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. A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the Stone Arch Bridge Motto: En Avant (French: forward) Nickname: City of Lakes location in Hennepin County, Minnesota Founded Incorporated 1850s 1867  County Hennepin County Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) Area  - Total  - Water 142. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The American Association was a minor baseball league at the Class AAA (Triple-A) level of baseball in the United States from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. ...

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, the ballfeld being demolished the following year. That site, at 31st and Nicollet Avenue, is now the home of a Metro Transit bus garage. In 1956 they moved into Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota until 1960. They had a heated crosstown rivalry with the St. Paul Saints. Ted Williams & Tom Yawkey Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), nicknamed The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame, The Thumper and The Kid, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston... Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ... Carl Yaz Yastrzemski Carl Michael Yastrzemski (pronounced yah-STREM-skee) (born August 22, 1939 in Southampton, New York, United States) was a Major League Baseball player of Polish origin. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nicollet Park is a former baseball ground located in Minneapolis, MN. The ground was home to the minor league Minneapolis Millers of the Western League and later American Association from 1896 to 1955. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as the Met) was a sports stadium that once stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. It opened in 1956 as the home of a minor league baseball team, the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, replacing ancient Nicollet Park and built to specifications of major league... Bloomington is a city located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, a suburb south of Minneapolis. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The St. ...

Over the years the Millers were participants in three Junior World Series; matchups between the champions of the American Association and the International League. In the 1932 championship, the team was deeated by the Newark Bears 4 games to 2. The Millers, under manager Bill Rigney clinched the 1955 series against the Rochester Red Wings, 4 games to 3, in the final ball game played at Nicollet Park. Their last appearance in this Series was in 1959, with Gene Mauch as manager, when the Millers lost the series 4 games to 3 to the Havana Sugar Kings. The Junior World Series was the name given to a Minor League Baseball post-season inter-league championship, modeled on the World Series of Major League Baseball. ... The American Association has been the name of at least two leagues of professional United States of America. ... The International League (IL) is a minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States and Canada. ... The Newark Bears are an American minor league baseball team located in Newark, New Jersey. ... William Joseph Rigney (January 29, 1918 - February 20, 2001) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. ... Minnesota Twins American League AAA Rochester Red Wings AA New Britain Rock Cats A Fort Myers Miracle Beloit Snappers R Elizabethton Twins Gulf Coast League Twins The Rochester Red Wings are a minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. ... Nicollet Park is a former baseball ground located in Minneapolis, MN. The ground was home to the minor league Minneapolis Millers of the Western League and later American Association from 1896 to 1955. ... Gene William Mauch (November 18, 1925—August 8, 2005) was an American former Major League Baseball player and manager, and the holder of the record for most seasons managed without a pennant (breaking the record formerly held by Jimmy Dykes). ...

The team played their final year and 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. Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1991 â€¢ 1987 â€¢ 1924 AL Pennants (6) 1991 â€¢ 1987 â€¢ 1965 â€¢ 1933 1925 â€¢ 1924 Central Division titles (3) 2004 â€¢ 2003 â€¢ 2002 West Division titles (4) 1991 â€¢ 1987 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1969 Wild... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Great Central League was a short-lived baseball league of four teams that played baseball in the upper Midwest in 1994. ...

In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League. The Western League of Professional Baseball Clubs was a minor league baseball league founded in 1893, and focused in the Midwest. ...

Hockey

The Minneapolis Millers was the name of various incarnations of minor league hockey teams spanning from 1925-1963, including a 1963 Turner Cup winner in the International Hockey League. They had a natural rivalry with the St. Paul Saints hockey team, across the Mississippi River in the sister city. The International Hockey League (IHL) was a professional hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. ...