1970 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 31-39
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: (31-39)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 27,581, Avg. 788
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1970 season with a record of 31 wins and 39 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Rox scored 372 runs and allowed 370 runs. Mike Poepping led St. Cloud with 14 home runs Ralph Dickenson accounted for 53 RBI. Michael Cavanaugh topped all regular batters with a .329 average. Gordon Blackard paced the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2.61 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1970 St. Cloud Rox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Hughes, Craig Kusick and Mike Poepping.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Blackard | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.61 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69.0 | 69 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Vossler | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.83 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 70.0 | 55 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Loewe | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.44 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Allen | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 88 | 49 | 37 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Michael Harkness | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.45 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hughes | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 65 | 47 | 33 | 5 | 66 | 1 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark Pastrovich | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 52 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.57 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 66 | 55 | 34 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ralph Dickenson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Gause | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hecomovich | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Poepping | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lloyd Brunick | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dave Skog | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Cain | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.65 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 36 | .455 | 3.95 | 158 | 65 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 576.0 | 557 | 351 | 253 | 38 | 348 | 8 | 543 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Dickenson | 68 | 300 | 266 | 38 | 76 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 45 | .286 | .356 | .421 | .777 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michael Cavanaugh | 61 | 255 | 222 | 46 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 43 | .329 | .402 | .437 | .839 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Russ Rolandson | 61 | 269 | 237 | 41 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 29 | .257 | .332 | .274 | .606 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Craig Kusick | 61 | 251 | 201 | 35 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 31 | .294 | .426 | .463 | .889 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Poepping | 70 | 296 | 259 | 35 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 94 | .224 | .315 | .432 | .748 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pat Bekeza | 55 | 229 | 200 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 28 | 33 | .265 | .355 | .300 | .655 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Derry DeGuire | 56 | 243 | 214 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 24 | .229 | .301 | .294 | .596 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Richard Osentowski | 47 | 185 | 163 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 43 | .276 | .346 | .429 | .775 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Hasbrouck | 58 | 208 | 166 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 47 | .235 | .372 | .392 | .764 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Robert Case | 49 | 158 | 129 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 47 | .171 | .316 | .295 | .611 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mel Bannon | 38 | 99 | 82 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 41 | .207 | .333 | .293 | .626 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Loewe | 36 | 64 | 52 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 19 | .250 | .375 | .462 | .837 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Barker | 13 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .231 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Schmidt | 12 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .208 | .321 | .208 | .530 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Allen | 13 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .167 | .219 | .233 | .452 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Blackard | 24 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .235 | .391 | .294 | .685 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Vossler | 19 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .182 | .280 | .273 | .553 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Cain | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Pastrovich | 15 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Harkness | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Skog | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gause | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hughes | 14 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .163 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Brunick | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 814 | 2791 | 2390 | 371 | 603 | 96 | 14 | 48 | 307 | 81 | 23 | 341 | 572 | .252 | .347 | .364 | .711 | 871 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Poepping | 1B | 69 | 537 | 22 | 14 | 42 | .976 | 8.101 | ||||
| Ralph Dickenson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Derry DeGuire | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Russ Rolandson | 2B | 34 | 78 | 76 | 6 | 18 | .962 | 4.529 | ||||
| Pat Bekeza | 2B | 30 | 73 | 55 | 4 | 12 | .970 | 4.267 | ||||
| Derry DeGuire | 2B | 9 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 4.556 | ||||
| Michael Cavanaugh | 3B | 30 | 30 | 58 | 6 | 3 | .936 | 2.933 | ||||
| Derry DeGuire | 3B | 22 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 6 | .907 | 2.227 | ||||
| Robert Case | 3B | 19 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 3 | .891 | 2.158 | ||||
| Mel Bannon | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Hasbrouck | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Hasbrouck | C | 54 | 381 | 31 | 10 | 4 | .976 | 7.630 | 17 | |||
| Robert Case | C | 14 | 106 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.286 | 8 | |||
| Gary Barker | C | 13 | 96 | 15 | 5 | 2 | .957 | 8.538 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Dickenson | OF | 66 | 127 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 2.000 | ||||
| Craig Kusick | OF | 55 | 73 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .879 | 1.455 | ||||
| Richard Osentowski | OF | 41 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 1.610 | ||||
| Pat Bekeza | OF | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mel Bannon | OF | 21 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.381 | ||||
| Dennis Loewe | OF | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Robert Case | OF | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Michael Cavanaugh | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Russ Rolandson | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gordon Blackard | P | 24 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .542 | ||||
| Dan Vossler | P | 19 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .789 | ||||
| Dennis Loewe | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .786 | ||||
| David Allen | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Thomas Schmidt | P | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Pastrovich | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Thomas Cain | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Robert Gause | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Michael Harkness | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .625 | .625 | ||||
| Lloyd Brunick | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Frank Hecomovich | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Skog | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ralph Dickenson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Michael Cavanaugh | SS | 28 | 37 | 80 | 9 | 6 | .929 | 4.179 | ||||
| Russ Rolandson | SS | 25 | 27 | 81 | 12 | 13 | .900 | 4.320 | ||||
| Derry DeGuire | SS | 22 | 36 | 68 | 8 | 14 | .929 | 4.727 | ||||
| Craig Kusick | SS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mel Bannon | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 758 | 1829 | 674 | 124 | 135 | .953 | 3.302 | 31 | 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.
