. Hickey, who had been the president of the Western League, was an aggressive and energetic man and became the founding president of the new American Association in 1902. It first began as an independent league (not a member of the newly formed National Association for Professional Baseball Leagues) because it had taken teams from the Western League (Kansas City and St. Paul) and the Western filed a protest to the National Association which was upheld by that body. Therefore, for the first two years of it's existence it is considered an "outlaw" league.

Saint Paul, which was owned by Edward B. Smith [he had been president of the National League's Buffalo team in the 1880s] but run by team president George E. Lennon [owned a downtown clothing business and had sponsored a number of amateur baseball clubs], played in a park that was built in 1897 by Smith for $75,000 at the corner of Lexington and University ("Lexington Park"). It continued westward to Dunlap and as far south as Fuller. The grandstand was located at the corner of Dunlap and Fuller the original distance from home plate to center was 680 feet and down the right field line it was 570 feet. Fans in the grandstand had "opera" seats and bleacher seats had backs. There was ample parking for bicycles and stalls for 50 horses.

Originally the roster size of American Association teams was 15 with it's make up normally as: 5 pitchers, 2 catchers, one regular in the other positions and a utility player. The manager would generally also play and pitchers, when not on mound duty, would play in the outfield or infield. Since the league was an independent entity, the clubs could acquire any player they wished - many with major league experience. In 1902, St. Paul played with eight athletes who had time in the major leagues.

[Minnesota Historical Society]

St. Paul's [population 163,000] first entry in the Association was managed by Mike Kelley who was born on Dec. 2, 1875, in Otter River, MA. He played first base for the National League's Louisville club in 1899 (76 g, .241) and managed at Des Moines [Western] in 1901 (49-74, 7^th). The team included four former major leaguers: position players Kelley (1b, .272), Jerry Hurley (c, .212), Phil Geier (3b) and Dan Shay (backup SS, .303). Pitchers with MLB experience were: Charlie Ferguson, Archie Stimmel (14-12, 1.22), Dick Cogan (5-7, 1.50) and Ralph Miller (3-6. 1.31). Young Spike Shannon (OF) and Miller Huggins (2b) led the team in hitting at .344 and .328. The best veteran was Geier who hit .324. Harry Lumley (OF, .299) was the biggest slugger with 8 home runs and a .427 slugging %. Ferguson was the best pitcher with a 1.12 WHIP and a 21-10 record. Hal Gribbins (8-3, 1.07) did well in 15 games. However, the team could do no better then third, 22 ½ games out.

Other starting players on the team was shortstop Art Marcan (.266) and Bob Dillard (OF, .311). Elmer Pierce (.275) backed up at catcher , Bob Lynch (.152) at short, Ed Egan (.225) at third and Tom Dougherty (154) in the outfield.

Many baseball publications list the St. Paul club's nickname as the "Apostles" during their early American Association play. Association historian and SABR member Rex Hamann, who has reviewed many newspapers of that time, states that they were much more commonly known as the "Saints."

The season was a financial success for league teams. The play of the league, in those early days has been described by Bill O'Neal in his book "The American Association - A Baseball History" as a game "played by men who, for the most part, were poorly educated and often from rural origins. They dressed in baggy uniforms of heavy flannel, swung thick bats designed to make contact (rather than produce power drives) with the decidedly unlively balls of era, and wore flimsy little gloves with no padding. Playing surfaces often were rough and unmanicured and fielding was so uncertain that fielding performance columns were printed beside hitting columns in all published box scores." For example, Saints' pitcher Charles Ferguson established an all-time record for errors by a pitcher (16). On the other hand, future hall-of-famer, Miller Huggins took 19 errorless chances (11 putouts and 8 assists) at second during a game on September 17 against Louisville. [During the season, Huggins roomed with manager Mike Kelley with whom he shared many conversations about on-the-field strategy.]

Jeremiah " Jerry" Hurley played catcher for the Saints in 1902 after appearing in 9 games for the Redlegs in 1901 where he was 1-for-21 at the plate. In 1907, he played in one game for Brooklyn which completed his MLB experiences.

Hurley played pro ball at least from 1900 through 1911 and died at age 44 on Dec. 27, 1919, in New York City.

Harry G. Lumley was an outfielder on the 1902 Saints. After he led the PCL in batting in 1903, he become a starter for Brooklyn from 1904-1908 with 150, 130, 133, 127 and 127 games for averages of .279, .293, .324, .267 and .216. He led the league in slugging % in 1906 with a .477 mark and in 1904 had more triples (18) and home runs (9) then any other National League player. Harry dwelled Honus Wagner throughout 1906 for the batting championship, but finished third as he was slowed by a split finger and rheumatism. In 1907, he broke an ankle which ended his season early and continued to bother him in 1908 as he also suffered from a charley house the last two months. He stayed with Brooklyn in 1909 (55 g - .250) and 1910 (8 g - .143).

In his MLB career, he played in 730 games with a .274 average, .328 OBP and .408 slugging. He appeared in the outfield for 700 games and had a .946 fielding %. Lumley appeared to be a pro player from 1901-1910 and managed the 1909 Brooklyn team to a 6^th place finish at 55-98. He was known as a very promising player who had great power, but he also had a tendency to gain weight and be injury-prone.

After baseball, he operated a tavern ["Terminal Café" located at the current site of NYSEG Stadium] in Binghamton, NY, until 1937. Lumley died at the City Hospital there at age 57 on May 22, 1938, following a long illness. Lumley is buried at the Floral Park Cemetery in Johnson City, NY.

Daniel C. " Danny" Shay was an infielder on the 1902 club. He had played in 19 games for Cleveland (AL) in 1901 batting .227 with all of his games played at shortstop. Shay was on the St. Louis Cardinals club in 1904 and 1905 for 99 and 78 games with .256 and .238 averages and .338 and .331 OBP. He finished his MLB stay with the N.Y. Giants in 1907 for 35 appearances and a .190 average.

His MLB experience was 231 games with a .240 career average, .325 OBP and .294 slugging. He played 164 games at short, 54 at second and had 2 games in the outfield. Shay's composite fielding average was .902.

He played pro at least from 1901-1910 and committed suicide at age 51 on Dec. 1, 1927 in Kansas City, MO. Shay is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Kansas City.

Archibald May " Archie" or "Lumbago" Stimmel pitched for Saint Paul in 1902 after he had been with the Redlegs from 1900-1902 for 2, 20 and 4 games. During those seasons, he completed 13, 156 and 26 innings for ERAs of 6.92, 4.11 and 3.46. His records were 1-1, 4-14 and 0-4.

In his 26 MLB games, including 22 starts, he finished 192 innings allowing 225 hits and 60 walks with 64 strikeouts. He career record was 5-19 with a 4.21 ERA and .290 OAV.

Stimmel's pro years lasted from at least 1900-1907. He lived his complete life in the house in which he was born in Woodsboro, MD, and died at the Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD, at the age of 85 on August 17, 1958. His burial was at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Woodsboro.

Richard Henry " Dick" Cogan pitched for the 1902 Saints. He had made MLB appearances in 1897, 1899 and 1900 for Baltimore (NL), Chicago (NL) and New York (NL) respectively. Cogan appeared in 1, 5 and 2 games with 2, 44 and 8 innings pitched.

His big league record was 2-3 in 8 games (5 starts) with 54 innings giving up 68 hits and 32 walks for a 5.00 ERA and .306 OAV. Records indicate that the 5'7" hurler played pro from 1897-1906.

Cogan became active in Paterson, NJ, politics and was the first to hold the office of Registrar of Deeds and Mortgages in Passaic County. He died in Paterson at age 76, on May 2, 1948, after a lengthy illness and was buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetary in Totowa, NJ.

Ralph Darwin Miller was a hurler on the 1902 St. Paul team. Prior to that year, he had pitched in 23 games for Brooklyn in 1898 and 6 for Baltimore (NL) in 1899. His career totals were a record of 5-17 in 29 games (25 starts) with 189 innings. Miller allowed 205 hits and 46 walks for a 5.15 ERA and .275 OAV.

His specific pro years are not known, however, he was a shipping department manager for Ault and Wilborg Company in Cincinnati for 25 years. Miller lived to be 100 years old dying on May 7, 1973, at the Hyde Park Villa Nursing Home in Cincinnati. He was laid to rest at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Team president George Lennon, who felt Lexington Park was too remote from the center of the city and was intimidated by an anti-Sunday baseball groups like those from nearby the Hamline University/Methodist church, begin looking for another ball park site after the 1902 season. He threatened to move the club unless he could buy land in a more promising location. After debating with the St. Paul city council for most of the off-season, he was finally given an OK in early May to begin building downtown between Robert and Minnesota Streets (bounded by 12^th and Summit Avenues).

On July 20 they played their first game at Downtown Park , but the structure got poor reviews. It's small size (about 220 down the left field line and 280 down the right field line) caused it's "street" names to be "The Pill Box" or "Pill Box Park". It's grandstands, apparently at the corner of Robert and 12^th, were built only 10-20 feet from the baselines. A plate umpire had his back against the backstop and grandstand screen. He and a catcher had to look into the setting sun in the late afternoons since the weekday starting times were approximately at 4:00.

Map indicating location of Downtown Park [block designated by the number "25"]

A high fence surrounded the field with a 20-foot wire screen installed on top and balls hit over the wall in right or left were only scored as doubles. The only way to hit a home run was for a ball to clear a limited space in center and right. Triples were nearly nonexistent and double plays frequent. In addition, the field had little drainage, so when it rained the baselines became quagmires. Some neighbors enjoyed the park's location as they had "roof parties" similar to those later near Chicago's Wrigley Field. Other neighbors, including a church, forced the team back to Lexington Park for Sunday games [apparently the wrath of the Hamline groups was less then the downtown ones - like the Methodist Episcopal Church in an adjoining block.] During the winter, ice sports were played on the park's field and it was a general gathering place for wintertime fun.

Downtown Park facing State Capital Building (dome on right) [the middle dome is the Methodist Episcopal Church]

[The current size of the block, where the park was located, measures about 250 by 170 feet and the name of Summit Ave. is now Columbus Ave. It appears that there is only about 350 feet from the southeast corner to the northwest corner - home plate area to deep center]

Even though the ball park turmoil must of been a distraction, manager Kelley returned in 1903 with a formative team including Miller Huggins(2b, .309), Phil Geier (OF/3b, .361), Spike Shannan (OF, .308), Art Marcan (SS until traded), Elmer Pierce (back up C, .213) and pitchers Charles Chech (24-9) and Charlie Ferguson (19-10). The club also picked up Germany Schaefer (SS, .306) and Jim Jackson (OF, .308) who were in between stints in the majors. In fact, all of their starting position players had or would play in the big leagues. In addition to the above, first baseman Kelley batted .310, Ed Wheeler (.295) was at third and Jack Sullivan (.230) started at catcher. The main offensive back-up was John Flournoy (OF, but played for two A.A. teams).

The club of 1903 was Saint Paul's first professional team to win a league pennant [discounting the 1877 "Red Caps"] as they also led the league in team hitting, stolen bases, fielding and double plays. Phil Geier won the batting championship and had the most hits. Also Spike Shannon scored the most runs. Jim Jackson stole 42 bases and Miller Huggins 48 (apparently the league leader). Six starters hit over .300 and Germany Schaefer led the team in homers with 8.

Pitcher Chech had a break-out season going 24-9 with a 1.15 WHIP. Ferguson also came through with a 19-10 mark and Joe "Ace" Stewart had a 16-10 record. Other hurler contributors: Harvey Bailey, until traded (15-15 in A.A.), Harry Allemany (12-11 in A.A. with two teams), Jake Volz (9-9) and Bill Davis (2-5).

On July 4, Ace Stewart accomplished a first for the American Association and the Saint Paul Saints. In the morning game of a double header, he pitched a no-hitter over the Minneapolis Millers by the score of 5-0. According to the box score published in the July 5 "St. Paul Pioneer Press" [copy provided by Rex Hamann], he allowed five base runners. He walked one, hit one batter (Lally) and there were three Saints' errors by Phil Geier, Germany Schaefer and Miller Huggins. The article specifically states that Stewart did not allow a hit. Four of the base runners were stranded and one was erased with a double play. Even with this evidence, some sources do not acknowledge Stewart's performance.

Based on an article a the Oct. 10, 1903, St. Paul paper, the team pitched mostly younger players late in the year and let their "veterans" rest.

Joseph Lawrence "Joe" or "Ace" Stewart pitched for the 1903 Saints. In 1904 he had his only major league appearances for Boston (NL) coming into relief in two games for 9 innings allowing 12 hits and 4 walks while striking out one. His ERA was 9.64.

He played pro ball from 1896-1911 and tended bar and managed pool rooms in Niles and Youngstown, OH. At the age of 33, on Feb. 10, 1913, he died from injuries received in a fall from a second story window at a hotel where he was working in Youngstown. Stewart was buried in Monroe, NC.

William Porter " Spike" Shannon was an outfielder for Saint Paul in 1902 and 1903. He was a starter for the Cardinals in 1904-1905 playing in 134 and 140 with averages of .280 and .268. He led the NL in outfielder fielding averages in both years.

After playing 80 games for the Cards (.258) in 1906, he was traded to the New York Giants where he performed in another 76 contests hitting .254. In 1907, he continued as a starter for the Giants in 155 games leading the league in runs scored with 104 and hit .265. Shannon appeared in 77 games for New York in 1908 (.224) and then went to Pittsburgh playing in 32 games for a .197 average.

In 694 major league games and 2,613 at bats, Spike batted .259 with a .337 OBP and .293 slugging %. As an outfielder in 690 games, his fielding % was .974.

Shannon was a pro player from 1901-1911, umpired in the Federal League in 1914-1915 and in the American Association and other minor leagues. He died at age 64 in Minneapolis on May 16, 1940. His burial was at St. Mary's Cemetery in Minneapolis.

Miller James Huggins was an infielder for the Saints in 1902-1903 after one year in the lower minors. The next year, he became the starting second baseman for his hometown Cincinnati Redlegs and he continued to play for them through 1909. During those years, he appeared in 140, 149, 146, 156, 135 and 57 games with averages of .263, .273, .292, .248, .239 and .214. He led the league in walks in 1905 and 1907.

In 1910, he moved to the Cardinals and performed with them the rest of his playing days (through 1916) for 151, 138, 120, 121, 148, 107 and 18 games batting .265, .261, .304, .285, .263, .241 and .333. He was the league leader in walks in 1910 and 1914 and had the league's best OBP in 1913.

Huggins played in 1,586 big league games and had 5,558 at bats for a career .256 batting average, .382 OBP and .314 slugging. He was a second baseman in 1,530 games and a shortstop in 15 for a composite .956 fielding average.

During his last four years of playing (1913-1916), he also managed the Cardinals which he continued in 1917. His St. Louis managerial record: 1913: 51-99 (8^th); 1914: 81-72 (3^rd); 1915: 72-81 (6^th); 1916: 60-93 (tied for 7^th); 1917: 82-70 (3^rd). Huggins then made the move which made him a hall-of-famer - to manager of the Yankees.

Miller's New York record: 1918: 60-63 (4^th); 1919: 80-59 (3^rd); 1920: 95-59 (3^rd); 1921: 98-55 (1^st); 1922: 94-60 (1^st); 1923: 98-54 (1^st - won W.S.); 1924: 89-63 (2^nd); 1925: 69-85 (7^th); 1926: 91-63 (1^st); 1927: 110-44 (1^st - won W.S.); 1928: 101-53 (1^st - won W.S.); 1929: 82-61 (2^nd). Over his career 17 years of managing, his record was 1,413-1,134 (.555).

"The smart, scrawny 5'6" Huggins was a first-rate second baseman before he became famous for managing the Yankees to their first six pennants and three World Championships. He was fast and sure-handed afield; his record was dotted with games in which he handled 15 chances, or figured in three double plays. He led the league in putouts, assists, double plays and fielding once each and twice in errors. The Mighty Mite was an ideal leadoff man, a switch hitter who coaxed 1,002 career walks...and stole some 50 bases a season [not an official stat his first six MLB seasons]...Not a long-ball hitter, he did have three triples in a game in 1904

"The Cardinals acquired Huggins in 1910. By 1913 he was player-manager and by 1917 had retired to the bench. He prodded two third-place finishes out of his nondescript team and guided a green and awkward Rogers Hornsby through his first MLB seasons. Holder of a law degree (though he never practiced) and a shrewd investor in the stock market, Huggins was businessman enough to think he could buy the St. Louis club. His bid rebuffed, he resigned. Ban Johnson, the opportunistic president of the American League, promptly urged Jacob Ruppert, the Yankees' principal owner, to grab Huggins. The manager's record was not distinguished, but he was a sound baseball man and Johnson was happy to steal him from the NL.

"Together with imperious Ed Barrow, the GM, Huggins developed the slugging Yankee teams that ended the deadball era forever. A mediocre lot when he arrived, they were among the all-time greats at his death. They were a bunch of carousers and bad actors until an appalling slump in 1925 and the $5,000 fine and nine-day suspension of Babe Ruth. With Ruppert's backing, Huggins brought his unruly crew to heel and established himself as boss, beginning the club's tradition of Yankee pride.

"Though history recalls the pillage of Harry Frazee's Red Sox as the making of the Yankees, Gehrig, Earle Combs and Tony Lazzeri were discovered elsewhere and others (Bob Meusel and Herb Pennock, for example) blossomed under Huggins encouragement and handling. When he died of erysipelas [blood poisoning brought on by an infection under his right eye] in 1929, at age 50, judgement was nearly universal that Huggins was in a managerial class by himself. A plaque in his honor was placed in Yankee Stadiums centerfield in 1932" - A.D. Suehsdorf

Huggins died on Sept. 25, 1929, at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. He was named to the hall of fame in 1964.

Herman A. " Germany" Schaefer was an infielder for the Saints in 1903. He had performed in 2 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1901 and 81 more in 1902 (.196). In 1905, he made it back to the majors with Detroit and was generally a starter through the 1908 season in 153, 124, 109 and 153 games with .244, .238, .258 and .259 averages playing all of the infield positions.

After 87 games with the Tigers in 1909 (.250) , he went to the Senators where he was in 37 games (.242). He continued with Washington through the 1914 year for 74, 125, 60, 54 and 30 games batting .275, .334, .247, .320 and .241.

Schaefer jumped to the Federal League in 1915 and played with their Newark club batting .214 in 59 games. He completed his major league time with one game for the New York (AL) in 1916 and one for Cleveland in 1918. Germany appeared in 1,150 big league games and had 3,784 at bats for a .257 average, .319 OBP and .320 slugging. He was a second baseman in 588 contests, had 145 at first and played all other positions including pitcher for a .954 fielding average.

"One of the zaniest characters in baseball history, Schaefer is most famous for causing a rule change with one of his antics. Actually he had a practical reason for stealing first base. Playing Cleveland, the Tigers had the speedy Davy Jones on third base and Schaefer on first in the ninth inning and tried a delayed double steal, but the catcher, Nig Clarke, didn't throw. Schaefer ran back to first base on the next pitch, then shouted across to Jones that he was going to second base again. The catcher, rattled, threw down to second and Jones scored the winning run. That tactic was then outlawed.

"Schaefer was a powerless hitter and rarely hit for a good average, but his versatility afield kept him in the majors for 13 seasons (not counting his last two years when he played in only one game each). In his first two years with the Tigers, 1905-06, he was their regular second baseman, leading the AL in putouts in 1905 and in total chances per game in 1906. He had only one more season in which the played 100 games at a single position. His best season offensively was probably 1908 when he reached career highs with 96 runs (third in the AL, 40 steals (third) and 20 doubles as the Tigers won their second of three consecutive AL pennants (1907-09). Traded to the Senators in mid-1919, he had one more significant season, hitting a career-high .334 in 125 games in 1911, but thereafter spent most of his time on the coaching lines, teaming with fellow clown Nick Altrock. An earlier vaudeville act with Tiger teammate Charley O'Leary was the inspiration for the MGM musical "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Schaefer's friend John McGraw made him a Giant scout in 1919 and while on a scouting trip to Canada that year, Schaefer died of a massive heart attack." - Warner Oliver Rockford

"The Baseball Necrology"states his cause of death, on Mary 16, 1919, as "an internal hemorrhage while enroute by train to Lake Placid, NY." He was buried at the St. Boniface Cemetery in Chicago.

Harvey Francis Bailey pitched for the Saints during the 1903 season. In 1899 and 1900, he pitched for Boston (NL) in 12 and 4 games for 87 and 20 innings giving up a total of 107 hits and 46 walks. He struck out 35 and had a career 4.13 ERA and opposing batters hit .260 against him.

Bailey's pro years lasted from at least 1899-1908 after which he became a dentist. He died at age 44 at the State Hospital in Toledo, OH, from generalized paralysis and dementia. His burial was at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Delta, OH.

Jacob Phillip " Jake" Volz pitched for Saint Paul in 1903. In 1901, he had appeared in one game for Boston (AL) lasting 7 innings in a start, getting the win but his ERA was 9.00. In 1905, he had three opportunities for Boston (NL) completing 9 innings for a 10.38 ERA. His final big league games were seven in 1908 for Cincinnati as he finished 23 innings with a 3.57 ERA.

In his 11 major league games, he made 7 starts and completed 38 innings giving up 34 hits and 29 walks with 12 strike outs. His ERA was 6.10 and he had a .241 OAV and 2-4 record. It appears he played pro at least through 1909, but may have played as late as 1912.

Volz lived to age 84 and died on August 11, 1962, at his home in San Antonio, TX. He was buried at the St. Joseph's Society Cemetery there.

The American Association became a member of the National Association. American Association founder and president, Thomas Hickey resigned after the 1903 campaign to enter private business in St. Paul.

During the off-season, team president George Lennon sold Phil Geier and Joe Stewart to Boston (NL), Spike Shannon to the St. Louis Cardinals and Miller Huggins to the Redlegs.

Manager Kelley (1b, .298) brought back Jack Sullivan (C, .250), Art Marcan (2b, .269), Ed Wheeler (3b, .296), Jim Jackson (OF, .335), John Flournoy (OF, .244), Elmer Pierce (back up C, .272), Charlie Chech (27-8, 1.01 WHIP) and Charlie Ferguson (14-8, 1.18) from the '03 squad and won the pennant again. Jackson led the league in homers with 13 and in stolen bases (59). Perry Sessions also had 27 wins (27-10, 1.21) and Walt Slagle contributed with a 18-13 record (1.28).

Ted Corbett, in 26 appearances, was 9-6, John Bartos was 7-7 and Orv Kilroy had a 3-1 record. All in all, the staff was well balanced.

Other position starters were Pete O'Brien (.274) at short and Charlie Jones (.287) in the outfield. Back-ups included Bill Clingman, SS (who played for two A.A. teams), John Lawler (.292) in the outfield, Ed Householder (.309) another outfielder and Frank Martin (.267) at second base.

Louisville had the lead in the standings until mid-season when the slumped and the Saints surged past them. The club then played in their first post-season series with the champs of the Eastern League, the Buffalo Bisons. St. Paul lost two games to one.

Toward the end of the season, rumors spread that manager Kelley would not be back in 1905. George E. Lennon, who was now the owner, verified them by announcing on the final day of the campaign that Kelley would be moving to Toledo and Mike Finn, who had been managing Little Rock, would take over the Saints' reins.

James Benner " Jim" Jackson played for the Saints in 1903 and 1904. He had performed for Baltimore (AL) in 1901 for 99 games hitting .250 with a league leading .971 outfielder fielding percentage. In 1902, he was in 35 for New York (NL) with a .182 average.

After leaving St. Paul, he played with Cleveland in 1905-06 for 109 and 105 contests with averages of .256 and .214. His major league career was four years, 348 games and 1,274 at bats with a composite .235 average, .298 OPB and .297 slugging. Jackson stole 57 bases and had a career .959 fielding average in 340 games as an outfielder and three as a third baseman.

Jim played pro ball from 1901-1909 and managed in the minors. He then was involved in the real estate business in Philadelphia for 30 years and died at age 77, on Oct. 8, 1955, at his home in Philadelphia. Jackson was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, PA.

Charles Claude "Charlie" Jones played for St. Paul in 1904 and 1911. He had been an outfielder for Boston (AL) in 1901 for 10 games hitting .146 and was in 5 games for the Chicago White Sockings in 1904 (.235).

In 1905-1907, he was a regular with Washington for 142, 131 and 121 games batting .208, .241 and .265. He also played some in the infield during those years. His final major league appearances came with the Browns in 1908 as he hit .232 in 74 games.

Jones' big league experience was 483 games and 1,799 at bats with a career .233 average, .276 OBP and .304 slugging. His fielding average was .966 with 468 games in the outfield, six at second, four at first and two at short. His stolen base total was 100.

He was a pro player from 1901 through 1911 and then worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Minneapolis for 14 years. Later he became a master sign painter in Cook County which is located in northern Minnesota. Charlie died at age 70 in Two Harbors, MN, on April 2, 1947, and was buried in Lutsen, MN.

Charles William "Charlie" Chech pitched for the Saints in six seasons (1902-1904 and 1909-1911) and he also was with St. Paul's team, in the Western League, in 1901. He became a big leaguer for Cincinnati in 1905-06 appearing in 39 (25 starts) and 11 games for 268 and 66 innings with ERAs of 2.89 and 2.32 with 14-14 and 1-4 records.

In 1908, he pitched in 27 games for Cleveland which included 20 starts and totaled 166 innings for a 1.74 ERA and 11-7 record. Chech completed his major league career with 17 games (13 starts) for Boston (AL) compiling a 7-5 mark and 2.95 ERA.

He pitched in 94 MLB games and had 63 starts finishing 606 innings allowing 602 hits and 162 walks while striking out 187. His career record was 33-30 and he had a 2.52 ERA and .263 OAV.

Chech was a pro pitcher from 1899 through 1919 including 530 minor league games as he had a record of (at least) 239-186 and won over twenty games five times. He also played in the A.A. two other years and for five seasons in the PCL. His death came at age 59 (Jan. 31, 1938) at his home in Los Angeles and he was buried there at the Calvary Cemetery.

William Frederick "Billy" Clingman was an infielder on the Capital City's 1904 club. He had played for his home town Cincinnati team in 1890-91 batting .259 and .200 in seven and one game(s). In 1895, he performed in 106 games for Pittsburgh hitting .259 and then moved to Louisville (NL) for the 1896-99 seasons. While there, he played in 121, 113, 154 and 109 contests with averages of .234, .228, .257 and .262 and led all league third basemen in fielding % in 1897.

Clingman went to Chicago (NL) for 1900 performing in 47 games (.208), then to Washington in 1901 for 137 (.242) and he finished his big league career with Cleveland in 1903 where he batted .281 in 21 games.

In his 816 major league games, Billy hit .246 with a .323 OBP and .306 slugging %. His fielding average was .919 with 422 contest at third, 380 at short, 14 at second and some in the outfield. He also stole 98 bases during those years.

Bill played pro ball from 1890-1906 and managed minor league teams. He then started his own printing business - Clingman Engraving Company - in Louisville from which he retired in 1947. Clingman lived to age 88 before dying in Louisville on May 14, 1958. His burial came at the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.

Edward H. "Ed" Householder played for St. Paul in 1904. He had been with Brooklyn for 12 games in 1903 (.209) which was his only big league appearances. He had 43 at bats for a .244 OBP and .209 slugging. His fielding % was .967 with 12 games in the outfield.

Householder played pro from 1900-1911 and died at age 54 (July 3, 1924) at the General Hospital in Los Angeles of stomach cancer.

Frank Martin was with the Saints in 1904. He had played two games for Louisville (NL) in 1897 (.250), one game for Chicago (NL) in 1898 and ended with 17 for New York (NL) in 1899 (.259). His career totaled 20 games with 66 at bats for a .242 average, ,275 OBP and .273 slugging. Martin played 17 games at third and three at second where he compiled a .870 fielding %.

It is not known how many specific years he played as a pro. He died at age 45 on Sept. 30, 1924, in Chicago and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, IL.

Mike Kelley and owner Lennon came to an understanding, over the winter, that kept Kelley in St. Paul as manager and team president. The club cashed in on some of their '04 player's successes by selling Charlie Chech to Cincinnati and Jim Jackson to Cleveland.

Returning were Art Marcan (2b, .230), Ed Wheeler (3b, .311), Pete O'Brien (SS, .281), John Fournay (OF, .284), Jack Sullivan (back up C, .284), Phil Geier (OF, .332) was re-signed after a year in the majors and 1b/C Pete Noonan (.295) joined the team. The biggest signing was outfielder Charlie Hemphill (OF) who was in between major league appearances. Hemphill won the batting championship with a .364 mark and Fournay had the most team home runs with 7.

Position player reserves included back-up catchers Jack Zalusky (.229) and George Yeager (.111) and outfielder Pat Carney (.284).

Returning pitchers were Perry Sessions (14-1, 1.41 WHIP), Orv Kilroy (9-20, 1.31), Charlie Ferguson (9-12, 1.47 - his last year with the club) and Ted Corbett (4-4). Veteran pitcher Roy Evans (8-9) was signed and Pat Carney (3-5) appeared as a pitcher in 12 games.

Players like Jackson and Chech were very much missed and the team ended in fifth place, 26 games out. Ed Wheeler was the only other player to hit over .300 and pick up Roy Evans was not the pitching answer.

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Patrick Joseph "Pat" Carney was with the St. Paul team in 1905 as an outfielder/pitcher. Prior to that, he played for Boston (NL) from 1901-1904 in 13, 137, 110 and 78 games batting .291, .270, .240, and .204. He pitched in 2 games in 1902 (9.00, 0-1), 10 in 1903 (4.04, 4-5) and 4 in 1904 (5.81, 0-4).

His career major league average was .247 in 338 games and 1,248 at bats. He had an OBP of .304 and a slugging of .300. Carney made 16 appearances as a pitcher including 13 starts completing 109 innings giving up 139 hits and 46 walks while striking out 37. His life-time ERA was 4.69 with a 4-10 record and a .303 OBA.

