My Vintage Minneapolis Millers & St. Paul Saints Collection

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Thank you David and Al! Its great to hear the wonderful feedback about the museum! Here is a picture taken by the St. Paul Saints staff of Dave Kaplan, Craig Kreindler and myself.

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1937-42 Babe Barna Hillerich & Bradsby Side-Written Game Used Bat

A Nicollet Park favorite, Barna played 6 years season with the Millers (1941, 1944-48) and twice lead the American Association in home runs.

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1934-49 AB Wright Hillerich & Bradsby Game Used Bat

In 1940, just two seasons following Ted Williams Triple Crown season with Minneapolis, Wright became the second Millers player to win the American Association Triple Crown Award with the Minneapolis Millers with 39 home runs, 159 RBIs and a .369 average. Arguably is greatest career accomplishment came on a July 4 game against the St. Paul Saints at Nicollet Park when he slugged four home runs and a triple for 19 total bases, still a league record. Wright played 10 seasons (1931-34, 1939-44) with the Millers. In 892 games with the team, Wright hit .323 with 159 home runs. This is my second AB Wright addition to my collection!

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1952 St. Paul Saints Home Uniform #28

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Vintage St. Paul Saints Programs from 1930-1959

1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959.

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1953 St. Paul Saints Team Signed Baseball w/Don Zimmer

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1930 Pinky Hargrave Hillerich & Bradsby Side-Written Game Used Bat

The younger brother of Bubbles Hargrave, Pinky Hargrave played for the Minneapolis Millers from 1934 to 1936 and was selected in 1934 as the Most Valuable Player in the American Association after compiling a .356 batting average with 17 home runs. He was 38 years old! Pinky had a 10 Year career in Major League Baseball with the Washington Senators (1923–1925, 1930–1931), St. Louis Browns (1925–1926), Detroit Tigers (1928–1930), and Boston Braves (1932–1933), and also played on the 1924 Washington Senators World Series Championship team!