1970 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-60
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Johnny Goryl (59-60)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 45,579, Avg. 766
1970 Wisconsin Rapids Twins RosterTeam Record: 59-60
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Johnny Goryl (59-60)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 45,579, Avg. 766
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1970 season with a record of 59 wins and 60 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.
The Twins scored 510 runs and allowed 531 runs. Ronnie Shotts led Wisconsin Rapids with 15 home runs Jim Hoppe recorded 57 runs batted in. Ron McDonald paced all regular batters with a .313 average. Steve Hardin and Arnold Johannes topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Raymond O'Neill registered a 2.2 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Mike Poepping played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins to do so.
Johnny Goryl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Johannes | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.95 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 172 | 73 | 57 | 12 | 55 | 4 | 131 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Steve Hardin | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.46 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 195.0 | 190 | 96 | 75 | 10 | 80 | 10 | 161 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Raymond O'Neill | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.20 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 104 | 48 | 34 | 6 | 66 | 3 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Jaycox | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.89 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 162.0 | 145 | 70 | 52 | 12 | 53 | 5 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bill Cope | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.71 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.0 | 63 | 37 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Henderson | 4 | 12 | .250 | 3.73 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 135.0 | 130 | 78 | 56 | 13 | 62 | 5 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Neil Emerson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.77 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62.0 | 52 | 39 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Michael Harkness | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Russell Plummer | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Farmer | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Shields | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.63 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mark Pastrovich | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 58 | .504 | 3.47 | 261 | 118 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 22 | 997.0 | 928 | 511 | 384 | 74 | 444 | 41 | 806 | 31 | 9 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hoppe | 115 | 490 | 425 | 65 | 118 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 21 | 2 | 53 | 84 | .278 | .359 | .445 | .804 | 189 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Ron McDonald | 106 | 412 | 374 | 56 | 117 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 95 | .313 | .374 | .468 | .842 | 175 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Knight | 103 | 394 | 337 | 45 | 97 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 55 | .288 | .378 | .424 | .802 | 143 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Brooks | 67 | 277 | 265 | 39 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 42 | .287 | .312 | .430 | .742 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Mappin | 84 | 322 | 273 | 28 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 39 | .249 | .355 | .326 | .681 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Whitley | 82 | 298 | 259 | 37 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 89 | .239 | .337 | .456 | .792 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Nasif | 49 | 222 | 190 | 28 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 35 | .316 | .404 | .374 | .777 | 71 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Shotts | 100 | 325 | 254 | 49 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 100 | .224 | .382 | .461 | .842 | 117 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Patrick Smith | 82 | 288 | 249 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 47 | .225 | .317 | .309 | .626 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Robert Walter | 76 | 274 | 242 | 23 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 44 | .223 | .308 | .314 | .622 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Scott | 86 | 303 | 252 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 53 | .179 | .301 | .222 | .523 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Michael Cavanaugh | 29 | 127 | 107 | 23 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 19 | .271 | .381 | .346 | .727 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Mata | 25 | 88 | 78 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27 | .167 | .261 | .205 | .466 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond O'Neill | 22 | 54 | 53 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .226 | .241 | .358 | .599 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Jaycox | 25 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .212 | .226 | .308 | .534 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Johannes | 29 | 67 | 65 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .154 | .167 | .215 | .382 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Poepping | 17 | 53 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .182 | .321 | .318 | .639 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Edwards | 39 | 62 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .160 | .323 | .260 | .583 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Flodin | 21 | 56 | 53 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .151 | .179 | .170 | .348 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ralph Dickenson | 20 | 61 | 57 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | .140 | .197 | .140 | .337 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hardin | 29 | 75 | 70 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | .086 | .111 | .086 | .197 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Henderson | 29 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .119 | .119 | .119 | .238 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Curnutt | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cope | 39 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .231 | .333 | .385 | .718 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Emerson | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Harkness | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Bannon | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 | .300 | .250 | .550 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shields | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Pastrovich | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1363 | 4411 | 3842 | 509 | 938 | 137 | 28 | 88 | 450 | 70 | 33 | 476 | 926 | .244 | .331 | .363 | .694 | 1395 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Walter | 1B | 60 | 520 | 31 | 12 | 35 | .979 | 9.183 | ||||
| Ron McDonald | 1B | 49 | 451 | 27 | 10 | 36 | .980 | 9.755 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | 1B | 15 | 130 | 9 | 6 | 12 | .959 | 9.267 | ||||
| Mike Brooks | 2B | 59 | 164 | 158 | 17 | 32 | .950 | 5.458 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | 2B | 55 | 112 | 162 | 14 | 24 | .951 | 4.982 | ||||
| Phil Edwards | 2B | 7 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .882 | 4.286 | ||||
| Timothy Mappin | 2B | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ron McDonald | 3B | 48 | 34 | 103 | 21 | 7 | .867 | 2.854 | ||||
| Timothy Mappin | 3B | 39 | 20 | 92 | 8 | 4 | .933 | 2.872 | ||||
| Ronnie Shotts | 3B | 21 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 3 | .844 | 2.571 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | 3B | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.700 | ||||
| Mike Brooks | 3B | 9 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 2.556 | ||||
| Phil Edwards | 3B | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Michael Cavanaugh | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 2.333 | ||||
| Joseph Scott | C | 86 | 562 | 57 | 5 | 4 | .992 | 7.198 | 23 | |||
| Lazaro Mata | C | 25 | 164 | 20 | 7 | 2 | .963 | 7.360 | 3 | |||
| Phillip Flodin | C | 19 | 99 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .947 | 5.684 | 7 | |||
| Jim Hoppe | OF | 114 | 202 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .959 | 1.825 | ||||
| Kenneth Knight | OF | 96 | 134 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.490 | ||||
| Ronnie Shotts | OF | 71 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 1.310 | ||||
| Buddy Whitley | OF | 70 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.186 | ||||
| Ralph Dickenson | OF | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| Robert Walter | OF | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ronald Curnutt | OF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Cope | P | 39 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .462 | ||||
| Neil Emerson | P | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Arnold Johannes | P | 29 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .886 | 1.069 | ||||
| James Henderson | P | 29 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Hardin | P | 29 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 1 | .884 | 1.310 | ||||
| Greg Jaycox | P | 25 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 4 | .930 | 1.600 | ||||
| Raymond O'Neill | P | 22 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .853 | 1.318 | ||||
| Michael Harkness | P | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .222 | ||||
| Michael Shields | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .200 | ||||
| Russell Plummer | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Pastrovich | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Clifford Farmer | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Ralph Nasif | SS | 48 | 87 | 169 | 11 | 26 | .959 | 5.333 | ||||
| Timothy Mappin | SS | 37 | 44 | 114 | 18 | 16 | .898 | 4.270 | ||||
| Michael Cavanaugh | SS | 25 | 34 | 81 | 16 | 11 | .878 | 4.600 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | SS | 7 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .951 | 5.571 | ||||
| Mel Bannon | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1280 | 3057 | 1341 | 225 | 243 | .951 | 3.436 | 33 | 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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