His professional baseball years were from 1899-1905. In 1907, he became a doctor of medicine and practiced until his retirement in 1949. During those years, he also coached baseball at Holy Cross College for four years and was the house physician at the college and team physician for their sports teams. He died at 76 years of age, on Jan. 9, 1953, at his home in Worcester, MA, after a long illness and was buried in Worcester at St. John's Cemetery.

Peter John "Pete" Noonan caught for Saint Paul in 1905 and 1908. In 1904, he was in 39 games for Philadelphia (AL) batting .202 and in 1906, he appeared in 5 games for Chicago (NL) (.333) and 44 for St. Louis (NL) where he hit only .168. He finished his big league years with the Cardinals in 1907 appearing in 74 game with a .224 average.

Noonan played 162 MLB contests with 479 at bats. His average was .205 with a .238 OBP and .282 slugging%. Defensively, he caught in 115 games and played first in 27 more for a composite .955 fielding average.

His pro career lasted from 1904 through 1910. Noonan then became an attorney at law and had majority interest in a minor league baseball team until it went bankrupt during World War I. He then moved into the hotel business in New York City eventually becoming the assistant manager of the Roosevelt Hotel, a job from which he retired in 1954. Pete died at age 83 on Feb. 11, 1965, at the Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, MA. His burial came at St. Peter's Cemetery in Great Barrington.

Charles Judson "Charlie" Hemphill played for the Saints in 1905 [his career year], 1913 [suspended in August for not following club rules] and 1914 [a partial year]. His first taste of the majors was in 1899 when he was in 55 games for Cleveland (.277) and 11 (.243) for the Cardinals (he was with Cleveland with the best members of that team were relocated to St. Louis by owners who controlled both teams at the same time). Hemphill was with Boston (AL) in 1901 as a starting outfielder where he hit .261 and then went back to Cleveland for 25 games (.266) in 1902 and finished the season with St. Louis (AL) for 103 more (.317).

He stayed with the Browns in 1903-1904 for 105 and 114 games hitting .245 and .256 [he was generally out of shape those years and ended the 1903 season "under the care of a doctor" due to his alcoholism]. After his 1905 year with St. Paul, when he was still owned by the Browns, he returned to them for the 1906-1907 seasons with batting averages of .289 and .259 in 154 and 153 games.

Hemphill completed his big league years with New York (AL) in the 1907-1911 years appearing in 142, 73, 102 and 69 contests with .297, .243, .239 and .284. His 1909 season was spoiled when he was vaccinated twice for smallpox after a teammate had contracted the disease and he then left the team, after their first game, with a sore throat. Health remained an issue for sometime that year as newspaper reports had him suffering from everything from smallpox to TB. He also briefly managed the Yankees when Hal Chase was ill.

His MLB career lasted 1,242 games and he had 4,541 at bats with a .271 average, .337 OBP [his nick name was "Eagle Eye"] and a .341 slugging. He was an outfielder in 1,175 games and played second in three games with a composite .944 fielding average.

At his best, Charlie was strong-armed, fleet of foot, a solid hitter and had a good eye. At his worst, he was a poor fielder who could misjudge fly balls, not pay attention when on the bases and would spend too much time in saloons.

His pro years were from 1895-1915 [except 1897 when he was ill] and his brother, Frank, also was a major league outfielder for two years with the White Sockings and Senators. In 1912, Charlie was the playing manager at Atlanta but lost that job in July due to his drinking. After baseball, he moved to Detroit where he worked as an automobile iron master He died there on June 22, 1953, at age 77.

Charles Augustus "Charlie" Ferguson pitched for Saint Paul in 1902-1905. He was in only one major league game for Chicago (NL) on September 20, 1901. Ferguson completed two innings giving up one hit and two walks, but no runs.

His pro years lasted from 1901-1909. He died at age 56, on May 17, 1931, in Sault Ste Marie, MI.

Peter J. "Pete" O'Brien was an infielder with St. Paul from 1904-1905 and 1908-1909. In 1901, he appeared in 16 games for the Redlegs batting .204 and did not appear again in the majors until 1906 with the Cardinals. That year he had his career year as a starter in 151 games hitting .233.

His swan song game in 1907 with 43 games for Cleveland (.228) and 39 with Washington (.18. In his 249 MLB games and 857 at bats, he average was .223 with a .279 OBP and .271 slugging. He played 151 games at second, 58 at third and 36 at short compiling a .930 fielding %.

O'Brien played pro from 1901-1912 and died at only 39 years (Jan. 31, 1917) from lobar pneumonia at the St. Francis Hospital in Jersey City. He was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Portland, NY.

John Eugene "Jack" Sullivan caught for the Saints in 1903-1905. He played in 13 games for the Tigers in 1905 (.156) and was in one game for the Pirates in 1908 (0-for-1). Those 14 games were the extent of his big league experience as he hit .152 with a .243 OBP and had no extra base hits. He caught in 13 games with a .965 fielding mark.

Sullivan played pro baseball from 1903 into, at least, the early 'teens. He returned to the Twin Cities and was playing in an amateur baseball game on June 5, 1924, at St. Paul's Shaw Field where he had a heart attack and died.. His burial was in Minneapolis.

Roy Evans pitched for Saint Paul in 1905. He had appeared in 3 games for the Cardinals in 1897 (9.69) and also, that year, was in 9 games for Louisville (NL) with a 5-4 record and 4.10 ERA.

In 1898-1899, he pitched for Washington in seven games each year with ERAs of 3.38 and 5.67. During the 1902 season, he made 23 appearances (8-13, 3.17) for New York (NL) and 13 (5-6, 2.68) for Brooklyn. His final year in the bigs was 1903 when he appeared in 15 games for Brooklyn (3.27, 5-9) and 7 for the Browns (4.17, 0-4).

His big league career encompassed 84 games, including 68 starts, for 614 innings as he allowed 673 hits and 233 walks while striking out 211 for a 3.66 ERA and .281 OAV and .353 OOB. Evans' record was 29-43.

Roy pitched professionally from 1897-1910. Only five years later, on August 15, 1915, he died at age 39 in Galveston, TX.
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Early in the '05 post-season, George Lennon decided that he could do without Mike Kelley and sold him, along with other players including Charlie Hemphill, to the St. Louis Browns. It was announced that Kelley had already made a deal to buy the Minneapolis Millers for $25,000 (some of his own money, but mostly from prominent local citizens) and disputed to the National Association his sale. They disagreed with his position and were able to obtain a court order to keep Kelley out of any American Association dugout. He followed the order during the Millers' first game, but was on the bench for game two. Umpire Brick Owens, under orders from the league, forfeited the game to the Millers' opponent. Eventually, the National Association asked that the order be lifted and Kelley took over as manager of Minneapolis, however, Mike's "ownership" of the club was revealed not to be true.

The new Saints' manager was 36-year-old Dick Padden who had been an infielder in the majors from 1896 through 1905 for Pittsburgh, Washington and the two St. Louis clubs.

His only previous managerial experience was in 1895. He did bring his experience to second base (he hit .287), however, but only position players Phil Geier (OF/SS, .304), Ed Wheeler (3b, .263) and Art Marcan (SS/2b, .158) returned from '05 and back-up catcher Elmer Pierce (.311) was also onboard. Otherwise, the team consisted mostly of older veterans like Joe Sugden (1b, .268), John Frisk (OF, .320), Jesse Stovall (OF, .263) and Lew Drill (C, .273). Ike Van Zandt (OF, .285) was the other starter.

The season finish was a poor seventh place, but they were only three games out of fifth. Only Grier and Emil Frisk hit better then .300 and VanZandt and Frisk tied for the lead in team homers with six. Shortstop became a problem with Marcan only hitting .158 and he was released before the end of the year. Geier played the position for awhile and finally Ike Rockenfield was brought in from the Browns for 64 games and hit a decent .282, but his fielding suffered (.899). Lew Drill was the new catcher and did fine (.975 fielding). At first base, 36-year-old Sugden didn't show much power (.318 slugging, one home run). Other reserves were Bert Coy (OF, .269) and Ben Myers (OF, .288).

Walt Slagle (6-11, .154 WHIP) was the only pitcher to return. Former major leaguers Cy Morgan (22-12, 1.20) and Jim Buchanan (4-12, 1.41) were counted on for the pitching staff. Bert Coy (12-10) also pitched in 27 games. Roy Perkins (5-8), 1.47) and Tex Pruiett (11-8, 1.16) were the other hurlers.

Cy Morgan had an outstanding record for a seventh place team. Otherwise, Walt Slagle was a disappointment in his third Saints' year and Buchanan and Perkins' performances were less then satisfactory.

Lewis L. "Lew" Drill caught for the Saints in 1906. In 1902, he played 38 games for the Senators (.276), then went to Baltimore (AL) for two games and returned to Washington for 33 more (.245).

He stayed with the Senators in 1903 for 51 games (.253) and was with them for 46 in 1904 (.268) before moving on to the Tigers where he appeared in 51 games (.244) that season. Lew completed his MLB years with Detroit in 1905 with 72 games (.261). His major league totals, in 293 games and 896 at bats, was an average of .258 with an OBP of .353 and slugging of .333. He caught 250 games and played in the outfield for 22 and also performed at first, second and third with a composite fielding percentage of .953.

Drill played pro from 1902-1909. Following baseball, he became the athletic director at Hamline University in Saint Paul, then an attorney and U.S. District Court Judge. He lived to 92 years of age and died, on July 4, 1969, following a brief illness, in St. Paul. He was buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Minneapolis.

Edward W. "Ed" Wheeler was with the Saints from 1903-1906 and in 1908. He played 30 major league games in 1902 for Brooklyn batting .125 with a .152 OBP and .125 slugging. Ed was a third baseman in 11 games and also played second in 10 and 5 at short (.863 fielding %).

His pro playing years were from 1898-1915 including 1,953 minor league games as he compiled a .269 career average. Ed was in the A. A. over seven years and managed in the lower minors in 1907, 1910-13 and 1915. Wheeler lived in the Ft. Worth, TX, area for 27 years working as the area sales rep for Carey Salt Company of Hutchinson, KS from whom he retired in 1948. During his life, Ed was an avid hunter and fisherman. On August 15, 1960, he died in Ft. Worth at the age of 81 and was buried there at Greenwood Memorial Park.

Jesse Cramer Stovall played outfield for the 1906 St. Paul club. His major league appearances were as a pitcher in six games for Cleveland in 1903 (5-1, 2.05) and 22 games for Detroit in 1904 (2-13, 4.42). In his 28 big league games, including 23 starts, he had a record of 7-14 in 204 innings as he gave up 214 hits and 66 walks with 53 strikeouts. His career ERA was 3.76 with a .270 OBA and .341 OOB.

He was a pro from 1901-1912 and his brother, George, played from 1904-1915 for Cleveland, St. Louis (AL) and Kansas City of the Federal League. Jesse was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and died on July 12, 1955, at age 79 at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego following surgery for an intestinal obstruction. Stovall was buried in Long Beach, CA.

Charles Isaac "Ike" Van Zandt played for Saint Paul in 1906. He had been with New York (NL) for three games in 1901 (.167) and three for Chicago (NL) in 1904 (0-for-3). In 1905, he played 94 games for the Browns hitting .233. So, in 100 big league games, his average was .224 with a .242 OBP and .283 slugging. Van Zandt performed in the outfield for 79, at first for one game and had three games as a pitcher (19 inn., 4.66 ERA). .

His pro years were from 1901-1908. He died on September 14, 1908, at age 31, in Nashua, NH, from a self-inflicted gunshot to the heart. Ike was buried in New York.

Isaac Broc "Ike" Rockenfield played for the Saints in 1906 after being in big league games for the Browns in 1905 (95 g - .217) and 1906 (27 g - .236). His totals for 122 MLB games (411 at bats) were a .221 batting average, .328 OBP and .260 slugging. He made 121 appearances defensively - all at second base where his fielding average was .933.

Rockenfield's pro career lasted from 1901-1912. He died on Feb. 21, 1927, in San Diego at age 50 and was cremated.

Harry Richard "Cy" Morgan pitched for St. Paul in 1906. Before that season, he appeared in 2, 8 and 13 games for the Browns in 1903-1905 for 13, 51 and 77 innings with ERAs of 4.15, 3.71 and 3.61.

After his Saints' year, he returned to St. Louis for 10 games in 1907 (6.05) and also had 16 appearances that year for Boston (AL) (1.97). He stayed with the Americans in 1908 (30 g, 14-13, 2.46) and for 12 games in 1909 (2-6, 2.37) before finishing the year with Philadelphia (AL) (28 g, 1.65 ERA).

The spitballer returned to the A's for 1910-1912 and was in 36, 38 and 14 games (34, 30 and 14 starts) for 18-12, 15-7 and 3-8 records and 1.55, 2.70 and 3.75 ERAs. Even though the A's won pennants in 1910-11, Cy did not get into any World Series games because of the depth of the club's pitching. He ended his MLB career with one game in 1913 for the Reds.

Morgan's long big league career lasted 210 games (172 starts) as he finished 1,445 innings and gave up only 1,180 hits, but walked 578. He struck out 667 and had a 78-78 record and 2.51 ERA with a .229 OBA and .318 OOB.

Cy was a professional pitcher from 1903-1915 and then became a minor league umpire for 26 years. On June 28, 1962, he died at age 83, in Wheeling, WV, after cutting his throat with a razor. His burial was at the Riverview Cemetery in Martins Ferry, OH.

Walter Jennings "Walt" Slagle was a pitcher on the 1904-1906 Capital City clubs. On May 4, 1910, he pitched in his only major league game for the Reds. He relieved for one inning walking three, but allowed only one to score.

As a pro, he played from 1901-1917. Slagle became a 20-year oil field worker for Standard Oil and died on June 14, 1974, at age 95 at San Marino Manor in San Gabriel, CA. At the time of his death, it was reported that he was the oldest living former big league player. His burial came at the Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, CA.

James Forrest "Jim" Buchanan pitched for the 1906 Saints. His only major league season was in 1905 for the Browns where he was in 22 games (15 starts) for 141 innings allowing 149 hits and 27 walks while striking out 54. Jim's record was 5-9 with a 3.50 ERA, .272 OAV and .309 OOB. He led the league with two saves.

Buchanan played pro ball from 1902-1911. He became a farmer near Randolph, NE, and died at age 72, on June 15, 1949, at a hospital in Norfolk, NE, after becoming ill the night before. Burial was at the Randolph Cemetery.

Charles LeRoy "Tex" Pruiett pitched for the 1906 St. Paul team. He went on to appear in 35 games (17 starts) with Boston (AL) in 1907 for a 3-11 record and 3.11 ERA in 174 innings. Tex made 6 starts and 7 relief appearances with the same club in 1908 (1-7, 1.99).

His major league experience consisted of 48 games (23 starts) for 232 innings and he allowed 221 hits and 80 walks with 82 strike outs. Pruiett's career record was 4-18 with a 2.83 ERA, .259 OAV and .329 OOB.

He pitched professionally from 1905-1917 and later worked for the Tidewater Oil Company. Tex died at age 69, on Feb. 6, 1953, from heart disease at his home in Ojai, CA. He was cremated.

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Ed Ashenbach became the manager and Dick Padden stayed as an active infielder. Ashenbach had no major league experience and no minor league playing record can be found. He managed Hopewell (Virg.) in 1900 (3^rd: 29-29), a team which started play for 1901 in Newport News (Virg-NC) and moved to Charlotte in June (3^rd: 50-55). Ed managed Charlotte (North Carolina) to a pennant in 1902 (44-12) in '03 led Evansville (Central) for part of their season after leaving Nashua (New England). In 1904, he led Charleston (So. Atlantic) to a 3^rd place finish (59-50) and was at the helm of Scranton for part of '05. In 1906, he managed Scranton to the New York State League pennant (82-48) [A player on that team and the league batting champion was "Moonlight" Graham. ]

Ashenbach did not have much of a team and completed the last chapter of a Saints first-to-last nose dive which started in 1905. Returning players were: Joe Sugden (.260) who was the main catcher with new-comer Joe Laughlin (.246) backing up; Phil Geier (.287) played at short and in the outfield; Emil Frisk (OF, .285), who did not have as good of a year as '06, still played well after being with the Browns early in the season; Padden hit poorly (.223) and didn't play much.

New comers were: Lou Nordyke (.262) at first who was not a sensation; Tim Flood (.318) at second who came over from Toronto (Eastern) after he was sentenced to 15 days in jail for assaulting an umpire. Flood led the team in average in 70 games; Ed Tiemeyer (.262), who played for the Reds during the year, was a poor defensive third baseman, but had some power; Jack Dunleavy (.265) was an o.k. outfielder and Ben Koehler was an outfield starter even though he hit only .226; Roy Hartzell (.269) played for the Browns early and became the starter at short although he had a poor fielding average. Clyde ? Williams played some at second and third after coming from another A.A. team.

Five pitchers did all the work for the Saints with Chief LeRoy leading the way with a 14-22 record and 1.35 WHIP in 302 innings. Dode Criss (11-10, 1.26) and Frank Farris (13-18, 1.35) were the other work horses. Two pitchers who played for the Reds early in the year, Bill Essick (5-13) and Ed Minahan (5-9), made up the rest of the recorded pitching corp.

Winning only about 38% of their games and finishing 36 games out meant that things would change in 1908.

Louis Ellis "Lou" Nordyke played for the 1907 Saints. Prior to that season, he was with the St. Louis Browns for 25 games in 1906. He had 53 at bats for a .245 average, .365 OBP and .264 slugging percentage. Lou played first base for 12 games and had a .942 fielding average.

Nordyke was a pro from 1901-1914 and later in life became a security guard at a bank. He died from a heart attack on Sept. 27, 1945, at age 69, at the Methodist Hospital in Los Angeles. His remains were cremated.

John Emil Frisk was an outfielder for St. Paul in 1906 and 1907. He played for Cincinnati in 1899 for 9 games with a .280 average. His next MLB appearances were in 1901 when he was in 20 contests for Detroit (.313) and he had his career year in 1905 with the Browns for 124 games with a .261 average. His big league career closed out with five games for the Browns in 1907 (.250). He was the starting pitcher for 9 games in 1899 (3-6, 3.95) and was in 11, as a hurler, in 1901 (5-4, 4.34)

Always a decent hitter, his major league average was .267 with a .346 OBP and .344 slugging. However, in 117 outfield games his fielding % was .918. As a pitcher, he was called into 20 games (16 starts) completing 143 innings giving up 175 hits and 43 walks with 39 strikeouts. His record was 6-10 with a 4.15 ERA, .300 OAV and .356 OOB.

His pro years were from 1899-1915. Frisk died at age 47 on Jan. 27, 1922, at City Hospital in Seattle. He had a "serious" illness which required surgery, but did not survive it. His burial came at the Lake View Cemetery in Seattle.

Benard James "Ben" Koehler performed for the Saints in 1907 after he was in 142 games for the Browns in 1905 (.237) and 66 more in 1906 (.220). His MLB totals in 208 games and 722 at bats was an average of .233, .295 OBP and .261 slugging. He was an outfielder in 176 contests, a second baseman in 13, at first in 12 and also played at third and short for a composite .966 fielding mark.

Koehler played pro baseball from 1902-1914. He worked for School City many years as a groundskeeper and caretaker at School Field. His death came at age 72 (May 21, 1961) at the Good Samaritan Hospital in South Bend, IN. He had been ill for five months and was buried at the Highland Cemetery in South Bend.

Roy Allen Hartzell was an infielder for the 1907 Saint Paul club. He had a long big league career consisting of 11 years. It started in 1906 with 113 games for the Browns (.213) and mainly a third baseman and continued in 1907 when he split the year between the Saints and St. Louis (60 games, .236).

After his stint in the American Association, he was a starter for the Browns in the outfield and infield from 1908-1910 where he was in 115, 152 and 151 games batting .265, .271 and .218. Roy led the league in at bats in 1909 (595). He was then with New York (AL) the rest of his big league years of 1911-1916. During those years, Hartzell played in 144, 125, 141, 137, 119 and 33 games for averages of .296, .272, .259, .233, .251 and .188.

He had 1,290 MLB games with 4,548 at bats for a .252 batting average, .327 OBP and .309 slugging. Defensively, he was an outfielder in 550 contests, at third for 440 and also played at short and second. His combined fielding average was .959.

Hartzell was a pro player from 1902-1917 and became a safety officer for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana in Denver, Casper, WY, and in Chicago before retiring in 1946. His death came on Nov. 6, 1961, at age 80, at his home in Golden, CO. following a heart attack. He was buried at the Golden Cemetery.

Dode Criss pitched for St. Paul in 1907. He went on to pitch for the St. Louis Browns from 1908-1911 for 9, 11, 6 and 4 games and 18, 55, 19 and 18 innings for ERAs of 6.50, 3.42, 1.40 and 8.35.

He appeared in 30 MLB games, including 9 starts, finishing 111 innings allowing 104 hits and 64 walks with 70 strike outs. His record was 3-9, he had a 4.38 ERA, .259 OAV and .375 OOB.

Criss was a professional pitcher from 1906-1917. He became a standard tower builder and died after a year-long illness on Sept. 7, 1955, at age 70, in Sanatorium, MS. Dode was laid to rest at the Sherman Cemetery in Sherman, MS.

Edmund Joseph "Cotton" Minahan was a pitcher for St. Paul in 1907. That same season, he had his only appearances in the big leagues. In two starts and 14 innings, he gave up 12 hits and 13 walks while striking out four. His ERA was 1.29 with a .281 OAV and .433 OOB. Minahan's record was 0-2.

Cotton only played pro ball from 1905-1908. He was a general building contractor in Orange, NJ, until his retirement in 1933. He died on May 20, 1958, at age 75, after a long illness at his home in East Orange. His burial was at the St. John's Cemetery in Orange.

Richard Joseph "Dick" Padden played in the infield 1906-1907 and managed the club in 1906. He had played for Pittsburgh in 1896-1898 for 61, 134 and 128 games hitting .242, .282 and .257. Dick was with Washington in 1899 for 134 games batting .277.

In 1901, he was with the Cardinals for 123 games for a .256 average. He finished his big league career with the Browns from 1902-1905 in 117, 29, 132 and 16 contests with averages of .264, .202, .238 and .172. Flood competed in 874 MLB games with 3,157 at bats for a combined .258 batting average, .326 OBP and .333 slugging. He was a second baseman in 780 games and played at short for 93 more for a .950 composite fielding %.

He was a pro player from 1896-1907 and managed in 1895 and 1906. Padden died at age 52, on Oct. 31, 1922, of diabetes mellitus at his home in Martins Ferry, OH. His burial was at the St. Mary's Cemetery there.

The Saints became the third American Association team to lose over 100 games starting the season under new fiery manager Tim Flood. He had played with the Browns in 1899 and Brooklyn in 1902-1903 for a total of 231 games. Owner Lennon supplied him with a poor team mostly made up of old faces to fans in Saint Paul - Ed Wheeler (1b, .281), Pete O'Brien (2b, .231), Ed Tiemeyer (3b, .279), Phil Geier (OF, .266), Pete Nonan (1b back up, .287), Jack Dunleavy (OF back up, .214), Joe Laughlin (catcher back up, .253) and pitchers Chief LeRoy and Frank Farris.

No one hit higher then .292 (newcomer catcher John "Chief" Meyers). Flood led the team with 5 homers and the defense suffered with John Nee (.271) at shortstop (.850 fielding %) and Tiemeyer at third (.899). The other team newbies were outfielders Lefty Davis (.287) and Ben Meyers (.304). Reserves included Flood (.2b,259), Bill McKune (SS, .238) and Dave Rowan (1b, .234).

The pitching staff was carried by LeRoy and Bill Essick who had WHIPs of 1.17 and 1.19 with 16-21 and 13-16 records. St. Paul native Henry Gehring also was decent with a 1.27 WHIP and 12-14 mark. In his first year with the team, Charley "Sea Lion" Hall pitched poorly (1.51, 8-21), but did eat up 243 innings. Harv Teal (1.46, 6-12) and Frank Farris (1-8) also underperformed.

Flood did not last the season as, on August 9, team owner George Lennon brought back Mike Kelley as manager. He left Toronto of the Eastern League to take the helm of one of the worse Saints' teams ever. At one point, [as a story goes] Kelley got so fed up with the club and the downtown bandbox ballpark that he told the team that he would pay $50 to anyone who could torch the place. Anybody who knew Mike well would have come to the conclusion that the offer was not to be taken seriously. But one player, who had spent the evening in a tavern, called Kelley about 10:00 that night to tell him that because he liked him he was willing to do the job for $20. Mike attempted to explain that he was only kidding, but felt his explanation was so unconvincing that he left his bed and stood guard outside the park all night.

Coincidently, the club's Sunday park - Lexington - did, in fact, suffer fire damage during the year which destroyed a majority of the structure. In addition, George Lennon had a financial (and insurable) interest in the Market Hall Building in St. Paul which was also destroyed in 1908. He and John Norton, who was later to acquire more shares of the Saints, shared a $100,000 insurance settlement with another local financier.

Timothy A. "Tim" Flood was an infielder and manager of St. Paul during the 1907 and 1908 seasons. He had played in 10 games in 1899 for the St. Louis Cardinals (.290) and 132 and 89 games for Brooklyn in 1902-1903 where he hit .218 and .249.

Flood played a total of 231 big league games and had 816 at bats for a .233 average, .280 OBP and .290 slugging. He was a second baseman in 226 contests and at short and in the outfield for two more each. His fielding percentage was .933

Tim played pro from 1899-1911 and managed in the minors in 1907-1909 and 1912-1913. He died at age 52, on June 15, 1929, when he had a heart attack as he drove his car into a curb in downtown St. Louis. Burial was at the Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.

John Tortes "Chief" Meyers caught for the 1908 St. Paul club. He then played nine consecutive major league seasons.

Beginning with the Giants, with whom he played from 1909 through 1915 (he traveled with the Giants in late 1908 after they had purchased him from the Saints, but he did not appear in a game), Meyers was their first line receiver for 90, 127, 133, 126, 120, 134 and 110 games with averages of .277, .285, .332 (3^rd in league), .358 (2^nd in league), .312, .286 and .232. In the 1912 World Series he hit .357 and played in all eight games.

He completed his big league years with 80 and 47 games for Brooklyn in 1916-1917 batting .247 and .212. Chief also appeared in 25 games for Boston (NL) in '17 with an average of .250. His MLB career was 992 games with 2,834 at bats for a good .291 average, .367 OBP and .378 slugging. He caught 911 games with a .974 fielding average and led the league, in that department, in 1915.

"A Cahuilla Indian from California, Meyers was the New York Giants' star catcher when they won three straight pennants from 1911 to 1913....Slowed by catching more then 100 games in six straight seasons..., he retired at age 37 in 1917. He was booed while managing a semi-pro game in 1920 and, disgusted, quit baseball. Educated at Dartmouth, he was employed by the Department of the Interior as an Indian supervisor. He scoffed at his nickname, Chief, bestowed on virtually every athlete of Indian ancestry." - Jack Kavanagh

He was a pro player from 1906-1919 and managed in 1919. Meyers joined the Marine Corp during WWI. He also served for 25 years as the Chief of Police for the Mission Indian Agency in Southern Calf. He died at age 90 (July 25, 1971 - four days shy of his 91^st birthday) at the Community Hospital in San Bernardino, CA, of chronic brain syndrome and generalized arteriosclerosis. He was buried at the Green Acres Memorial Park in Bloomington, CA.

Edward Carl "Eddie" Tiemeyer was an infielder for the Saints in 1907-1908. He had limited big league experience as in 1906-1907, he was in five and one game(s) for Reds and played in three for New York (AL) in 1909.

Tiemeyer played in a total of nine MLB games with 19 at bats and a .263 average, .364 OBP and .316 slugging. He played in the field at first and third for three games each and also pitched in one game [one inning in 1906 when he allowed one hit, one walk and no runs].

Ed only played pro ball from 1906-1910. After those baseball years, he became a pipe cutter for Mutual Manufacturing and Supply Company in Cincinnati. He lived to age 60 when he died, on September 27, 1946, at General Hospital there after an eight-month illness. Burial came at the Vine Street Hill Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Philip Lewis "Phil" Geier was an excellent Saints player in 1903 and 1905-1906. He played for Philadelphia (NL) in 1896 and 1897 for 17 and 92 games hitting .232 and .278. In 1900, he performed in 30 games for the Reds (.257) and went to the A's in 1901 (50 g, .232) and Milwaukee (AL) for 11 more (.179).

The 5'7" Geier ended his big league games with 149 contests for Boston (NL) in 1904 where he hit .243. His major league career was 349 games and 1,315 at bats as he batted .249 with a .332 OBP and .294 slugging. He was an outfielder in 279 games, a second baseman in 45, at third in 15 and also played at short and catcher. His combined fielding mark was .932.

Phil's pro baseball years were from 1896-1911. He lived to age 91 years succumbing on Sept. 25, 1967, at a hospital in Spokane. His burial was at St. Joseph Cemetery in Trentwood, WA.

John Francis "Jack" Dunleavy played for Saint Paul in 1907-1908 after he had played three years in the bigs. For the St. Louis Cardinals in 1903-1905, he performed in 61, 51 and 119 games batting .249, .233 and .241.

He had played in 231 major league games with 800 at bats for a .241 batting average, a .318 OBP and .306 slugging percentage. Dunleavy was an outfielder for 200 games, a second baseman in one and pitched 21 times. As a hurler in 1903, he was in 14 games (13 starts) with a 6-8 record and 4.06 ERA. The lefty also towed the rubber in 7 games during the 1904 year (1-4, 4.42). In total, he finished 157 innings allowing 164 hits and 80 walks while striking out 79. His career ERA was 4.18 with a .268 OBP and .361 OOB.

Jack was a professional from 1899-1910. He was 65 years old when he had a heart attack while waiting for a train in Danbury, CT, on Apr. 11, 1944. He was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Norwalk, CT.

