Minneapolis Millers

The Minneapolis Millers were a professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota until 1960. The team was a member of the American Association. The Millers were managed from 1924-1931 by Michael Joseph Kelly, one of the great figures of American Association history. Kelly operated the team as club president until 1946.

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Minor league baseball - Minneapolis, Minnesota - 1960 - American Association

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Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Carl Yastrzemski were among some future major leaguers who played for the Millers. The Millers won nine pennants in the Association from 1902 to 1960. They played their home games at Nicollet Park until 1955. Nicollet Park was demolished in 1956. In 1956 they moved into Metropolitan Stadium until 1960. They had a heated crosstown rivalry with the St. Paul Saints.

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Ted Williams - Willie Mays - Carl Yastrzemski - 1902 - 1960 - Nicollet Park - 1956 - Metropolitan Stadium - St. Paul Saints

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The team folded after the 1960 season with the arrival of the Minnesota Twins in 1961. Both the Millers and the Saints were resurrected in the mid-1990s; the Millers folded after one season (1994) but the Saints survive to the present despite sharing their market with the major league Twins. The 1994 Millers played as part of the Great Central League.

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Minnesota Twins - 1961 - Great Central League

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