My Vintage Minneapolis Millers & St. Paul Saints Collection

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Originally Posted by Tay1038

Game used bats from Paul Richards, Jack Harshman, Wes Westrum, Sammy Bohne, Bob Lennon (63 home runs Southern Association), Joseph Bracchitta and Willie Kirkland.

My Great Great Uncle played for the St Paul Saints in the late 1918 through 192 before the Yankees brought him up to the majors mid 1921. Ended up playing Center field in the 1921 World series. H was one of the leagues best hitters in 1919 ans 1920. Lool up Elmer Miller

[Tay1038]

Thanks, Andrew!

Ken - that's amazing! Your great uncle played on some of the best teams in Saints history! Very, very cool. He even played with George Halas in 1919! .300+ hitter in each of his three season in St. Paul. Definitely a primary contributor to the teams success. I posted one of my team photos of the 1920 team in an earlier post. Any idea which player is Elmer? Thanks for sharing.

[Tay1038]

1896 St. Paul Saints Season Ticket Pass

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Dave Bancroft Millers & Walter Alston Saints Type I Press Photos

Here we have a pair of original Type I press photos of two HOFers!

The first photo from the Associated Press is of Minneapolis Millers manager Dave Bancroft and Columbus Red Bird pilot Ray Blades before the AA Playoff game on Sept. 15, 1933.

The second photo is of St. Paul Saints manager Walter Alston before the AA Playoff game on Oct. 18, 1948.

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Anything on Lou Limmer? Love those lefty first basemen.

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c. 1930s Autograph Booklet Featuring 1935 St. Paul Saints Team with Monty Stratton!

19 total signatures featuring Monty Stratton and Phil Todt. In 1925, The Yankees offered Lou Gehrig to the Red Sox, to repay for the Babe Ruth trade. The player they requested was Todt. Neat find.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Tay1038

c. 1930s Autograph Booklet Featuring 1935 St. Paul Saints Team with Monty Stratton!

19 total signatures featuring Monty Stratton and Phil Todt. In 1925, The Yankees offered Lou Gehrig to the Red Sox, to repay for the Babe Ruth trade. The player they requested was Todt. Neat find.

Another eye-catching find. And that Burley Grimes autograph must be pretty rare! Baseball reference has him pitching for only one season, 1934, in the Penn State Association, class D.