David "Dave" Rowan [born David Drohan] was with the St. Paul club in 1908. Later he played in 18 games for the Browns in 1911 as a first baseman batting .385 with a .420 OBP and .431 slugging. For whatever reason, he never played in the majors again.

Rowan played pro from 1905-1912 and died at age 72, on July 30, 1955, in Toronto, Canada.

William Earl "Bill" Essick pitched in 1907-08 for the Saints. He had previously pitched in 6 and 3 games for the Reds in 1906-1907. His big league career was 9 games, including 6 starts, for 61 innings as he gave up 62 hits and 24 walks with 23 strikeouts. Essick's record was 2-4 with an 2.95 ERA, .273 OAV and .350 OOB.

He was a professional pitcher from 1904 through 1913 and then became a 25-year scout for the Yankees retiring in 1950. Essick has been credited as one of the architects of the Yankees dynasty of 1930s through the 1950s. His death came at age 70, on Oct. 12, 1951, at the Fairview Sanitarium in Los Angeles when he died in his sleep from a heart condition. Bill was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, CA.

The Mike Kelley-led Saints became respectable in 1909 moving up to fifth place, winning 23 more games (finished only three games under .500, but did play 11 more games) and drew 56,200 more fans then in '08. It was mainly the pitching of Chief LeRoy (20-17, 0.98 WHIP) and the return of Charley Chech (0.99) which made it happen. Charley Hall (1.22, 4-13) and Henry Gehring (1.25, 14-17) also helped greatly and Ed Karger, who had played 21 games for the Reds and Red Sox, came late but helped with a 7-3 record. Young 23-year-old Red Nelson pitched 153 innings, but had a rather poor 1.40 WHIP and 5-12 record and Ollie Kilroy had a terrible year with a 2.29 WHIP, but somehow finished at 14-10. About halfway through the season, Hall (whose real name was Carlos Clolo) was sold to the Boston Red Sox.

Only Lefty Davis (.OF, 228) and Pete O'Brien (SS, .212) returned from 1908 and were regulars George Yaeger (C, .233)and John Nee (2b, .158) played a few games, but it was the additions of catcher Fred Carisch (.257), John Flynn (1b - .265), Zeke Wrigley (2b - .213), Jim Cockman (3b -.205), Harry Armbruster (OF - .283) and Fred Liese (OF - .254) which kept the offense afloat. However, after reviewing those regular's averages it's hard to understand how they won as many as they did. Only Armbruster hit better then .257.

The club's "spare parts" had to have helped in the clutch. Outfielder Jim Murray hit .295 and led the team with 5 home runs and John Hoey (OF) also hit well at .292. The addition of catcher Tubby Spencer after his 29 games for the Red Sox helped greatly as he hit .330 in 112 at bats. Reserve shortstops were Al Boucher (.238) and Nig Perrine (.138).

During a regular season game, Sea Lion Hall pitched a no-hitter during the first nine innings of a game v. Louisville. However, the Colonels got a hit in extra innings and the game ended after 12 frames.

In April, the Minnesota legislature finally passed a law which legally allowed Sunday games although the old statute had been ignored by law enforcement for years. On June 8, owner Lennon signed a ten-year lease for the use of Lexington Park which was having new stands constructed. According to American Association historian, Rex Hamann, the new stands were based on plans used for Columbus' Neil Park in 1905. The Saints returned to play baseball full time at Lex even as construction was ongoing. No palace, by today's standards, it appeared to have had wire netting enclosing the grandstand and dugouts which were no more then benches with roofs. The important thing was that Saints' baseball in the despised Downtown Park had finally ended.

At some point during the summer of 1908, the last baseball game was played at the Saints' Downtown Park. According to architectural historian Larry Millett, a fire destroyed the grandstand in October 1908 and the park was torn down. On the site, a large bakery was built which remained in operation until 1991. Immediately below is a picture of the area during construction of the interstate "94" freeway in the mid-1960s:

[The block that was the site of the former Downtown Park is indicated with an arrow]

The bakery building which occupied the block for about 90 years was torn down and replaced, in 2005, by new laboratory buildings for the Minnesota State Department of Agriculture and Minnesota Department of Health.

Frederick Behlmer "Fred" Carisch was a catcher for the 1909 Saint Paul team. From 1903-1906, Carisch made appearances in the major leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a catcher. He played in 5, 37, 32, and 4 games during those years with 18, 125, 107 and 12 at bats. His batting averages were .333, .248, .206 and .083.

He did not return to the majors until 1912-1914 when he was a back-up catcher for the Cleveland Indians playing in 24, 82 and 40 games with .275, .216 and .216 averages with .286, .287 and .298 OAVs. His last appearances as a major leaguer came in 1923 for the Detroit Tigers when he appeared in 2 games without an at bat.

In his 8 partial major league seasons, Carisch hit .227 in 226 games with 655 at bats. The right handed batter hit one home run, had a .280 career OAV and slugging % of ..285. He caught in 202 games and played first base in 14 more compiling a fielding % (including both positions) of .968.

He played pro from 1901-1915 and managed in the Dakota League in 1920-22. Carisch was a major league coach with the Tigers in 1923-1924. For 20 years, after baseball, he sold large trucks for the White Truck Company. He died from heart disease on April 19, 1977, at the Alderwood Manor Covenant Hospital in San Gabriel, CA and was cremated.

John Anthony Flynn played for St. Paul in 1909 and 1913. From 1910-1912 he was with Pittsburgh ('10: 96 g, .274 and '11: 33 g, .203) and Washington ('12: 20 g, .169). He played 149 big league games and had 462 at bats for a .249 average, .320 OBP and .335 slugging %. He played 126 games at first with a .978 fielding percentage.

His pro years came from 1906-1921 and he was a minor league manager in 1917-1919, 1922 and 1928. Flynn also coached baseball at Providence College for ten years and worked in his brother's law practices. On March 23, 1935, at the age of 51, he died in Providence, RI, after a year-long illness. He was buried at St. Francis Cemetery in Pawtucket, RI.

James "Jim" Cockman played third for the 1909 Saints. He had played for New York (AL) in 1905 for 13 games and 38 at bats hitting .105 with a .180 OBP and .105 slugging. Jim appeared at third base for 13 games with a .875 fielding mark.

The 5'6" Cockman played pro ball from 1899-1912 and managed in 1912. He was 74 years old when he died on Sept. 28, 1947, in Guelph, Ontario.

Henry "Harry" Armbruster was with the Saint Paul club of 1909. He was in 91 games with 265 at bats for the 1906 A's for a .238 average, .353 OBP and .306 slugging. Those were his only major league appearances. Harry was an outfielder in 74 contests with a .971 fielding %.

Armbruster played professionally from 1902-1911. He died on Dec. 11, 1953, at the age of 71 in his home town of Cincinnati.

Alphonzo DeFord "Lefty" Davis played with the Saints in 1908-1909. In 1901, he was in 35 games for Brooklyn (.209) and 87 for Pittsburgh (.313). He stayed with the Pirates in 1902 for 59 games batting .280.

His 1903 season was with New York (AL) as in 104 games he hit .237. Lefty's last major league games were in 1907 for the Reds - 73 contests with a .229 average. He had played in 348 big league games with 1,296 at bats for a .261 batting average, .348 OBP and .322 slugging. As an outfielder in 341 games and a second baseman and shortstop in one each, he fielded .939.

Davis' pro career lasted from 1899-1914 and was a minor league manager in 1912-1914 and 1916. He died on his 44^th birthday (Feb. 4, 1919) in Collins, NY.

John Bernard "Jack" Hoey played 25 games for the Saints in 1909. In the previous three years of 1906-1908, he was with Boston (AL) for 94, 39 and 13 games with averages of .244, .219 and .163. His career totals in 146 games and 500 at bats were an average of .232, OBP of .256 and OOB of .272. Defensively, he fielded .913 in 126 games as an outfielder.

He was a professional ball player from 1906-1915 and managed in 1912. He lived to age 66 when he died on Nov. 11, 1947, in Naugatuk, CT.

John Grover "Nig" Perrine was a reserve infielder in 1909. His only big league appearances were in 1907 for Washington as he was in 44 games with 146 at bats for a .171 average, .253 OBP and .212 slugging. He played at second in 24 games, at short for 18 and at third for two. His fielding average was .946.

His pro years were from 1902-1910 and he managed in 1913. He was 63 when he died on Aug. 13, 1948, at his home in Kansas City, MO. His burial was at Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City.

George J. "Doc" Yeager caught for the 1905 and 1909. He was with Boston (NL) from 1896-1899 for 2, 30, 68 and 3 games with .200, .242, .267 and .125 averages.

In 1901, he was with Cleveland for 39 games (.223) and Pittsburgh for 26 (.264). His last big league year was 1902 when he played in 38 games for the Giants (.204) and 11 for Baltimore (AL). His MLB games total was 217 with 705 at bats and he hit .238 with a .290 OBP and .312 slugging average. He was a catcher in 134 games, at first for 28 and played at all the other infield positions and in the outfield with a fielding mark of .953.

Yeager was a pro baseball player from 1894-1909 and managed in 1903. Later he became a switch tender for the Southern Railroad Company. At age 66, on July 5, 1940, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Cincinnati. Burial was there at the Spring Grove Cemetery.

Albert Francis "Red" Nelson (born Albert W. Horazdovsky) pitched for the 1909 St. Paul team. He was in the majors the next four years. In 1910-1911, he pitched in 7 and 16 games for the Browns with 5-1 and 3-9 records and 2.55 and 5.22 ERAs. In 1912, he was with St. Louis for 8 games (0-2, 7.00) and the Phillies for 4 (2-0, 3.72).

His big league stay ended in 1913 with two games each for the Phils (2.16) and the Reds (37.80). Red had pitched in 39 big league games, including 24 starts, for 188 innings as he allowed 221 hits and 85 walks while striking out 68. His ERA was 4.54 with a 10-12 record, a .305 OAV and .389 OOB.

Joseph William "Joe" Bean played on the 1910 St. Paul club. His major league experience was on 48 games in 1902 for the New York Giants when he played shortstop for them hitting .222 in 176 at bats. His OBP was .247 and he had a .244 slugging ave. In the field, his .889 fielding percentage was not sterling.

Bean was a minor leaguer from 1895 through 1909 with 12 years spent in the Eastern League. He hit .267 in 1,485 games and managed in Jersey City in 1907-08.

He coached baseball from 1914-17 at the U. of Georgia and 1917-22 at Georgia Tech. He then was a coach of baseball, football, basketball and track from 1922-1950 at Marist College. In addition, he was an sports instructor at eh Atlanta Athletic Club. Joe died in his sleep at age 86 on Feb. 15, 1961, at his home in Atlanta. Burial was in the Westview Cemetery in Atlanta.

More progress was made by Mike Kelly's charges in 1910 as they won eight more games (5 more games played), moved up to fourth place and drew 19,000 additional fans which moved the club from last to fifth in league attendance.

Frank Liese (.290, OF back up), Tubby Spencer (.248, C), Zeke Wrigley (.226, 2b back up), Jim Murray (.258, OF) - who was the first Saint to hit over 10 homers since Jim Jackson in 1904 - and Al Boucher (.222, 3b) were the only position players brought back. Elmer Pierce (.174) made his first appearances since 1906 as a reserve catcher. Again, averages of the regulars were not high as only outfielder Josh Clarke hit well (.293). Otherwise, veterans Sam Woodruff (2b - .236) - who played in 21 games for the Reds during the year - and Charlie Jones (OF - .246) - who returned for the first time since 1904 and set a team record with 641 at bats - were also starters.

Youngsters Mike McCormick (5'3" shortstop, .262) and first baseman Chick Autry (.256) completed the starting eight. Other players included catcher Bill Kelly (.265) - who was in two games for the Browns in '10 - , Dave Brain (.206, 2b) and Howard Baker (.198, 2b). Bill Kelly (.265) was the other back up catcher. The year's roster included two British Commonwealth subjects in McCormick from Scotland and Brain from Great Britain.

Pitching was again the reason for the team's improvement. Chief LeRoy [he pitched the franchise's second no-hitter on July 27 in a 4-2 victory over Indianapolis], Henry Gehring and Charlie Check returned with good WHIPs (1.02, 1.15, 1.24) and won 51 games between them. Newcomers Jackson Ryan set a team record with a 0.94 WHIP with a 17-7 record and Elmer Rieger had an excellent 1.04 in 117 innings. Orv Kilroy also returned for a fair year (1.44 WHIP, 5-8).

During the season, Edward Smith sold Lexington Park to George Lennon which, as it later turned out, strapped Lennon financially.

Orville Francis "Sam" Woodruff was with the Saint Paul club in 1910. His first big league games were in 1904 for the Reds when he was in 87 games for a .190 average as a utility player. In 1910 he also played for the Reds in 21 games hitting .148.

In 108 MLB games with 367 at bats, he batted .183 with a .242 OBP and .240 slugging. He played at third in 78 contests, at second for 21, had 8 at short and was in the outfield for one compiling a .932 fielding average.

Woodruff was a pro from 1901-1911 and later became a real estate broker. At age 60 (July 22, 1937) he died of rectal cancer in Cincinnati. He was buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery there.

Alexander Francis "Al" Boucher played for the Saints in 1909 and 1910. His only big league experience was in the Federal League for St. Louis when he played in 147 games batting .231. He had 516 at bats with a .304 OBP and .308 OOB. His fielding average as a third baseman was .916.

Boucher played pro baseball from 1906-1916. He became the recreational supervisor for Northrup Aircraft Company and lived in Gardena, CA, for 35 years. Al died on June 23, 1974, at age 92 at the Bay Crest Convalescent Hospital in Torrance, CA, due to a heart attack. Burial was at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA.

James Oscar "Jim" Murray was with the 1909-1910 and 1914 Saint Paul teams. He had major league experiences in 1904 for the Cubs as he appeared in 12 games batting .710. He then was in 31 games for the Browns in 1911 with a .186 average and finished his big league years in 1914 with 39 appearances for Boston (NL) (.232).

He was in 82 MLB games with 261 at bats for a .203 batting average, a .244 OBP and .287 slugging. As an outfielder in 69 contests, his fielding % was .949.

Murray had a long pro career lasting from 1897-1920 [he did not play in 1918-19] as in 2,107 minor league games he hit .278. He led leagues in triples in 1900, 1901 and 1912 and played seven years in the Eastern League and two in the International. He managed in 1917, was a World War I veteran and, eventually, became a night clerk at a funeral home. Jim died at age 67 on April 25, 1945, in Galveston, TX, and was buried there at the Episcopal Cemetery.

George Watson "Zeke" Wrigley played for the 1909-1910 Saints. From 1896-1898, he was with Washington (NL) for 5, 104 and 111 games with averages of .111, .284 and .245. His big league career came to an end in 1899 when he played four games for the Giants (.200) and 15 for Brooklyn (.204).

Wrigley's major league career lasted 239 games and 861 at bats for a .258 average, .296 OBP and .351 slugging %. He played short for 145 games, outfield in 39, third in 37 and also performed at second. His combined fielding average was .892.

Zeke played pro from 1896-1914 and was a manager in 1903 and 1911-1914. He died on September 28, 1952, at 78 years-of-age in his home town of Philadelphia and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, PA.

Frederick Richard "Fred" Liese performed for Saint Paul in 1909 and 1910. He had five games in the big leagues in 1910, as a pinch hitter, for Boston (NL). He batted 4 times with no hits and walked once.

Liese played pro from 1907-1910. He died at age 81, on June 30, 1967, at the Gramercy Drive Rest Home in Los Angeles of medullary failure and thrombotic encephalomalacia (softening of the brain). His body was cremated.

David Leonard "Dave" Brain was with the 1910 Saints. He had a decent seven-year big league career which began in 1901 when he played 5 games for Chicago (AL) and then continued with the Cardinals from 1903-1905. During his White Socking years, he was in 119, 127 and 44 games with .231, .266 and .228 averages. Dave completed the 1905 season with Pittsburgh (85 g, .257).

In 1906-1907, he was the starting third baseman for Boston (NL) in 139 and 133 games hitting .250 and .279. He led the NL in home runs in 1907 with 10. His big league career came to a close in 1908 with 16 games for the Reds (.109) and 11 for the Giants (.125).

Brain had played 679 MLB games and had 2,543 at bats for a .252 batting %, .292 OBP and .363 slugging. He played 431 games at third, 165 at short and also appeared in the field at second, first and in the outfield compiling a .913 fielding %. Because of that, he was known as rather unreliable in the field but had good speed on the base paths.

Dave played pro from 1900 through 1910. He was credit manager for Standard Oil for 20 years and lived to age 80 dying on May 23, 1959, from congestive heart failure at his home in Los Angeles. His remains were cremated and interred at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Whittier, CA.

The Saints finished in fourth again, but only by a whisker, as the middle teams (fourth through seventh) in American Association standings ended the season within two games of one another. The Capital City club lost 9 more games (4 less games played) and drew 12,400 fewer spectators compared to '10. Batting averages were generally higher for the regulars, but for the fourth straight year, no one hit .300 or over. The pitching staff's performance was worse then in 1910.

Bill Kelly (C-.286) and Chick Autry (1b-.294) led the team in average and no regular hit under .259. Harry Howell (.260), Barry McCormick (who also played for Minneapolis), and Paul Howard all competed for second base with Howell seeing most of the action. McCormick also played short as did Mike McCormick (.275) and Art Butler (.259). Mike started more at third then Butler and Ed Kohl hit well with a .275 mark.

Two outfield positions were handled by returning players: Charlie Jones (.262) - who led the team in homers - and Josh Clarke (.260). Frank Dulahanty (.276) was also a regular. Ginger Beaumont (.249) - who was with the Cubs for 76 games during the year - and Doc Ralston (.208) - with Washington for 21 games - helped the team after being cut from the majors. Tubby Spencer (.307) and Land (.246) spelled Kelly at catcher.

Newcomer starter Marty O'Toole led the league in strikeouts with 199. The 23-year-old had the best WHIP on the team at 1.21 in 204 innings. The rest of the regular staff (Chief LeRoy, Charlie Chech, Henry Gehring, Frank Decanniere and Elmer Rieger) all had remarkably similar WHIPs of between 1.31 and 1.38. After falling off to 268 innings and 14 victories in 1910, LeRoy rebounded to lead the team with 300 innings and 18 wins. O'Toole had 15, Decanniere added 13 and veterans Chech and Gehring were in double figures with 11 and 10. Future major league starter, Hooks Dauss made three appearances.

He had ten or more strikeouts in ten games, twice had single game totals of 13 and once each struck out 14, 15 and 17. In six consecutive complete games from July 6 through July 30, he had K's totaling 10, 17, 11, 10, 14 and 15. Needless to say, many major league scouts were following him by July and the Giants offered $15,000 for him. Other bids of $15,000 (White Sox), $16,500 (Cardinals) and $20,000 (Cubs) were made. The highest bidder was the Pirates at $22,500 who also reportedly gave the Saints $2,500 in equipment, outfielder Ralph Capron and they purchased Marty's battery mate, Bill Kelly, for at least another $6,500.

William Joseph "Billy" Kelly caught for the Saints in 1910-1911. He also played in 2 games for the Browns in '10 and had 6 for the Pirates in '11. In 1912 and 1913, he was a backup catcher for Pittsburgh with 48 games each season with .318 and .268 batting averages.

His big league career lasted 104 games and 224 at bats as he compiled a .290 average with a .312 OBP and .362 OOB. He caught in 81 games with a .977 fielding mark.

Kelly played pro baseball from 1904-1917 and was a manager in 1921. Later he worked for Detroit Edison and died at age 54 on June 3, 1940, at Harper Hospital in Detroit. He was buried at the Lakeside Cemetery in Port Huron, MI.

Henry Harry Howell was an infielder for the 1911 St. Paul club after his pitching career had ended. He had a 13-year big league career as a pitcher and sometime position player. It began for Brooklyn in 1898 (2 inn, 5.00 ERA) and he had 28 games for Baltimore (NL) in 1899 (3.91 ERA in 28 innings). For Brooklyn in 1900 he played 22 games (6-5, 3.75 ERA) and it was back to Baltimore in 1901-1902 when he was 14-21 and 9-15 in 295 and 199 innings with 3.67 and 4.12 ERAs. in 53 and 96 contests. He also had his first appearances as a non-pitcher.

In 1903, he was with New York (AL) for 40 games (.217) which included 25 as a pitcher (9-6, 3.53 in 156 inn.). His big league career ended with the 1904-1910 seasons for the Browns with records of 13-21, 15-22, 15-14, 16-15, 18-18, 1-1 and 0-0 in 300, 323, 277, 316, 324, 37 and 3 innings with ERAs of 2.19, 1.98, 2.11, 1.93, 1.89, 3.13 and 10.80 in 36, 42, 35, 44, 41,18 and 1 game(s). He did not play most of the 1909 season because of shoulder problems and had surgery in March 1910. It was unsuccessful which ended his career as a pitcher. Howell made non-pitching appearances in 1905, 1907 and 1909.

Howell was known to throw one of the "wettest" spitballs in history as he used so much slippery elm that it appeared that he was foaming at the mouth, but he was also the best pitcher the Browns had during the deadball era as he still holds the Browns' best career team ERA record of 2.06. He was also a tough salary negotiator and "ladies man". Any association with major league baseball ended in the fall of 1910 when he was accused of attempting to bribe an official scorer.

His career big league pitching record was 131-146 in 340 appearances on the mound as he completed 2,567 innings allowing 2,435 hits and 677 walks while striking out 986. His ERA was 2.74 with a .252 OAV and .307 OOB. As a batter, he hit .217 with 1,394 at bats with a .257 OBP and .319 OOB. He was an outfielder in 33 games and also made appearances at third, second, short and first for a combined .958 fielding %.

"An early spitballer, Howell was the workhorse of the 1904-08 Browns staff, averaging 308 innings and 15 wins a season. In three of those years, his ERA was 1.98 or less. He lost his job as a Browns scout when he tried to pressure the St. Louis official scorer to give an extra hit to Cleveland's Nap Lajoie on the last day of the 1910 season [the scorer had given a sacrifice to Lajoie instead of a bunt hit]. Lajoie and Ty Cobb were in a tight race for the batting title; Lajoie had eight hits against the Browns that day, but Cobb took the title by a point... umpire." - Norman Macht

Howell played pro ball from 1898-1911 and umpired from 1912-1915 [1915 was in the Federal League - a job from which he was fired in July after an on-field fight with a manager]. By 1920, he lived in downtown Seattle and worked as a steam fitter in the shipyards. Then he became a mining engineer in Spokane [lived there from 1927 until his death] and went on to careers in bowling alley management, hotel management, plumping, driving truck and club advisor to the owner of the Spokane baseball team. He was also the co-creator of the Star Baseball Game and wrote a book: "Ulrich's Baseball Manual". After a number of years in financial distress, in May 1956, he developed gangrene in his left foot and following an operation at St. Luke's Hospital, he died at age 79, on May 22, 1956, from heart failure. He was buried at Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery in Spokane.

Frank George Delahanty played with the 1911 St. Paul team. His big league odyssey started in 1905 and 1906 with New York (AL) in 9 and 92 games with .222 and .238 batting averages. In 1907, he was with Cleveland for 15 games (.173) and then back with New York in 1908 for 37 more (.256).

He ended his major league appearances in the Federal League in 1914-15. For Buffalo, in '14, he was in 79 games (.201) and, that same season, was with Pittsburgh for 41 contests (.239). In 1915, he was with Pittsburgh for 14 games (.238).

Delahanty's lifetime MLB record, in 287 games and 986 at bats, was an average of .226, a OBP of .280 and a OOB of .308. He was an outfielder in 265 games, a first baseman in five and was at second for four more. Combined, his fielding % was .964.

Frank's pro playing years lasted from 1902-1915. He became a street inspector for the City of Cleveland and died at age 80, on July 22, 1966, in Cleveland. His burial came there at the Calvary Cemetery.

Joshua Baldwin "Josh" Clarke performed for St. Paul in 1910 and 1911. His first big league appearances were in 1898 for Louisville (NL) when he hit .167 in six games. During the 1905 season, he was in 50 games for the Cardinals with a .257 average.

In 1908-09, he played in 131 and 4 ball games batting .242 and .000. His big league career ended in 1911 when he appeared in 32 games with a .233 mark for Boston (NL). Josh was in a total of 223 MLB games with 809 at bats compiling a .239 average, .351 OPB and .302 slugging %. He was an outfielder in 192 contests, at second in 16 and at short for four. His fielding average was .949.

Clarke played pro from 1898-1915, was a manager in 1913-15, 1924-25 and 1936 and he also umpired. Josh died at age 83 of heart disease on July 2, 1962, at the Camarillo State Hospital in Camarillo, CA. Burial was at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, CA.

Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont was with the Saints club in 1911 when he was at the end of his career. He had a long 12-career as an outfielder in the major leagues.

Ginger was with Pittsburgh from 1899-1906 for 111, 138, 133, 130, 141, 153, 103 and 80 games with averages of .352 (6^thin league), .279, .332, .357, .341, .301, .328 and .265. He led the National League in hitting in 1902, in runs scored in 1903 and in hits in 1902, 1903 and 1904. By 1905, he began suffering knee problems which got worse over time.

He went to Boston (NL) for the 1907-1909 seasons and appeared in 150, 125 and 123 games hitting .322, .267 and .263. Beaumont led the league in hits in 1907. His 1910 year, with the Cubs, was his last in bigs (76 g, .267).

In his very good MLB career, he was in 1,463 games and had 5,660 at bats compiling an excellent .311 average, .362 OBP and .393 slugging. Defensively, he was in the field as an outfielder in 1,407 games and was a first for two more compiling a .956 fielding %. He stole 254 bases and had twenty or more in eight seasons with his 36 in 1901 being his high point. Both Bill Kelm and Honus Wagner named him to their all-time teams. He also endeared himself to managers because he did not smoke or drink and spent much of his free time helping youth baseball.

The first player to bat in a World Series was an outstanding leadoff hitter. Beaumont's chunky build (5'8", 190 lb) belied blazing speed that helped him beat out many infield hits. On July 22, 1899, at the Pirates' Exposition Park, he got six infield hits in six at bats and scored six runs. Nicknamed for a shock of red hair, Beaumont batted .352 as a rookie...and scored 100 or more runs each season from 1900 to 1903... - Morris Eckhouse

Beaumont played professionally from 1899-1911 and became a member of the Wisconsin Hall of Fame in 1951. Ginger purchased a 180-acre farm in Honey Creek, WI, in 1904 and named it Centerfield Farm. In 1914, he was elected supervisor of Walworth County and lived well until his health began to deteriorate in 1948 when he had a stoke. After a second stroke in 1950, he was confined to a wheel chair for the final years of his life.

He died at age 79 from bronchopneumonia on April 10, 1956, at the Burlington Memorial Hospital in Burlington, WI, after being in a coma for his last three weeks. He was buried at the Rochester Cemetery in Rochester, WI. There were two campaigns launched in the 1940s and 1980s to have him inducted into the Hall of Fame.

William J. "Barry" McCormick was an infielder on the 1911 team. He played three games for Louisville (NL) in 1895 and then was with Chicago (NL) from 1896-1901 for 45, 101, 137, 102, 110 and 115 games batting .220, .267, .247, .258, .219 and .234.

He went to the Browns in 1902-1903 for 139 and 61 appearances with averages of .246 and .217. He finished the 1903 season at Washington with 63 games (.215) and ended his major league career with them in 113 contests, during the 1904 year, for a .218 mark.

McCormick was in 989 MLB games and had 3,645 at bats for a .238 average, .297 OBP and .303 slugging. He played at third in 411 games, at second in 314 and also appeared at short and in the outfield compiling a .885 fielding record.

"McCormick was a jack-of-all-trades infielder who appeared in over 100 games for eight straight seasons. On June 29, 1897, he went 6-for-8, including a triple and a homer un, and scored five times as Chicago humiliated Louisville 36-7. The 36 runs remain the most ever scored in a game by a major league team." - Art Ahrens

Barry played as a pro from 1889-1911, managed in 1912-13 and was a National League umpire from 1919-1928. He lived his last 15 years at a YMCA in Cincinnati and died across the street from it after collapsing, at age 81, on Jan. 28, 1956. McCormick was buried at St. Joseph New Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Edward Russell "Tubby" Spencer caught for St. Paul from 1909-1911. He was with the Browns from 1905-1908 for 35, 58, 71 and 91 games hitting .235, .176, .265 and .210. In 1909, he played for Boston (AL) in 28 contest batting .162.

He was with the Phillies in 1911 for 11 games (.156) and ended his MLB career with the Tigers from 1916-1918 for 19, 70 and 66 appearances with averages of .370, .240 and .219.

In his 9-year, 449 games and 1,326 at bats-job as a back-up catcher, he hit .225 with a .281 OBP and .279 slugging. He caught in 405 games with a .966 fielding average.

Spencer played pro ball from 1905-1925. He died at age 71, in San Francisco, from a cerebral hemorrhage on Feb. 1, 1945. His remains were cremated and laid to rest at the Woodlawn Memorial Park in Daly City, CA.

Martin James "Marty" O'Toole pitched for the 1911 Saint Paul club. In September 1908, he was in three games for the Reds (1-0, 2.40, 15 inn.). From 1911-1914, he pitched for Pittsburgh in 5, 37, 26 and 19 games with ERAs of 2.37, 2.71, 3.30 and 4.68 and records of 3-2, 15-17, 6-8 and 1-8. He led the league in shut outs in 1912 with six. Marty finished the 1914 season and his MLB career with the Giants in 10 games compiling a 4.24 ERA and 1-1 record.

He pitched in 100 big league games, including 73 starts, for a 3.21 ERA, 27-36 record, .254 OAV and .345 OOB.

