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local press. In 1955, the Millers had a team with particular home run prowess, setting the league record by decimating their own franchise record of 217 by smashing 241 home runs. The Millers collected 163 (nearly 68%) of those four-baggers at Nicollet Park. With the all-time league home run record in tow, the Millers went on to become the American Association champions that year.
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Because of its location, the field dimensions at Nicollet Park favored left-handed batters. The park was considered a "homer haven" because of its official distance down the right-field line, listed as 279 feet. In fact, the distance was actually closer to 260 feet, but this never made it out of the
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Nicollet Park, which had opened with a big win 60 years earlier, went out with a bang on September 28, 1955, as the Millers won the American Association championship tournament, and then went on to vie for the
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The wooden ballpark was replaced by a steel and concrete structure in 1912. Lights were installed in 1937. The first night game was played on July 16, with the Millers hosting the arch-rival
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The club owners were not enamored of the name, and it was soon renamed "Nicollet Park", the name "Nicollet" being ubiquitous in Minneapolis then and now.
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clinic is located on the north portion of the former baseball park's site, bordered by Lake Street. Until 2020, the south section of the site included a
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on the east, 31st Street on the south, Blaisdell Avenue on the west and Lake Street (or 30th Street) on the north in the present-day
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also made a bit of a splash here in 1938, on his way up to the major leagues, registering 43 round-trippers to lead the league.
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The ballpark opened on June 20, 1896, with a 13–6 win over Milwaukee. The new grounds were first known as
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was enjoyed by the Minneapolis fans for only a month or so in 1951 before the parent club
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called Nicollet Park home. Nicollet Park was also the place that the cereal
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In 1955, the ballpark closed. Currently, a condominium building with a
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played a preseason game on August 29, 1948, at Nicollet Park.
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On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers
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played home games there during the 1920s. In 1944 the
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Coordinates
44°56′51″N 93°16′43″W / 44.94750°N 93.27861°W / 44.94750; -93.27861
Minneapolis Millers
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NIH-kə-lit
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Millers
Western League
American Association
Harry Wright
right field
St. Paul Saints
Lexington Park
Nicollet Avenue
Lyndale neighborhood
Joe Hauser
Ted Williams
Willie Mays
New York Giants
Junior World Series
Rochester Red Wings
International League
Metropolitan Stadium
Bloomington
National Football League
Minneapolis Marines and Minneapolis Red Jackets

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