My Vintage Minneapolis Millers & St. Paul Saints Collection

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1961 Carl Yastrzemski Hillerich & Bradsby Game Used Rookie Bat

Although not a bat from his time in Minneapolis, I finally picked up a beautiful Yaz gamer that was used during is 1961 rookie campaign. This lumber can be traced through factory records that Hillerich & Bradsby shipped this bat in a batch of W215’s to Yastrzemski on July 18th, 1961.

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Incredible stuff, Tay!

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1955 Minneapolis Millers Junior World Series Championship Team Collection - Game Used Bats

(Top to Bottom) Bill Rigney, Carl Sawatski, George Wilson, Ron Northey, Willie Kirkland, Bob Lennon, Joseph Bracchitta, Ed Bressoud, Foster Castleman, Bill Gardner.

"The 1955 Minneapolis Millers achieved the ninth and final American Association regular season title for Minneapolis. In their final season at Nicollet Park, they finished on top with a record of 92–62, eight games over the Omaha Cardinals. The Millers exploded for 241 long balls in 1955—the highest total in Association history! In the playoffs, the Millers swept both Denver and Omaha in four games to win the Governor’s Cup, the top prize of the American Association champion. Minneapolis became the first American Association team to sweep both rounds of the playoffs since the inception of intra-league postseason play. Facing the Rochester Red Wings in the Junior World Series, the Millers overcame their .235 series batting average to capture the crown, four games to three. With 16 home runs during the seven-game series, Minneapolis achieved an all-time Junior World Series record."

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1958 Minneapolis Millers Junior World Series Championship Team Collection - Game Used Bats

(Top to Bottom) Stu Locklin, Pumpsie Green, Red Robbins, Ed Sadowski, Jerry Zimmerman

"In 1958 Minneapolis again made it to the Junior World Series. Finishing the regular season in third-place under Gene Mauch in his first year at the helm, the Millers defeated Wichita and Denver in the playoffs to earn the Governor’s Cup. To seal the deal, Mauch’s men swept Montreal, becoming only the second Association club to ever sweep a Junior World Series."

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1955 Minneapolis Millers Junior World Series Program and Tickets from the last game played at Nicollet Park.

Excited to add these pieces of history to my collection! Program is scored and dated from September 28, 1955 - GM 7 in which the Minneapolis Millers defeated the Rochester Red Wings 9-4, clinching the Junior World Series Title. The corresponding Home Game 4 ticket stub adds to the nostalgia.

[Scott Garner]

Tay, your Minneapolis Millers collection has really developed into a terrific one.
Congrats on your recent pickups!

[Tay1038]

Thank you, Scott!