"A minor league phenom who had an 18-strikeout game in the Western League and a 17-strikeout game in the American Association, O'Toole was purchased by Pittsburgh from St. Paul for a then-exorbitant $22,500. In 1912, the spitballer was 15-17 with NL high...[of] 159 walks and lost a pair of games to the Giants' Rube Marquard before sellout crowds. O'Toole's name ultimately became a metaphor for unsuccessful Pirates prospects." - Morris Eckhouse

O'Toole pitched pro from 1906-1914 and umpired in the minors. Later he moved to Washington state where he was a book seller, cigar store clerk and worked for the Harbor Plywood Company. During World War II, he was employed with Boeing Aircraft in Seattle and was a dispatcher for a cab company when he died at age 60 on Feb. 18, 1949, after a fall down stairs. He was buried at the Fern Hill Cemetery in Aberdeen, WA.

Henry Gehring pitched for his home town Saints from 1908-1911. His major league opportunities came for Washington in 1907-1908 when he appeared in 15 and 3 games for 3-7, 0-1 records and ERAs of 3.31 and 14.40. His career totals in 18 games (10 starts) and 92 innings was an ERA of 3.91 and a 3-8 record. He allowed 101 hits and 16 walks with 31 strikeouts.

He played professionally from 1901-1911. He died on April 18, 1912, at the age of 31 from uremic poisoning in Riverdale (Bronx County), NY. Gehring was buried at Forest Cemetery [where?].

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It was two steps back in '12 as the Saints finished in 6^th place with two less wins, but more importantly they lost 47,000 fans from the previous year. At least 20 players competed, during the year, for eight positions. For the first time since 1907, two players hit over .300 - third baseman Walt Rehg (.307) and league batting champion Art Butler (SS/OF -.329). Rehg also set a team record by running out 16 triples after he had been sent to the Saints from Pittsburgh where he played eight games.

Other good performances came from returning first baseman Chick Autry who hit .299 in 157 games and another former Pirate Ralph Capron (OF - .276). Doc Ralston led the team in homers with six in 81 games as he completed for outfield playing time with Danny Hoffman (.258 - 125 g), returnee John Flynn (.237 - 117 g), Joe Riggert (.240 - 80 g), Del Howard (.300 - 55 g) and R. Thomas (.242 - 16 g). Doc Marshall (.236) played 85 A.A. games as a catcher and he shared those duties with Joe Casey (.213 - 66 g), Tom Murray (.224, 49 g) and George Block (.299 - 45 g).

Backing up Autry, second baseman Harry Hinchman (.258 - 164 A.A. g), Butler and Rehg were Bill Goodman (3b -.202), Jack Lewis (2b -.206), Mike McCormick (SS/2b/3b, .247 107 g), future MLB star/manager Bill McKechnie (SS - .234, 41 g) and first baseman Austin Walsh (.231 - 21 g).

One of the mysteries of the season was how Chief LeRoy was able to compile a record of 20-10 which was the seventh time a pitcher had won 20 or more (second time for LeRoy) for the Saints. He again led the team in innings pitched (277) and had the best WHIP (1.26). Elmer Rieger also pitched well (11-6, 1.24 in 161 innings). Back was Ed Karger who had a 1.38 WHIP and a 11-22 record. Hooks Dauss pitched rather poorly (1.46, 12-19) and newcomer Frosty Thomas had a 1.45 WHIP with a 2-8 mark. Frank Decanniere (1.60, 7-13) and former Pirate Harry Gardner (1.59, 12-10) also ate up 362 innings between them.

William Riddle "Doc" Marshall caught for the 1912 Saints. His first big league year of 1904 was a travelogue as he was with the Phillies for 8 games (.100), Giants for one, Boston (NL) for 13 (.209) and back with the Giants for 10 more (.353).

His next MLB experiences came in 1907 with 84 games for the Cardinals (.201) and he also played six games for them in 1908 (.071) before going to the Cubs for 12 contests (.300). His big league career ended in 1909 with 50 appearances for Brooklyn (.201).

Marshall had played in 261 games and had 756 at bats hitting .210 with a .251 OBP and .270 slugging. He was positioned behind the plate in 213 games and as an outfielder in 23 and also had games at first and second bases. His combined fielding mark was .961.

Doc was a professional ball player from 1903-1911. He was a medical doctor in Clinton, IL, for 46 years and he died, at his home there, at age 84, on Dec. 11, 1959. His burial was at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Clinton.

Arthur Edward "Art" Butler (born Arthur Edward Bouthillier) was an infielder of the St. Paul teams of 1911-1912. He played 27 games for Boston (NL) in 1911 with a .176 average and was with Pittsburgh in 1912-1913 for 43 and 82 games compiling .273 and .280 averages.

He ended his big league time with the Cardinals in 1914-1916 for 86, 130 and 86 games batting .201, .254 and .209. His big league totals in 454 games and 1,289 at bats were an average of .241 with a .323 OBP and .303 slugging. Art played 236 games at short, 85 at second, 18 in the outfield and some at third base. His fielding mark was .919.

Butler played as a professional from 1910-1928. At the time of his death in his home town of Fall River, MA, on Oct. 7, 1984, he was the oldest living former major leaguer at the age of 96. He died of a heart attack and was buried at the Notre Dame Cemetery in Fall River.

Daniel John "Danny" Hoffman was an outfielder on the 1912 Saints. He had a nine-year stay in the majors beginning in 1903-1906 with the A's as he appeared in 74, 53, 120 and 7 games hitting .246, .299, .261 and .227. The rest of the '06 season was with New York (AL) for 100 and a .256 average. Danny stayed with New York in 1907 with 136 games batting .253.

Hoffman was with the Browns from 1908-1911 for 99, 110, 106 and 24 contests with averages of .251, .269, .237. and .210. He had played in 829 big league games with 2,981 at bats and hit .256 with a .316 OBP and .328 OOB. In 809 games in the outfield, he fielded .951.

He played pro ball from 1901-1915 and died from tuberculosis at age 42, in Buckland CT, on May 14, 1922. Burial was at St. Michael's Cemetery in Glastonbury, CT.

Ralph Earl Capron was on the 1912 Saint Paul team. He played one game for Pittsburgh in 1912 and two for the Phillies in 1913 going 0-for-1. Ralph appeared in one game as an outfielder in '13.

His pro years were from 1910-1914. Capron died at age 91, on Sept. 19, 1980 in Los Angeles and was buried at Forest Lawn in L.A.

Samuel Beryl "Doc" Ralston played for the 1911-1912 Saints. His only big league experience was in 1910 for Washington when he was in 21 games with 73 at bats hitting .205. His OBP was .256 and he had a .219 OOB. Doc had a fielding % of .976 with 21 games in the outfield.

His pro baseball career lasted from at least 1908 through 1912. Ralston was a noted amateur golfer and a dentist in Pittsburgh for 35 years and one year in Lancaster, PA. He lived to age 65 when he died on August 29, 1950, at this home in Lancaster after a one-month illness. His remains were cremated.

Joseph Felix "Joe" Casey was a catcher for the 1912 Saints. He was on the Tigers roster in 1909-1911 and played in 3, 33 and 15 games batting .000, .194 and .152. Joe's last appearances in a big league uniform was in 1918 with Washington when he was in 9 games with a .235 average.

He played a total of 50 MLB games and had 117 at bats for an average of .179, .238 OPB and .205 OOB. With 45 games behind the plate and three at third, his fielding % was .970.

Casey played pro from 1908-1924 and became the playground director for the Wakefield (MA) Recreation Commission. He died at age 78, on June 2, 1966, at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in Melrose after a brief illness. His burial was at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Stoneham, MA.

John David "Jack" Lewis was an infielder on the 1912 Saint Paul team. He first appeared in a major league game in 1911 for Boston (AL) and performed in 18 contests with a .271 average. In 1914-1915, he was a Federal League player for Pittsburgh hitting .234. and .264 in 117 and 82 games.

Jack had played in 217 big league games and had 684 at bats with a .247 average, .290 OBP and .310 OOB. He was in 176 games at second, 12 at short, 6 in the outfield and also played games at first and third with a combined .951 fielding mark.

Lewis' pro baseball years were from 1909-1918 and eventually he became the chief of plant protection at the Follansbee Steel Corporation, retiring in 1954. At age 72 he died from heart disease, on Feb. 25, 1956, at the Ohio Valley Hospital in Steubenville, OH. His burial was at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Steubenville.

George Elmer "Del" Howard was an outfielder on the 1912 Saints. He had played 123 games for Pittsburgh in 1905 batting .292 and then was with Boston (NL) in 1906-07 for 147 and 50 games with averages of .261 and .273. He rest of his '07 year was with the Cubs for 51 games and a .230 B.A.

Del completed his major league career with the Cubs in 1908-09 for 96 and 69 games hitting .279 and .197. He had totaled 536 big league games with 1,833 at bats for a .263 batting average, .318 OBP and .326 OOB. Defensively, he was in the outfield for 249 contests, at first for 187 and also played at second and short.

His pro years were from 1904-1919 and he managed in 1910-11, 1913-14 and 1916-22. Howard was a part-owner of the Oakland Acorns of the PCL from 1919-1937 and then became a dock checker for the U.S. during WWII. He moved to Seattle in 1942 and died there at the Waldo Hospital on Dec. 24, 1956 on his 79^th birthday. His remains were cremated.

Austin Edward Walsh was with the 1912 St. Paul club. His only big league appearances were 97 games for the Federal League Chicago team in 1914 where he hit .240 in 57 games and had a .264 OBP and .331 OOB. He played in the outfield in 30 contests with a perfect fielding percentage.

Walsh played pro from 1911-1914, was a WWI vet and became an agent for a life insurance company. He died at age 63, on Jan. 26, 1955, in Glenridge, CA, and was buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, CA.

George August "Hooks" Dauss [born "Daus"] pitched for St. Paul in 1911-1912. The next year he started a 15-year major league career.

In 1912, he pitched two games for Detroit in September for 17 innings and a 3.18 ERA. Then, from 1913 through 1926, he was a front line pitcher for the Tigers in 33, 45, 46, 39, 37, 33, 34, 38, 32, 39, 50, 40, 35 and 35 games completing 225, 302, 310, 238, 271, 250, 256, 270, 233, 219, 316, 131, 228 and 124 innings. His records were 13-12, 19-15, 24-13, 19-12, 17-14, 12-16, 21-9, 13-21, 10-15, 13-13, 21-13, 12-11, 16-11 and 12-6 and ERAs of 2.48, 2.86, 2.50, 3.21, 2.43, 2.99, 3.55, 3.56, 4.33, 4.20, 3.62, 4.59, 3.16 and 4.20. In the spring of 1926, for the first time in his career, he had arm problems which got worse as the year went on. He also experienced an irregular heartbeat which led to his retirement.

In his career, he pitched in 538 games, including 388 starts, for 3,391 innings allowing 3,407 hits and 1,067 walks while striking out 1,201. His ERA was 3.30 and he had a .266 OAV, .329 OOB and 223-182 record.

"Detroit's six long-term, one-team-only players is the most of any franchise; the first of them was Hooks (or Hookie) Dauss. A stocky righthander with the nicknames deriving from his assortment of sharp-breaking curves, Dauss won 221 games in a fifteen-year career, the most for any pitcher while wearing a Tiger uniform. It is a record easily overlooked, for Dauss toiled mostly in the second division. Still, he achieved ten winning seasons and a winning percentage considerably better than his team's.

"He was a friendly, good-natured fellow; some thought that with more aggression he might have won more games. Still Hookie led the league in hit batsmen three times and is tenth on the lifetime list." A. D. Suehsdorf

Dauss played professionally from 1909-1929 including 1909-1910 in Duluth and 1910 in Winona, Minn. After baseball, he settled on his 320-acre farm near his wife's hometown of St. Louis, but was limited to little manual labor because of his heart. A brother-in-law actually provided the daily management of the acreage. Hooks later worked at Pinkerton's National Detective Agency in St. Louis and he died at age 73 on July 27, 1963, at Firmin Desdose Hospital in St. Louis after years of worsening heart problems. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Park in Affton, MO.
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For the second time in franchise history, George Lennon and Mike Kelley could not come to agreement regarding Kelley's duties and Mike left to manage at Indianapolis. His replacement was Bill Friel who played for Milwaukee and St. Louis in the American League from 1901-03 as a utility infielder/outfielder and also appeared in games as a catcher and pitcher. In 283 games, his career average was .245. He had taken over as manager, during the 1909 season, at Columbus and led them to three third place finishes in 1910, 1911 and 1912 (88, 87 and 98 wins).

The Saints finished with an identical record as '12, but moved up to fifth place and had 17,000 more fans. Joe Riggert led the league in homers with 12 and set a team record with 23 triples. Harry Hinchman also tied a club record with 641 at bats during the year. Chick Autry (.261), Walt Rehg (.297) and John Flynn (.248) also returned to the Saints as regulars.

It was the return of Charlie Hemphill who had club records for hits, average and slugging % from his great 1905 season which probably caused the most optimism by the fans. His major league days had ended in 1911, but the 37-year-old still played decently with a .285 average in 107 games although he had trouble following club rules. Other starters were William? James at catcher who was the only player to hit higher then .300 (.315), Queenie O'Rourke at third (.236) and Everett Scott (.269) at short. Young Everitt Booe (.298) performed well as a reserve outfielder.

The mainstay of the pitching staff since 1907, Louis LeRoy, left during the season to join Mike Kelley in Indianapolis. A breakdown of his stats, as just a Saint, is not known, however, his A.A. season record was 11-20 with a 1.28 WHIP. After his departure, the leaders became Ed Karger (18-17, 1.27) with 292 innings and Dixie Walker (18-15, 1.31) in 290. The staff's other three pitchers all had nearly identical WHIPs with Elmer Rieger finishing at 1.32 (15-16), Harry Gardner's mark was 1.32 (11-11) and Grover Brant had a 1.32 (8-10). Walker and Brant were newcomers.

William Edward "Bill" Friel managed the 1913 and 1914 Saints. He had played for Milwaukee (AL) in 1901 for 106 games hitting .266 and with the Browns in 1902-1903 for 80 and 97 contests with .240 and .228 averages.

Bill had played in 283 big league games with 994 at bats for a .245 average, .292 OPB and .331 slugging. In the field, he played 97 games at second, 93 at third and also appeared at all the other positions at least once for a .924 fielding mark.

Friel's playing years were from 1900-1912 and he managed in 1909-1914 and 1917. He was the field director for the Knight's of Columbus during WWI and worked with our troops in France. Bill was also business manager for the Browns in 1923-1924 and died on Dec. 24, 1959, after a prolonged illness at the age of 83 in St. Louis. His burial came there at the Resurrection Cemetery.

Lewis Everett Scott was with the 1913 Saint Paul club. He had a long and productive 13-year stint in the majors after he left the Saints. He was Boston's (AL) starting shortstop from 1914-1921 for 144, 100, 123, 157, 126, 138, 154 and 154 games with averages of .239, .201, .232, .241, .221, .278, .269 and .262. Everett led the league in fielding % by shortstops from 1916 through the 1921 seasons.

Scott then moved to the Yankees for the 1922-1925 seasons with 154, 152, 153 and 22 contests hitting .269, .246, .250 and .217. He continued to lead shortstops in fielding during the 1922 and 1923 years. He completed the 1925 season with 33 games with Washington for a .272 average. His final big league year was 1926 when he performed in 40 games for the White Sox (.252) and 4 for the Cubs (4-for-6).

His MLB career consisted of 1,654 games and 5,837 at bats for a .249 average, .281 OBP and .315 slugging. He was at short for 1,643 games and also played three at third and one at first for a .965 fielding mark.

"Scott...played 1,307 consecutive games, a streak record that Lou Gehrig would eventually demolish but only... [one other player]...would ever match . He took over in Boston in 1914, as the Tris Speaker-Joe Wood era was ending and went to the Yankees eight years later as Roger Beckinpaugh's replacement. His iron-man effort ended in May 1925 by lame knees that reduced his effectiveness." - A. D. Suehsdorf

Scott played pro from 1909-1929 and later owned and operated two bowling alleys in Fort Wayne. He died at 67 years, on Nov. 2, 1960, at the Parkview Memorial Hospital in Ft. Wayne after a long illness. His burial was at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Bluffton, IN.

Walter Phillip "Wally" Rehg played for the Saints in 1912-1913. Also in 1912, he was with the Pirates for 8 games (0-for-9) and in 1913 with the Red Sox for 30 games (.277). He stayed with Boston from 1914-1918 for 88, 5, 87 and 40 games with .219, .200, .270 and .241 averages. He ended his big league tenure in 1919 with the Reds (5 g, .167).

In his 7-year, 263-game, 752-at bat career, he hit .250 with a .299 OBP and .319 slugging. In his 201 outfield appearances, his fielding % was .965.

Rehg played professional baseball from 1910-1930 and managed in 1930. Wally was in 2,125 minor league games with a .300 average, hitting over .300 ten times and played in the A.A. in 12 seasons, the PCL in three and the IL for three more years. He died at age 57 in Burbank, CA, on April 5, 1946

Albert Sayles "Hobe" Ferris played for the 1913 Saint Paul club when he was at the end of his career. He had completed nine solid major league seasons from 1901-1909. From 1901-1907, he was a second baseman starter for Boston (AL) playing in 138, 134, 141, 156, 142, 130 and 150 games with averages of .250, .244, .251, .213, .220, .244 and .241. Hobe was the hero of the first World Series ever played (1903) when he had all three RBI for Boston the final game. During those years, he ranked in the league's top five in triples and home runs three times each. In Sept. 1906, he fought with a teammate on the bench, during a game, kicking out several of his mate's teeth which drew a suspension from the league.

The end of his MLB years came in 1908-1909 for the Browns when he was in 148 games [he was shifted to third base] each season batting .270 and .216. He led the league's third basemen in fielding in 1908. His big league career was 1,287 games with 4,800 at bats with a compiled B.A. of .239, an OBP of .265 and a slugging of .341. He played at second for 1,019 games, at third for 266 and at short for 3 with a combined fielding mark of .954.

Ferris was known as a spirited competitor [baited umpires and had a hot temper], a skilled second baseman and he played pro from 1899-1914. Hobe then worked as a mechanic in Detroit and sometimes played semi-pro ball, but in later years, he became obese. He died at age 60 on March 18, 1938, at his home in Detroit following a heart attack.

[SABR researcher Dennis Auger determined that Ferris was born in England, not Providence, RI, as most sources state.]

Everitt Little Booe played for St. Paul in 1913. That year he was also with Pittsburgh for 29 games hitting .200. In 1914, he played in the Federal League for Indianapolis (20 g, .226) and Buffalo (76 g, .224). In his 125 big league games and 352 at bats, he hit .219 with a .289 OBP and .270 OOB. He was an outfielder in 85 games and played short in 11, 2 at third and 1 at second for a .959 fielding.

His pro playing years were from 1910-1930 - except 1915 when he was declared ineligible because of his play in the Federal League, 1918 when he was in the service and 1919 when he was "voluntarily retired". He also managed from 1926-1930 in the lower minors. He played in 1,910 minor league games with a .297 average and was in the Texas League during seven seasons. After baseball he operated Booe Lumber Company in Kenedy, TX. Booe died from a heart attack there on May 21, 1969, at the age of 78 and was buried at Kenedy City Cemetery.

William Boyd "Bill" McKechnie was a player on the 1912-1913 Saints. He had been with the Pirates in 1907 (3 g) and the 1910-1912 teams for 71, 104 and 24 games batting .217, .227 and .247.

In 1913 he was with Boston (NL) for one game and then played the rest of the year with New York (AL) for 45 contests (.134). Bill played in the Federal League in 1914 (Indianapolis,149 g, .304) and 1915 (Newark, 127 g, .251). His 1916 season was spent with the New York Giants for 71 games (.246) and the Reds for 37 (.277).

He continued the 1917 year with the Reds where he performed in 48 games batting .254. McKechnie was back with the Pirates in 1918 for 126 games with a .255 average and finished up with them in 1920 in 40 games (.218).

As a starter for only three of his 11 major league seasons, he played in 846 games and had 2,843 at bats for a .251 average, .301 OBP and .313 OOB. He was a third baseman during 553 MLB games, a second baseman for 117 and also played at first, short and in the outfield with a combined .952 fielding %.

"Deacon Bill was what was known as a 'sound baseball man.' He was an unexceptional player; his knowledge of the game exceeded his physical ability. In 1913 Yankee manager Frank Chance played him at second base despite his deficiencies because, he said McKechnie 'knew more baseball than all the rest of my team put together.' McKechnie had a checkered career as a utility infielder. Between 1912 and 1916, he played for eight teams... His two Federal League seasons were his most productive. Sold to the Giants when the Feds collapsed, he was included in the July 1916 trade that sent Hall of Famers Edd Rouch and worn-out Christy Mathewason to the Reds for Buck Herzog and Wade Killefer.

"Managing was his forte. He won pennants in three cities - a record that has never been matched [at least not through 1991]. His first trial as manager came at age 29, with the Newark Peps (FL) for 102 games in 1915. He succeeded George Gibson at Pittsburgh in mid-1922 and brought the club from fifth place to a tie for third. In 1925 he won his first pennant and defeated the Senators in the World Series, but was fired a year later when the appointment of former Pirate skipper Fred Clarke as a management consultant in the dugout led to confusion and a player revolt. After moving to St. Louis as a coach, McKechnie took the reins when Bob O'Farrell was removed for failing to win the 1927 pennant. McKechnie obliged Cardinal owner Sam Breadon by managing the Cardinals to first place in 1928, but the four-game World Series loss to the Yankees led to his 1929 demotion to Rochester (IL), while Rochester's manager, Bill Southworth, took over the Cardinals. Late in the season, Breadon decided he had made a mistake, and switched them back; combined, Southworth and McKechnie managed a fourth-place Cardinals finish.

"McKechnie followed with eight years as the Braves' manager, never finishing higher than fourth. In 1935 Boston lost a club-record 115 games but McKechnie remained through 1937. He spent nine seasons managing at Cincinnati, winning pennants in 1939 and 1940. In the 1939 WS he was swept by the Yankees again, but in 1940 his Reds beat the Tigers in seven.

"A baseball conservative, Deacon Bill was more effective with pitchers than hitters, although his shrewd coaching of Larry Doby at Cleveland (1947-49) hastened the youngster's adjustment to the major leagues. He was strict with players, but his quiet self-discipline and fairness won their respect. McKechnie was money-conscious, and his moves to Boston and Cincinnati were for lucrative, long-term contracts. He was a churchgoer and family man, which earned him his nickname." - A. D. Suehsdorf

He played professionally from 1906-1921, was a major league coach for the Pirates (1922), Cardinals (1927), Indians (1947-49) and Browns (1952-53). His record as a big league manager: 1915 (Newark): 54-45 (6^th); for the Pirates - 1922: 53-36 (5^th), 1923: 87-67 (3^rd), 1924: 90-63 (3^rd), 1925: 95-58 (1^st , WS champs), 1926: 84-69 (3^rd); for the Cardinals - 1928: 95-59 (1^st), 1929: 34-29 (4^th); for the Braves - 1930: 70-84 (6^th), 1931: 64-90 (7^th), 1932: 77-77 (5^th), 1933: 83-71 (4^th), 1934: 78-73 (4^th), 1935: 38-115 (8^th), 1936: 71-83 (6^th), 1937: 79-73 (5^th); and for the Reds - 1938: 82-68 (4^th), 1939: 97-57 (1^st), 1940: 100-53 (1^st, WS champs), 1941: 88-66 (3^rd), 1942: 76-76 (4^th), 1943: 87-67 (2^nd), 1944: 89-65 (3^rd), 1945: 61-93 (7^th) and 1946: 64-86 (6^th).

McKechnie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962. He died at age 79 on Oct. 29, 1965, at Memorial Hospital in Bardenton, FL, from pneumonia and leukemia. Burial was at the Manasota Memorial Park in Bradenton.

Henry Walter "Hank" Schreiber was with the Saints club of 1913. In 1914. he played one game for the White Sox and in 1917 played two for the Braves. In 1919, he was in 18 contests for the Reds (.224), had a four-game trial with the Yankees in 1921 (.333) and finished his big league experience with the 1926 Cubs (10 g, .056).

In a five-year stretched-out major league career, he got into 36 games and had 91 at bats for an average of .198 with a .207 OBP and .253 OOB. He was at third for 22 games, at short for 8 and had three at second and one in the outfield for a .986 fielding record.

Schreiber played professionally from 1913-1928 and was a WWI veteran. He worked, after baseball, for the Indianapolis Salvage Corps and the Diamond Chain Company. His death was at age 76 at his home in Indianapolis on apparently Feb. 19, 1968, as his body was found in his home several days after his passing from a heart attack. Burial was at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Elmer Jay Rieger pitched for the Saints from 1910 through 1913. His only big league games were for the 1910 Cardinals when he appeared in 13 games (one start) for 21 innings allowing 26 hits and 7 walks while striking out 9 for a 5.48 ERA, 0-2 record and a .325 OAV and .386 OOB.

Rieger pitched professionally from 1906-1923. He became a painter at a motion picture studio in Hollywood. Death came at age 70 at the Cedars and Lebanon Hospital in L.A. on Oct. 21, 1959, due to a heart attack. His burial was at the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, CA.

Louis Paul "Chief" LeRoy pitched generally very well for the St. Paul teams of 1907-1913, 1915 and 1918 (9 seasons).

A Seneca Indian, LeRoy started his pro career in 1902-1903 with Buffalo in the Eastern League. In 20 and 18 appearances his record was 13-5 and 5-4. At Montreal, also in the Eastern, in 1904-1905, he threw 245 and 250 innings in 31 and 32 games for ERAs 14-10 and 18-12 records.

In late season 1905, he appeared with the New York Highlanders for 3 games and 24 innings for a 3.75 allowing 26 hits and 1 walk while striking out 9. With the Highlanders in 1906 he appeared in 11 games and 45 innings for a 2.20 ERA. The remaining part of the season was spent at Montreal where he pitched in 21 games and 177 innings for a 6-14 record.

From 1907 through 1909, LeRoy played for the St. Paul Saints and had a one game trial in 1910 with the Red Sox when he pitched 4 innings giving up 6 hits and 2 walks for an 11.25 ERA. That was the his last taste of the majors. The rest of his 1910 season was with the Saints and he stayed in St. Paul for the 1911-1912.

He also at St. Paul in 1913 and also pitched for Indianapolis with a combined 11-20 record in 44 games and 235 innings. Louis stayed in Indianapolis for 1914 and was in 44 games and 201 innings compiling an ERA of 3.27 and a 12-7 record. In 1915 he played in the PCL for 30 games and 143 innings with a 3.97 ERA and then returned to St. Paul for 57 more innings in 11 games (3.00 ERA).

In 1916, he began playing in the lower minors performing at Springfield (Eastern) and Muskegon (Central) for 23 and 8 games in 137 and 47 innings. His record at Springfield was 10-8 and his ERA at Muskegon was 1.91 with a 3-3 record. For the 1917 season he pitched in LaCrosse (Central Assoc) for 20 games in 129 innings (10-7, 2.72) and had one appearance at Joplin (Western).

In1918 he had one more shot at the high minors as, at St. Paul, he pitched in 3 games for 19 innings with a 3.79 ERA. The rest of his season was spent in the PCL for Seattle with 14 games and 108 innings where he had a 7-5 record. It is not known where he pitched in 1919 and he ended his pro career at Mitchell (Dakota) in 1920.

In the majors, LeRoy pitched in 15 games for 73 innings allowing 66 hits and 15 walks while striking out 39. His ERA was 3.22 and he had a OAV of .244.

As a minor leaguer, he had 10 years of pitching more then 200 innings and 4 years with 300 or more innings. He played in 642 games and finished 3,802 innings giving up 3,746 hits and 967 walks with 1,702 strikeouts. His record was 239-222.

For the third time in team history, their fortunes came crashing into last place with 21 less wins then in 1913 and an unbelievable 47,000 less spectators. By the end of the season, it was certain that George Lennon had seen enough as he was unpopular with the fans and had financial problems. He only attended five or six games during the season and it was reported that "the St. Paul club broke all known records in the civilized world for general inefficiency in every department."

Again Chick Autry (.267), Harry Hinchman (.267) [who set a club record with 652 at bats], and Queenie O'Rourke (.222) manned the infield with young 22-year-old Mike McNally (.261) at short. Charlie Hemphill (.277) only played in 36 games as the outfield regulars were all newcomers - Harry Niles (.300) [the only player to hit .300], Del Paddock (.285) and Charley "Sea Lion" Hall (.295) who also pitched in 37 games. Former major leaguers Bill Bailey (.290) and Jim Murray (.263) were outfield back-ups along with McCormick (first name unknown) (.279).

No one really distinguished themselves at the pitching rubber. Dixie Walker did best with a 18-19 record, a poor 1.50 WHIP and 4.01 ERA in 335 innings. [It was the first year that the A.A. published ERAs]. Otherwise, the last place finish gave Harry Gardner and Ed Karger awful records of 6-25 and 7-23. Charley Hall's win/loss mark of 12-17 was better then his WHIP (1.63) and ERA (4.08) and rookie Saint Bill Hooper did a decent job with a 3.87 ERA, but had a 1.41 WHIP and 9-16 record. Other poor performers were a very young Charlie Boardman (2.55 WHIP/8.62 ERA), Ralph Works (1.80 WHIP/6.37 ERA) and Bert Larsen who finished with a 1.59 WHIP and 6.20 ERA. Luckily, the latter three chuckers made minimal appearances.

Harry Glenn (.267) and last year's regular William? James (.280) shared the catching duties. James led the team in homers with ten.

As the Federal League began play in 1914, major league owners did whatever they could to make it difficult for the interlopers. The Cleveland Indians' owner also owned the Toledo Mud Hens in the A.A. and used them as a pawn to keep the Feds out of "his" city. In order to prevent the Federal League from using the Indians' home park, League Park, for their games when the Indians were on the road, he moved the Mud Hens home games to Cleveland during the 1914-15 seasons.

