1971 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 67-53
Finished 2nd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Bobby Dews (67-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 51,023, Avg. 850
The Cedar Rapids Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1971 season with a record of 67 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals led the league with just 454 runs allowed. Cedar Rapids scored 493 runs. Héctor Cruz paced the squad with 23 home runs and drove in 68 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .276 average. Ted Hemenway topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.34 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1971 Cedar Rapids Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Waterbury, Bob Forsch, Jim Dwyer, Marc Hill, Mike Potter and Héctor Cruz.
Bobby Dews 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Hemenway | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.34 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 177.0 | 127 | 61 | 46 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Forsch | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.13 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 158.0 | 140 | 74 | 55 | 13 | 41 | 4 | 134 | 11 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Bruce Thompson | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 88.0 | 71 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Felix Roque | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.92 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 75.0 | 66 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frederick Warner | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.67 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 116 | 62 | 51 | 9 | 57 | 5 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Waterbury | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.54 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 107 | 56 | 46 | 12 | 72 | 3 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ricky Shepard | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.76 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 66 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dick McVay | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.46 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 49 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dionicio Gonzalez | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.63 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 72 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Benny Farley | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.56 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 84 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Sagaser | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Guest | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 53 | .558 | 3.09 | 286 | 120 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 27 | 1033.0 | 911 | 454 | 355 | 75 | 383 | 32 | 812 | 34 | 3 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Cruz | 111 | 456 | 406 | 71 | 112 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 68 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 103 | .276 | .349 | .517 | .866 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Breshears | 110 | 425 | 364 | 51 | 87 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 36 | .239 | .344 | .349 | .693 | 127 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rob Sievers | 97 | 384 | 345 | 37 | 86 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 34 | .249 | .309 | .290 | .599 | 100 | 11 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Manny Abreu | 72 | 313 | 278 | 43 | 77 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 49 | .277 | .352 | .338 | .690 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dwyer | 58 | 233 | 201 | 30 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | .313 | .400 | .433 | .833 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marc Hill | 87 | 305 | 272 | 21 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 74 | .232 | .299 | .283 | .582 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Butch Hairston | 74 | 259 | 240 | 22 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 33 | .242 | .297 | .338 | .635 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hund | 75 | 251 | 224 | 28 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 56 | .237 | .299 | .299 | .598 | 67 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kurpiel | 56 | 235 | 191 | 28 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 62 | .257 | .389 | .445 | .834 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Heenan | 92 | 256 | 227 | 28 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 50 | .216 | .289 | .326 | .615 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Russ Bennett | 49 | 184 | 161 | 19 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 40 | .280 | .361 | .447 | .808 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Hale | 50 | 168 | 153 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | .235 | .295 | .307 | .602 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Clark | 33 | 110 | 106 | 11 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .330 | .355 | .538 | .892 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Fenton | 61 | 188 | 174 | 16 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 25 | .201 | .251 | .259 | .510 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy McEnderfer | 47 | 154 | 125 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 45 | .168 | .316 | .272 | .588 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Potter | 24 | 74 | 65 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .292 | .347 | .554 | .901 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Millan | 21 | 87 | 81 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .222 | .276 | .370 | .646 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Forsch | 35 | 76 | 69 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .246 | .307 | .362 | .669 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hemenway | 26 | 64 | 58 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .207 | .246 | .224 | .470 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Waterbury | 21 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .279 | .250 | .529 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Benny Farley | 24 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .261 | .292 | .304 | .596 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Shepard | 23 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .214 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick McVay | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Thompson | 45 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .154 | .312 | .154 | .466 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dionicio Gonzalez | 26 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Warner | 26 | 45 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .045 | .067 | .045 | .112 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Felix Roque | 46 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Sagaser | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1413 | 4426 | 3928 | 493 | 965 | 149 | 33 | 71 | 413 | 52 | 46 | 396 | 812 | .246 | .320 | .355 | .674 | 1393 | 0 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Kurpiel | 1B | 56 | 472 | 30 | 12 | 48 | .977 | 8.964 | ||||
| Mark Hale | 1B | 43 | 330 | 15 | 6 | 22 | .983 | 8.023 | ||||
| Rob Sievers | 1B | 19 | 172 | 10 | 1 | 17 | .995 | 9.579 | ||||
| Russ Bennett | 1B | 7 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 7 | .950 | 8.143 | ||||
| David Breshears | 2B | 69 | 135 | 167 | 9 | 42 | .971 | 4.377 | ||||
| John Hund | 2B | 53 | 128 | 137 | 14 | 39 | .950 | 5.000 | ||||
| Stanley Fenton | 2B | 9 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 4.222 | ||||
| Rob Sievers | 3B | 75 | 57 | 162 | 23 | 14 | .905 | 2.920 | ||||
| David Breshears | 3B | 29 | 20 | 51 | 4 | 5 | .947 | 2.448 | ||||
| Stanley Fenton | 3B | 26 | 21 | 54 | 4 | 6 | .949 | 2.885 | ||||
| Marc Hill | C | 83 | 572 | 57 | 8 | 4 | .987 | 7.578 | 5 | |||
| Timothy McEnderfer | C | 46 | 286 | 30 | 4 | 5 | .988 | 6.870 | 11 | |||
| Héctor Cruz | OF | 107 | 236 | 10 | 11 | 2 | .957 | 2.299 | ||||
| John Heenan | OF | 69 | 91 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .961 | 1.420 | ||||
| Butch Hairston | OF | 61 | 94 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .953 | 1.672 | ||||
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 54 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.407 | ||||
| Russ Bennett | OF | 42 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.452 | ||||
| Doug Clark | OF | 26 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .962 | ||||
| Mike Potter | OF | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Stanley Fenton | OF | 15 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Felix Roque | P | 46 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .283 | ||||
| Bruce Thompson | P | 45 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .244 | ||||
| Frederick Warner | P | 26 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ted Hemenway | P | 25 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.480 | ||||
| Dionicio Gonzalez | P | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .440 | ||||
| Bob Forsch | P | 23 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 3 | .896 | 1.870 | ||||
| Benny Farley | P | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .565 | ||||
| Steve Waterbury | P | 21 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.381 | ||||
| Ricky Shepard | P | 20 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .850 | ||||
| Dick McVay | P | 20 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
| Thomas Guest | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Dave Sagaser | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Manny Abreu | SS | 72 | 91 | 211 | 28 | 42 | .915 | 4.194 | ||||
| Jorge Millan | SS | 21 | 33 | 56 | 12 | 7 | .881 | 4.238 | ||||
| David Breshears | SS | 19 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 9 | .939 | 4.053 | ||||
| John Hund | SS | 12 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 5 | .909 | 4.167 | ||||
| Totals | 1315 | 3096 | 1285 | 186 | 289 | .959 | 3.332 | 16 | 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.
