1966 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Team Record: 59-63
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Ray Bellino (59-63)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 37,245, Avg. 611
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1966 season with a record of 59 wins and 63 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.
The Twins scored 525 runs and allowed 542 runs. Graig Nettles paced Wisconsin Rapids with 28 home runs, while Neil McPhee and Nathaniel King walloped 15 or more, too. Graig Nettles and Neil McPhee each recorded 75 runs batted in. Neil McPhee led all regular batters with a .305 average. Kenneth Wirell topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.62 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Graig Nettles played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins to do so.
Ray Bellino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Wirell | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.62 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 144.0 | 128 | 53 | 42 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Arvin Tucker | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.28 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 87.0 | 88 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 63 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Gary McGroarty | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.29 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 149.0 | 134 | 76 | 71 | 18 | 87 | 5 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ron Lea | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.68 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 111.0 | 101 | 55 | 33 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Fuchs | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.61 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 122.0 | 107 | 61 | 49 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Ron Rodriguez | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.25 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 44 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ollie Brantley | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.67 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 87 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dave Bryce | 5 | 14 | .263 | 4.71 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 130.0 | 135 | 78 | 68 | 13 | 72 | 3 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Gary Weldon | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.50 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Sandy Hopper | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.43 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 51 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Lanny Vessell | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Harrison | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Healy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 63 | .484 | 3.86 | 267 | 123 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1008.0 | 931 | 542 | 432 | 98 | 498 | 19 | 813 | 42 | 5 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil McPhee | 121 | 490 | 410 | 87 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 75 | 22 | 9 | 72 | 96 | .305 | .409 | .524 | .933 | 215 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Graig Nettles | 117 | 473 | 413 | 84 | 111 | 19 | 6 | 28 | 75 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 64 | .269 | .352 | .547 | .899 | 226 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Nathaniel King | 118 | 456 | 421 | 52 | 106 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 121 | .252 | .303 | .411 | .714 | 173 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ezell Carter | 118 | 484 | 438 | 56 | 103 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 98 | .235 | .305 | .304 | .609 | 133 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Counsell | 119 | 449 | 398 | 50 | 101 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 77 | .254 | .336 | .337 | .673 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Free | 114 | 435 | 390 | 46 | 98 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 55 | .251 | .313 | .308 | .621 | 120 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Willy Connolly | 95 | 356 | 318 | 42 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 81 | .239 | .305 | .336 | .642 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Richard Littlejohn | 82 | 257 | 228 | 31 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 85 | .206 | .288 | .368 | .656 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lanny Vessell | 73 | 207 | 178 | 27 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 33 | .242 | .337 | .320 | .657 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harold Smith | 44 | 149 | 135 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 46 | .215 | .277 | .304 | .581 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Fuchs | 52 | 126 | 110 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 28 | .209 | .285 | .236 | .521 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Eloy Perez | 19 | 57 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .213 | .333 | .298 | .631 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Bryce | 26 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .114 | .152 | .114 | .266 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Wirell | 30 | 52 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .109 | .196 | .174 | .370 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Weldon | 7 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arvin Tucker | 20 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .138 | .161 | .207 | .368 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Lea | 24 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .111 | .179 | .139 | .318 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary McGroarty | 35 | 51 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .100 | .250 | .125 | .375 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ollie Brantley | 56 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .200 | .263 | .463 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Fuchs | 21 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Rodriguez | 23 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Hoien | 6 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .100 | .280 | .150 | .430 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Keegan | 9 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .071 | .103 | .107 | .211 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sandy Hopper | 24 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Healy | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1358 | 4342 | 3845 | 523 | 911 | 132 | 29 | 93 | 443 | 87 | 38 | 413 | 942 | .237 | .313 | .359 | .672 | 1380 | 0 | 26 | 33 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel King | 1B | 118 | 909 | 55 | 25 | 94 | .975 | 8.169 | ||||
| Graig Nettles | 2B | 75 | 203 | 176 | 16 | 57 | .959 | 5.053 | ||||
| Steven Free | 2B | 44 | 87 | 103 | 4 | 22 | .979 | 4.318 | ||||
| Steven Free | 3B | 70 | 70 | 134 | 16 | 9 | .927 | 2.914 | ||||
| Graig Nettles | 3B | 39 | 37 | 69 | 12 | 3 | .898 | 2.718 | ||||
| Jerry Fuchs | 3B | 12 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.583 | ||||
| Richard Littlejohn | C | 76 | 487 | 55 | 7 | 3 | .987 | 7.132 | 16 | |||
| Harold Smith | C | 42 | 272 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .997 | 7.071 | 6 | |||
| Eloy Perez | C | 19 | 97 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 5.632 | 10 | |||
| John Counsell | OF | 119 | 188 | 16 | 9 | 2 | .958 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ezell Carter | OF | 118 | 222 | 10 | 17 | 2 | .932 | 1.966 | ||||
| Willy Connolly | OF | 80 | 103 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 1.350 | ||||
| Lanny Vessell | OF | 38 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.447 | ||||
| Ollie Brantley | P | 56 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .357 | ||||
| Gary McGroarty | P | 31 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Wirell | P | 29 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.103 | ||||
| Dave Bryce | P | 26 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .692 | ||||
| Sandy Hopper | P | 24 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .458 | ||||
| Ron Rodriguez | P | 23 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .652 | ||||
| Jim Fuchs | P | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Arvin Tucker | P | 20 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Ron Lea | P | 20 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
| Gary Weldon | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Healy | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Harrison | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Neil McPhee | SS | 118 | 148 | 316 | 49 | 71 | .904 | 3.932 | ||||
| Totals | 1232 | 2924 | 1138 | 179 | 273 | .958 | 3.297 | 32 | 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.