1914 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	SB	HR	Ave	Slg	OBP	Birth Place
Harry Glenn#	C-104	R	24	337	90	7/4	5	0	267	312	386	Shelburn,IN
Chick Autry*	1b-168	L	29	584	139	25/4	6	0	238	295	341	Humboldt,TN
Harry Hinchman*	2b-164	S	36	652	174	22/11	15	0	267	334	327	Philadelphia
Queenie O'Rourke	3b-143	?R	?30	510	113	12/8	14	4	222	300	392	?Bridgeport,CT
Mike McNally#	SS-110	R	22	402	105	7/7	16	1	261	321	348	Minooka,PA
Harry Niles*@	OF-147	R	34	594	178	27/6	14	2	300	375	389	Buchanan,MI
Del Paddock*	OF-122	L	27	487	139	24/8	8	5	285	398	378	Volga,SD
Charley Hall *#	OF52,P37	L	30	315	93	9/5	5	4	295	394	327	Ventura,CA

William? James	C-104			275	77	17/2	2	10	280	465	469
Lyman Johnson	3b-45			160	38	8/2	0	0	237	312	363
Robert Nifnecker	SS-21			85	20	1/1	7	0	235	271	306
Bill Bailey*@	OF-63	L	33	224	65	12/4	11	3	290	420	554	Shawnee,OH
Charlie Hemphill*	OF-31	S	36	101	28	3/0	6	0	277	307	376	Philadelphia
--McCormick	OF-63			229	64	15/2	2	0	276	362	336
Jim Murray*#	OF-74	R	36	281	74	12/5	9	7	263	416	345	Galveston,TX

1914 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	SO	BB	WHIP	ERA	Birth Place
Dixie Walker	?R	?26	50	18-19	335	340	180	189	164	1.50	4.01	?Brownsville,PA
Harry Gardner*	R	27	42	6-25	265	276	159	116	102	1.43	4.21	Quincy,MI
Charley Hall *#	R	30	37	12-17	258	296	151	106	125	1.63	4.08	Ventura,CA
Bill Hopper	R	23	37	9-16	228	235	119	75	86	1.41	3.87	Jackson,TN
Ed Karger*#	L	31	33	7-23	235	265	144	85	86	1.49	4.67	San Angelo,TX
Charlie Boardman*#	R	21	9	0-2	31	59	36	14	20	2.55	8.62	Seneca Falls,NY
Ralph Works	?R	?26	9	1-2	30	30	25	8	24	1.80	6.37	?Payson,IL
Bert Larsen			5	2-3	41	46	30	16	19	1.59	6.20
Ralph? Capron*		25	?

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

William Askew "Chick" Autry played first base for St. Paul teams from 1910 through 1914. His big league experiences were in 1907 for the Reds where he hit .200 in seven games and in 1909, for the Reds again, when he was in 9 games hitting .182. That same year, he ended his major league tenure with 65 games for Boston (NL) with a .196 average.

Chick had played 81 MLB games for a .195 average, .269 OBP and a .218 slugging. He played at first during 70 contests and was in the outfield for 11 others compiling a fielding % of .968.

Autry's pro years were from 1906-1917 and, thereafter, he worked for the Standard Oil Company in their light oil division, retiring after 34 years as an assistant superintendent. He died at 91 years in his home in Santa Rosa, CA, from a heart attack on Jan. 16, 1976. He was cremated and buried at the Chapel of the Chimes in Santa Rosa.

Harry Sibley Hinchman was an infielder for the Saints from 1912-1914. His only taste of the majors was in 1907 for Cleveland when he appeared in 15 games as a second baseman with 51 at bats. His average was .216 with a .286 OBP, .314 slugging and .904 fielding.

His brother, Bill, played in the bigs off-and-on from (at least) 1905-1920 and was also a coach. Harry's professional years were from 1902-1921 and he managed in 1910-11 (in the A.A.), 1918-1919, 1921, 1923-30 and 1932. He played in 2,333 minor league games with a combined .261 average, hitting over .300 twice and performed in the A.A for eight seasons. He then entered the bowling alley business in Toledo and died at age 54, on Jan. 19, 1934, at his home there due from heart disease. Burial was at the Toledo Memorial Park in Sylvania, OH.

James Stephen "Queenie" O'Rourke played for St. Paul in 1913-1914. He got into 34 games for New York (AL) in 1908 batting .231 in 34 games with a .259 OBP, .241 slugging and perfect fielding mark. James played in the outfield for 14 games and was at short for 11, second for 4 and at third for three.

O'Rourke's pro years lasted from 1905-1922 and he managed in 1923. He died within four days of his 66^th birthday on Dec. 22, 1955, in Sparrows Point, MD. His burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore.

Michael Joseph "Mike" McNally was the shortstop for St. Paul in 1914. He went on to a decent 10-year major league career. From 1915-1917 and 1919-1920, he was the Red Sox' utility guy getting into 23, 87, 42, 33 and 93 games playing all of the infield positions. His averages those years were .151, .170, .300, .262 and .256.

During the 1921-1924 seasons he was with the Yankees in the utility infielder role. He was in 71, 52, 30 and 49 games hitting .260, .252, .211 and .246. In the first game of the '21 World Series, he stole home. His big league career came to an end in 1925 with 12 games for Washington (.143).

Mike had been in 492 MLB games and had 1,078 at bats compiling a .238 average, .299 OBP and .267 slugging. Defensively, he was in 181 games at second, 167 at third, and numerous games at short and first with a .946 fielding percentage. McNally played on five pennant winners.

He played pro from 1913-1927 and was a manager during the 1927-1937 seasons. McNally continued in baseball as a scout and became the farm director of the Indians. His death came at age 71 on May 29, 1965, at Saint Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA, caused by a heart and virus attack. Burial was at St. Joseph Parish Cemetery in Minooka, PA.

Harry Lewis "Bill" Bailey played outfield for the St. Paul club of 1914. His only big league appearances were in 1911 for New York (AL) as in 5 games he batted .111. He was an outfielder in 2 games and at third for one.

Bailey played professionally from 1906-1914. In 1953 he moved from Dayton, OH, to Seattle and worked with his sons in their hardware store. He died at 85 in a nursing home in Seattle on Oct. 27, 1967. Burial was at the Acacia Cemetery in Seattle.

Ewart Gladstone "Dixie" Walker pitched for the St. Paul teams of 1913-1914. He had pitched for Washington from 1909-1912 appearing in 4, 29, 32 and 9 games with 4, 26, 24 and 8 starts for records of 3-1, 11-11, 8-13 and 3-6 and ERAs of 2.50, 3.30, 3.39 and 5.25 in 31, 177, 205 and 72 innings.

His big league totals were a 25-31 record in 74 games (62 starts) with 481 innings where he allowed 485 hits and 142 walks with 203 strike outs. His ERA was 3.52 with a .266 OAV and .326 OOB.

Walker played professionally from 1909-1918 and he apparently managed in 1930. He died at age 78 on Nov. 14, 1965, at a hospital in Leeds, AL and his burial was at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, AL.

Charles Louis "Charlie" Boardman pitched for the Saints in 1914. He had three brief stays in the major leagues from 1913-1915. In 1913-1914, he appeared in two games with the A's each season for 9 and 8 innings giving up 10 hits each year with 6 and 4 walks and 4 and 2 strikeouts. His ERAs were 2.00 and 4.91.

In 1915, the left hander pitched in 3 games for the St. Louis Cardinals finishing 19 innings allowing 12 hits and 15 walks while striking out 7. He had an ERA of 2.84. Charlie appeared in a total of 7 MLB games (3 starts) for 35 innings giving up 32 hits and 25 walks. He had a 3.06 ERA and .254 OAV.

In 1917, Boardman pitched for the Minneapolis Millers in 24 games and 168 innings compiling a 3.54 ERA and a 7-10 record. After leaving as manager of Valley City (Dakota) in 1922, he pitched for the Millers and in Kansas City for a combined 7 games, 26 innings for an ERA of 6.92 and a 1-2 record. He played for the Valley City/New Rockford-Carrington (N.D. League) team in 1923.

Boardman pitched professionally from 1913-23 and, for 23 years, he was a car salesman in Sacramento, CA. He died on August 10, 1968 at 75 years due to a heart attack and was cremated.

Ralph Talmadge Works pitched for the 1914 Saints. He came up to the Detroit Tigers in May 1909 and appeared in 16 games (4 starts) for 64 innings and a 1.64 ERA. In 1910-1912, he was in 18, 30 and 27 Tigers' games including 10, 15 and 16 starts completing 86, 167 and 157 innings. His ERAs those years were 3.57, 3.87 and 4.24 and he had an 11-5 record in 1911. He also played for Cincinnati for part of the '12 season (3 games, 2.79). He was called "Judge" by his teammates because of his scholarly countenance.

His last major league games came with the Reds in1913 when he made 5 appearances for them with 15 innings and a 7.80 ERA. During his 5 MLB seasons, he pitched in 99 games (48 starts) finishing 499 innings allowing 512 hits and 202 walks while striking out 208. His career ERA was 3.79 and he had a .271 OAV. Works' record was 24-24.

Works pitched pro from 1907-1916 and managed Madison (S.D. League) for part of the 1920 season and also managed at Fulton in 1922. After baseball retirement, he became a salesman and lived in Pasadena, CA. He died at this home there on August 8, 1941 at age 53 due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head [an apparent double suicide in which his wife also died]. Works was buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, CA.

After 13 years of involvement with the Saints and after threatening to sell the team to Toledo interests during the winter of 1914-15, George Lennon sold his ownership stake [including Lexington Park] in March 1915 to his former financial partner (of other investments) John W. Norton who was a St. Paul real estate developer and had the financial backing of Herman Benz [a liquor wholesaler]. The club was incorporated for $150,000 and 998, of the 1,000 shares available, were owned by Norton/Benz who turned to Mike Kelley for help in returning the club to respectability. Not only would Kelley manage on the field, but he would also handle player personnel. All involved immediately began a successful campaign for increased popularity with the fans and a good financial return to the owners.

Mike Kelley nearly pushed all the right buttons to spring the team from last place to first, but the jump was 1 ½ games short. They did set a record for the 14-year-old franchise by gaining 34 more wins (played 14 fewer games) and 61,700 more customers, in one year, as they finished second.

[For his book "Baseball in Minnesota", Twin Cities' baseball historian Stew Thornley researched the only pennant race between the Saints and Minneapolis. The following is a summation]: In late June, the Saints were in third at 33-32 and by July 1 they were under .500. The club then beat first place Minneapolis three of five and were in fourth place eight games out. After a five-game sweep over Louisville, the team had reached second place only 3 ½ games behind the Millers. In mid-July they moved into first place behind a 13-game winning streak [then a league record]. When they continued to win road games, owner Norton had construction crews add more seats to Lexington Park bringing it's capacity to over 17,000. In mid-August, the Saints succumbed to a five-game losing streak and Minneapolis completed a 13-winning one and took over the league lead. St. Paul pulled to within one-half game with less then a week to play, but could never over take the team to the West.

Based on stats for the year, the main reason for the turnaround was pitching. Charley Hall returned to the team and pitched 299 innings to lead the club to 24 wins and a 1.17 WHIP (2.62 ERA). Newcomers Lefty Leifield and Bob Stelle accumulated 20 and 17 wins respectively with WHIPs of 1.24 and 1.29 and ERAs of 2.41 and 2.48 in 273 and 316 innings [Steele also led the league with 183 strike outs].. Another new guy, Rees "Steamboat" Williams had a nice 15-6 record, a 1.28 WHIP and 2.48 ERA with 161 innings. Veteran Ed Karger had an off-year (4-10, 1.46, 3.76) in 122 innings and Harry Gardner pitched rather poorly before he left the team. Bill? Lathrop was an outfielder, but also helped out by eating up 144 innings (1.27 WHIP, 3.00 ERA). Kelley even brought back 36-year-old Chief LeRoy for 11 games and he did well with a 1.19 WHIP and 3.00 ERA.

The starting position players were all different from '14 except for outfielder Harry Niles whose average dropped 21 points. The big boost came from the return of Joe Riggert who hit .282 and tied for the league in home runs with nine. The other outfielder was newbie Walt Cruise whose .294 led the regulars. Del Paddock was back as an outfield reserve (.278).

The remolded infield was led by Charley O'Leary at second (.258) and Lee Dressen at first (.249). Ben? Dyer was the starter at third (.234) and Jack Martin played short (.231). Catcher Elmer Johnson contributed with a .266 average and was backed up by the returning Harry Glenn (.296 in 63 games).

During the evening of Saturday November 13, a night watchman found the Lexington Park grandstand on fire and before it could be brought under control, the stands were a complete loss. According to newspaper reports located by American Association historian Rex Hamann, the fire started near the center of the grandstands and consumed tier after tier of seats. The loss was estimated at $15,000 to $25,000 and it was the opinion of the fire department that it had been started by an "incendiary". The reports added that the stands would be rebuilt after the Minnesota winter of 1915-16.

Also, during the winter, a legal dispute regarding the team's ownership reached the courts. George Lennon's wife, Minnie, contested the sale of the team because of the claim, as majority stockholder, she should have been consulted regarding the transaction [which seemed strange considering "The Pioneer Press" had published about 90 articles about a pending sale]. The first judge assigned to the case had to be removed because he had prosecuted Lennon for unpaid debts. His replacement, Judge Grier Orr, finally ruled in favor of John Norton and Saint Paul baseball fans celebrated.

Edwin "Ed" Karger pitched for the St. Paul clubs of 1909 and 1912-1915 (five seasons). He got his first taste of the majors in April 1906 for Pittsburgh where he appeared in 6 games (2 starts) for 28 innings with a low 1.93 ERA. On June 3 the Pirates sold him to the Cardinals with whom he pitched 25 games with 20 being starts. He completed 191 innings with a 2.92 ERA and .271 OAV. Karger was 7-19 for the year.

He was back with St. Louis in 1907-1908 for 39 and 22 games (32 and 15 starts) with 314 and 141 innings compiling ERAs of 2.04 and 3.06 for 15-19 and 4-9 records. Obviously, 1907 was his career year. On December 12, 1908 he was traded to the Reds with Art Fromme for Admiral Schlei.

His stay at Cincinnati was short lived as he only played 9 games (5 starts) for them in 1909. In 34 innings, he had a 4.46 ERA and .217 OAV. In June, he was sold for the waiver price to the Red Sox for whom he appeared in 12 games with 6 starts for 68 innings and a 3.18 ERA.

Karger finished his major league career in 1910-1911 for the Sox making 27 and 25 appearances, including 25 and 18 starts, with 183 and 131 innings compiling ERAs of 3.19 and 3.37. His records were 11-7 and 5-8 those years.

In 165 MLB games (123 starts), he finished 1,091 innings allowing 1,012 hits and 314 walks while striking out 415. He had a career 2.79 ERA, .246 OAV, 48-67 record and hit .220. He managed Aberdeen (Dakota) for a partial season in 1920 and all of 1921. He also pitched in 1920 (7-3) and played first base (.296). Karger apparently only pitched in 1921 (8-7).

His pro pitching years were from 1905-1921. Ed became a construction engineer and lived for a number of years in Canada. He died at the Thomas' Resthaven Nursing Home in Delta, CO, on September 9, 1957, at the age of 74 and was buried at the Delta Cemetery.

Elmer Ellsworth "Hickory" Johnson caught for the 1915 Saints. His only season in the majors was 1914 when he played 11 games with 12 at bats for the Giants. His average was .167 with a .231 OBP and .250 slugging. He was behind the plate defensively in 11 games with a .947 fielding mark.

Johnson played professionally from 1908-1920 and later became an employee of the Indiana Brass Company. He died at age 82 at the Gulf Crest Nursing Home in Hollywood, FL, on Oct. 31, 1966, after failing health for some time. Burial was at the Bunnell Cemetery in Frankfort, IN.

Charles Timothy "Charley" O'Leary was an infielder for the 1915 Saint Paul team. Before that season, he played about nine strong years in the majors. From 1904 through 1912 he played for the Tigers as a starter at short the first four years and then as an utility infielder. He played in 135, 148, 128, 139, 65, 76, 65, 74 and 3 games batting .213, .213, .219, .241, .251, .203, .242, .266 and .200.

In 1913 he was with the Cardinals for 121 games hitting .217. In 1934, he made his farewell appearance as a player when he was a coach for the Browns getting a hit in his only appearance as a pinch hitter. His MLB totals, in 955 games and 3,232 at bats, were an average of .226, OBP of .270 and a slugging of .272. He played 737 games at short, 139 at second, 66 at third and also two games in the outfield all for a .935 fielding %.

"Popular and witty Charley O'Leary was the regular shortstop for the Tigers from 1904 through 1907 and played on the 1907-19 Detroit pennant winners. In the off-season, he and Tiger prankster Germany Schaefer worked a comic vaudeville act. O'Leary coached for the Yankees from 1920 to 1930, then worked for the Cubs [1931-33] and Browns [1934-37]. He was 51 in 1934 when he asked the Browns for one last chance to improve his lifetime .226 average. Appearing as a pinch hitter, he singled, raising his average by .00024." -- Jack Kavanagh

Charley was also a coach for the Browns in 1913. He played professionally from 1901-1917 and managed in the minors in 1912 and 1917. After baseball, he worked for the Chicago Sanitary District. O'Leary died at age 58 on Jan. 6, 1941 at Woodland Hospital in Chicago from peritonitis and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago.

Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Dyer [it is believed] was an infielder and pitcher for the 1915 Saints. He played seven games each season for the 1914-1915 Giants batting .250 and .211.

From 1916-1919, he performed for Detroit in 4, 30, 13 and 44 games as an utility player with averages of .286, .209, .278 and .247. As a big league player, he was in 105 games with 207 at bats for a .237 average, .291 OBP and .295 slugging. He appeared at short in 36 games, at third for 37, in the outfield for 3 and also had games at first, second and two games as a pitcher in 1918 (2 inn, no base runners, no runs allowed). Ben's fielding average was .937.

Dyer played as a pro from 1912-1921 and was in the Navy during WWI. His employment after baseball was with the Simmons Company and, after a long illness, he died at age 66 at the Kenosha Hospital in Kenosha, WI, on Aug. 7, 1959. He was buried at the Green Ridge Cemetery in Kenosha.

John Christopher "Jack" Martin played infield for the 1915, 1919 and 1922 Saint Paul clubs. He had 71 big league games for the Yankees in 1912 (.225) and 33 for the Braves in 1914 (.212) and, the same season, 83 for the Phillies (.253).

All told, he was in 116 major league contests with 377 at bats for a .244 average, .307 OBP and .279 slugging. He was a shortstop in 83 games and at third for 26, and one each at first and second compiling a .930 fielding mark.

Martin was a professional baseball player from 1912-24 and managed during the 1916, 1921, 1922 and 1924 seasons. He lived to age 92 as he died on July 4, 1980, in Plainfield, NJ, and was buried at the Laurelton Cemetery in Laurelton, NJ.

Robert Wesley "Bob" Steele pitched for the 1915 Saints. In 1916, he was a starter for the Cardinals 21 times and appeared in a total of 28 games for them with 148 innings, a 5-15 record and 3.41 ERA. He also pitched 12 games (6 starts) for the Cards in 1917 (42 inn, 1-3, 3.21) and then finished the year with the Pirates (27 g, 19 gs, 180 inn, 5-11, 2.76).

More Pirate appearances came in 1918 as he was in 10 games (4 starts) for a 2-3 record and 3.31 ERA in 49 innings and then Bob completed the year at New York (NL) getting into 12 contests (7 starts) finishing 66 innings for a 3-5 mark and 2.59 ERA. He ended his MLB career with one game for the Giants in 1919. In his career, he appeared in 91 games (57 starts) for 488 innings allowing 450 hits and 144 walks while striking out 217. His record was 16-38 with a 3.05 ERA, .249 OAV and .310 OOB.

Steele was a pro pitcher from [apparently] 1909-1929. Later he operated a motel and died at age 67 in the Munroe Memorial Hospital in Ocala, FL, on Jan. 27, 1962. He was buried at the Burlington Cemetery in Burlington, WI.

Harry Ray Gardner pitched for the Saint Paul teams of 1912-1915. He had a few chances in the majors in 1911-1912 for Pittsburgh appearing in 13 and one game. Combined he was 1-1 in 14 games (3 starts) for 42 innings allowing 42 hits and 21 walks while striking out 24. His ERA was 4.46 with a .253 OAV and .344 OOB.

He pitched pro from 1908-1924 including 530 minor league games with (at least) a record of 205-182 and won twenty games or more three times. Harry played in the A.A. for five seasons and in the PCL for eight years. Thereafter, he lived in Barlow, OR, for 40 years where he was a farmer and occasionally a watchman at a log truck crossing. Gardner died at age 74 on Aug. 2, 1961, at his home in Barlow after a year's illness. Burial was at the Zion Memorial Park in Canby, OR.

Rees Gephardt "Steamboat" Williams pitched for the Saints in 1915, 1917 and 1919-22. In 1914, he was in five games for the Cardinals finishing 13 innings for a 6.55 ERA. His only other big league chances came in 1916, also for the Cards, when he appeared in 36 games (8 starts) for a 6-7 record and 4.20 ERA.

In his career, his record was 6-8 in 41 games (9 starts) for 116 innings allowing 134 hits and 33 walks while striking out 27. His ERA was 4.42 with a .291 OAV and .340 OOB.

Williams pitched professionally from at least 1914-1924 and later owned a resort. He died at age 87 at the Homestead Nursing Home in Deer River, MN, and was buried at the Olivet Cemetery in Deer River.

William George "Bill" Lathrop was a pitcher for St. Paul during the 1915 season. In 1913, he had appeared in 6 games for the White Sox (4.24) and in 1914 was with them for 19 games completing 48 innings for a 1-2 record and 2.64 ERA.

He had been in 25 major league games (one start) and finished 65 innings allowing 57 hits and 31 walks with 16 strikeouts. His record was 1-3 with a 3.06 ERA, .247 OAV and .343 OOB.

Lathrop apparently was a pro baseball player from about 1911-1922 and was a noted amateur golfer. He operated Lathrop Insurance Agency in Janesville, WI, and died on Nov. 20, 1958, at the age of 67 after two years of ill health at Mercy Hospital in Janesville. Burial was at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Janesville.

The Lexington Park rebuild, which was designed by the architectural firm of Buechner and Orth [a well respected firm that had designed institutional and government buildings throughout Minnesota and North Dakota] was completed by opening day in May. More then just repairs had been done as the owners built a row of revenue-producing buildings along Lexington Avenue - the area of the park's old center to right-center fields. There they soon constructed the Coliseum Pavilion which was a dance hall that later became a roller rink. This required that home plate be moved from the southwest corner of the property [Dunlap and Fuller] to the northwest [Dunlap and University] with the new pavilion sharing the left field wall with the redesigned park. Also, the park's entrance was moved from the southwest corner to the northwest. After entering the park, fans would choose one of three gates depending on their type of ticket - passes, grandstand or bleachers. Seating capacity was estimated at about 10,500 and the total cost of the project at $70,000.

According to researcher Rex Hamann, the architectural plans of the new park showed that the external walls were made of stucco over wire lath and the park's roof had shingles topped by a beam of galvanized iron. The iron roof support posts were fortified with narrow flat iron plates with rivets that made up "X" patterns along the length of each post. There were five sections of wooden bench-style grandstand seats (7,500 in total), available which extended from the third base line to home plate. Three sections of reserved seats extended from home plate to the first base line. The latter seating had chairs with backs and arms ("opera" type seats).

Reaching the bleacher seats would require navigation through a tunnel under the grandstand. The bleacher seats were wooden benches anchored to concrete bases and the ones near third base were said to be the closer to the field than in any other park of the A.A. Fans could also watch games on an embankment in right field which could still be visible, at the site, into the 21^st century. In addition, a press box was built above the grandstand and a 30 by 40 foot scoreboard was installed. Architectural historians would note, from period pictures, fleur-de-lis figures on the top of the gate posts along the aisles within the stands.

For the players, a clubhouse was constructed in the right field area at the end of the grandstand which included dressing and showering areas and their sub-ground dugouts had concrete foundations and drainage systems. The dimensions of the field was probably about 365 feet to the 12-foot high right field wall with the left and right field walls meeting at a right angle in center field which would have been about 472 feet away. In front of the right field fence there was a bank of dirt which started about ten feet from the fence and rose up to meet the wall [similar to old Crosley Field in Cincinnati and the current Minutemaid Park in Houston]. With the fence and hill both considered, the right-field barrier was 35-feet high. A home run down the left field line would only take about 315 feet and any homer in that area generally landed on the pavilion's roof.

The new park emphasized function, not style as it's architecture was described as Utilitarian Aesthetic. [For the sake of economy, windows and doors from the old park were reused in the new one.]

"It was possible to wrap a line drive around the foul pole and miss the Coliseum. But most of the home runs in Lexington floated over the convenient power alley in left center and nestled on the Coliseum roof...As delightful a playground as Lexington was for...right handed [hitters], it was difficult for left-handed hitters (and right fielders)."

Even though the 1916 version of the Saints won only four less games (played 12 more), then the previous season, they finished in fourth place and the lack of a pennant race also reduced attendance by 11,000. The new park did not seem to promote the additional interest from the fans that is expected in modern times. However, it must be said that motion pictures were taking more of the entertainment dollar and automobiles were making travel out of the city much more inviting.

The pitchers' WHIPs were all consistent in the 1.14 to 1.29 range as there were no poor performers on the staff. Lefty Leifield, who was the only returning hurler, came within one win of a twenty-win season (19-14). He also tied for innings pitched with Bill Upham who was 14-16 with a 1.25 mark. Dan Griner was next with 256 innings (17-14, 1.25( [he played 4 games for Cardinals during the season] and Phil Douglas (12-11) led the staff in WHIP with 1.14 followed by Dick Niehaus (10-11) at 1.17. Happy Finneran (12-8, 1.29) and Joe Martina (2-4, 1.26) rounded out the staff.

Of the infield position regulars, only Lee Dressen (.242) returned from last year as 19-year-old Lew Malone [who had played 5 games with the Phils during the year] manned second, Fred Smith was at third (.268) and Marty Berghammer (.265) played short. All those players were an improvement from 1915. The reserve infielder was Ken Nash (.213).

After four games with the Browns, Verne Clemons became the starting catcher and led the team with a .326 average (the only player to hit .300). Wally Mayer (.210) [ he played for another A.A. team during the season] and returnee Harry Glenn (.234) backed Clemons. The Saints' outfield was in the capable hands of club veterans Joe Riggert (.280 - led team with 9 homers), Walt Cruise (.294) and Del Paddock (.271). Harry Niles returned for part of the year as a back up and he was joined by Vern Duncan (.280).

Verne James Clemons caught for the 1916 club. He played 7 years in St. Louis, first for the Browns in 1916 (4 g, .143) and then from 1919-1924 for the Cardinals. With the Cards, he was in 88, 112, 117, 71, 57 and 25 games with averages of .264, .281, .320, .256, .285 and .321.

He had a good 474-game career with 1,271 at bats hitting .286 with a .348 OBP and .360 slugging. As a catcher in 408 games, his fielding mark was .983. He was a specialist at catching spitball hurlers and called Bill Doak the best of the lot that he caught. Clemons was known as "Fats" for his stout build (5'9.5", 190 lbs).

Verne played professionally from 1910-1924 and was a WWI veteran. He died at age 67 of lung cancer, on May 5, 1959, at the Bay Pines Veteran's Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. Burial was at the Bay Pines National Cemetery in Bay Pines, FL.

Walton Edwin "Walt" Cruise played outfield for the 1915-1916 Saint Paul teams. In 1914, he was with the Cardinals for 95 games batting .227 and also played with them from 1916-1919 in 3, 153, 70 and 9 games for averages of .667, .295, .271 and .095. He spent the rest of the 1919 season with the Braves for 73 contests (.216).

He also played for the Braves from 1920-1924 in 91, 108, 104, 21 and 9 games hitting .278, .346, .278, .211 and .444. For his big league career he batted .277 in 736 games and 2,321 at bats with a .348 OPB and .386 slugging. Walt was an outfielder in 664 contests and played first in 6 others - all for a fielding average of .962. He was the right fielder in the 26-inning 1-1 tie played against Brooklyn on May 1, 1920. [Cruise had scored the Boston run when he tripled and scored on a single.]

Walt was married at home plate between games of a double header in Cincinnati and played pro from 1911-1924. He was also a WWI veteran and later became the superintendent of the Sylacauga (AL) Water Department. Cruise died at age 84 on Jan. 9, 1975, after a long illness, in Sylacauga, and was buried at the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery there.

Herbert Clyde "Harry" Niles was player on the 1914-1916 Saint Paul teams. He was a starter for the Browns in 1906-1907 for 142 and 120 games hitting .229 and .289. In 1908, he played in 96 games for New York (AL) (.249) and 17 for the Red Sox (.250).

Harry stayed with Boston in 1909 for 145 games hitting .245 and was with them for 18 contests in 1910 (.211). The rest of his '10 season [his last] was with Cleveland as in 70 games he batted .213. He had played in 608 big league games with 2,270 at bats hitting .247 with a .306 OBP and .310 slugging. As an outfielder, he played in 298 games and he was at second for 214 and also played 52 at third and 27 at short (.960 fielding).

"Niles perpetrated a classic baserunning error during a 1909 Red Sox game against Washington. With lumbering Babe Danzig on first, Niles hit a shot to the outfield and began to race around the bases. Danzig, thinking the ball would be caught, stayed put, while the fleet Niles, head down, steamed past him. The ball was chased down and relayed in, but Niles never slowed, sliding home in a cloud of dust under the tag. Sure that he had hit an inside-the-park home run, he jogged nonchalantly to the bench, but was called out for passing Danzig, who was standing forlornly on second base. Niles was credited with a single." - Jack Kavanagh

Niles played professionally from 1903-1916 and he died at age 72 at the Memorial Hospital in Sturgis, MI, on April 18, 1953 due to a stroke. Burial was at the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Sturgis.

Walter A. "Wally" Mayer caught for Saint Paul in 1916. He played for the White Sox in 1911-1912 and 1914-1915 for 1, 9, 40 and 22 games batting .000, .000, .165 and .222. After his stint with the Saints, he was with the Red Sox in 1917-1918 for 4 and 26 contests hitting .167 and .224. He ended his big league experience with the Browns in 1919 for 30 games (.226).

