1985 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 85-54
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Sal Rende (85-54)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 76,860, Avg. 1,106
Playoffs - Kenosha Twins 2 games, Appleton Foxes 1
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1985 season with a record of 85 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Foxes paced the league with 782 runs. Appleton surrendered 614 runs. Tom Forrester led the squad with 15 home runs Jim Winters drove in 91 runs. Troy Thomas topped all regular batters by hitting .290. Ed Correa and Tony Menéndez paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Ed Correa earned a 2.53 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1985 Appleton Foxes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norberto Martin, Ed Correa, Tony Menéndez and Bobby Thigpen.
Sal Rende served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Correa | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.53 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 93 | 45 | 39 | 13 | 56 | 0 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Tony Menéndez | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.74 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 134 | 67 | 45 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Ken Reed | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.48 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 112 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Dave White | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.38 | 53 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 91.3 | 74 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Oswald | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.78 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 65 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeff Anderson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.56 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 84.3 | 85 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chris Jefts | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.01 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 105 | 60 | 37 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Kevin Renz | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.03 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 120 | 71 | 51 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tom Lahrman | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| John Stein | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.92 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 59.7 | 47 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Ruckebeil | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.95 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80.0 | 89 | 57 | 44 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Bobby Thigpen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sedar | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 44 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tony Bartolomucci | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.05 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Filippi | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.69 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.3 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Greg Tarnow | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Carr | 0 | 0 | 4.63 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Phelps | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Autry | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 54 | .612 | 3.42 | 316 | 139 | 114 | 25 | 5 | 27 | 1228.0 | 1122 | 614 | 467 | 70 | 485 | 13 | 908 | 33 | 6 | 83 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Taylor | 131 | 628 | 513 | 107 | 144 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 51 | 18 | 106 | 98 | .281 | .402 | .425 | .827 | 218 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| Jerry Bertolani | 135 | 588 | 495 | 94 | 143 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 74 | 20 | 5 | 76 | 85 | .289 | .387 | .420 | .808 | 208 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
| Troy Thomas | 131 | 572 | 462 | 94 | 134 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 43 | 9 | 105 | 76 | .290 | .423 | .370 | .793 | 171 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Jim Winters | 125 | 539 | 465 | 66 | 124 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 91 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 107 | .267 | .353 | .411 | .764 | 191 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| Pete Venturini | 115 | 503 | 448 | 85 | 121 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 45 | 60 | .270 | .339 | .371 | .709 | 166 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Markert | 100 | 399 | 356 | 52 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 72 | .278 | .332 | .421 | .753 | 150 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tom Forrester | 96 | 409 | 352 | 58 | 93 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 61 | .264 | .346 | .455 | .801 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| Darrell Pruitt | 80 | 344 | 314 | 61 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 24 | 39 | .287 | .335 | .344 | .679 | 108 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wes Kent | 82 | 312 | 276 | 37 | 64 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 110 | .232 | .305 | .457 | .762 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Buck Autry | 94 | 344 | 312 | 32 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 71 | .186 | .249 | .253 | .502 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Byrd | 60 | 200 | 174 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 33 | .213 | .303 | .276 | .579 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kent Torve | 33 | 137 | 123 | 16 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 24 | .276 | .331 | .374 | .705 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Caianiello | 60 | 209 | 178 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 35 | .191 | .298 | .230 | .528 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luis Peraza | 29 | 112 | 101 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .228 | .295 | .396 | .691 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Norberto Martin | 30 | 108 | 96 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 23 | .198 | .267 | .219 | .485 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Tarnow | 23 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .195 | .283 | .293 | .575 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sedar | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .444 | .583 | .556 | 1.139 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Menéndez | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1361 | 5465 | 4716 | 782 | 1229 | 221 | 50 | 80 | 674 | 194 | 68 | 636 | 938 | .261 | .349 | .380 | .728 | 1790 | 0 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Forrester | 1B | 92 | 760 | 36 | 13 | 67 | .984 | 8.652 | ||||
| Luis Peraza | 1B | 25 | 236 | 16 | 4 | 14 | .984 | 1.080 | ||||
| Greg Tarnow | 1B | 17 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 11 | .990 | 5.941 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | 1B | 13 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .993 | 1.385 | ||||
| Jim Markert | 1B | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 7.000 | ||||
| Wes Kent | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Buck Autry | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | 2B | 133 | 314 | 351 | 39 | 79 | .945 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jim Byrd | 2B | 11 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 9 | .980 | 4.545 | ||||
| Buck Autry | 3B | 82 | 60 | 147 | 22 | 11 | .904 | 2.524 | ||||
| Jim Byrd | 3B | 35 | 27 | 51 | 14 | 6 | .848 | 2.229 | ||||
| Kent Torve | 3B | 30 | 20 | 54 | 6 | 5 | .925 | 2.467 | ||||
| Pete Venturini | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jim Markert | C | 92 | 607 | 82 | 12 | 3 | .983 | 7.489 | 12 | |||
| John Caianiello | C | 57 | 325 | 42 | 5 | 3 | .987 | 6.439 | 2 | |||
| Greg Tarnow | C | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Winters | OF | 118 | 282 | 10 | 6 | 4 | .980 | 2.475 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | OF | 113 | 208 | 9 | 14 | 2 | .939 | 1.920 | ||||
| Darrell Pruitt | OF | 77 | 128 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike Taylor | OF | 60 | 93 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .933 | 1.617 | ||||
| Wes Kent | OF | 60 | 78 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .929 | 1.317 | ||||
| Buck Autry | OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ed Sedar | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dave White | P | 53 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .415 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | P | 38 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .447 | ||||
| Mark Ruckebeil | P | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .355 | ||||
| Ken Reed | P | 29 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Menéndez | P | 24 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Kevin Renz | P | 19 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .818 | .947 | ||||
| Ed Correa | P | 18 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Chris Jefts | P | 16 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.812 | ||||
| Jim Filippi | P | 16 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Tom Lahrman | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Don Carr | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .357 | ||||
| Steve Oswald | P | 11 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.636 | ||||
| Tony Bartolomucci | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| John Stein | P | 8 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
| Ed Sedar | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.286 | ||||
| Jim Phelps | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Buck Autry | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bobby Thigpen | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Tarnow | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Venturini | SS | 110 | 174 | 315 | 33 | 66 | .937 | 4.445 | ||||
| Norberto Martin | SS | 28 | 39 | 86 | 12 | 13 | .912 | 4.464 | ||||
| Buck Autry | SS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1487 | 3684 | 1483 | 227 | 319 | .958 | 3.475 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
