1968 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Team Record: 62-57
Finished 4th in the MWL
Manager: Ray Bellino (0-0), Tom Umphlett (0-0)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 33,176, Avg. 558
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1968 season with a record of 62 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the MWL.
The Twins scored 582 runs and allowed 550 runs. Bill Hahn led Wisconsin Rapids with 21 home runs, while Jim Hoppe walloped 15 or more as well. Bill Hahn recorded 87 runs batted in. George Gove paced all regular batters with a .287 average. Ben Proulx topped the squad with 11 wins, and Charlie Walters registered a 2.74 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1968 Wisconsin Rapids Twins who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Zepp, Charlie Walters, George Mitterwald and Rick Dempsey.
Ray Bellino and Tom Umphlett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Proulx | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.06 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 147.0 | 147 | 66 | 50 | 13 | 48 | 1 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Leroy Porterfield | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.04 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 71 | 49 | 35 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Ignacio Valdez | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.42 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 111 | 57 | 41 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Charlie Walters | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.74 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 161.0 | 136 | 58 | 49 | 14 | 46 | 5 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Humphrey | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.44 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 110.0 | 102 | 67 | 42 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Bob Rommes | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.32 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 58 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jim Fuchs | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.17 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 71 | 45 | 32 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bill Zepp | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.00 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 84.0 | 89 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Harrison | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.83 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 138.0 | 150 | 94 | 74 | 20 | 56 | 3 | 95 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Mike Cichon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Don Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Tercheria | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 57 | .521 | 3.75 | 250 | 120 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1002.0 | 992 | 550 | 418 | 87 | 416 | 21 | 746 | 32 | 4 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hahn | 116 | 498 | 441 | 85 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 78 | .283 | .349 | .494 | .844 | 218 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| George Gove | 107 | 458 | 397 | 76 | 114 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 32 | .287 | .368 | .348 | .715 | 138 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ray Gale | 110 | 456 | 374 | 76 | 104 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 55 | .278 | .395 | .321 | .716 | 120 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Tom Hamm | 83 | 335 | 308 | 37 | 87 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 54 | .282 | .323 | .409 | .732 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jim Hoppe | 109 | 432 | 369 | 59 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 110 | .236 | .335 | .420 | .755 | 155 | 13 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jim Townsend | 97 | 341 | 292 | 47 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 72 | .267 | .359 | .390 | .749 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Larry Rathje | 70 | 320 | 267 | 37 | 68 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 45 | .255 | .360 | .348 | .708 | 93 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Bob Williams | 84 | 316 | 286 | 33 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 67 | .231 | .295 | .350 | .645 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mickey Johnston | 78 | 267 | 224 | 23 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 65 | .192 | .311 | .272 | .583 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Lou Nelson | 40 | 160 | 135 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 30 | .267 | .362 | .370 | .733 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Schmid | 51 | 167 | 135 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | .230 | .377 | .289 | .666 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leahman Stanley | 48 | 161 | 144 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39 | .215 | .268 | .271 | .538 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ben Proulx | 30 | 81 | 76 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .237 | .272 | .276 | .548 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Humphrey | 25 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .327 | .377 | .388 | .765 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 26 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .250 | .291 | .269 | .560 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Marv Danielson | 18 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .273 | .373 | .318 | .691 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Dempsey | 11 | 36 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .229 | .250 | .371 | .621 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 21 | 65 | 60 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .295 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ricca | 13 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .200 | .300 | .286 | .586 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Shulock | 9 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cichon | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .600 | .667 | .800 | 1.467 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Mitterwald | 5 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .125 | .300 | .312 | .612 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rommes | 33 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .111 | .158 | .167 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Fuchs | 25 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Epperly | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ignacio Valdez | 22 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .031 | .061 | .031 | .092 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Tercheria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Porterfield | 40 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Brown | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Zepp | 16 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1315 | 4495 | 3901 | 580 | 968 | 138 | 18 | 77 | 483 | 29 | 17 | 464 | 847 | .248 | .332 | .352 | .684 | 1373 | 0 | 46 | 49 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hahn | 1B | 111 | 919 | 76 | 20 | 77 | .980 | 8.964 | ||||
| Lou Nelson | 1B | 5 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 8.800 | ||||
| Larry Rathje | 1B | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Townsend | 2B | 68 | 136 | 146 | 10 | 38 | .966 | 4.147 | ||||
| Ray Gale | 2B | 55 | 123 | 129 | 13 | 27 | .951 | 4.582 | ||||
| George Gove | 3B | 56 | 41 | 97 | 10 | 14 | .932 | 2.464 | ||||
| Lou Nelson | 3B | 35 | 29 | 69 | 13 | 8 | .883 | 2.800 | ||||
| Ray Gale | 3B | 25 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 5 | .877 | 2.560 | ||||
| Jim Hoppe | 3B | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Mickey Johnston | C | 67 | 446 | 33 | 10 | 5 | .980 | 7.149 | 15 | |||
| Steve Schmid | C | 38 | 196 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .969 | 5.816 | 9 | |||
| Steve Ricca | C | 11 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 5.727 | 5 | |||
| Rick Dempsey | C | 8 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 8.750 | 0 | |||
| George Mitterwald | C | 5 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.600 | 3 | |||
| Jim Hoppe | OF | 102 | 187 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .942 | 1.902 | ||||
| Tom Hamm | OF | 79 | 127 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .939 | 1.759 | ||||
| Bob Williams | OF | 76 | 114 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 1.592 | ||||
| Larry Rathje | OF | 64 | 135 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .966 | 2.234 | ||||
| Jim Townsend | OF | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Marv Danielson | OF | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Steve Schmid | OF | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.625 | ||||
| Ben Proulx | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Hahn | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| John Humphrey | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Harrison | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leroy Porterfield | P | 40 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .575 | ||||
| Bob Rommes | P | 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .455 | ||||
| Jim Harrison | P | 25 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.680 | ||||
| Jim Fuchs | P | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| John Humphrey | P | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Proulx | P | 23 | 13 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .963 | 2.261 | ||||
| Ignacio Valdez | P | 22 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .773 | ||||
| Charlie Walters | P | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.190 | ||||
| Bill Zepp | P | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.133 | ||||
| Don Brown | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| John Tercheria | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Cichon | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| George Gove | SS | 51 | 63 | 157 | 23 | 22 | .905 | 4.314 | ||||
| Leahman Stanley | SS | 42 | 66 | 103 | 21 | 19 | .889 | 4.024 | ||||
| Ray Gale | SS | 30 | 36 | 84 | 12 | 17 | .909 | 4.000 | ||||
| Richard Shulock | SS | 8 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 4 | .816 | 3.875 | ||||
| Jim Townsend | SS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1242 | 3029 | 1216 | 215 | 264 | .952 | 3.418 | 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.
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