Wally appeared in 132 MLB games and had 274 at bats for a .193 average, .303 OBP and .266 slugging. He caught 112 games with a .969 fielding mark.

Mayer played professional ball from 1911-1924. He died at age 61 at the Glen Lake Sanitorium in Minneapolis on Nov. 18, 1951, was cremated and buried in Cincinnati.

Kenneth Leland "Ken" Nash played for the Saints in 1916. In 1912, he was in 11 games for Cleveland [in one game, he played under the name of "Costello"] hitting .174. His big league time ended in 1914 with 24 games for the Cardinals (.275).

His major league totals in 35 games and 74 at bats were an average of .243, OBP of .325 and a slugging of .311. Defensively, he played at short for 11 games, at third for 10 and had 6 appearances at second (.860 fielding).

Nash was a pro player from at least 1912-1916. He became a state representative and senator from Weymouth, MA, and then a judge for 52 years, including seven as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts district courts. Ken retired in 1970 and died, after a long illness, on Feb. 16, 1977, at the age of 88 in Epsom, NH. Burial was at the Highland Cemetery in Weymouth.

Phillip Brooks "Phil" Douglas pitched for the 1916 St. Paul club. He pitched in nine major league seasons starting in 1912 with three games for the White Sox (7.30 ERA). In 1914, he was with the Reds for 45 games (25 starts) for a 11-18 record and 2.56 ERA in 239 innings. Phil also played part of the 1915 season for Cincinnati (8 g, 1-5, 5.40) and finished the year with Brooklyn for five games (5-5, 2.62, 117 inn.) and the Cubs for four (1-1, 2.16, 25 inn.).

After being with the Saints, he returned to the Cubs in 1917 when he led the league in appearances with 51 (37 starts) and finished 293 innings for a 2.55 ERA and 14-20 record. He also pitched 25 games each year for the Cubs in 1918-1919 for 10-9 (157 inn.) and 10-6 (162 inn.) records and 2.13 and 2.00 ERAs. Phil competed the '19 year with the Giants with 8 games (51 inn, 2.10, 2-4).

His major league career ended after the 1920-1922 seasons with the Giants as he completed 226, 221 and 158 innings in 46, 40 and 24 games for ERAs of 2.71, 4.22 and 2.63. He led the league in shut outs in 1921 (3) and in ERA in 1922.

In a 299-game big league tenure, he completed 1,708 innings allowing 1,626 hits and 411 walks while striking out 683 for a 2.80 ERA and 94-93 record. His OAV was .256 and his OOB was .305.

"When he was sober and when his spitter was dancing, Douglas was one the NL's better right-handers. His high point was two sterling Giant victories over the Yankees in the 1921 World Series. His low was banishment from baseball for life by Judge Landis. Befuddled first by a taxing drying-out regimen and then by a relapse, and demoralized by a John McGraw tongue-lashing, Douglas had written a Cardinals outfielder about an ambiguous offer to quit the Giants in the heat of the 1922 pennant race in return for "an inducement." - A.D. Suehsdorf

Professionally, he played from 1911-1922. He died at age 62, after a stroke, on Aug. 1, 1952 in Sequatchie, TN. Burial was at the Tracy City Cemetery in Tracy City, TN.

Joseph John "Joe" Martina pitched for the Saints in 1916. It took him a long time to reach the majors as, finally, in 1924 he appeared in 24 games (14 starts) for Washington completing 125 innings and allowing 129 hits and 56 walks while striking out 57. His record was 6-8 with a 4.67 ERA, .271 OAV and .355 OOB.

Martina pitched pro from 1910-1931 and managed in 1931. He was known as "Iron Arm" as he appeared in 211 games and 1,313 innings for New Orleans (Southern) in 1922-1927 for a record of 108-50. In his minor league career, he was 349-217 with an ERA of 3.22 and won twenty or more games seven times. Joe played in the Texas League for ten seasons. [He was named, by SABR's Minor League Committee, one of the three best minor league pitchers of the first half of the 20^thCentury]. After baseball, he was employed by the American Brewing Company and died at age 73 at his home in New Orleans on Mar. 22, 1962, following a heart attack. Burial was at the Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans.

Delmar Harold "Del" Paddock played for Saint Paul during the 1914-1916 seasons.

After playing semi-pro ball in Seattle, Del started professionally as a pitcher in 1910 for the Vancouver Beavers in the class "B" Northwestern League as he pitched 2 no hitters: June 21 - a 4-0 victory over Spokane and on September 13 - a 3-1 win over Tacoma. Del played for Dubuque in 1911.

In January 1912, the New York Highlanders sold him to the Chicago White Sox where he made his major debut on April 14, 1912 when he was hitless in one at bat. The Sox returned him to the Highlanders for 46 games that year as an infielder hitting .288 in 156 at bats. Speedy Paddock (he stole 9 bases) hit 5 doubles, 3 triples and one home run in his 26 hits. He also walked 23 times for very good on base percentage of .393. His fielding percentage was poor at .889. He did not make a pitching appearance in MLB. His 1912 American League games were the only ones played in the major leagues.

He was sold to Rochester in 1913 and was sent to Buffalo for 1914, but joined St. Paul Saints in the middle of the season and remained there until he was sent to Chattanooga in 1917. He last played pro ball with Mitchell, SD (Dakota League) in 1920 (.356 as an outfielder and had 1-2 records in 32 innings as a pitcher) and at Sioux City in 1921 (.353 in 53 games). .

Del served in World War I and suffered for 10 years with heart problems. He died from a heart attack on February 9, 1952, in Remer, MN, while at his cabin on Rice Lake. He had lived there with his wife for 10 years. Paddock is buried at the Ditson Cemetery in Girard, IL.

On April 4, the United States declared war on their axis enemies. Only 21 minor leagues started the season (down from 44 in 1914) and 11 played a full schedule. Travel restrictions and manpower shortages made it difficult to operate, but the American Association persevered and made it through the year. The Saints played good baseball and finished with two more wins (11 less games played) then in '16 tying for second place only 2 ½ games out after engaging in a pennant race with Louisville, Columbus and Indianapolis. Unfortunately, 21,000 less fans found their way to the new ball park.

First baseman Lee Dressen made the most improvement offensively increasing his average by nearly 50 points to .291 and outfielder Joe Riggert had another good year leading the team with 8 home runs and was second in batting (.286). Second base was also improved with Babe Ellison coming on board for a .278 average and 22 triples (he also was with the Tigers for two games) and shortstop became the domain of Tommy McMillan (.246). Fred Smith remained the third baseman albeit for only 71 games as it is assumed that infield reserves Marty Berghammer (.212) , Tony DeFante (.261), Lew Malone (.197) and Sam Bohne (.275) [he saw more action with another A.A. team and had 14 games with the Braves] also saw action at the hot corner in addition to their regular short and second positions.

The other outfielders were returnee Vern Duncan (.276) and new Saint Fred Nicholson who performed well (.284 - 7 homers). The limited statistics don't point it out, but the aforementioned infielders had to have had some time in the outfield because no other outfield back ups were specifically listed in stats available today. Four-year Saints' veteran Harry Glenn (.282) had the most time at catcher with Grover Land (.215) and Fred Hofmann (.183) backing him up.

Steamboat Williams returned to the pitching corp and was the tenth Saint in history to win twenty games (22-14) although his WHIP and ERA were not dominating (1.28 and 2.82). Dan Griner had the third-best WHIP in team history at 0.97 with a 15-11 record and 2.86 ERA and Happy Finneran also performed well (18-11, 1.21, 2.80). Dick Niehaus (9-5, 1.27, 1.94), Bill Upham (7-4, 1.10, 2.38) and Lefty Leifield (3-11, 1.19, 2.71) all pitched less then 200 innings but contributed to the good staff. The only "rookie" Saint was Rip Hagerman whose record was decent (14-10), but his WHIP was high at 1.40 and he had the staff's highest ERA (2.98).

Samuel Arthur "Sam" Bohne [born Samuel Arthur Cohen] played for the Saint Paul team of 1917. In 1916 he was in 14 games for the Cardinals as a shortstop hitting .237. From 1921-1925 he was generally a starting infielder for the Reds in 153, 112, 139, 100 and 73 games with averages of .285, .274, .252, .255 and .257. On June 17, 1923, he broke up Dazzy Vance's no-hitter with two outs in the 9^th. A Chicago newspaper ran a story in '23 accusing him and Pat Duncan of being associated with gamblers. They were both cleared by a federal judge and he was later awarded damages by winning a libel suit.

His final major league season of 1926 was divided between the Reds (25 g, .204) and Brooklyn (47 g, .200). He had played in 663 big league games with 2,315 at bats for a .261 batting average, .321 OBP and .359 slugging. Sam was at second during 372 games, at short for 152, at third for 130, in the outfield for 4 and at first for one. His combined fielding % was .966.

Bohne was a pro player from 1910-1924 and, for 30 years, an investment broker. He died at age 82 on May 23, 1977, at the Sharon Heights Conv. Hospital in Menlo Park, CA, from a heart attack. His remains were cremated.

Thomas Law "Tommy" McMillan was an infielder on the 1917 Saints. He had played with Brooklyn during the 1908-1910 seasons for 43, 108 and 23 games batting .238, .212 and .176. The rest of his '10 season was spent with the Reds for 82 games (.185).

His last year of 1912 was with New York (AL) where he hit .223 in 41 contests. He was in 297 big league games with 991 at bats for a .209 average, .273 OBP and .238 slugging. Tommy played at second during 280 games, was in the outfield for 14, at second for 2 and at third for one with a combined fielding record of .917.

McMillan was a professional baseball player from 1904-1929 (except 1905) and a manager in 1924, 1926 and 1928. He played in at least 2,127 minor league games with an approximate .263 average with two seasons in the A.A., three in the IL and seven in the Southern Assoc. Tommy was also a WWI veteran. In about 1922, he moved from Atlanta, GA, to Orlando, FL, and died there at the age of 78 on July 15, 1966. Burial was at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Winter Garden, FL.

Fred Vincent Smith was an infielder on the 1916-1917 St. Paul clubs. He had played with the Braves in 1913 for 92 games (.228) as their utility infielder and then played in the Federal League in 1914-1915 with Buffalo in 1914 (145 g, .220) and 1915 (35 g, .237) and finished the '15 season with Brooklyn (110 g, .247).

The same year he was with the Saints, he also performed for the Cardinals in 56 games (.182). Fred played in 438 big league games with 1,422 at bats hitting .226 with a .296 OBP and .305 slugging. He was a third baseman in 253 games, at short for 157 and also played a few games at second, first and in the outfield - all with a combined fielding mark of .932.

Smith played pro from 1909-1917 and managed in 1923. He was employed by the Internal Revenue Service for 24 years and then was a real estate agent in Cleveland for five years. His death came at age 74 on May 28, 1961, in Cleveland from a heart attack. Burial was at the Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.

Fred Nicholson played for the Saints in 1917. That year he also played in 13 games for the Tigers (.286) as mostly a pinch hitter. In 1919 and 1920, he was with the Pirates for 30 and 99 games batting .273 and .300.

He ended his big league experience with the Braves in 1921-1922 for 83 and 78 contest with averages of .327 and .252. In 303 MLB games with 794 at bats, he hit an excellent .311 with a .367 OBP and .452 slugging. Fred was an outfielder in 200 games and played first in 5 and at second for two. His career fielding % was .950.

Professionally, he played from 1913-1935 (except 1918 when he was in the service) with ten years in the A.A. In total, he was in 2,219 minor league games with a career .303 average hitting .300 or over in 12 seasons. In 1936, he moved to Kilgore, TX, where he was a owner and business manager for teams in the East Texas League. He died at age 77 at his home in Kilgore, after a brief illness, on Jan. 23, 1972. Burial was at the Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta, OK.

Herbert Spencer "Babe" Ellison was with the 1917 St. Paul team. His big league experience all came with the Tigers in 1916-1920 for 2, 9, 7, 56 and 61 games. He hit .216 and .219 in 1919-1920.

Babe played in 61 major league games with 155 at bats. His career average was .219 with a .258 OBP and .290 slugging %. He played first in 47 games, at second for 28, in the outfield in 18 and had a few appearances at short and third with an excellent fielding record of .994.

Ellison was a pro player from 1915-1928 and managed in 1923-26 and 1928. He was also a WWI veteran and, thereafter, was an appraiser for the U.S. Customs Service for 20 years. Ellison died at age 58 due to a heart attack suffered during an operation for an obstructed esophagus, on Aug. 11, 1955, in San Francisco. Burial was at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.

Grover Cleveland Land caught for the Saints in 1917. He had played with Cleveland from 1908-1911 and 1913 for 8, 1, 34, 35 and 17 games. In 1914-1915, he finished his big league stay in the majors with Brooklyn in the Federal League with 102 and 96 games hitting .275 and .259.

Grover had played 293 major league games and had 910 at bats for a .243 average, .271 OBP and .279 slugging. He made 271 appearances as a catcher with a .964 fielding %.

Land played from 1904-1919 as a pro and was in the service during WWI. He moved to Phoenix in 1921 and remained there until his death on July 22, 1958, at the age of 73 at the Phoenix Veteran's Hospital. Burial was at Greenwood Memory [Memorial?] Lawn in Phoenix.

Fred Hofmann caught for the 1917 club. His first MLB game was on Sept. 26, 1919, for the Yankees when he was 0-for-1. He stayed with New York from 1920-1925 as a back up catcher in 15, 23, 37, 72, 62 and 3 games hitting well in '22 and '23 with .297 and .290 averages.

He ended his big league stay in 1927-28 with the Red Sox in 87 and 78 games hitting .272 and .226. He major league career consisted of 378 games with 1,000 at bats for a .247 average, .308 OBP and .339 slugging. His fielding mark was .969 with 339 games at catcher.

Hofmann played pro from 1915-1937 and managed in 1932-33 and 1935-37. He was a major league coach in 1938-49 and 1951 for the Browns and later was a scout for the Orioles. Death came at age 70 on Nov. 19, 1964, in the City Sanitarium and hospital in St. Helena, CA, caused by a heart attack. Burial was at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, CA.

Lewis Aloysius "Lew" Malone was an infielder for the Saints in 1916-17. He was with the A's in 1915-16 for 76 (.204) and 5 games and had one MLB game in '17 with Brooklyn. His final big league games with for Brooklyn in 1919 as he appeared in 51 contests (.204).

Lew had major league experiences in 133 games and 367 at bats for a .202 average, .260 OBP and .278 slugging. He had played at third during 59 games, at second for 45, at short for 5 and in the outfield for 4 contests. His fielding percentage was .910.

Malone was a pro player from 1915-1929 and he died at age 74 on Feb. 17, 1972, in Brooklyn. He was buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Southold, NY.

Joseph Ignatius "Happy" Finneran pitched for the Saint Paul clubs in 1916-1917. He had made a few appearances with the Phillies in 1912-1913 for 14 and 3 games with a 2.53 ERA in '12. Happy was a full-timer in the Federal League in 1914-1915 for Brooklyn for 27 (23 starts) and 37 (24 starts) games completing 175 and 215 innings with records of 12-11 and 10-12 and ERAs of 3.18 and 2.80.

His last major league season of 1918 was divided between the Tigers for 5 games and the Yankees for 23 (13 starts) with 114 innings, a 3-6 record and 3.78 ERA. His career record was 25-33 in 109 games (66 starts) and 570 innings as he allowed 568 hits and 202 walks with 168 strike outs. Happy's ERA was 3.30 and had a .266 OAV and .335 OOB.

Finneran was a professional baseball player from 1911-1923 and then became a funeral director for 21 years. He died at the age of 50 from pneumonia in Orange, NJ, on Feb. 3, 1942. Burial was at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in East Hanover, NJ.

Albert Peter "Lefty" Leifield [sometimes spelled "Leifeld"] pitched for the Saints in 1915-1917. He had pitched for Pittsburgh from 1905-1912 for 8, 37, 40, 34, 32, 40, 42 and 6 games (including 7, 31, 33, 26, 26, 30, 37 and 1 starts) for 56, 256, 286, 219, 202, 218, 318 and 24 innings with ERAs of 2.89, 1.87, 2.33, 2.10, 2.37, 2.64, 2.63 and 4.18 and records of 5-2, 18-13, 20-16, 15-14, 19-8, 15-13, 16-16 and 1-2. In the 1909 World Series, he only lasted four innings in game four, but considered it his biggest thrill in baseball.

He finished the '12 season with 13 games for the Cubs (7-2, 2.42). In 1913, he was in 6 games for the Cubs with a 0-1 record and 5.48 ERA. A sore arm developed in 1911 caused the temporary end to his MLB career.

After his stint with St. Paul [where his arm strength returned], he ended his big league years with the Browns from 1918-1920 in 15, 19 and 4 games with 67, 92 and 9 innings for ERAs of 2.55, 2.93 and 7.00 and 2-6, 6-4 and 0-0 records. In his 12-year, 296-game major league stay, he completed 1,838 innings allowing 1,673 hits and 554 walks while striking out 616 for a 2.47 ERA, 124-97 record, .248 OAV and .313 OOB. He threw three one-hitters.

The Sporting News said of his pitching: "He was one of those ain't-got-a-thing pitchers who never threw a ball where the batter wanted it." [He did not have overpowering pitches, but relied instead on finesse].

His pro years were from 1903-1920 and during the off-seasons worked in the grocery and saloon business in St. Louis. Leifield coached for the Browns (1920-23), Red Sox (1924-26 and Tigers (1927-28) and was a minor league manager for seven seasons [including an A.A. pennant for St. Paul in 1931]. Lefty then worked for the St. Louis water department for 26 years until he began to loss his eyesight in 1962. He died at age 77, on Oct. 10, 1970, in Fairfax, VA.

-----1918-----

As thousands of men were dying in Europe, the U.S. government thought that professional baseball was still necessary on the home front and did not actively secure ball players for the military. However, only nine minor leagues attempted to play the year and American Association officials reduced their schedule from 154 to 140 games by delaying opening day until May 1.

Shortly before the season was to begin, Secretary of War Newton Baker issued regulations that have been called "work or fight orders" which required draft-age men to become subject for the draft unless they were engaged in essential war work. At this time, baseball was not considered essential. The league made do with a lack of players and fans until July 21 when they "suspended" the rest of the season.

The Saints completed 77 games winning one more then they lost. They finished in sixth place, six games out having tried 23 different players at the eight non-pitcher positions. Harry Glenn (.283) played in his fifth year and was the regular behind the plate. At various times, Joe Cobb (.219), Glenn Cook (.164) and future MLB star Bubbles Hargrave (.301) also manned the position.

Gustave Gleichmann (.285) was the new first baseman with Dave Williams (.217) and Dutch Schliebner also getting some time. The American Association batting champ from 1912, Art Butler, returned and played second but won no awards with his .235 mark. Jake Dugey (.137) was his main competition and the third base regular was Jap Barbeau (.231) with Johnny Bates (.194) and Bobby Byrne (.231) staying mostly in the wings. Marty Berghammer (.255) returned to his shortstop job with Tony DeFate (.255) coming back for 12 games and Fred? Graff (.272) getting into 25.

Joe Riggert led the league in hits, runs (tied) and home runs batting a team-leading .325. Red Corriden (.269) and Lu Blue (.229) were the other outfield regulars. Other players who roamed the outfield were George Harper (.267), Hardin Herndon (.074), Rube? Lutzke, [first name unknown] Yockey (.182) and Saint Paul native Bob McMenemy (.250).

Pitcher Sea Lion Hall returned and had a great short season going 15-8 with a 1.04 WHIP and 1.86 ERA. One of his wins was a no-hitter over Columbus on June 23. The only other hurler who had a good year - albeit in only 66 innings - was John Merritt (6-3, 1.11, 1.50). Ray Keating was so-so at 9-7, 1.37 and 2.97 and Herb? Rook was OK some of the time (3-2, 1.46, 3.47) as was Bill Piercy (6-6, 1.53, 2.84). However, Rip Hagerman performed poorly for the second straight year with a 0-5 record, 1.73 WHIP and 4.57 ERA.

A couple of other lesser known players - Ed Foster and Hi Jasper - pitched in 6 and 4 games respectively. Old Saints' vet Chief LeRoy appeared in three games and Dick Niehaus only had the opportunity for one.

In November, the war ended but not before ten professional ball players had given their lives for the cause. The number included the Saints' Harry Glenn who caught for the club from 1914 through 1918. His cause of death was listed as: "died from influenza induced pneumonia while serving at the U.S. Army Aviation School at St. Paul, Minn."

During the winter of 1918-1919, the minor leagues stood up to the majors by adopting a resolution which demanded that the big leagues no longer had the right to draft minor league players nor could they option players. The majors rejected those demands and the minor leagues answered by simply withdrawing from the National Agreement with the Bigs. That caused the suspension of the draft and the optioning of players. From that time, if the majors wanted to obtain players, they had to buy them from the minors at the price dictated by each minor league club.

Harry Melville Glenn caught for Saint Paul in 1914-1918. His only major league appearances were in 1915 for the Cardinals when he was in 6 games and had 16 at bats with 5 hits (.313). His OBP was .421 and he had no extra base hits. His fielding mark in 5 games at catcher was .929.

Glenn played professionally from 1910-1918. When the American Association schedule ended in mid season-1918, he joined the Army and was taking training at the Overland Aviation School in St. Paul. He died at their hospital, at the age of 28, on Oct. 12, 1918, due to pneumonia caused by the Spanish influenza. Burial was at the Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, IN.

William Joseph "Jap" Barbeau played for the Saints in 1918. He played for Cleveland in 1905-1906 in 11 and 42 games batting .270 and .194. Jap was with Pittsburgh for 91 games in 1909 hitting .220 and finished the year with the Cardinals in 48 games (.251).

He made his last MLB appearances in 1910 for the Cardinals in 7 games with a .190 average. His big league tenure consisted of 199 games and 712 at bats with a .225 average, .311 OBP and .282 slugging %. He had a .884 fielding mark with 170 games at third, 12 at second and 6 at short.

Barbeau played pro from 1905-1919. He died at age 77, on Sept. 10, 1969, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee and was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery there.

Luzerne Atwell "Lu" Blue was with the 1918 Saint Paul club. He had a very good 13-year career in the majors.

From 1921-1927, he was a starter for the Tigers at first base in 153, 145, 129, 108, 150, 128 and 112 games hitting .308, .300, .284, .311, .306, .287 and .260. Then he was with the Browns from 1928-1930 in 154, 151 and 117 contests with averages of .281, .293 and .235.

In 1931-1932 he performed with the White Sox in 155 and 112 games batting .304 and .249. He played one game for Brooklyn in 1933 (0-for-1). Lu had been in 1,615 big league games with 5,904 at bats for an average of .287, a .402 OBP and .401 slugging. His fielding record was .989 with 1,571 games at first.

"...Although he and manager Ty Cobb were less than friendly, he held the Detroit first base job for seven years. Small for a first baseman at 5'10", Blue fielding his position well. He was a switch-hitter, adept at drawing walks four times...His career totals included 1,092 walks, 1,151 runs scored, 109 triples and 150 stolen bases. In six of his twelve years as a regular, he scored at least 100 runs. A veteran of WWI, the Washington, DC, native is probably the best-known major leaguer buried at Arlington National Cemetery." - Bob Davids

Blue played pro from 1916-1933 and conducted baseball schools across the U.S. in the 1940s. He died at age 61, on July 28, 1958, due to a heart attack at his home in Alexandria, VA.

John William "Johnny" Bates was with the St..Paul team of 1918 and at the end of his career. He had been with the Braves from 1906-1909 for 140, 126, 127 and 63 games batting .252, .250, .258 and .288. He finished the 1909 season with the Phillies for 77 games (.293).

With Philadelphia (NL) in 1910, he was in 135 games and batted .305. From 1911-1914, he played with the Reds in 148, 81, 131 and 58 contests with averages of .292, .289, .278 and .252. The rest of his '14 year was with the Cubs for 9 games (.125). Johnny also played 59 games for Baltimore in the Federal League during the 1914 season (.305).

His major league experience totaled 1,154 games with 3,913 at bats for a .278 average, .367 OBP and .377 slugging. He played 1,080 big league games in the outfield and compiled a .935 fielding %.

Bates played pro from 1906-1918 and was a pool hall owner and breeder of show dogs. Later he was employed as a glass worker and then was a deputy sheriff in Jefferson County, OH. He died on Feb. 10, 1949, at the age of 65, in the Gill Memorial Hospital in Steubenville, OH, from a heart attack suffered while shoveling snow. Burial was at the Union Cemetery in Steubenville.

Robert Matthew "Bobby" Byrne played at the end of his career for the 1918 St. Paul club. He had an 11-year career in the majors starting with the Cardinals in 1907-1909 for 149, 127 and 105 games batting .256, .191 and .214. The rest of his '09 season was with the Pittsburgh for 46 games (.256). The Pirates acquisition of the 5'7" Byrne provided key elements to the club's pennant drive that year and, in particular, allowed Tommy Leach to stay in centerfield.

He stuck with the Pirates from 1910-1913 for 148, 153, 130 and 113 contests with averages of .296, .259, .288 and .270. He led the league in hits (178) and doubles (43) in 1910. In 1912, he had the best fielding % for third basemen (.948). His 1913 season ended with the Phillies with 19 games (.224).

Bobby also played with the Phillies from 1914-1917 for 126, 105, 48 and 13 games with .272, .209, .234 and .357 averages. The '17 year was his major league career-closer with one game for the White Sox when he was 0-for1.

Byrne played 1,283 major league games with 4,831 at bats compiling a .254 average, .324 OBP and .323 slugging. He had played 1,147 games at third, 102 at second and 5 at short for a .934 fielding percentage.

He played pro from 1904-1918 and managed in 1921-1922. His obit indicated that he also excelled at soccer, golf and bowling [he ran a bowling alley for a time]. He died on his 80^th birthday (Dec. 31, 1964) in Caley Nursing Manor in Wayne, PA. Burial was at the Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.

Clyde Herbert "Tony" DeFate played for the Saints in 1918. His only major league experiences were in 1917 for the Cardinals (14 g, .143) and the Tigers (3 g, .000). He played 17 big league games with 16 at bats for a .125 average, .300 OBP and no extra base hits. Defensively, he was at third for 5 games and had 2 at second (1.000 fielding).

As a professional, he played from 1916-1931. DeFate died at age 65 on Sept. 3, 1963, in New Orleans.

George Washington Harper played for St. Paul in 1918. In 1916-1918, he was with the Tigers for 44, 47 and 69 games with averages of .161, .205 and .242. From 1922-1924, he was with the Reds in 128, 61 and 28 games hitting .340, .256 and .270. The remainder of his '24 year was as a Phillie (109 g, .294).

He remained with the Phillies in 1925-1926 in 132 and 56 contests batting .349 and .314. With the Giants in 1927-1928, George played in 145 and 19 games (.331 and .228). He also played 99 games with the Cardinals in '28 (.305). His big league years ended in 1929 for the Braves with 136 games and a .291 average. George hit three home runs in the first game of a Sept. 20, 1928, doubleheader.

Harper's big league experience totaled 1,073 games and 3,398 at bats as he hit a cool .303 and had a .380 OBP and .455 slugging. His fielding % was .970 in 933 outfield games.

His pro years were from 1913-1936 and he was a manager in 1934. He was inducted into the Arkansas Hall of Fame in 1970 and died at age 86 on Aug. 18, 1978, at the Magnolia Hospital in Magnolia, AR. Burial was at New Hope Cemetery in Magnolia.

Zerah Zequiel "Rip" Hagerman pitched for the Saints in 1918. His first MLB games were in 1909 for the Cubs when he was in 13 games (7 starts) and 79 innings for a 4-4 record and 1.82 ERA. From 1914-1916, he pitched with Cleveland for 37, 29 and 2 games with 9-15, 6-14 and 0-0 records and 3.09, 3.52 and 12.27 ERAs.

Rip had pitched in 81 games, including 55 starts, completing 432 innings and allowed 414 hits and 225 walks while striking out 214 for a 3.09 ERA, 19-33 record, a .263 OAV and .360 OOB.

Hagerman pitched professionally from 1908-1925. He died at age 41 on Jan. 30, 1930, in Albuquerque, NM, and was buried there at the Calvary Cemetery.

William Benton "Bill" Piercy pitched for Saint Paul in 1918. He was with the Yankees in 1917 for one game on Oct. 3 pitching a complete game, allowing three runs and getting the loss. He was back with New York in 1921 for 14 games (10 starts) with a 2.98 ERA and 5-4 record.

He then pitched for the Red Sox from 1922-1924 for 29, 30 and 23 games (12, 24 and 18 starts) for 121, 187 and 121 innings with ERAs of 4.67, 3.41 and 5.95 and 3-9, 8-17 and 5-7 records. His final big league season was in 1926 for the Cubs as he was in 19 games (5 starts) for 90 innings with a 6-5 record and 4.48 ERA.

His major league totals in 116 games (70 starts) and 611 innings were an ERA of 4.26, 27-43 record allowing 676 hits and 268 walks with 165 strikeouts.

Piercy pitched pro ball from 1914-1927 and during WWII was administrator of war shipping. He died from a heart attack at the age of 55 in a hospital in Long Beach, CA, on Aug. 28, 1951, and was cremated.

Raymond Herbert "Ray" Keating pitched for the Saints in 1918. He pitched for the Yankees from 1912-1916 and 1918 in 6, 28, 34, 11, 14 and 15 games with ERAs of 5.80, 3.21, 2.96, 3.63, 3.07 and 3.91. Ray pitched 151 innings in 1913 and 210 in 1914. His big league career ended in 1919 for the Braves with 22 games and a 2.98 ERA.

In 130 major league games (92 starts) and 752 innings, he allowed 706 hits and 293 walks with 349 strikeouts. His record was 31-51 and he had an ERA of 3.29, a OAV of .254 and OOB of .329.

In pro ball, he pitched from 1911-1934 and operated a tavern in Sacramento for 25 years, retiring in 1958. He died at age 70 on Dec. 28, 1963, at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento from kidney disease and heart failure. Burial was at St. Mary's Cemetery in Sacramento.

Henry W. "Hi" Jasper pitched for Saint Paul in 1918. He had been with the White Sox in 1914-1915 for 16 and 3 games and ERAs of 3.34 and 4.60. In 1916, he played for the Cardinals and appeared in 21 contests (9 starts) for a 5-6 record and 3.28 ERA. His big league career ended in 1919 with Cleveland as he had an 3.59 ERA in 12 games.

All told, Jasper was in 52 major league games, including 21 starts, for 238 innings. He allowed 210 hits and 99 walks while striking out 96 for a 10-12 record, 3.48 ERA, .248 OAV and .333 OOB.

Jasper pitched professionally from at least 1909-1919 and became a bartender in a St. Louis tavern. On May 22, 1937, two days before his 50^th birthday, he was riding on a tailboard of a truck, it collapsed and he was killed after falling to the pavement.

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The American Association joined most leagues in outlawing what they termed "freak delivery of pitches". The league also created a player money pool by taking one cent from each admission ticket to be divided between the players based on their club's finish the in league's standings (the first place club's share was the highest and the last place team received nothing).

For the third time in St. Paul club history, the Saints won the American Association pennant which was their first since 1904 [the longest span between first place finishes in team history]. Even though they won only six more games then in 1917, they finished in first by 6 ½ games and drew 40,800 more fans compared to '17. Speed and pitching were the bi-words during the season.

Mike Kelley's best off-season move was to bring in outfielder Elmer Miller who led the league with 15 home runs (which set a team record) and triples, led the team with a .314 average and nearly beat the 1905 slugging % record of Charley Hemphill's (.502) with his .497. He took the place of Saints' star Joe Riggert who was sold to the Braves after 68 games (.215). Returning was catcher Bubbles Hargrave (.303) [led club in doubles], lead-off batter/first baseman Lee Dresson (.272) [led league with 46 stolen bases – the third time he led the Association which was a fite never duplicated], infielder Marty Berghammer (.278), third baseman Fred? Smith (215) and outfielders Vern Duncan (.279) and Red Corridan (.257). Jack Martin (.231) was a newcomer at short.

New Saints Lute Boone (.260) got into 115 contests, mostly as an infielder, and Tex McDonald (.297) played 20 games at third. Native son Bob McMenemy (.278) was the back up catcher and future pro football hall-of-famer George Halas (.274) appeared in 39 games.

For the third time in club history, two pitchers won 20 or more games. Dick Neihaus returned for a 23-13 mark and had a decent WHIP (1.26) and ERA (2.67) and Saints veteran Dan Griner contributed greatly with a 21-14 record, a 1.04 WHIP (led team) and a 3.14 ERA. John Merritt nearly won 20 with his 19-9 record and finished with another great WHIP (1.18) and ERA (2.62).

At age 35, Charley Hall still had "it" for a 17-13 win/loss mark and his 1.27 WHIP and club leading 2.29 ERA was also very good. Steamboat Williams completed a stellar front line crew after he was obtained from Milwaukee. James Browne (4-1, 1.43, 1.55), Ed Monroe (2-3, 1.72, 5.28) and Ed Foster (1-1) were secondary hurlers.

For the second time, the Saints were involved in post season play traveling to Los Angeles to play the Pacific Coast League champs the Vernon Tigers in a best-of-nine Little World Series. With the series tied at four apiece and the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning in the deciding game, Vernon scored to win. The PCL club had watered the infield excessively in order to stop the Saints' running game, used one or more illegal players and, by all accounts, the Tigers taunted and baited umpires and the Saints to the point of starting fights and encouraging local fans to beat up American Association umpire Jim Murray. Vernon players were called "thugs" and "hoodlums" by non-PCL writers and the Association hierarchy declared that no A.A. team would ever play a PCL club again.

Still, St. Paul fans were so happy for another pennant winner that they collected funds to give wristwatches to each player and $1,400 for manager Kelley.

Wins - 27 by Perry Sessions and Charley Chech in 1904 [Chech had 24 in 1903 as did Charley Hall in 1915]

No hitters - Ace Stewart on July 4, 1903, Louis LeRoy on July 27, 1910 and Charley Hall on June 23, 1918

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Charles Lewis "Charley" Hall [born Carlos Clolo and also known by nickname "Sea Lion"] pitched expertly during the 1909, 1914-1915. 1918-1923 seasons (9 years). He also pitched in the majors for the Reds for 14 and 11 games in 1906-1907 (3.32 and 2.51 ERAs). Hall led the league in hits allowed in 1906 (86). In 1909-1912, he was with the Red Sox for 11, 35, 32 and 34 games for 2.56, 1.91, 3.75 and 3.02 ERAs and records of 6-4, 12-9, 8-7 and 15-8.

His 1916 season was spent with the Cardinals for 10 games and a 5.48 ERA. His last big league appearances were in 1918 for the Tigers (6 g, 6.75). Charley's major league tenure was 188 games (80 starts) with 910 innings as he gave up 821 hits and 391 walks while striking out 427. His ERA was 3.09 and he had a record of 54-47, a OAV of .248 and OOB of .334.

Hall played professionally from 1904-1925 which included 701 minor league games as he compiled a 284-244 record and a 3.32 (approximately) ERA. Sea Lion played 11 years in the A.A., six in the PCL and won twenty or more games seven times. He died at age 59 on Dec. 6, 1943, at County Hospital in Ventura, CA, from heart disease and was buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.

John Michael "Red" Corriden was with the 1918-1919 Saint Paul Saints. He played in 26 games for the 1910 Browns (.155) and was with the Tigers in 1912 for 38 games (.203).

From 1913-1915, he played with the Cubs for 48, 107 and 6 games (.175, .230 and .000). In his MLB career, he performed in 223 games and a had 640 at bats for a .205 average, .304 OBP and .281 slugging. He played at short in 145 games, was at third for 47, 12 at second and was in the outfield for one game - all with a combined fielding record of .896.

He was a pro player from 1908-1924 (except for 1920) and managed in the minors in 1923-1924, 1931 and 1949. Until 1958, he was also a coach, manager and scout. Red was a major league coach for the Cubs (1932-1940), Dodgers (1941-1946), Yankees (1947-1948 and White Sox (1950). Corriden managed the 1950 White Sox (52-72, 8^th). He died from a heart attack at the age of 72 at the Community Hospital in Indianapolis, IN, on Sept. 28, 1959. Burial was at St. Vincent Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Charles E. "Tex" McDonald [born Charles C. Crabtree] played for St. Paul in 1919. He played the 1912 year for the Reds appearing in 61 games with a .257 average. In 1913, he split the year between the Reds (11 g, .300) and the Braves (62 g, .359).

He finished his big league career in the Federal League for Pittsburgh (67 g, .308) and Buffalo (69 g, .296) in 1914 and with Buffalo again in 1915 (87 g, .271). Tex had played in 357 major league games for a .298 average, .359 OBP and .434 slugging. He was an outfielder in 156 contests and also played 48 at short, 43 at second and 62 at third with a .936 fielding record.

McDonald played pro baseball from 1910-1929 and later became a window cleaner in Houston until ill health overcame him in 1943. He died at age 52 at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston on March 30, 1943, and was buried in Farmersville, TX.

George Stanley Halas played for St. Paul in 1919. Also that year he was a Yankee in 12 games and had 22 at bats with 2 hits (.091). He did not walk nor have an extra base hit. He was an outfielder in 6 games and had no errors.

He played pro baseball only in 1919 and soon thereafter helped form the National Football League. Halas played end for the Bears through 1929, coached the team through 1968, owned the team for years after that and became a member of the NFL Hall of Fame. George lived to age 88 and died on Oct. 31, 1983, at his apartment in Chicago from heart disease and other ailments. Burial was at St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles, IL.

Richard J. "Dick" Niehaus pitched for the 1916-1919 Saint Paul clubs. In 1913-1915, he played for the Cardinals in 3, 8 and 15 games with ERAs of 4.13, 3.12 and 3.97. His last major league chances came during the 1920 season for Cleveland when he was in 19 contests with a 3.60 ERA.

He was a hurler in 45 big league games, including 9 starts, completing 127 innings allowing 128 hits and 59 walks while striking out 43. His ERA was 3.77, with a .268 OAV, .351 OOB and 4-5 record.

Niehaus was a pro pitcher from 1911-1929 with five years in the Amer. Assoc. and three seasons in the PCL. Dick had pitched 550 minor league games winning more then 20 games twice and finishing with a 3.51 ERA and 202-163 record. He was a coach for Atlanta (SA) from 1937-39 and then became their trainer until 1950 when he retired because of ill health. His death came on March 12, 1957, at the age of 64, after suffering for a lengthy time from lung cancer and heart problems at the V.A. Hospital in Atlanta. Burial was in Woodbury, GA.

Edward Oliver "Ed" Monroe pitched for the Saints in 1919. He was in 9 and one game(s) for the Yankees in 1917-1918 completing 30 innings allowing 36 hits and 8 walks with 13 strikeouts and a 1-0 record. His ERA was 3.52 with a .300 OAV and .354 OOB.

Monroe was a professional from 1912-1921 and a WWI veteran. He became a clerk for the Indiana and Kentucky Terminal Railroad until retirement in 1959. On April 29, 1969, he died at age 74 at the Veteran's Hospital in Louisville and was buried in Calvary Cemetery there.

Lee August Dressen played for St. Paul in 1915-1917 and 1919-1921. The fleet-footed first baseman was with the Cardinals in 1914 for 46 games (.233) and the Tigers in 1918 in 31 games (.178).

His major league tenure encompassed 77 games and 210 at bats for a .205 average, .316 OBP and .248 OOB. He was a first baseman in 68 contests with a .985 fielding mark.

Dressen was a pro baseball player from 1910-1921. He died at age 42 on June 30, 1931, at a hospital in Odell, NE, after a long illness. Burial was at the Prairie Home Cemetery in Diller, NE.

Joseph Aloysius "Joe" Riggert was an outstanding Saint during the 1912-1913 and 1915-1924 seasons (12 years). He got into 50 big league games in 1911 for the Red Sox (.212) and was with Brooklyn (27 g, .193) and the Cardinals (34 g, .213) in 1914.

Joe's last major league games were preformed for the Braves in 1919 (63 g, .283). He played in a total of 174 MLB games and had 558 at bats for a .240 average, .305 OBP and .366 slugging. As an outfielder in 150 contests, his fielding % was .950.

Riggert was a pro from 1909-1928 playing 2,403 minor league games with a .301 average and led his leagues three times in home runs and hit over .300 in eight seasons. He holds the all-time minor league record for career triples with 228 and managed in 1910-1911. Thereafter, he was a clerk for the Wilson Sporting Goods Company for ten years and operated the cigar stand at the Jackson County (MO) courthouse for another decade. He died the day before his 87^th birthday on Dec. 10, 1973, at his home in Kansas City, MO. Burial was at Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City.

Donald Dexter "Dan" Griner was a pitcher for the St. Paul clubs in 1916-1917 and 1919-1921. He had been with the Cardinals from 1912-1916 for 12, 34, 37, 37 and 4 games with ERAs of 3.17, 5.08, 2.51, 2.81 and 4.09. Dan pitched 225 innings in 1913.

His last big league appearances were in 1918 for Brooklyn when he was in 11 games for a 2.15 ERA. All told, Griner was called into 135 MLB games (81 starts) and completed 674 innings allowing 700 hits and 202 walks while striking out 244. His ERA was 3.49 with a 28-55 record, a .280 OAV and .342 OOB.

He was a professional from 1912-1924 and managed in 1923-1924. Griner died at age 62 on June 3, 1950, in Bishopville, SC, from a heart attack and was buried at the Bethlehem Methodist Cemetery in Bishopville.

Vernon Van Duke "Vern" Duncan played for the Saints in 1916-1917 and 1919-1921. He had been in 8 games for the Phillies in 1913 (5-for-12) and then performed in the Federal League in 1914-1915 for Baltimore (157 g, .287 and 146 g, .267).

His MLB totals in 311 games and 1,100 at bats were an average of .279, a .357 OBP and .347 slugging. His fielding mark was .939 with 275 outfield games, 29 at third and two at second.

Duncan was a pro player from 1910-1927 and managed from 1922-1924. He then became an antique dealer. At age 64, he died unexpectedly on June 1, 1954 in Daytona Beach, FL, and was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Ormond Beach, FL.

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1902 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Manager
Indianapolis Indians	96	45	.681	--
Louisville Colonels	92	45	.671	2
St. Paul Saints	72	66	.521	22.5	Mike Kelley
Kansas City Blues	69	67	.507	24.5
Columbus Senators	66	74	.471	29.5
Milwaukee Brewers	65	75	.464	30.5
Minneapolis Millers	54	86	.385	41.5
Toledo Mud Hens	42	98	.330	53.5

1903 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
St. Paul Saints	88	46	.657	-	135,000 (2nd)	Mike Kelley
Louisville Colonels	87	54	.617	4.5
Milwaukee Brewers	77	60	.562	12.5
Indianapolis Indians	78	61	.561	12.5
Kansas City Cowboys	69	66	.511	19.5
Columbus Senators	56	84	.400	35
Minneapolis Millers	50	91	.355	41.5
Toledo Mud Hens	48	91	.345	42.5

1908 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Indianapolis Indians	92	61	502	--	263,783
Louisville Colonels	88	65	575	4	182,254
Columbus Senators	86	68	558	6.5	193,536
Toledo Mud Hens	81	72	530	11	162,009
Minneapolis Millers	77	77	500	15.5	125,203
Milwaukee Brewers	71	89	461	21.5	131,168
Kansas City Blues	70	83	456	22	160,685
St. Paul Saints	48	104	316	43.5	90,510	Tim Flood/Mike Kelley

1910 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Minneapolis Millers	107	61	637	--	195,058
Toledo Mud Hens	91	75	548	15	165,935
Columbus Senators	88	77	533	17.5	156,333
St. Paul Saints	88	80	524	19	165,619	Mike Kelley
Kansas City Blues	85	81	512	21	194,233
Milwaukee Brewers	76	91	455	30.5	137,687
Indianapolis Indians	69	96	418	36.5	184,252
Louisville Colonels	60	103	368	44.5	111,869

1911 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Minneapolis Millers	99	66	600	--	208,588
Kansas City Blues	94	70	573	4.5	257,703
Columbus Senators	87	78	527	12	159,932
St. Paul Saints	79	85	482	19.5	153,240	Mike Kelley
Milwaukee Brewers	79	87	476	20.5	170,234
Toledo Mud Hens	78	86	476	20.5	120,658
Indianapolis Indians	78	88	21.5	21.5	218,357
Louisville Colonels	67	101	33.5	33.5	134,765

1902 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	G	AB	H	2b/3b	SB	HR	Ave	Slg	Birth Place
Jerry Hurley*	C-81,OF	R	27	80	273	58	9/7	2	1	.212	.308	NYC
Mike Kelley*	1b-119,OF	R	27	122	464	126	18/2	24	1	.272	.319	Templeton,MA
Miller Huggins#	2b-124,SS,3b	S	23	126	466	153	18/6	40	1	.328	.399	Cincinnati
Phil Geier*	3b82,OF24,SS2b	L	27	127	524	170	15/12	27	2	.324	.410	Wash, DC
Art Marcan	SS-56,3b		21	56	199	53	4/3	8	0	.266	.317	Brooklyn
Spike Shannon#	OF-118,2b	S	24	120	471	162	10/7	41	0	.344	.395	Pittsburgh
Harry Lumley#	OF-113	L	22	114	452	135	6/14	14	8	.299	.427	Forest City,PA
Robert Dillard	OF89,3b29,1b			123	515	160	23/3	14	2	.311	.379

Elmer Pierce	C-62			69	262	72	9/5	7	0	.275	.347
Danny Shay*#	SS-39		26	40	155	47	10/3	5	1	.303	.426	Spingfield,OH
Robert Lynch	SS-29			29	99	15	1/0	5	1	.152	.192
Ed Egan	3b-20			20	71	16	2/0	1	0	.225	.254
Tom Dougherty	OF-17	L	21	18	65	10	1/1	4	0	.154	.200	Chicago
Mike McCann	-			10	39	10	1/0	0	0	.256	.282
Dick Cogan	P-14,2bOF		30	29	95	29	6/2	2	2	.305	.474
Charles Ferguson	P-31,1b21,3b2b		27	69	241	68	9/2	16	0	.282	.336	Okemos,MI


1902 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	GS	W-L	IP	H	BB	WHIP
Charles Chech#	R	24	36	33	15-19	293	316	66	1.30			Madison,WI
Charles Ferguson*	R	27	31	29	21-10	267	266	32	1.12			Merician, MI
Archie Stimmel*	R	29	28	27	14-12	228	204	75	1.22			Woodsboro,MD
Dick Cogan*	R	30	14	13	5-7	109	108	56	1.50			Paterson, NJ
Harold Cribbins			15	11	8-3	111	101	18	1.07
Ralph Miller*@	R	29	11	11	3-6	95	100	24	1.31			Cincinnati
- Chapleskie			4	4	1-3	33	53	10	1.91
Issac Slette		24	4	4	1-2	29	28	14	1.45			MN
William Davis			3	3	1-2	25	23	15	1.52
Harry Cook			4	2	2-1	23	21	12	1.43
John Bartos			1	1	0-1	9	9	6	1.67
- Hartman			1	1	0-1	8	6	7	1.63
- Carney			1	1	1-0	7	7	3	1.43

* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1903 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b	3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Jack Sullivan#	C113,1b7	R	30	391	90	12	1	1	.230	.274	7	IL
Mike Kelley*	1b-67	R	28	252	78	14	1	1	.310	.385	9	Otter River,MA
Miller Huggins#	2b-124	S	24	444	137	20	4	0	.309	.372	48	Cincinnati
Ed Wheeler*	3b-121	S	25	518	153	30	8	6	.295	.419	30	Sherman,MI
Germany Schaefer*#	SS-121	R	26	480	147	25	13	8	.306	.463	35	Chicago
Phil Geier*	OF72,3b40,OF	L	28	518	187	39	1	2	.361	.452	30	Wash, DC
Jim Jackson*#	OF-135	R	26	520	160	24	12	8	.308	.446	42	Philadelphia
Spike Shannon#	OF-135	S	25	535	165	19	7	0	.308	.370	41	Pittsburgh

John Flournoy@	OF-96			348	101	22	0	10	.290	.440	17
Art Marcan	SS-118		22	404	99	14	3	1	.245	.302	15	Brooklyn
Elmer Pierce	C32,1b25			183	39	3	0	0	.213	.230	6
- Chopleski	?-1			4	1	0	0	0	.250	.250




1903 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	SO	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	HW/G	WHIP	Birth Place
Charles Chech#	R	25	48	142	24-9	326	299	131	75	7.79	1.15	Madison,WI
Charles Ferguson*	R	28	35	92	19-10		228	93	36	7.54		Meridian, MI
Harvey Bailey@*	L	27	35		15-15		290	174	71	10.31		Adrian,MI
Harry Allemang@			31	60	12-11		293	181	66	11.58
Joe Stewart#	R	24	32	132	16-10		216	95	63	8.72		Monroe,NC
Jake Volz*#	R	25	17		9-9		152	101	100	14.82		San Antonio
William Davis					2-5		62	49	32
Bill McGill@#	R	23										Galva, OK

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1904 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b	3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Jack Sullivan#	C-108	R	31	368	92	13	0	0	.250	.285	5	IL
Mike Kelley*	1b-130	R	29	497	148	36	1	4	.298	.398	13	Otter River,MA
Art Marcan	2b124,SS21		23	521	140	33	1	1	.269	.342	27	Brooklyn
Ed Wheeler*	3b-148	S	25	612	181	30	9	5	.296	.349	26	Sherman,MI
Pete O'Brien*#	SS93,3b34	L	27	496	136	30	5	4	.274	.379	24	Binghamton,NY
Jim Jackson*#	OF-147	R	27	579	194	39	3	13	.335	.480	59	Philadelphia
Charlie Jones*#	OF-134	R	28	574	165	34	12	4	.287	.409	25	Butler,PA
John Flournoy	OF-71			262	64	15	5	1	.244	.351	18

Bill Clingman@*	SS-126	S	35	454	114	21	7	1	.251	.335	22	Cincinnati
Elmer Pierce	C-54			180	49	6	0	0	.272	.306	4
John Lawler	OF-23			96	28	5	1	2	.292	.427	7
Ed Householder*	OF-19	L	35	68	21	2	1	1	.309	.412	1	Pittsburgh
Frank Martin*	2b-25		25	75	20	6	0	0	.267	.347	1	Chicago


1904 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO	ShO	Place Birth
Perry Sessions			43	27-10	294	271	214	86	1.21	132	2	ND
Walt Slagle#	R	26	39	18-13	283	294	220	68	1.28	115	3	Kenton,OH
Charles Chech#	R	26	35	27-8	311	250	103	64	1.01	152	5	Madison, WI
Charles Ferguson*	R	29	26	14-8	214	200	84	52	1.18	55	3	Meridian, MI
Ted Corbett			26	9-6
John Bartos			17	7-7
Orville Kilroy		19	4	3-1							1

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1904	W	L	Pct	GB	Manager
St. Paul Saints	95	52	0.646	--	Mike Kelley
Columbus Senators	88	61	0.591	8
Milwaukee Brewers	89	63	0.586	8.5
Minneapolis Millers	78	67	0.538	16
Louisville Colonels	77	70	0.524	18
Indianapolis Indians	69	85	0.448	29.5
Kansas City Blues	60	91	0.387	37
Toledo Mud Hens	42	109	0.272	55

1905 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b	3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Pete Noonan*#	C/1b-95	R	24	356	105	20	6	6	295	435	15	West Stockridge,MA
Mike Kelley*	1b-101	R	30	372	106	18	0	0	285	333	13	Otter River,MA
Art Marcan	2b-111		24	405	93	13	0	0	230	262	19	Brooklyn
Ed Wheeler*	3b-139	S	26	563	175	34	7	2	311	407	30	Sherman,MS
Pete O'Brien*#	SS-144	L	28	551	155	35	0	3	281	361	25	Binghamton,NY
Phil Geier*	OF90,2b36,3b24	L	30	597	198	29	1	1	332	389	28	Wash DC
Charlie Hemphill*#	OF-145	L	29	560	204	38	12	5	364	502	40	Greenville,MI
John Flournoy	OF-135			493	140	23	3	7	284	385	23

Jack Sullivan#	C-79	R	32	273	72	4	2	0	264	293	5	IL
Jack Zalusky*	C-73	R	26	245	56	10	6	1	229	331		Minneapolis
George Yeager*	C-17	R	31	45	5	1	0	1	111	200		Cincinnati
Pat Carney*	OF-103	L	31	370	105	13	2	1	284	338	27	Holyoke,MA


1905 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	ShO	SO	Birth Place
Walt Slagle#	R	27	45	19-16	317	329	160	70	1.26	3	136	Kenton,OH
Perry Sessions			40	14-1	260	283	152	84	1.41	3	61	ND
Orville Kilroy		20	35	9-20	252	236	139	94	1.31	1
Roy Evans*	R	31	30	8-9						1		Knoxville,TN
Charlie Ferguson*	R	30	24	9-12	172	206	108	47	1.47	1	39	Meridian, MI
Ted Corbett			12	4-4						3
Pat Carney*	L	31	12	3-5						0		Holyoke,MA
Al Whitridge		31		4-1						0		IN
Clarence Wright	R	27		2-1

1905 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Manager
Columbus Senators	100	52	658	--
Milwaukee Brewers	91	59	607	8
Minneapolis Millers	88	62	587	11
Louisville Colonels	76	75	503	23.5
St. Paul Saints	73	77	487	26	Mike Kelley
Indianapolis Indians	69	83	454	31
Toledo Mud Hens	60	91	397	39.5
Kansas City Blues	44	102	301	53

1906 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	GP	AB	H	2b,3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Lew Drill*	C-124	R	29	124	400	109	15,2	1	273	328	9	Browerville,MN
Joe Sugden*	1b127,C15	S	36	142	538	144	16,4	1	268	318	15	Philadelphia
Dick Padden*	2b-140	R	36	140	480	138	27,3	3	287	375	19	Martins Ferry,OH
Ed Wheeler*	3b-143	S	27	151	585	154	29,8	2	263	350	19	Sherman,MI
Art Marcan@	2b-115,SS		25	146	513	81	7,2	1	158	185	11	Brooklyn
Emil Frisk*	OF-127	L	32	127	485	155	36,11	6	320	476	13	Kalkasha,MI
Jesse Stovall*	OF-116	L	31	133	521	137	19,3	2	263	322	24	Leeds,MO
Ike VanZandt*	OF-114	L	29	128	508	145	24,5	6	285	388	12	Brooklyn

Ike Rockenfield*	SS-64	R	30	63	206	58	15,2	2	282	403	12	Omaha
Phil Geier*	OF76,SS64	L	31	154	619	188	29,4	2	304	373	23	Wash, DC
Bert Coy	OF-65	L	30	92	301	81	18,8	0	269	382	5	Toledo,OH
Ben Myers	OF-35			49	170	49	3,0	0	288	306	7
Elmer Pierce	C-19			19	74	23	4,0	0	311	365	0

1906 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Cy Morgan*	R	28	39	22-12	308	274	130	97	1.20	154		Pomroy,OH
Walt Slagle#	R	28	28	6-11	184	198	126	86	1.54	56		Kenton,OH
Bert Coy	L	30	27	12-10	194	208	88	40	1.28	32		Toledo,OH
Roy Parkins			24	5-8	137	164	98	37	1.47	33
Jim Buchanan*	R	30	22	4-12	148	150	73	58	1.41	52		Chatham Hill,VA
Tex Pruiett#	R	23	20	11-8	164	150	63	41	1.16	88		Osgood,IN

1906 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Manager
Columbus Senators	91	57	615	--
Milwaukee Brewers	85	67	559	8
Minneapolis Millers	79	66	545	10.5
Toledo Mud Hens	79	89	534	12
Louisville Colonels	71	79	473	21
Kansas City Blues	69	79	466	22
St. Paul Saints	66	80	452	24	Dick Padden
Indianapolis Indians	53	96	356	38.5

1907 Hitting	Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b	3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Joe Sugden*	C-85	S	37	277	72	9	1	0	260	300	3	Philadelphia
Lou Nordyke*	1b-150	R	31	543	142	26	4	4	262	346	19	Brighton,IA
Tim Flood*	2b-70	R	30	264	84	18	2	4	318	447	16	MontgomeryCity,MO
Ed Tiemeyer*#	3b-141	R	22	520	136	25	10	4	262	371	7	Cincinnati
Phil Geier*@	SS-139,OF	L	32	529	152	18	4	0	287	336	20	Wash, DC
Jack Dunleavy*	OF-149		28	599	159	25	3	1	265	322	29	Harrison,NJ
Emil Frisk*	OF-147	L	33	568	162	33	8	8	285	414	18	Kalkasha,MI
Ben Koehler*	OF-148	R	30	517	117	17	5	0	226	279	26	Schoerndorn,Germany

Joe Laughlin	C-65			228	56	8	1	0	246	289	0
Dick Padden*	2b-52	R	37	179	40	5	1	0	223	263	10	Martins Ferry,OH
Roy Hartzell*#	SS-39	L	26	156	42	8	3	0	269	359	4	Golden,CO
Clyde? Williams@ Dode Criss	2b-95,3b OF18		22	336 163	79 40	11 5	2 1	1 0	235 281	289	13 0	Sherman, MS

1907 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Chief LeRoy *	R	28	40	14-22	302	327	173	80	1.35	133		Omro,WI
Frank Farris		26	34	13-18	265	263	135	94	1.35	102
Dode Criss#	R	22	27	11-10	175	162	84	59	1.26	108		Sherman,MS
Bill Essick*	R	27		5-13								Grand Ridge,IL
Cotton Minahan*	R	25		5-9								Springfield,OH

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1907 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Manager
Columbus Senators	90	64	584	--
Toledo Mud Hens	88	65	575	1.5
Minneapolis Millers	79	73	520	10
Kansas City Blues	78	76	510	12
Louisville Colonels	77	77	500	13
Indianapolis Indians	73	80	477	16.5
Milwaukee Brewers	71	83	461	19
St. Paul Saints	58	96	377	32	Ed Ashenbach

1908 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Fldg(e)	Birth Place
Chief Meyers#	C-88	R	28	328	96	19/1	1	292	365	4	960	Riverside,CA
Ed Wheeler*@	1b52,2b35,SS18	S	29	499	140	29/3	2	281	363	24	964	Sherman,MS
Pete O'Brien*#	2b-148	L	31	510	118	15/3	0	231	273	10	930	Binghamton,NY
Ed Tiemeyer *#	3b-148	R	23	512	143	30/5	4	279	381	3	899	Cincinnati
John Nee	SS-101			343	93	12/3	0	271	324	15	850
Lefty Davis*	OF-140	L	33	541	155	25/8	1	287	368	19	956	Nashville
Phil Geier*	OF-147	L	33	157	157	33/2	1	266	333	21	951	Wash, DC
Ben Myers	OF-90			332	90	9/1	0	271	304	21	906

Tim Flood*	2b-108	R	31	402	104	26/3	5	259	376	13	944	MontgomeryCity,MO
Pete Noonan*#	1b-45	R	27	157	45	11/2	2	287	420	2	963	West Stockridge,MA
Jack Dunleavy*	OF-69		29	210	45	4/0	0	214	233	8	863	Harrison,NJ
Joe Laughlin@	C-63			221	56	4/2	0	253	290	2	976
Bill McKune	SS-31			101	24	1/0	0	238	248	4	824
Dave Rowan#	1b-41	L	26	141	33	5/0	0	234	270	5	964	Elora,ON(Canada)
Ed Schlatter Henry Gehrig	1b-1 1b29,OF24		29	181	51	13/1	2	282		5		Saint Paul

1908 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Chief LeRoy*	R	29	49	16-21	332	321	160	69	1.17	144		Omro,WI
Charley Hall *#@ (1b)	R	24	39	8-21	243	245	154	122	1.51	115		Ventura,CA
Bill Essick* @	R	28	34	13-16	237	207	108	75	1.19	95		Grand Ridge,IL
Henry Gehring*	R	27	29	12-14	227	214	106	74	1.27	112		Saint Paul
Harv Teal			25	6-12	149	162	116	56	1.46	79
Frank Farris		27	17	1-8

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1909 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Fldg(e)	Birth Place
Fred Carisch*#	C-101,1b17	R	28	374	96	14/4	1	257	324	10	970	Fountain City,WI
John Flynn #	1b-119	R	26	452	100	26/3	4	265	363	29	979	Providence,RI
Zeke Wrigley*@	2b-153		36	526	112	20/5	0	213	270	12	975	Philadelphia
Jim Cockman*	3b-111	R	36	361	74	14/2	0	205	255	12,	923	Guelph,ON(Canada)
Pete O'Brien*#	SS57,3b34,2b20	L	32	396	84	10/1	1	212	250	2	881	Binghamton,NY
Harry Armbruster*	OF-118,1b30	L	27	545	154	33/2	2	283	361	19	965	Cincinnati
Lefty Davis*	OF-139	L	34	540	123	26/4	2	228	302	18	946	Nashville
Fred Liese#	OF-120	R	24	426	108	17/4	2	254	326	13	975	WI

Jim Murray*#	OF-103	R	31	376	92	16/9	5	295	375	10	917	Galveston,TX
Al Boucher#	SS-67	R	28	252	60	7/4	3	238	333	18	893	Franklyn,MA
Jack Hoey*	OF-25	L	28	89	26	3/0	1	292	360	0	947	Watertown,MA
John Nee@	2b-40			133	21	7/0	0	158	211	2	960
Nig Perrine*	SS-119	R	24	58	8	0/0	0	138	138	2	912	Clinton,WI
George Yeager*	C-34	R	35	103	24	2/0	0	233	252	4	985	Cincinnati
Joe Bean*	3b-23	R	35	80	16	4/0	1	200	287	2	938	Boston
Tubby Spencer*#	C-34	R	25	112	37	6/0	0	330	384	0	979	Oil City,PA

1909 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Chief LeRoy*	R	30	57	20-17	372	291	107	72	0.98	179		Omro,WI
Henry Gehring*	R	28	36	14-17	256	232	99	88	1.25	105		Saint Paul
Orv Kilroy		24	31	14-10	107	175	79	70	2.29	79
Red Nelson#@	R	23	27	5-12	153	161	92	53	1.40	73		Cleveland
Charley Hall*#	L	25	26	4-13	172	138	76	72	1.22	120		Ventura,CA
--Steele			18	10-6 ???
Charlie Chech	R	31	16	5-9	111	91		19	0.99			Madison, WI
Ed Karger*#	L	26	15	7-3								San Angelo,TX

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1909 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Louisville Colonels	93	75	554	--	196,682
Milwaukee Brewers	90	77	539	2.5	260,495
Minneapolis Millers	88	79	527	4.5	217,130
Indianapolis Indians	83	85	494	10	250,317
St. Paul Saints	80	83	491	10.5	146,691	Mike Kelley
Toledo Mud Hens	80	86	482	12	164,051
Columbus Senators	80	87	479	12.5	183,478
Kansas City Blues	71	93	432	20	151,473

1910 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b	3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Tubby Spencer*#	C-81	R	26	274	68	5	8	0	248	325	4	Oil City,PA
Chick Autry *	1b-164	L	25	570	146	21	3	2	256	314	23	Humboldt,TN
Sam Woodruff*	2b56,OF35,3b23	R	34	437	103	8	8	3	236	311	24	Chilo,OH
Al Boucher#	3b-156	R	29	582	129	18	8	6	222	311	38	Franklyn,MA
Mike McCormick*	SS-160	R	27	577	151	22	9	2	262	341	24	Scotland (Brit Com)
Jim Murray*#	OF-140	R	32	507	131	18	10	11	258	397	37	Galveston,TX
Josh Clarke*#	OF-131	L	31	485	142	18	9	2	293	379	29	Winfield,KS
Charlie Jones*	OF-168	R	34	641	158	18	13	5	246	339	52	Butler,PA

Zeke Wrigley*	2b-101		37	354	80	6	6	3	226	302	9	Philadelphia
Fred Liese#	OF-80	L	25	207	60	7	2	2	290	372	7	WI
Dave Brain*	2b-39	R	31	131	27	1	3	0	206	260	4	Hereford (UK)
Howard W. Baker	2b-30		30	96	19	1	0	0	198	208	3	MD
Bill Kelly#	C-63	R	24	189	50	4	2	1	265	323	5	Baltimore
Elmer Pierce	C-40			115	20	4	1	0	174	226	1


1910 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Henry Gehring*	R	29	54	18-20	343	300	120	95	1.15	137		Saint Paul
Charlie Chech*	R	32	49	19-15	299	295	122	77	1.24	99		Madison, WI
Chief LeRoy*	R	31	46	14-16	268	221	91	53	1.02	89		Omro,WI
Jackson Ryan			31	17-7	211	149	65	50	0.94	103
Orv Kilroy		25	22	5-8	126	113	59	68	1.44	56
Elmer Rieger*	R	21	22	9-5	117	104	44	18	1.04	50		Perris,CA
Bob Couchman	R	22	1	0-0	1	3	3	1	4.00			OH

1911 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	GP	AB	H	2b/3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Bill Kelly#	C-72	R	25	74	276	79	10/6	3	286	399	25	Baltimore
Chick Autry*	1b-160	L	26	160	575	169	24/9	3	297	383	21	Humboldt,TN
Harry Howell*@	2b-89	R	35	96	335	87	14/8	2	260	367	5	Brooklyn
Mike McCormick*	3b89,SS78	R	28	168	626	172	28/9	6	275	377	28	Scotland (Brit Com)
Art Butler #	SS91,3b24	R	24	115	409	106	14/7	2	259	342	29	Fall River,MA
Frank Delahanty*#	OF-143	R	28	147	576	159	23/7	3	276	356	46	Cleveland
Charlie Jones*	OF-117	R	35	122	443	116	14/12	8	262	402	25	Butler,PA
Josh Clarke*#	OF-112	L	32	113	407	106	13/5	1	260	324	16	Winfield,KS

Doc Ralston*@	OF-93	R	26	101	337	10	8/8	6	208	332	30	Pierpont,OH
Ginger Beaumont*	OF-54	L	35	74	233	58	5/5	2	249	339	8	Rochester,WI
Barry McCormick*@	2b-64,SS		37	122	402	90	18/3	0	224	284	7	Maysville,KY
Tubby Spencer*#	C-38	R	37	41	137	42	3/1	0	307	343	3	Oil City,PA
Paul Howard*	2b-21	R	27	34	112	24	3/1	2	214	312	7	Boston
Ed Kohl	3b-33			35	117	23	2/2	1	197	274	4
Grover Land	C-61			61	203	50	4/1	0	246	276	10

1911 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Chief LeRoy*	R	32	60	18-23	300	315	159	80	1.32	131		Omro,WI
Charlie Chech*	R	33	46	11-13	234	262	118	60	1.38	69		Madison, WI
Henry Gehring*	R	30	36	10-12	216	233	116	51	1.31	55		Saint Paul
Frank Decanniere	L	25	36	13-11	203	181	89	84	1.31	135		Greeley,KS
Elmer Rieger*	R	22	31	8-9	166	188	112	35	1.34	51		Perris,CA
Marty O'Toole*#	R	23	30	15-11	204	162	89	84	1.21	199		Wm Penn,PA
Harry Steiger				2-3
Hooks Dauss#	R	22	3	0-1	11	12	6	3	1.36			Indianapolis

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* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1912 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Fldg(e)	Birth Place
Doc Marshall *@	C-85	R	37	237	56	9/2	1	236	304	11	965	Butler,PA
Chick Autry*	1b-157	L	27	544	148	23/9	0	299	368	15	982	Humboldt,TN
Harry Hinchman*@	2b-164	S	34	644	166	22/6	0	258	311	27	945	Philadelphia
Wally Rehg#	3b-86	R	26	300	92	7/16	2	307	457	24	875	Summerfield,IL
Art Butler#	SS84,OF33	R	25	513	169	19/9	2	329	413	37	913	Fall River,MA
Danny Hoffman*	OF-125	L	32	426	110	17/4	3	258	338	23	949	Canton,CT
Ralph Capron*@	OF-88	L	23	304	84	4/8	2	276	362	22	928	Minneapolis
John Flynn#	OF-117	R	29	418	99	21/6	2	237	330	15	930	Providence,RI

Doc Ralston*@	OF-81	R	27	271	67	8/6	6	247	387	15	952	Pierpont,OH
Joe Riggert*#	OF-80	R	26	267	64	8/6	2	240	337	10	953	Janesville,WI
Joe Casey*#@	C-66	R	25	197	42	9/1	0	213	269	3	942	Boston
Tom Murray	C-49			147	33	4/2	0	224	279	3	948
George Block	C-45		25	117	35	4/2	0	299	368	1	963	Paducah,KY
Bill Goodman	3b-72		25	263	53	14/3	2	202	300	5	917	Chicago
Jack Lewis*@	2b-93	R	28	296	61	7/3	3	206	280	9	951	Pittsburgh
Mike McCormick	SS-107,3b2b			336	83	10/2	1	247	298	14	904
Del Howard*	OF-55	L	35	200	60	8/2	1	300	375	2	954	Kenney,IL
Bill McKechnie#	SS-41	S	26	158	37	7/3	1	234	335	9	946	Wilkinsburg,PA
(Ray?) Thomas	OF-16			33	8	1/1	0	242	333	4
Austin Walsh#	1b-21	L	21	52	12	1/1	2	231	404	1	984	Cambridge,MA

1912 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Hooks Dauss#	R	23	51	12-19	271	277	154	120	1.46	156		Indianapolis
Ed Karger*#	L	29	46	11-22	276	281	157	99	1.38	125		San Angelo,TX
Chief LeRoy*	R	33	44	20-10	277	297	142	51	1.26	117		Omro,WI
Frank Decanniere	L	26	38	7-13	181	195	112	94	1.60	104		Greeley,KS
Harry Gardner*	R	25	31	12-10	181	203	108	84	1.59	81		Quincy,MI
Elmer Rieger*	R	23	25	11-6	161	165	68	35	1.24	48		Perris,CA
Frosty Thomas*	R	31	20	2-8	99	118	69	26	1.45	37		Faucett,MO

1912	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Minneapolis Millers	105	60	636	--	198,005
Toledo Mud Hens	98	66	598	6.5	158,338
Columbus Senators	98	68	590	7.5	188,348
Kansas City Blues	85	82	509	21	185,950
Milwaukee Brewers	78	85	479	26	126,940
St. Paul Saints	77	90	461	29	106,149	Mike Kelley
Louisville Colonels	66	101	395	40	109,434
Indianapolis Indians	56	111	335	50	162,557

1913 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b	3b	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
William? James	C-110			336	106	25	9	6	315	497	4
Chick Autry*	1b-169	L	28	617	161	15	5	1	261	306	9	Humboldt,TN
Harry Hinchman*	2b-159	S	35	641	166	27	7	1	259	318	20	Philadelphia
Queenie O'Rourke	3b-141			537	127	9	7	0	236	279	14
Everett Scott#	SS-168	R	21	620	167	20	6	1	269	326	26	Bluffton,IN
Wally Rehg#	OF-122	R	25	474	141	15	18	2	297	418	14	Summerfield,IL
Joe Riggert*#	OF-165	R	27	614	179	19	23	12	292	456	24	Janesville,WI
John Flynn#	OF-122	R	30	419	104	19	8	1	248	339	18	Providence,RI

Charles Miller	C-86			247	64	11	5	3	259	381	1
Hobe Ferris*	3b37,OF10(74GP)	R		194	56	11	5	0	289	397	1	England
Charlie Hemphill*	OF-107	L	37	428	122	13	6	0	285	343	9	Greenville,MI
Everitt Booe#	OF-43	L	22	141	42	7	4	0	298	404	12	Mocksville,NC
Bill McKechnie#	3b-32	S	27	110	27	0	6	0	245	355	6	Wilkinsburg,PA
Hank Screiber#	OF-42	R	21	160	38	3	5	0	237	319	1	Cleveland

1913 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	BB	WHIP	SO		Birth Place
Dixie Walker			50	18-15	290	282	169	98	1.31	153
Elmer Rieger*	R	24	44	15-16	276	323	152	40	1.32	56		Perris,CA
Harry Gardner*	R	24	44	11-11	245	233	126	91	1.32	98		Quincy,MI
Chief LeRoy* @	R	34	44	11-20	235	251	122	50	1.28	90		Omro,WI
Ed Karger*#	L	30	40	18-17	292	292	139	80	1.27	104		San Angelo,TX
Grover Brant		23	25	8-10	175	148	79	83	1.32	111		IL

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* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1913 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Milwaukee Brewers	100	67	599	--	213,349
Minneapolis Millers	97	70	581	3	175,046
Louisville Colonels	95	72	569	5	194,703
Columbus Senators	93	74	557	7	180,462
St. Paul Saints	77	90	461	23	123,568	Bill Friel
Toledo Mud Hens	69	98	413	31	104,342
Kansas City Blues	69	98	413	31	182,296
Indianapolis Indians	68	99	407	32	116,554

1914 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Milwaukee Brewers	98	68	590	--	177,875
Louisville Colonels	95	73	565	4	190,438
Indianapolis Indians	88	77	533	9.5	98,189
Columbus Senators	86	77	528	10.5	156,961
Cleveland Bearcats	82	81	503	14.5	99,732
Kansas City Blues	84	84	500	15	99,438
Minneapolis Millers	75	95	446	24	104,975
St. Paul Saints	56	111	331	42.5	75,621	Bill Friel

Saint Paul Saints History 1902-1919

1915 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	OBP	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Elmer Johnson	C-107	R	31	350	93	16/3	323	2	266	346	1	Beard,IN?
Lee Dressen *#	1b-135	L	26	438	109	18/1	384	2	249	308	42	Ellinwood,KS
Charley O'Leary*	2b-87	R	33	302	78	11/0	331	0	258	295	9	Chicago
Ben? Dyer	3b-119	R?	22?	397	93	19/11	380	4	234	368	4	Chicago?
Jack Martin *	SS-145	R	28	510	118	19/4	380	0	231	284	20	Plainfield,NJ
Harry Niles*	OF-156	R	35	613	171	22/13	414	6	279	387	19	Buchanan,MI
Joe Riggert*#	OF-145	R	29	542	153	20/16	380	9	282	428	24	Janesville,WI
Walt Cruise*#	OF-134	L	25	473	139	16/14	423	6	294	425	16	Childersburg,AL

Harry Glenn#	C-63	L	25	189	56	4/2	402	1	296	354	7	Shelburn,IN
Del Paddock*	OF-117	L	28	418	116	18/10	419	7	278	419	11	Volga,SD
Bill Lathrop@	OF-127	R?	24?	171	40	12/3	281	0	234	339	4	Janesville,WI?
Robert Marshall	C-17	R?	40?	43	11	0/1	465	1	256	372	1	Butler,PA?
Charles Miller@	OF-37			137	25	3/1	285	0	182	241	4

1915 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	SO	BB	WHIP	ERA	Birth Place
Bob Stelle#	L	21	54	20-16	316	265	136	183	142	1.29	2.48	Cassburn,ON(Can.)
Charley Hall*#	R	31	42	24-10	299	253	104	108	98	1.17	2.62	Ventura,CA
Lefty Leifield*#	L	32	41	17-14	273	247	92	107	92	1.24	2.41	Trenton,IL
Harry Gardner*@	R	28	48	13-14	246	282	126	94	62	1.40	3.66	Quincy,MI
Rees Williams*#	R	23	27	15-6	161	157	54	43	49	1.28	2.48	Cascade,MT
Bill Lathrop@	R?	24?	24	7-4	144	127	65	52	56	1.27	3	Janesville,WI?
Ed Karger *#	L	32	25	4-10	122	132	69	43	46	1.46	3.76
Bert Larsen@			16	2-6	83	100	61		42	1.71	4.55
Chief LeRoy*	R	36	11	3-2	57	52	21	24	16	1.19	3	Omro,WI
Alva Gipe		23	4	1-0								Phillips County,?
Ben? Dyer	R?	22?	3	0-1								Chicago
Lou? North	R?	24?	3	10-0								Elgin,IL?

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* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1915 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Minneapolis Millers	92	62	597	--	149,931
St. Paul Saints	90	63	588	1.5	137,295	Mike Kelley
Indianapolis Indians	81	70	536	9.5	96,893
Louisville Colonels	78	72	520	12	111,785
Kansas City Blues	71	79	473	19	56,219
Milwaukee Brewers	67	81	453	22	80,937
Cleveland Spiders	67	82	450	22.5	86,977
Columbus Senators	54	91	372	33.5	74,246

1916 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	HR	Ave	Slg	OBP	SB	Birth Place
Verne Clemons*#	C-110	R	25	304	99	17/4	2	326	428	434	9	Clemons,IA
Lee Dressen*#	1b-147	L	27	504	122	16/4	4	242	313	347	32	Ellinwood,KS
Lew Malone*#	2b-118	R	19	400	100	8/6	6	250	345	333	13	Baltimore
Fred Smith (*#)	3b-160	R	24	546	145	23/7	5	268	361	386	24	Cleveland
Marty Berghammer *	SS124,2b15	L	28	510	135	17/8	4	265	353	375	11	Elliot,PA
Joe Riggert*#	OF-158	R	30	601	168	25/19	9	280	429	356	34	Janesville,WI
Walt Cruise*#	OF-140	L	26	520	153	25/6	7	294	406	404	15	Childersburg,AL
Del Paddock*	OF-130	L	29	465	126	16/7	5	271	368	385	12	Volga,SD

Wally Mayer*#@	C-104	R	26	328	69	9/0	2	210	256	274	12	Cincinnati
Harry Glenn#	C-54	R	26	111	26	5/0	0	234	279	396	3	Shelburn,IN
Ken Nash	SS47,2b19	S	28	254	54	5/2	0	213	248	311	6	Weymouth,MA
Harry Niles*@	OF94,2b18	R	36	412	87	8/6	1	211	267	328	8	Buchanan,MI
Vern Duncan*	OF-27	L	26	93	26	3/1	1	280	366	430	6	Clayton,NC

1916 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	ER	BB	WHIP	ERA	SO	Birth Place
Bill Upham (*#)	R	28	50	14-16	263	269		59	1.25	3.32	112	Akron,OH
Dan Griner *#	R	28	46	17-14	256	250		71	1.25	3.45	108	Centerville,TN
Dick Niehaus*#	L	24	42	10-11	236	210	80	65	1.17	3.05	131	Covington,KY
Lefty Leifield*#	L	33	39	19-14	263	229	82	95	1.23	2.81	111	Trenton,IL
Phil Douglas*#	R	26	37	12-11	226	185		72	1.14	2.11	134	Cedartown
Happy Finneran*#	R	25	28	12-8	165	154		59	1.29	3.33	61	E.Orange,NJ
Joe Martina#	R	27	8	2-4	50	42	20	21	1.26	3.60	18	New Orleans

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* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1916 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Louisville Colonels	101	66	605	--	140,622
Indianapolis Indians	95	71	572	5.5	123,463
Minneapolis Millers	88	76	537	11.5	131,627
St. Paul Saints	86	79	521	14	126,372	Mike Kelley
Kansas City Blues	86	81	515	15	124,869
Toledo Mud Hens	78	86	476	21.5	124,363
Columbus Senators	71	90	441	27	133,339
Milwaukee Brewers	54	110	329	45.5	122,143

1917 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	SB	HR	Ave	Slg	OBP	Birth Place
Harry Glenn#	C-96	R	27	259	73	10/7	2	0	282	375	351	Shelburn,IN
Lee Dressen*#	1b-153	L	28	587	171	26/4	55	4	291	370	441	Ellinwood,KS
Babe Ellison #	2b97,OF36	R	22	528	147	15/22	19	5	278	419	352	Rutland,AR
Fred Smith (*#)	3b-71	R	25	235	46	6/2	7	2	196	264	277	Cleveland?
Tommy McMillan*	SS -135	R	29	426	105	12/6	12	1	246	310	329	Pittson,PA
Joe Riggert*#	OF -155	R	31	604	173	27/12	27	8	286	411	356	Janesville,WI
Vern Duncan*	OF -137	L	27	464	128	19/6	15	2	276	356	407	Clayton,NC
Fred Nicholson#	OF -113	R	23	415	118	22/16	12	7	284	465	373	Honey Grove,TX

Sam Bohne#@	2b70,SS71	R	21	561	154	27/7	38	4	275	369	346	San Francisco
Grover Land	C-53	R?	33?	149	32	6/1	7	0	215	268	242	Frankfort,KY?
Fred Hofmann#	C-40	R	23	131	24	3/2	1	0	183	237	237	St. Louis
Marty Berghammer*	SS-63	L	29	189	40	6/1	7	2	212	286	370	Elliot,PA
Tony DeFate#	SS21,OF13	R	22	134	35	9/3	7	2	261	418	425	Kansas City
Lew Malone*#	2b-22	R	20	66	13	0/0	7	0	197	197	242	Baltimore

1917 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	SO	BB	WHIP	ERA	Birth Place
Rees Williams*#	R	25	51	22-14	265	258	119	78	80	1.28	2.82	Cascade, MT
Dan Griner *#	R	29	45	15-11	261	235	110	121	18	0.97	2.86	Centerville,TN
Rip Hagerman*	R	29	40	14-41	209	166	89	118	126	1.40	2.93	Lyndon,KS
Happy Finneran*#	R	26	37	18-11	241	230	113	93	61	1.21	2.80	E.Orange,NJ
Dick Niehaus*#	L	25	28	9-5	162	132	55	90	74	1.27	1.94	Covington,KY
Bill Upham (*#)	R	28	21	7-4	121	102	47	26	31	1.10	2.38	Akron,OH?
Lefty Leifield*#	L	34	16	3-11	103	96	36	33	27	1.19	2.71	Trenton,IL

1917	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
Indianapolis Indians	90	63	588	--	96,099
Louisville Colonels	88	66	571	2.5	111,242
St. Paul Saints	88	66	571	2.5	99,254	Mike Kelley
Columbus Senators	84	69	549	8	104,947
Milwaukee Brewers	71	81	467	18.5	84,035
Minneapolis Millers	68	86	442	22.5	88,138
Kansas City Blues	66	86	434	23.5	85,106
Toledo Mud Hens	57	95	375	32.5	93,921

1918 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	AB	H	2b/3b	OBP	HR	Ave	Slg	SB	Birth Place
Harry Glenn#	C-50	R	28	145	41	6/0	455	0	283	324	3	Shelburn,IN
Gus Gleichmann	1b-41	L	27	137	39	0/0	350	0	285	285	5	Chowchilla,CA
Art Butler*	2b-61,OF	R	31	204	48	7/1	397	0	235	279	20	Fall River,MA
Jap Barbeau*@	3b58,2b10	R	36	216	50	5/3	468	0	231	282	8	New York City
Marty Berghammer *	SS-57	L	30	208	53	7/1	389	1	255	312	8	Elliot,PA
Joe Riggert*#	OF-78	R	32	311	101	16/7	376	6	325	479	20	Janesville,WI
Red Corriden*	OF-66	R	31	219	59	7/3	356	4	269	384	9	Logansport,IN
Lu Blue#	OF-71	S	21	258	59	6/4	329	3	229	318	5	Wash, DC

Johnny Bates*	3b-11	L	36	36	7	0/0	194	0	194	194	1	Steubenville,OH
Bobby Byrne*	3b-35	R	34	108	25	7/0	343	0	231	296	4	St. Louis
Joe Cobb	C-11	R	23	32	7	1/1	313	1	219	406	1	Hudson,PA
Glenn Cook	C-20			55	9	1/0	200	0	164	182	0
Tony DeFate#	SS-12,OF	R	23	47	12	2/1	362	0	255	340	0	Kansas City,MO
Jake Dugey	2b-15	R	31	51	7	1/1	196	0	137	196	0	Palestine,TX
Fred? Graff (*)	SS-25	R?	39?	81	22	4/1	432	0	272	346	1	Chattanooga,TN?
Bubbles Hargrave*#	C-23	R	26	83	25	3/4	337	0	301	434	3	New Havin,IN
George Harper*#	OF-15	L	26	60	16	2/1	317	0	267	333	0	Arlington,KY
Hardin Herndon	OF-16		26	54	4	0/1	204	0	074	093	2	Summerville,GA
Rube? Lutzke (#)	OF-42	R?	21?	8	0	0/0	000	0	000	000	1	Milwaukee
Bob McMenemy	OF-12		21	32	8	1/0	313	1	250	375	0	Saint Paul
Dutch Schliebner#	1b-2	R	27	3	0	0/0	000	0	000	000	1	Charlottenburg,Germ.
Dave Williams	1b-14		24	46	10	2/0	283	0	217	261	2
Cliff Yockley	OF-4			11	2	0/0	182	0	182	182	0

1918 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	SO	BB	WHIP	ERA	Birth Place
Charley Hall *#	R	34	25	15-8	189	159	54	69	38	1.04	1.86	Ventura,CA
Herb Rook			19	3-2	96	84	48	30	56	1.46	3.47
Rip Hagerman*	R	30	18	0-5	67	70	42	48	46	1.73	4.57	Lyndon,KS
Bill Piercy*#	R	22	18	6-6	92	77	48	34	64	1.53	2.84	El Monte,CA
Ray Keating*#	R	27	17	9-7	137	115	55	62	73	1.37	2.96	Bridgeport,CT
John? Merritt	L	24	10	6-3	66	60	20	30	13	1.11	1.50	Tupelo,MS
Ed Foster*	R		6	0-3	20	12		12	15	1.35	3.11	Birmingham, AL
Hi Jasper*#	R	38	4	0-1	15	17		7	8	1.67	3.00	St. Louis
Chief LeRoy*	R	39	3	0-2	19	23	9	8	8	1.63	3.79	Omro,WI
Dick Niehaus*#	L	26	1	0-0	1	4	4	00.380	0	4.00	36.00	Covington,KY

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1918	W	L	Pct	GB	Manager
Kansas City Blues	43	30	589
Columbus Senators	41	32	562	2
Indianapolis Indians	41	34	547	3
Louisville Colonels	41	36	532	4
Milwaukee Brewers	38	34	528	4.5
St. Paul Saints	39	38	506	6	Mike Kelley
Minneapolis Millers	34	42	447	10.5
Toledo Mud Hens	23	54	299	22

1919 Hitting	Main Pos-G	Bats	Age	SB	AB	H	2b/3b	HR	Ave	Slg	OBP	Birth Place
Bubbles Hargrave *#	C-146	R	27	16	511	155	35/5	11	303	456	399	New Havin,IN
Lee Dressen*#	1b-154	L	30	46	610	166	17/4	3	272	328	426	Ellinwood,KS
Marty Berghammer*	2b57,SS31(94GP)	L	31	29	273	76	9/3	1	278	344	421	Elliot,PA
Fred? Smith (*#)	3b-108	R?	33?	7	340	73	3/1	1	215	238	297	Cleveland?
Jack Martin*	SS-71	R	32	4	248	55	11/2	2	231	319	319	Plainfield,NJ
Elmer Miller*#	OF-154	R	29	24	608	191	34/16	15	314	497	395	Sandusky,OH
Vern Duncan*	OF-149	L	29	29	541	151	28/6	1	279	359	388	Clayton,NC
Red Corriden*	OF-80	R	32	11	284	73	13/3	1	257	335	387	Logansport,IN

Joe Riggert*#	OF-68	R	33	16	261	80	11/9	3	215	238	433	Janesville,WI
Lute Boone*	SS58,2b35,3b22	R	29	13	362	94	16/2	1	260	323	351	Pittsburgh
Bob McMenemy	C-36		22	0	79	22	6/0	1	278	392	380	Saint Paul
Tex McDonald*	3b-20	L	28	5	74	22	3/1	0	297	365	419	Farmersville,TX
Gearge Halas*	OF39	S	24	6	84	23	2/1	0	274	321	440	Chicago

1919 Pitching	Thrw	Age	G	W-L	IP	H	R	SO	BB	WHIP	ERA	Birth Place
Dan Griner*#	R	31	50	21-14	321	297	131	100	36	1.04	3.14	Centerville,TN
Dick Niehaus*#	L	27	50	23-13	307	267	114	156	119	1.26	2.67	Covington,KY
Charley Hall *#	R	35	45	17-13	231	231	88	122	63	1.27	2.29	Ventura,CA
Rees Williams*#@	R	27	44	15-18	281	310	136	78	47	1.27	2.98	Cascade, MT
John Merritt	L	25	42	19-9	258	245	105	113	59	1.18	2.62	Tupelo,MS
James Browne			14	4-1	58	47	22	15	36	1.43	1.55
Ed Monroe*	R	24	12	2-3	46	60	35	18	19	1.72	5.28	Louisville
Ed Foster*	R		2	1-1								Birmingham, AL

@=played for another AA team
* = Prev MLB
# = Future MLB

1919 Standings	W	L	Pct	GB	Attend.	Manager
St. Paul Saints	94	60	610	--	139,915	Mike Kelley
Kansas City Blues	86	63	570	6.5	143,217
Louisville Colonels	86	67	562	7.5	132,759
Indianapolis Indians	85	68	556	8.5	159,902
Minneapolis Millers	72	82	468	22	108,459
Columbus Senators	70	84	455	24	87,123
Toledo Mud Hens	59	91	393	33	89,712
Milwaukee Brewers	58	93	384	34.5	103,337